EDITORIAL ROOMS OF

THE CRISIS

69 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS

March 16, 1927.

Mr. Claude McKay,
Chez Thomas Cook et fils,
2 Place de la Madeleine,
Paris, France.

My dear Mr. McKay:

I am so sorry that the
reception of your poems was not
acknowledged at the time. Miss Fauset
was Literary Editor then and we talked
the matter over and I was certain that
she had written you. It is, of course,
possible that she wrote and that the
letter went astray, as your address,
as I remember at the time, was not
very definite.

We have used two of your poems
and I am enclosing a check for Ten
Dollars ($10.00) to pay for them. If
we are able to use any of the others,
I will also pay for them.

Will you please tell me frankly
why you do not return to the United
States and to your literary work.
Is it because the United States
authorities refuse to visé your
pastport? If this is so, it is