The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.10, page 81, Apr. 1909, U. of Illinois Press

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APRIL . 1909 eral as most satisfactory but the President did not commit himself. He only listened to him in the way of a hearing. I have not succeeded in seeing Mr. Wickersham. 2. Cohen 8c Kuntz2 went first to see Mr Hitchcock. He saw them Tuesday. The whole situation as you understand it was explained to him and he wound up by saying their concessions were entirely fair & considerate & that they ought to get together along the lines of Cohen's suggestion. He also said they had been most patient. They went to see the President who told them on Wednesday he c'd not talk quite as satisfactorily as they desired & asked them to come back today. They went back with this result: They first of all (at my suggestion) explained how anxious they were not to embarrass the administration at the beginning by squabbling, but that the other fellows would listen to no effort to get them together & were going ahead making recommendations for office before the reorganization was perfected. He asked them whom the lily whites were recommending & took the names of both of them. He asked Kuntz & Cohen if they objected & their reply was simply that Mr Roosevelt had refused to appoint Beehan3 to the Post office & that the other man was a rank lily white. He asked them (Cohen & Kuntz) whom they wanted in these places & they replied they had not come to annoy him about patronage (but about the reorganization) & were not yet ready to submit any names. He asked them to let him know whom they wanted & went further to tang] told Cohen he deserved recognition & that he wanted him (Cohen) to write him regularly & let him know of conditions in the South, & especially in Louisiana. He spoke of the poor showing of the lily whites in La—& also told Cohen as he had told you of his intention to reappoint him—& when Cohen mentioned about the pay of the place he said the consolidated once sh'd be located at New Orieans & that Cohen ought to receive a satisfactory salary. They express themselves as being overjoyed at the success of their interviews & of the hearty way the President received them. Capers was in & near them when the President told Cohen he meant to continue him in office. The President was pleased with the letters from white business men asking Cohen's reappointment, & had already told Senator Fosters (of La) he intended recognizing colored men in that state. a. Banks of Miss. Sc ~ ~ (eleven) others from that State saw the Pres81