The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 234, Mar. 1907, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers making this investigation, he would be too much biased in the other direction. Of course I suppose such an investigation will cover the effect of industrial education on the life of the Negro. You can see for this reason alone, if for no other, that a man ought to be appointed to this work who is of the highest scientific ability and who would not let his feelings or previous association enter in any way into it. Already quite a number of colored people have spoken to me about this matter and they feel the same way that I do. You have perhaps noticed that only a short time ago Mr. Stone made a comparison between Italian labor and Negro labor in Arkansas with the usual result of his investigation, that is, to prove the Negro a failure as compared with the Italian. Yours truly, B. T. W. TLI Copy Oswald Garrison Villard Papers MH. To Horace Bumstead ''Tuskegee, Ala.] March ~7, 1907 Dear Dr. Bumstead: Replying to your letter of recent date, bearing upon the case of Mr. Penney, I would state that, I do not see how I can serve you better than to send you a copy of the letter which I wrote Mr. Penney. Your letter raises the question as to several details or incidents in connection with this case. It seems to me I had better not enter into a discussion of details, for if I do so in one case I should have to do so in others and that would result in a very long correspondence. I would state further that our Trustees and other officials considered carefully and fully the seriousness of the case both as regards Mr. Penney and his family and other connections as well as the interest of the institution. We took plenty of time in which to weigh all points and could reach no other conclusion than the one indicated in my letter. As pointed out in my communication to Mr. Penney, some years ago a similar charge was brought against him; and after careful consideration of the matter we decided to give him the benefit of 234