The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 522, Apr. 1908, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers met with a visit from one of the secretaries. He had been well coached. ''You want to talk with the doctor regarding certain speeches made at a so-called dinner last night; well, the doctor will not talk about what any one else might have said.'' A call of Washington's on the telephone resulted in the interrogation of the inquirer who was asked what he wanted to talk about. When he explained the answer came back: ''Doctor Washington has nothing to say.'' Norwalk (Conn.) Evening Hour, Apr. 28, 1908 Clipping Con. hobo BTW Papers DLC. This clipping was a fragment of a longer article. To PixIey ka Isaka Seme Tuskegee, Ala.] April 29, 1908 Dear Sir: I read with interest your communication of April ~5, 1909, and dated from Jesus College, Oxford, and am glad to learn that the educated young men of our race in England are coming together to seriously discuss the problems and conditions of their people in Africa. It is a great task that you have before you; but great tasks have their rewards. I am sure that English statesmen, the men whose counsels will finally prevail, believe as you and I do, that in the long run Africa can prosper only on condition that, not only the riches of the soil and the mines but the latent powers of the native people are developed in a rational manner. What that implies is a practical problem that can only be solved by study and experiment. You can and should help in the solution of that problem and there are ways that you can be helpful, as no one else can, both to your own people and to the government. More and more I am learning that you face in South Africa, in a somewhat different and more difficult form, the same task we have in this country. I wish you Godspeed in your work and hope that you will keep me informed of your success. Yours truly, Booker T. Washington TLpSr Con. 3 BTW Papers DLC. Signature in E. J. Scott's hand. 522