TLS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.25, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, March 24, 1913. Letter to Welcome H. Lawson, in full: “Many thanks for your more than kind letter. I do not need to tell you that I am very happy to know that men like yourself are pleased with my appointment down here, and I also do not need to tell you that I shall think of you all very often and take every occasion to go home, even if it is only for a short time. In a good many ways I feel like a quitter in deserting that fight in which we were engaged up in Albany, but at least the Commission Merchant's Bill was reported out of Committee just before I left, and its final passage depends more on what can be done to effect a few compromises than on the individual activities of any one man. I have been hearing all sorts of wild tales about the fight for the Postmastership in Poughkeepsie. I agree with you entirely, and between ourselves and strictly in confidence, I can tell you that I will do what I can to see that a thoroughly competent man is appointed! Naturally, I cannot take an active part because I cannot properly interfere in the affairs of another Department. I have written to my former clerk in Albany to send you a copy of the ‘Apples of New York.’ In fine condition, with a few rusty paperclip impressions.
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