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  Albert H. Wilhelm to R.E. Johnson, 1927

  Letter from Albert H. Wilhelm of Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, to R.E. Johnson in Memphis, Tennessee, written on June 5, 1927. A friend of Johnson's, Wilhelm criticizes President Calvin Coolidge's tardy response to the disastrous Mississippi River flood that year. He notes that instead of trying to enlist the help of the Red Cross, Coolidge should have mobilized the army much earlier. He praises the appointment of Vice-President Herbert Hoover to head the relief effort.

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  R.E. Johnson to George Morris, Commercial Appeal, 1931

  Carbon copy of a letter written by R.E. Johnson to George Morris, the president of the "Commercial Appeal" newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 8, 1931. Johnson tells Morris that "Commercial Appeal" reporters witnessed fraudulent black voter registration certificates being made out in Jim Mulcahy's bars and home and implies these reporters have been unwilling to report the abuses for fear of alienating Mulcahy. He also attacks Police Commissioner Clifford Davis for allowing Mulcahy to operate.

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  R.E. Johnson to Governor Alfred E. Smith, 1928

  Carbon copy of a letter written by R.E. Johnson to New York Governor Alfred E. Smith, who was the Democratic Party presidential candidate, 0n October 22, 1928. Johnson outlines the corrupt state of the Democratic Party in Tennessee and in Memphis and urges Smith to send people to Memphis to ensure the state's electoral votes go to him.

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  R.E. Johnson to President Herbert Hoover, 1932

  Carbon copy of a letter from R.E. Johnson, Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, to President Herbert Hoover written on October 27, 1932. Stating Hoover's victory in Tennessee in the presidential election is possible but only "if the will and mandate of the people is protected in such vote stealing centers as Memphis, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., and Erwin, Unicoi County, Tenn." Johnson encloses a copy of a letter he sent the same day to Everett Sanders, the chairman of the Republican National Committee in Chicago. Johnson tells Sanders that Hoover can win in Tennessee because local people see Franklin Roosevelt "as a Tammany gang product and as such want none of him." He also outlines other reasons why Tennessee would be supportive of Hoover. He suggests that the Department of Justice send "operatives" to Memphis to ensure a clean election which will be in Hoover's favor.