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The Southern Commercial Congress, 

 Southern Building, Washington, D. C, October 6, 1914- 



Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher, 



Senate Office Building, Washington, D. 0. 



My Dear Senator Fletcher: Mr. LeRoy Hodges, counselor of 

 the bureau of economics and public efficiency, and assistant coun- 

 selor of the bureau of immigration of The Southern Commercial 

 Congress, has prepared a manuscript on the subject "Slavs on 

 Southern Farms," the same being an account of the Bohemian, 

 Slovak, and Polish settlements in the Southern States. In view of 

 the immigration possibilities resulting from the European war and 

 of the public interest that attaches thereto, I have the honor to 

 submit this manuscript to you, with the request that it be pre- 

 sented to the Congress of the United States for publication as a 

 public document. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Clarence J. Owen, 



Managing Director. 



