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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
OFFICE OF
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
NEWBERN, N.C.

August 23, 1919

His Excellency Thomas W. Bickett,
Governor of North Carolina,
Raleigh, N.C.

Sir:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram signed by Mr. Stanford Martin with reference to the situation at Wilmington, N.C., as to profiteering in food.

I thank you for calling the matter to our attention and beg to say that we have had some reports from the Wilmington section and have instructed the Bureau of Investigation to investigate the situation at Wilmington as early as possible.

Respectfully,

T. D. Warren
United States Attorney