Letter from Virgil Reddington to Governor Lloyd C. Stark. Reddington writes to report on the state of the election rolls in the Seventh Ward, and to mention that he lost his job as a city fireman after refusing to accept a large salary cut. He hopes the governor can help him to obtain employment.
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Letter from Ernest O. Boone to Lloyd C. Stark discussing the need for "a better Lincoln University for the Negro Youth of the state" and information about the gubernatorial race.
Letter from G. H. Foree to Ewing Young Mitchell, Jr. on June 19, 1934. In the U.S. Senate race, Foree notes candidates Jacob L. Milligan and John J. Cochran fighting each other, but notes little press in St. Louis on Harry S. Truman. On this point, Foree comments, "Pendergast never did hunt ducks with a brass band."
Threatening letter to Governor Stark attempting to force him to issue pensions.
Letter from Lloyd C. Stark to James M. Pendergast regarding appointees for the tax and game commissions.
Letter from John T. Barker to C. A. Leedy describing the primary race for Missouri Governor between Democrats Francis M. Wilson and Russell Dearmont.
Letter from Lloyd Stark to R. P. McNergney indicating his associations with Harry Truman and Tom Pendergast, and expressing an understanding that McNergney must align himself with the endorsement of the Pendergast organization.
Letter from Congressman Clarence Cannon to Lloyd C. Stark, relating a conversaion with Rufus Jackson about who Pendergast and the Missouri Democrats were opting to support in the upcoming gubernatorial race.
Letter from W. T. Foley to Governor Lloyd Stark describing an encounter with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department in which he was arrested at the city limit for speeding and had money taken by the officers.
Letter from N. R. Aldrich of the W.P.A. to Missouri Governor Guy Park, indicating his intention to find a position for Pierce Boydston of Dearborn, Missouri.
Unsigned typed document, presumably written by Lloyd Stark. It regards a visit to William Igoe in St. Louis about the feasibility of the author's chances in running for Missouri governor.
Letter from Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast to Governor Guy Park, asking that he compel the Missouri legislature to appoint more Justices of the Peace in Kansas City.