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Wharton Barker Philadelphia [64] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 13 1918 RECEIVED March 12th 1918. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson: Your despatch to Russians, direct, vigorous, sent at a time, when promise of support, moral and material, by the United States is vital, will, I believe, steady Russians and halt action by Creat Britain and Japan in development of wrong policies. Your action at this great crisis must have approval and support of all democrats--Americans, Europeans, Asiatics. I venture to write this letter because of knowledge of Russians, Chinese, Japanese and of Russian and Chinese democrats. And now a word upon the political situation in Pennsylvania. If you can find time to do so, read a statement I published last Thursday; you will find it upon a sheet from The Philadelphia Inquirer I send you herewith. Vance McCormick and A. Mitchell Palmer should confer at once with the Independents of Pennsylvania, who know of the campaign of 1882 and 1890, when by coalition of Democrats and Independents, the Republican party of Pennsylvania, then representative of combinations inimical to common weal rights, was defeated. If the Democratic party of Pennsylvania plays the part in the campaign of this year, Republican party leaders would have it play and put aside a coalition with the Independents of Pennsylvania, they will blunder and fasten upon this Commonwealth the party of vested rights. Yours very truly, Wharton Barker 41786