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Show NEGRO GIVEN GOOD PLACE BY PRESIDENT Washington, March 1. President Tnft has nominated William H. Lewis of Boston, a negro, to be an assistant attorney In the department of justice. This Is tho first time a negro has been named for such n prominent position po-sition in the department. LowiB, who is at present an assistant United States attorney in Boston, la one of the best known negro lawyers In tho United States. Ho will Buccood John G. Thompson, who resigned recently. The place pays JG.000 a year. |