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The NAACP also noted the support for the bill by Shortridge's California senatorial colleague [[Hiram Johnson]] as "one of the most powerful figures in Congress, has pledged himself to do whatever lies in his power in behalf of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill."<ref name=thecrisis1921,p.216-17/> Johnson wrote in a letter to the organization's assistant director Walter F. White:

The NAACP also noted the support for the bill by Shortridge's California senatorial colleague [[Hiram Johnson]] as "one of the most powerful figures in Congress, has pledged himself to do whatever lies in his power in behalf of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill."<ref name=thecrisis1921,p.216-17/> Johnson wrote in a letter to the organization's assistant director Walter F. White:

{{cquote|I duly received your letter of July. 14, re- lating to the Anti-Lynching Bill. I have been in touch with this bill while it has been pending before the Judiciary Committee. Many questions arose concerning the various provisions of the bill, and the objections in the opinion of the majority of the Judiciary Committee were finally met by amendments, and the bill favorably reported.

{{cquote|I duly received your letter of July. 14, relating to the Anti-Lynching Bill. I have been in touch with this bill while it has been pending before the Judiciary Committee. Many questions arose concerning the various provisions of the bill, and the objections in the opinion of the majority of the Judiciary Committee were finally met by amendments, and the bill favorably reported.

In common with you and with all Amer can citizens, I insist upon the enforcement of the law and abhor its violation. is no worse blot upon our civilization than mob violence and lynching. The bill now presented by the Judiciary Committee meets the evil and endeavors to afford a cure. I am very glad to do what lies in my power in behalf of this measure.|||Sen. Hiram W. Johnson (R–CA) to NAACP leader Walter F. White, early 1920s}}

In common with you and with all Amer can citizens, I insist upon the enforcement of the law and abhor its violation. is no worse blot upon our civilization than mob violence and lynching. The bill now presented by the Judiciary Committee meets the evil and endeavors to afford a cure. I am very glad to do what lies in my power in behalf of this measure.|||Sen. Hiram W. Johnson (R–CA) to NAACP leader Walter F. White, early 1920s}}