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Hon. Harry Truman
President, USA
Washington D.C.
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Dear Mr. President:
It appears that you have carried your nefarious message
too far, so far as the South is concerend.
I would remind you how the Representative from Virginia,
fought so valiently to have complete States Rights embodied
in our American Constitution, so that the day would not come
when any part of the American Continent could not rise up
and say to any other part of the American Government that
they had no right of their own.
You have failed utterly to show the South any part of Cour-
tisy in your recomendations, to The Congress to pass the FEPC
along with such other legislation that would deprive the South
of every vestage of States Rights.
This in the face of the facts that we have always gone solid
for the Democratic party, and since 1932 we have had no consid-
eration at the hands of the Presidents Office.
You have fostered every moove that would tend to make America
Comunistic, and snatch from the South its own soverign rights to
control its own states affairs.
I for one, and I am sure that will count for millions in the
South favor, either a seperate organization for our Democratic
party, or withhold its electors until such time that we may be
able to acertain what consideration we are to have at the hands
of the National Party.
We want it understood that we are not bolting the party, but
rather the party has left the principles born and nurtured
by our fathers, the Southern gentlelem it may be all right
for your set to love up the negro in the North for the sake
of his vote, but you have no right to wreck our system of
States Rights in the South, and demand that we take him into
our crowded textile plants and try to fix it so he can be
elevated to Boss over our wifes and daughters as the work day
after day We will not stand for that, and if that is what you
want you might as well call of your dogs.
You of all people coming from a border State, one that half of
it stood by the South in its struggle during the 1860, and
yet you ask the Congress to pass such nefarious Acts.
You need not consider taking a Southerner as a running mate
to heal the breech you have made, without you expect to take
the second place on the ticket. I can tell you right now long
before the Convention meets that we want no more of you in
the White House.
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