Letter from Louise Spoerri to President Harry S. Truman

Form ai ai 200 6-29-47 1002.22 st. Santa Mouica, Cal. July 3,1947. Mr. President:- I wish to tell you that I certainly enjoyed your speech made before the national Congress for the Betterment of Colored People and I do hope you meant Every word of if and will do everything in your power to fring been to pass demonstrated here in the united states. that true democracy that has never really I am a descendant of Robert Morris and several of my ancestors both signed the Declaration of Independence or fought in the in Civil the War Revolution from Pennsylvania and my grandfather and I Morrie am trying fought what little Ican do to make for more justice, tolerance and understanding between peoples of different races colored and people the will be given Indians all their shall fair be and allowed just nights to vote creeds. I hope to live to see the day when the and and shall when be treated american as the americans they are; and when the Jewish people of our nation shall gol be be discriminated treated against and those of Oriental ancestory shall as we would want to be treated. If it remains otherwise I do not blame those at us nations in across do when we speak of democracy It to is vote fine and thing the water from for pointing their fingers a derision to as they Guan and those Islando the reghts the govern give themselves but we should first night wrongs