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OPPOSITE
HISTORIC MORMON TEMPLE
CENTER OF
SALT LAKE'S SCENIC WONDERS
HOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE
You can win the South with out the II Equal Rights Bill"
but you aannot win the South--with it. Just why?? well
You, Bess and Margaret, and shall I say, myself, are
all Southerners and we have been raised with the Negros
and we know the term If Equal Rights". Harry. let us let
the South take care of the Niggers, which they have done,
and if the Niggers do not like the Southern treatment,
let them come to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Harry, you are a Southerner and a D--- good one so lis-
ton to me. I can see, you do not talk domectic problems
over with Bess. ????? You put equal rights in Independence
and Bess will not live with you, will you Bess.
Well Harry, I have said my piece and I am only a boy
who travels, helping you, but you are making it hard on me.
Anyway, PLEASE contact Mr. I. B. Sutton NOW. He has no
idea I have written this letter so please do not convey.
MANAY ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAN AND LIBRARY
Most Sincerely-
U.S.
SERVICE"
GOVERNMENT
Ernest W. Roberts
S
TEMPLE HOTEL ARE HOTEL
SALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOTEL
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This letter is President Harry S. Truman's response to a letter from his friend, Ernie Roberts, in which Roberts criticized Truman's civil rights program. In his reply, Truman describes some outrageous acts of violence and discrimination against black Americans. He insists that he will continue to fight for equality of opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race, even if this results in his defeat in the upcoming presidential election.
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