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A VAL-KILL COTTAGE HYDE PARK, DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YORK August 15, 1950 Dear Mr. President: Mr. Joseph D. Lohman of the National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital has just written me of the suc- cess they have had in St. Louis in keep- ing their swimming pools unsegregated. He tells me that the courageous atti- tude shown by the administration in supporting democratic principles in the "ashington situation has helped AND the situation all over the country. You and Secretary Chapman have shown great courage in bring this about. It is these step by step achievements which will in the end bring us real equal rights in our own nation. Very cordially yours, Then Tracele