Letter from S. L. Brissie to President Harry S. Truman

Fll Hon. Harry Truman President, USA Washington D.C. B 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.