Letter from Dick McCool to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Newspaper Clipping

incl DICK C. MCCOOL ATTORNEY AT LAW CANTON, MISSISSIPPI gird 3/7/44 16 November, 1945 Honorable Harry S. Truman, President United States, P.P.F. White House, Washington, D.C. 1-H Bro My dear Mr. President:- Anent the enclosed clipping: Lose no sleep; for those brethren of the Baptist faith who consort with John Barleycorn are legion. Only a small minority of the members of your church prefer a plunge beneath the wave over a slug of navel tingling rum! Any time you trade a libation of real good panther juice for a college degree, you prove to me you are not very discriminating in your taste! The people believe you to be O.K. It is true that you joined the Baptist Church; but every red-blooded American has committed at least one indiscretion. Tell them to keep their old college degrees; and you'll look to those of us who love to swill and guzzle sweat- S. DEPARTMENT ing tankards of ale as it beads at the brim, and who love to polish off copious swigs of mint juleps and raw, rebellious liquor. Fact of the matter is, a sure shot atomic cure for liver trouble, would practically disrupt and decimate the member- ship of a lot of our churches. Mr. President, às a poker-player and as a lover of good, old bourbon, you' re not only in darned good company, but you are lined up with a discriminating majority! I am lined up with the Episcopalians. Some one has said they have nothing to do with either religion or politics; but, 0, brother, how they extract those wicked corks! Truly,