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    "title": "Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ernie Roberts",
    "description": "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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        "President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration)",
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        "Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972",
        "Correspondence",
        "Presidential campaign, 1948"
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    "ocrText": "TRUMAN\nREPAY\nNATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\nACCORDS\nLIBRARY\nU.S.\nSERVICE\"\nOPPOSITE\nHISTORIC MORMON TEMPLE\nGOVERNMENT\nCENTER OF\nSALT LAKE'S SCENIC WONDERS\nHOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE\nSaturday Nite\nDear friend Harry:\nPlease pardon me, in my TYPING, and ap-\nproaching you as 1 am but 1 am close to you as ₹ know you,\nin my humble way.\nHarry, in this letter, I could say\nmany things to you and maybe correst you, as I think.\nI will not do that but allow me to pass this on to you.\nNow I will skip over the 11 Equal Rights\nBill II as you and I are Poutherners and we should appease\nour thòughts and let the South be the South as you and\nI know. It is Mexico I wish to convey a message.\nIn Tampico, Mexico there is an American\nwho is one of the few successful investors in the whole\nCountry of Mexice. I know him well and you should know\nhim and really know JUST how we are getting along with\nour Mexican Policy.\nHarry, please contact Mr. I. B. Sutton\nof Tampico, Mexico. He will give you more about Mexico\nthan all the information you have in hand. He is one\nman that is not a politician but he knows Mexico and\ncan be helpful to you, yes, give you more definite in-\nformation than all our Representives who we have sent\ndown there. I mean this Harry but maybe I have not ex-\npressed myself tooclearly.\nHe comes to Denver each year and, at the\npresent time,is at the Colburn Hotel, 980 Grant Street\nDenver, Colorado.\nFriend Harry, I would not guide you wrong\nabout Mr. Sutton. Contact Mr. Sutton, forgetabout our If\n= Equal Rights Bill' appease the South and allow me to\ncontinue to be your silent pardner.\nOh Harry, you are a fine man but you\nare a poor salesman SO listen to me --\nIS\n<<<<<\n18\nTEMPLE SQUARE HOTEL\nSALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOTEL"
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