Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman

Mra D. TL. Pak Sberatos Hotel 202 Stail Surcet Weet No York 19. N.Y. December 14, 1950 Dear Mr. President: The General Assembly has come to an end for all intents and purposes, though I understand it will probably only recess and that the delegates may be on call. In any case, I vant to thank you for giving me the opportunity of serving in this General Assem- bly and to tell you that I have been somewhat dis- turbed by the atmosphere which I found prevalent toward the United States. Committee #3, not being a political committee as you know, the members of the various delegations act with a good deal of freedom and less direction from the top than they would in a political com- mittee where the results of their setione would have more immediate political repercussione Therefore I think one sees what might be called honest-to-goodnese trends of feeling. It certainly is a trend of dislike of the domina- tion of big nations and a fecling that small nations should have more to say. The race question has become a very vital one since much of the feeling is that or the colored races against the white race. We ape classed with the Colonial Powers Kas having exploited them because our business men in the past have exploited them, 80 we have no better standing than the United Kingdom or any other Colonial Power. I think we have to reckon with this in our whole world out- Took because we will need friends badly and it is surprising how few we have in spite of all we have done for other peoples in the past.