Letter from Mrs. T. R. Newton to President Harry S. Truman

A-R 7 P.P.E. 200 Mrs. T. R. Newton 2-2-48 Corrot Monmouth Ave., Durham, N. To the President of the u.s. February 11,48 Dear Sir: after reading your address to congress February 2nd based for the greater fart on race discrimination I didn't become incensed at first because I believe in treating the negroes with the respect which is due them I was brought up in a home where there were negro servants in the house, and was taught to be respectful of them there were renants and a large force of my father owned a large plantation and hired labor that carried on the work on the form, but my father was his own oversier and was very kind to the negroes. I am seventy two, (72) years old and speach where you reached the point of, "an end have always treated negroes kindly but in your to discrimination in interstate travel- "Jim Crow" place where I rose up in anger and told my separation of whites and negroee"! That was the Son, that if the United States never did have another President, I positively refused to vote for you. If and when you let your name befut on the democratic ticket, to succeed yourself I feel sure you will find out that you have hurt ributing to the things that will Lower the standar ds yourself by the stand you have taken in cont- that the Democratic party has fought and died for.