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8/2/2019 Letter From Johnson

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Aueust 12, 1957

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Dear M . . . Rooeeveit: \I waa very much dlaappoinled by your column laat Saturday.had always thought or you aa a fa1rmlnded person who wouldalways inaial on knowini all the facts before coming to a conelusion on the motives of men.U I am "trylni to fool the people". I have s l a r i e company wllh["'e. Take, for e:qmpie, Ben Cohen, who worked day .m:I nJihlto try to produ,,"e a Jury trW amendment beesuae he knew thatwithout I t the Bill could not be pasaed, and .. .ith \he . . roni amendmenl the Bill . .ould be flflflflflflflflflflflflfl I am endoaini for you Photoatat of s letter that he wrole to me , tvini his impresslona of theresults.Other men whO worked on the Bill for no other reason than theirdevotion to the csuae of Civil Rights include Dean Acheaon, JimRowe, IUld Joe O'Mahoney. 11 ia a heavy blOW' 10 a ll of ua to haveyou dlamlaa our work aa mere fakery.I am enclosing for you . copy of a apeech that I made the nliht theSenate approved the Bill. I t expreasea my honeat convlctlona as towhat is in the meaaure. But I am not aakin, for approval or com-mendation. I am only aakinr that you atudy the quutlon with anopen mind, because the alternative la to jOin the Republlcana Inkilling the only alrnit!eant atep that haa been taken in the field ofCivil Righta in 82 yean .

M.... Franklin D. Rooaevelt


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D. r en.Cor Johnson:I am II rry th,.t ;,'ou " ," d1/11,tlp01nted 1n

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thoall or you .ho 00lIl11 rrtlill 80uthllrn etatllB orbordarl lne atlltes 118 Tens l s .

I Idmlre ),our abUlt , . I l l ! a l11ad.er. You ha1l'aoerta lnly clone a rlllMrkable ple06 ot W01"1I: and. Ikno. hOt! per,ul lBin you are but lt ia 11,,81 r tolook. a t a"tual rllllults "hen 1"v. lilt at Il diltsl'lOeand ere not r6l.11), at teoted by-What happenl O1I-ewa), 01" another. alld that 18 what I hllve been doing .1 hop" you pala the :a t l l flflflfl I IIhall sll)' thRt l1j18 b"t te r beOll.uee 1 \ "111 a t l o u t sho . ths 1rorldtha t 'I'll haWII IIOVItd a I1ttl11 but I t w111 bill a flflflflfll i1i t le tow.1"4a that tunihllllntal r Ight ot svpry" f t t u n _ the r ight to vot , .

10. may I add tne t I Ilawe flflflflflflflflout In IloolUIM whioh w1ll oOllla out on Tueeday tha t I rul lyeXpeot thllt aa Senate Leader )'01,1 ..111 oooperetew1 th Senator Kno.land and put baok man)' or thlltorll1111 a id outs . it not B.l.l. I t the HousII Bl l lwere approved there lI'ou1d bs real. harm 40nll to thlltni programs and toreign 81d a l l thll wOJ doan the11nll .ould autrer . I have sald In t h h eolUDIDtha t you and Senator netiBld Irll too atatBSmaI\_11q to alloW th is to nsppen thousb 1t 111 a p e ...teoUy natUl"al 411111r" to want to IIhow Up t i l"RIIPub11oa.n1l In ttllllr lIIadllrlllllp . 'Iou would not


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.nOB ttlle dul l 'e t.o lntluenc., 10u In 1 \.Il' dec1s1on to the rl.'al. go d or the o"untry .

I hope I tlPI QOl'rect. 1n beU,,,1na: tb11 end1 _ ItOrI"f to flflflflflo'lueed 10U dieappo 1ntIMnt tor .flflflflflflfl el'tlr10ne e l e ,. I t tnd 10U a dellghttl1l andperl luuiY. pl'll'llon and I have a great ( lu1rat iont ' l r l ' ur ab1l l t t . but on the Civ11 IUghte 1.f ue I&II IU'ra1d I lIuet bold to l i lt opinion.

v",.,. oord1allJ Joure .

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