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Harry S. Truman Papers Staff Member and Office Files: Philleo Nash Files

Dates: 1939-1953

Special Assistant to the Director for White House Liaison, Office of War Information, 1942-1946; Special Assistant to the President, 1946-1952; Administrative Assistant to the President, 1952-1953

The files of Philleo Nash document some aspects of his service as Special Assistant to the President and as Administrative Assistant to the President from 1946 to 1953. The collection consists of documents pertaining to fair employment practices, conscientious objectors, Indians, African-Americans, civil rights, and desegregation of the armed forces.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 14.4 linear feet (about 28,800 pages).
Access: Open
Copyright: Harry S. Truman donated his copyright interest in writings in these files to the United States government. Documents created by U.S. Government officials in the course of their official duties are likewise in the public domain. Copyright interest in any other writings in these files is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: James R. Fuchs (1956); Anita Holland, Jan Davis, Sharie Simon and David Clark (2003).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1909 (October 25)

 

Born, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

1932

 

B.S., University of Wisconsin

1935 (November 2)

 

Married Edith Rosenfels

1937

 

Ph.D., University of Chicago

1937-1941

 

Lecturer, University of Toronto

1941-1942

 

Special Lecturer, University of Wisconsin

1941-1942

 

Manager, Biron Cranberry Company

1942-1946

 

Special Assistant to Director, White House Liaison, Office of War Information

1943

 

Special Consultant to the Secretary of War

1946-1952

 

Special Assistant to President Truman

1946-1977

 

President, Biron Cranberry Company

1952-1953

 

Administrative Assistant to President Truman

1959-1961

 

Lt. Governor, State of Wisconsin

1961

 

Assistant to Secretary, Public Land Management, Department of the Interior

1961-1966

 

Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs

1966-1987

 

Consulting Anthropologist

1971-1973

 

Professor, American University

1987 (October 12)

 

Died, Marshfield, Wisconsin

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Philleo Nash Files, part of the Staff Member and Office Files of the Harry S. Truman Papers, document some of his service as Special Assistant and Administrative Assistant to President Harry S. Truman. Nash left the material in these files at the conclusion of his government service and when the administration ended in 1953, his files were shipped to Kansas City as part of Mr. Truman's presidential papers, which Truman subsequently donated to the United States government. The collection consists of seven series: General Correspondence File, Committee on Government Contract Compliance File, Conscientious Objectors File, Fair Employment Practices Committee File, Indian File, President's Committee on Civil Rights File, and the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services File.

The General Correspondence File, which is the largest part of the collection, consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, legal documents, memorandums, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed material, reports, speeches, executive orders, legislative bills and Congressional hearings. These documents pertain to topics such as churches, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, Alaskan statehood, Alaska Indian land claims, veterans, the armed forces, segregation, discrimination, riots, immigration, naturalization, displaced persons, campaigns, health care, and housing. This series also contains records related to the District of Columbia, Guam, Haiti, Hungary, Israel, Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Other subjects documented in this series include the Committee on Government Contract Compliance, Fair Employment Board, the Democratic National Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, the Point IV Program and the United Nations. Correspondents include Joseph F. Albright, William Batt, Earl Beck, Thurgood Marshall, Gordon Dean, Dillon Myer, and Hubert Humphrey.

Notable records within the General Correspondence File include an Attorney General's list of totalitarian, fascist, communist and subversive organizations; a 1950 list of Negroes appointed to policy making positions; A Study of "Witch Hunting" and Hysteria in the United States; a letter of regret from Puerto Rican citizens about the assassination attempt on President Truman; a 1939 Community Survey of Social and Health Work in Kansas City, Missouri Summary Report; and a Report on Korea: The Shameful Story of the Courts Martial of Negro GIs by Thurgood Marshall.

The Committee on Government Contract Compliance File consists of correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, legislation, executive orders, and telegrams pertaining to fair employment practices, nondiscrimination in employment, equal economic opportunities, and employment training. Correspondents include Hubert Humphrey, Walter White and Anna Rosenberg.

The Conscientious Objectors File consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, legislative bills, and executive orders pertaining to those individuals that objected to participating in World War II. The documents relate to the President's Amnesty Board, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Service Board for Religious Objectors, the Selective Service Board and the Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription and their efforts regarding those individuals who were opposed to and convicted of violating the Selective Service Act. The records include information about amnesty efforts, public service camps for convicted persons, parole plans, history of legislation pertaining to conscientious objectors, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Notable items in this series include a 1944 study authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt titled Suggestions Concerning the Treatment of Conscientious Objectors and the Report of the President's Amnesty Board which lists conscientious objectors convicted of violating the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.

The Fair Employment Practices Committee File contains correspondence, telegrams, memorandums, press releases, printed materials, progress reports, final reports, speeches, legislative bills, executive orders and Congressional hearings pertaining to employment discrimination, unemployment, wage rates, employment opportunities, and the National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee.

The Indian File includes correspondence, telegrams, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases printed materials, reports, and Congressional bills pertaining to Native Americans and related subjects such as self-government, discrimination, attorney contracts, health, education, social security, tribal funds, assimilation, tribal elections, federal appropriations, lands, voting, Alaskan statehood and taxation. Correspondents include the Association of American Indian Affairs, the National Congress of American Indians and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The President's Committee on Civil Rights File consists of agendas, telegrams, correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, transcripts of hearings, executive orders, and proceedings and transcripts of the meetings of the Committee on Civil Rights. The documents pertain to subjects such as civil rights, lynching, education, discrimination, employment, housing, health, poll taxes, interstate transportation, Jim Crow laws, equality, self-government in the District of Columbia, statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Among the minority groups specifically mentioned in this series are Japanese-Americans, Mexican-Americans, American Indians, Puerto Ricans, and African-Americans. A notable record in this series is the report titled To Secure These Rights; The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights from 1947 [This report is available online].

The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services File contains telegrams, correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, executive orders, and Congressional bills. The documents relate to the military, education, housing, civil rights, health, equality, racial quotas, enlistment, the McCarran Bill, racial discrimination, the Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Bill, integration in the military, Puerto Rico's Constitution, and Samoan civil government. A large part of this series consists of drafts and background information pertaining to the 1948 campaign speeches, civil rights speeches and the 1952 State of the Union address.

Related holdings at the Truman Library include the Philleo Nash Papers; the Philleo Nash oral history interview; the White House Central Files: Official File 3327 and President's Personal File 557; Record Group 220: Records of the President's Committee on Civil Rights; and Record Group 220: Records of the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1-18

  GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1946-1952
Correspondence, handwritten notes, legal documents, memorandums, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed material, reports, speeches, executive orders, legislative bills and Congressional hearings. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

19

  COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FILE, 1950-1953
Correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, legislation, executive orders, and telegrams. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

20-21

  CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS FILE, 1939-1948
Correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, legislative bills, and executive orders. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

22-23

  FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE FILE (INACTIVE), 1941-1948. (Bulk Dates, 1946-1948)
Correspondence, telegrams, memorandums, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, legislative bills, executive orders and Congressional hearings. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

24-25

  INDIAN FILE, 1946-1952
Correspondence, telegrams, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, and Congressional bills. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

26-30

  PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS FILE, 1945-1948
Agendas, telegrams, correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, transcripts of hearings and executive orders. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

31-36

  PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE ARMED SERVICES FILE, 1948-1952
Telegrams, correspondence, handwritten notes, memorandums, newspapers clippings, press releases, printed materials, reports, speeches, executive orders, and Congressional bills. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1946-1952

  • A [1 of 3]
  • A [2 of 3]
  • A [3 of 3]
  • Alaska Statehood Bill
  • Alaskan Indian Land Claims [1 of 2]
  • Alaskan Indian Land Claims [2 of 2]
  • Albright, Joseph
  • American Veterans Committee
  • Arlington HospitalM

Box 2

Box 3

  • B [6 of 6]
  • Batt, Bill [William]-Correspondence, Campaign, 1948
  • Beck, Earl W. [1 of 3]
  • Beck, Earl W. [2 of 3]
  • Beck, Earl W. [3 of 3]
  • Biographical Material-Committee Nominees, Etc.
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • C [1 of 6]
  • C [2 of 6]
  • C [3 of 6]

Box 4

  • C [4 of 6]
  • C [5 of 6]
  • C [6 of 6]
  • Capital Park and Planning Commission-H.R. 7502
  • Child Day Care Centers
  • Cicero Riot
  • Civil Defense Appointment
  • Civil Liberties
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil Rights--Correspondence
  • Civil Rights Program-Mailing List and Memos Regarding Distribution of First and Final Reports of FEPC
  • Civil Rights Program-Public Interest In [memo for the President, February 16, 1948]
  • Civil Service Commission-Non-Discrimination
  • Cloture-Fair Employment Practices Committee(FEPC)

Box 5

  • Collazo [letter of regret on assassination attempt on Harry S. Truman, from Puerto Rico]
  • Columbia, Tennessee Riot-[newspaper clippings]
  • Committee on Government Contract Compliance (CGCC)
  • CGCC-Biographies of Committee Members
  • CGCC-Clearance Requests
  • CGCC--Correspondence
  • CGCC-Correspondence Regarding Applicants for Committee Membership
  • CGCC-Executive Order and Statement [empty]
  • CGCC-Letters of Appointment-Committee Members
  • CGCC-Letters Regarding Government Representatives
  • CGCC-Newspaper Clippings
  • CGCC-Palmer, Dwight--Correspondence
  • CGCC-Pending Business
  • CGCC-[press] releases of the Committee
  • CGCC--Referrals
  • CGCC-Working Papers
  • Conscientious Objectors
  • Correspondence Panels Discussion [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence Panels Discussion [2 of 2]

Box 6

  • Czechoslovakian Trials
  • D [1 of 3]
  • D [2 of 3]
  • D [3 of 3]
  • Displaced Persons Act
  • Displaced Persons Act of 1950-Statement by the President, June 16, 1950
  • District of Columbia-Home Rule
  • District of Columbia--Segregation
  • Douglass, Frederick-[Memorial] Home
  • E [1 of 2]
  • E [2 of 2]

Box7

  • F [1 of 2]
  • F [2 of 2]
  • Farnsworth Case [civil rights aspects of case involving Air Force personnel convicted of rape and murder]
  • Fair Employment Practices Board (FEP)-Civil Service Commission (CSC)-Bureau of Engraving [and Printing] Ruling
  • FEP Board-CSC--Correspondence
  • FEP Board-CSC-Executive Order 9980 (Working Papers)
  • FEP Board-CSC-Fair Employment Board vs. Veterans Administration
  • FEP Board-CSC-Overseas Employment and Executive Order 9980
  • FEP Board-CSC-Personnel of the Board
  • FEP Board-CSC-Proposed Federal Employment Practices Committee(FEPC) Act (Analysis of in 1949)
  • FEP Board-CSC--Releases
  • Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC)
  • FEPC--Correspondence
  • FEPC-Labor Department Report, "The Effects of Fair Employment Legislation in the States and Municipalities"

Box 8

  • G [1 of 4]
  • G [2 of 4]
  • G [3 of 4]
  • G [4 of 4]
  • Girard College
  • Guam [1 of 2]
  • Guam [2 of 2]
  • H [1 of 4]

Box 9

  • H [2 of 4]
  • H [3 of 4]
  • H [4 of 4]
  • Haiti
  • Hill, Roland Hurdon
  • Housing
  • Housing-Memo for the President
  • Hungarian Evictions
  • Hutterites and Selective Service
  • I [1 of 2]

Box 10

  • I [2 of 2]
  • Immigration--Correspondence
  • Immigration-Report of the Commissioner of
  • Internal Security and Individual Rights, (Proposed) Commission on
  • J [1 of 2]
  • J [2 of 2]
  • K [1 of 3]
  • K [2 of 3]
  • K [3 of 3]

Box 11

  • L [1 of 3]
  • L [2 of 3]
  • L [3 of 3]
  • M [1 of 6]
  • M [2 of 6]
  • M [3 of 6]
  • M [4 of 6]
  • M [5 of 6]
  • M [6 of 6]

Box 12

  • Mail Report
  • Miami Bombings
  • N [1 of 3]
  • N [2 of 3]
  • N [3 of 3]
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)--Correspondence about Post Offices
  • National Capital Housing Authority
  • National Council of Negro Women
  • National Guard (Policy Regarding Race)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Naturalization Bill (Material from Bob Cullom)
  • Near East Development Plan
  • Negro-General-Negroes in the Government (List of Names)
  • Negroes Nominated by President Truman to Hold Policy Making Jobs in Federal Government (and Others)

Box 13

  • O
  • P [1 of 3]
  • P [2 of 3]
  • P [3 of 3]
  • Palestine Analysis (by Dr. Knutson)
  • Palestine--Mail Report
  • Palestine--Teletype Clippings
  • Phillips, S.J. (Booker T. Washington Memorial)
  • Point IV Program
  • Presidential Notes

Box 14

  • President's File of Messages, 1946-1951-A through D
  • President's File of Messages, 1946-1951-E through L
  • President's File of Messages, 1946-1951-M through O
  • President's File of Messages, 1946-1951-P through Z
  • President's File of Messages, 1952
  • Puerto Rican Office (Don O'Connor)
  • Puerto Rico
  • Q
  • R [1 of 3]
  • R [2 of 3]
  • R [3 of 3]

Box 15

  • Recorder of Deeds
  • Recreation-D.C. [Rosedale]
  • Recreational Facilities in D.C.
  • Reorganization Plan No. 12
  • Rosenberg, Anna
  • Rules Changes
  • Rules Committee
  • S [1 of 4]
  • S [2 of 4]
  • S [3 of 4]
  • S [4 of 4]

Box 16

  • Samoan Airlines
  • Schairer [Reinhold]-World Education Service Council
  • Small Businesses-Messages and Legislation
  • Smith, John Randolph
  • T [1 of 2]
  • T [2 of 2]
  • Talmadge of Georgia (Newspaper Clippings)
  • Theaters-Race Policy in D.C.
  • U
  • United Nations Habeas Corpus File
  • United Nations Human Rights Covenant
  • Universal African Nationalist Movement

Box 17

  • Universal Military Training
  • V
  • Virgin Islands Civic Association (Ashley Totten)
  • Virgin Islands Corporation
  • Virgin Islands-General Correspondence with Governor [Morris F.] De Castro, Etc. [1 of 2]
  • Virgin Islands-General Correspondence with Governor [Morris F.] De Castro, Etc. [2 of 2]
  • Virgin Islands Governor (Nominations, Etc.)
  • Virgin Islands Hotel (Kesler and Bayne)
  • W [1 of 4]

Box 18

  • W [2 of 4]
  • W [3 of 4]
  • W [4 of 4]
  • Wetbacks
  • White House Files-Philleo Nash, 1953 [1 of 3]
  • White House Files-Philleo Nash, 1953 [2 of 3]
  • White House Files-Philleo Nash, 1953 [3 of 3]
  • X [empty]
  • Y
  • Z

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FILE, 1950-1953

Box 19

  • Committee on Government Contract Compliance Committee (CGCC)- Conference with Negro Leaders, February 28, 1951
  • CGCC-"Equal Economic Opportunity", A Report by the President's Committee on Government Contract Compliance, January 12, 1953
  • CGCC-Original Draft Statement
  • CGCC-Senator Humphrey Letter, January 12, 1951
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Background Information
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Defense Production [1 of 2]
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Defense Production [2 of 2]
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Mail, 1951 (Urging Passage of Federal FEPC Bill)
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Negro Leaders
  • CGCC-Working Papers-Proposed Executive Order
  • CGCC-Working Papers--Russell Amendment

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS FILE, 1939-1948

Box 20

  • Act Extending Selective Service Act of 1940
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • Amnesty Board--Budget
  • Amnesty Bulletin
  • Baldwin, Roger (American Civil Liberation Union)
  • Bennett, James V.-Material From
  • Committee for Amnesty
  • Conscientious Objectors--Miscellaneous
  • Correspondence-A. L. Wirin
  • Correspondence-Amnesty Committee
  • Estep vs. United States
  • Executive Orders
  • Farm Labor Fund
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation
  • General Literature
  • Helburn, Nicholas
  • Individual Cases
  • Major Alper-Department of Justice
  • Memoranda for Files
  • Memorandum for the President
  • Memorandums from the Attorney General
  • Memorandums to the Attorney General
  • National Service Board for Religious Conscientious Objectors
  • Newspaper Clippings

Box 21

  • Parole Plan--Canada
  • Parole Plan--England
  • Parole Plan--Germany
  • Parole Plan--Japan
  • President's Amnesty Board
  • Press Releases
  • Proposed Draft of Legislation Submitted by National Service Board For Inclusion in Peacetime Training Bill
  • Proposed Legislation Submitted by Committee on Military Affairs [empty]
  • "Public Opinion Toward Conscientious Objectors…" by Leo P. Crespi
  • Replies to Congressmen
  • Replies to Individuals
  • "The Reporter", Publication of the [National Service Board] NSB
  • Report of the President's Amnesty Board
  • Saunders, Alfred-Case of
  • WD Advisory Board on Military Clemency

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE FILE (INACTIVE) 1941-1948 [bulk dates, 1946-1948]

Box 22

  • Correspondence, 1946 [1 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1946 [2 of 2]
  • Correspondence, 1947
  • Correspondence, 1948
  • "FEPC Reference Manual"-Publication of National Committee Relations Advisory Council [empty]
  • "Final Report"-Copy of Report and Correspondence Regarding Report
  • Mailing List for "Final Report" [1 of 2]
  • Mailing List for "Final Report" [2 of 2]
  • National Council for a Permanent FEPC

Box 23

  • Official Documents
  • Personnel Matters
  • Railroad Case (Releases and Correspondence)
  • Referrals from Treasury (No Action Taken) [1 of 2]
  • Referrals from Treasury (No Action Taken) [2 of 2]
  • Releases
  • Research Reports
  • Speeches and Statements

INDIAN FILE, 1946-1952

Box 24

  • Albuquerque Hospital for Indians (S. 2404)
  • ARROW [American Restitution and Righting Old Wrongs]
  • Articles (Miscellaneous)
  • Association on American Indian Affairs
  • Attorney Contracts [1 of 2]
  • Attorney Contracts [2 of 2]
  • Berthold-Garrison Dam Legislation
  • Bills in Congress About Indians
  • Blackfeet [Indian Reservation]
  • Correspondence

Box 25

  • Federated Indians of California
  • Felix Cohen--Correspondence
  • Fryer Incident [E. Reeseman Fryer, Indian Service]
  • Indian Affairs Forum
  • Memoranda
  • National Congress of American Indians
  • Navajo Appropriation Cut
  • Navajo Tribal Council
  • North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
  • Pyramid Lake Paiute Indians
  • Rice, Sergeant [John R.]--Burial in Arlington
  • Standing Rock Sioux [Tribe]

PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS FILE, 1945-1948

Box 26

  • Addresses and Names of Members of Civil Rights Committee
  • Autographed Copies [of Report] for Committee Members-Correspondence About
  • Citations and Authorizations for Statements in the Report
  • Civil Rights-Mailing List and Memos Regarding Distribution of First and Final Reports
  • Civil Rights Message of February 2, 1948
  • Civil Rights Message of February 2, 1948-Working Papers
  • Committee Members and Staff (Information About, Memos and Newspaper Clippings)
  • Correspondence-1946
  • Correspondence-1947
  • Correspondence-1948 [1 of 3]
  • Correspondence-1948 [2 of 3]
  • Correspondence-1948 [3 of 3]

Box 27

  • Correspondence-1949
  • Minutes of CRC Meetings
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-January 15, 1947-April 17, 1947 [1 of 2, pages 1-153]
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-January 15, 1947-April 17, 1947 [2 of 2, pages 154-233]
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-May 1, 1947-May 15, 1947 [pages 234-488]
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-Hanover, New Hampshire, June 30, 1947-July 1, 1947 [pages 489-719]
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., September 12-13, 1947 [1 of 2, pages 720-889]
  • Minutes of Meetings of President's Committee on Civil Rights-Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., September 12-13, 1947 [2 of 2, pages 890-1073]

Box 28

  • Newspaper Clippings [1 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings [2 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings [3 of 3]
  • Newspaper Clippings-Civil Rights Message to Congress

Box 29

  • President's Committee on Civil Rights-Agenda for Policy Meeting-June 30-July 1, 1947, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • President's Committee on Civil Rights--Miscellaneous Papers-Statements by Consultants, Memoranda to Subcommittees, Interim Reports of Subcommittees, Executive Order Creating Committee and Press Releases
  • President's Committee on Civil Rights-Transcripts of Subcommittee And Staff Hearings, April-July 1947
  • President's Statement of October 19, 1947 (Upon Committee Presentation of Report)
  • Press Releases-General
  • Record of Money Sent to G.P.O.
  • Referrals-Department of Justice
  • Speeches on Civil Rights
  • Staff Memoranda-Volume I, President's Committee on Civil Rights

Box 30

PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EQUALITY OF TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE ARMED SERVICES FILE, 1948-1952

Box 31

  • Campaign, 1948
  • Campaign, 1948-Drafts of Speeches
  • Campaign, 1948-Harlem Speech, October 29, 1948
  • Campaign, 1948-Independent Citizens Committee for Truman and Barkley (Correspondence)
  • Campaign, 1948-Newspaper Stories
  • Campaign, 1948-Swedish Centennial Speech, June 4, 1948
  • Campaign, 1948-Teletypes to George Elsey
  • Campaign, 1948-"The Truman Record" (Copies of) [newspaper ad]
  • Correspondence
  • Executive Order 9981 (Working Papers and Final [Draft] Order)
  • Internal Security Act of 1950, (McCarran Bill) Vetoed September 22, 1950

Box 32

Box 33

  • Puerto Rico Constitution-Message of Approval, April 22, 1952 [1 of 2]
  • Puerto Rico Constitution-Message of Approval, April 22, 1952 [2 of 2]
  • Samoa-Civil Government Legislation (1949) and E.O. 10264-5 Regarding Administration, June 29, 1951
  • Speeches and Messages of the President-Samoa (Civil Government Legislation)
  • Speech-Charleston, West Virginia, October 1, 1948
  • [Speech]-Chicago-Whistle Stop, October 29, 1952
  • Speech Drafts-University of California, September 22, 1948
  • Speech Drafts-Western Trip, May 12-13, 1950 (Minot, North Dakota And Havre, Montana)
  • Speech-Harlem, October 11, 1952 [1 of 2]

Box 34

  • Speech-Harlem, October 11, 1952 [2 of 2]
  • Speech-Indianapolis, October 12, 1948
  • Speech-Milwaukee, Labor Day, September 1, 1952
  • Speech-National Jewish Welfare Board, October 17, 1952
  • Speech-National Council of Negro Women, November 15, 1949
  • Speech-New Jersey, Pennsylvania--Whistle Stop, October 22, 1952
  • Speech-New York--Whistle Stop, October 19, 1952
  • Speech-Oklahoma City [September 1948]
  • Speech-Veterans Administration Voluntary Services, May 21, 1952

Box 35

  • State of the Union Message, 1952--Legislative Programs [1 of 2]
  • State of the Union Message, 1952--Legislative Programs [2 of 2]
  • State of the Union Message, 1952--Message Suggestions (From Departments and Agencies) [1 of 3]
  • State of the Union Message, 1952--Message Suggestions (From Departments and Agencies) [2 of 3]
  • State of the Union Message, 1952--Message Suggestions (From Departments and Agencies) [3 of 3]

Box 36

  • Unlawful Entry-District of Columbia, H.R. 1758, Approved July 17, 1952
  • Veto of H.R. 5411 Education Bill, November 2, 1951 ( Schools in Critical Housing Areas)
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