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Letter from Sumner Welles to Alonso S. Perales dated Washington, D.C., February 2, 1943.
Letter from Sumner Welles to Alonso S. Perales dated Washington, D.C., February 2, 1943.
TitleLetter from Sumner Welles to Alonso S. Perales dated Washington, D.C., February 2, 1943.
CreatorWelles, Sumner, 1892-1961
DescriptionTypewritten letter signed by Sumner Welles, then Under Secretary of State, dated Washington, D.C., February 2, 1943, on the letterhead stationery of the Department of State, to Alonso S. Perales as the Director General of the League of Loyal Americans. Welles discusses House Bill 69, currently before the Texas Legislature, declining to make comments about anti-discrimination between "citizens of varying racial backgrounds" while the bill is pending at the state level.
DateFebruary 2, 1943
Genreletters (correspondence)
ConferenceIn Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican American Public Intellectuals
Subject (Name)Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
Subject.Topical (AAT)activists
Subject.Topical (LCSH)Mexican Americans
Bills, Legislative
Subject (Geographic)Washington (D.C.)
San Antonio, Texas
Original CollectionAlonso S. Perales Papers, 1898-1991 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=436
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 2010-002, Box 2, Folder 27
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