Document Title: Document 118 April 18, 1949 Letter with enclosure To: Charles Fahy Fr: Louis Johnson
Document Description: Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: concerning the Interpretation of the President’s Order establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services commentary interpreting the policy established by Executive Order 9981 as a policy of desegregation and not merely separate but equal treatment of African Americans in light of the ideals of democracy; the president’s concern for civil rights; and official U.S. public policy as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, statutes, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, and executive pronouncements
Publication Year: 1949
Publication: Documentary History of the Harry S. Truman Presidency
ProQuest Product: ProQuest History Vault
Source Institution: Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman, Papers as President, President’s Secretary’s File, 1945-1953, Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri