Finding aid for a manuscript collection located at the University of Mississippi. Thomas G. Abernethy represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943-1973. The 445 boxes in this collection contain files created during...
Letter.; The typewritten letter from the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Walter Sillers Jr., to William Colmer of the United States House of Representatives asks Colmer for his views regarding the upcoming Democratic National...
Letter.; Sillers writes that he is concerned over the political turn that the United States is taking in recent years. He expresses a lack of confidence in the current presidential administration and hopes that the people of the country will...
Letter.; Sillers writes about the desire of the States' Rights group to get an amendment to the United States Constitution. He hopes that they can spread the States' Rights doctrine all over the U.S. He declares that we must re-establish a...
Letter.; In this copy of a letter on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead, Sillers regrets that he cannot attend the States' Rights dinner in Dothan, Alabama, to which he was invited. He discusses the possibility of a name change from the...
Letter.; Sillers compliments Mrs. Findley on her letter that was published in the Commercial Appeal regarding the race issues that face the United States. He declares his support for her assertion that ""separation"" and ""discrimination"" are not...
Letter.; Sillers mentions struggles of the States' Rights Democratic Party in his letter to John Bell Williams. He criticizes white southern congressmen who vote for the leaders and agendas of the national Democratic Party and says that they are...
Letter.; Sillers writes about publicity for the States' Rights movement. He notes that David Cohn has received harsh criticism from northern liberals because he wrote favorably of the States' Rights movement in his book, Where I Was Born and...
Letter.; Sillers writes that the States' Rights movement must continue its momentum by promoting its principles as basic American government. The States' Rights politicians are hoping to join with Republicans and anyone else who agrees with their...
Letter.; Sillers endorses Sim Salter as a good candidate for the State Parole Board and indicates that he would happily get together with Senator Jones to discuss States' Rights. He fears that the people of the South will not stand up against the...
Letter.; Sillers compliments the editor of the Commercial Appeal on an editorial titled ""Reveal the Authors"" that suggested that a Senate committee should investigate all of the people who contributed to the writing of the Civil Rights Act and...
Letter.; Sillers thanks Stone for sending him copies of an article that Stone wrote for the Staple Cotton Review and asks him to please send a few more. He congratulates Stone on his contribution to the States' Rights movement, and asks hiim to...
Letter.; Sillers critiques Henderson's plan regarding how to combat plans to desegregate the South. Sillers agrees with him in general, but feels that the issue of segregation must be won outside the South. He feels that the campaign against...
Letter.; Sillers begins the letter by complimenting Governor Coleman on his appearance before the subcommittee of the United States Senate handling the Civil Rights Bill. Sillers states that he hopes future civil rights legislation will fail. He...
Letter.; Sillers believes that legislation to limit the power of labor unions should be drafted since he believes the majority of people of the United States would support it. He claims that labor union bosses are now more powerful than the...
Speech.; Sillers' speech before the Rotary Club of Grenada delineates the founding values of democracy and the republican form of government found in the United States. He also describes, as he sees them, the values of Communism and Socialism. He...
Letter.; Sillers thanks Mr. Swartz for his flattering letter regarding the stand the South should take toward the National Democratic Party. He feels that recently they have been supporting a platform that will destroy the southern way of life. ...
Letter.; Sillers writes Sutton that southern Democrats are devising a program to oppose those northern politicians who wish to control the National Democratic Party and shove desegregation and social equality down the throats of the southern...
Letter.; This letter indicates that Sillers and Beadel agree that the United States needs fierce protection from a socialistic conspiracy within the federal government. They hope that educating the whole nation on the States' Rights platform and...
Letter.; In this letter, Sillers summarizes the main points of Senator Eastland's keynote speech at the 1948 Mississippi Democratic Convention, in which he asserts that the white people in the North will be more swayed by the accusation that the...
