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To Mr. Tom Clark, United States Department of Justice, From Alonso S. Perales, President, Committee of One Hundred, The League of Loyal Americans, Oct. 26, 1944.
Letter to United States Department of Justice with attention to Mr. Tom Clark from Alonso Perales, President for Committee of One Hundred and the League of Loyal Americans. Would like the Department of Justice to begin an investigation as to the motive of those owners of establishments who do discriminate. Alonso Perales requests that the War Department and the Department of Justice inform President Roosevelt of the situations taking place in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico and to ask Congress to enact a law “forbidding the humiliation of persons of Mexican extraction anywhere in the United States.”Tags Cartas; Clark, Tom; Committee of One Hundred; Discriminación contra mexicoamericanos; Discriminación racial; Estados Unidos - Póliza gubernamental; Estados Unidos, Departmento de Justico; Estados Unidos, Oficina del Instituto Nacional de la Estadística; Investigaciones Gubernamentales; Perales, Alonso S.; Personal Militar; Soldados-Mexicanoamericanos; The League of Loyal Americans -
To Mr. Si [Simon] Casady, Editor, Valley Evening Monitor, From Alonso S. Perales, April 24, 1947
Alonso S. Perales thanks Simon "Si" Cassady for agreeing to submit an article for his forthcoming book. -
To Rev. James R. Cassidy, O.M.I, Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans, From Alonso S. Perales, March 7, 1947
Letter to Reverend James R. Cassidy O.M.I Chaplain, Catholic War Veterans from Alonso S. Perales discussing the discrimination which had been taking place in the Rio Grande Valley. He encloses some opinions to help I Reverend Cassidy in convincing those who do not recognize Mexicans (us) as whites. Mr. Perales writes that he will published a book in English containing approximately 100 affidavits of concrete cases of discrimination. -
To Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, Jan. 31, 1939
Letter to Mrs. W.W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables from Alonso S. Perales. In the letter Alonso S. Perales thanks Mrs. W.W. Dees for the invitation to address the Pan American Convention on March 10th. The subject for his presentation is “The Good Neighbor Policy and Recent Development in the Western Hemisphere”. -
To Mrs. W.W, Dees, State Director General, Pan American Round Tables, From Alonso S. Perales, March 17, 1939.
Letter to Mrs. W. W. Dees, State Director General of the Pan American Round Tables of Texas from Alonso S. Perales. Letter is congratulatory on the success of the State Convention. Letter mentions President Somoza of Nicaragua ‘s visit in May and that he will be received by President Roosevelt on May 5th. The letter also refers to the building of the Nicaraguan Canal. -
To Mr. Simon Casady, Editor, Valley Evening Monitor, From Alonso S. Perales, April 5, 1947
Letter to Simon "Si" Casady, Editor of the Valley Evening Monitor from Alonso S. Perales. Alonso S. Perales had decided to publish a book in English, that included 100 affidavits regarding cases of discrimination against those of Mexican descent. Alonso S. Perales asked Simon Casady if he could contribute an article for his book. -
To Honorable Herbert L. Davis, From Alonso S. Perales, Dec. 13, 1933
Letter written by Alonso S. Perales on behalf of his client, Juan Padrón, in which he asks Herbert L. Davis why Padrón has been denied employment. -
Signature of Alonso S. Perales ca. 1941.
Handwritten signature of Alonso S. Perales in 1941, 47 años. -
Letter to Hon. Fred Felty from Alonso S. Perales, requesting an amendment for the School Equalization Bill, June 9, 1938.
Letter to Hon. Fred Felty from Alonso S. Perales, requesting that if he is elected, that the School Equalization Bill, Article 2663 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas be amended. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction should be empowered to hold back funds if school districts fail to provide "equal school facilities" to all school-age children. -
To Alonso S. Perales from Dr. Carlos E. Castañeda, The Library, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 9, 1946.
Letter to Dr. Carlos E Castañeda regarding his loss of an election. The letter also references Archbishop Lucey along with a mention towards a Mr. Lorzano to create a trust with a University of his liking. The hope is that St. Mary's University will get it.