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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 31

66 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 66 pages OCR'd
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ALAA LT I NLELED TOIT Ae Pas FF a Nery Valuable. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT — TT 4 < By . . _ “s . me. . fe NEW YORK, Wednesday The other night Wwent to a mee ing of a group that is attem: of independents. If was su wanelr idea was to make these es, if possible. If not, then they would get them working to- gether ao that they would wield some influence on the party - chinery from the outside. 2 I was amused by a good young ublican, a student of Fordham University, who asked me what the attitude should be of someone who held what I called reaction. evidently belleved ary idea. He tly . that I did not think there was place In the country, for reactior. aries or conservatives. * . As a matter of fact, I doubt I there is much use In being a thhas. 1 ,* 0 reactio . But I think there is ; a very Valuable place to be filled by the honest conservative... He is the balance wheel for those who want to move too fast and he does make progressive or Mberal-mind- ed people examine their positions more carefully. For that.reason I think he plays an important role in polltical life. The opposition is always important in any gov ment and the better the oppositio the better the party in power. e e » 8 we did not have any mee . of the Human Rights Commis- sion on Tuesday, I went to the Ufbited States mission office in the mbrning and talked for almost an h with some students from ©) State University, who are spending a few days in New York City which will include a yisit to the United Nations at Lake SUe ting to form &n organization ; to be a group of indepen Democrats but there were some Republicans present. vf .the UN, which this “pearly © eelebration shou ems AM sure that the death of Am- epreeettor Laurence A. in EnORmnaneEnEDIeD enna ee £ harat in a plane accident in\ Can ‘aa was a terrible ‘shock tg hi and is a loss tb th ’ eng Tolson__~ , dd ze ee eel | a | Glavi . < Nich Rosen Tracy. Harbo_~ Mobr__ Tele. Room. oney J * Gandy a RECORDED - 8 IRDEXED - 5 “ ne a @OF RECCRDED. 45 jut 11 1950 | —nee eee engi —1h\ Page Times-Herald ——— Wash. Post Yash. Hews Wash. Star R.Y. Mirror hel hep PO Bean tee + eee —_—— a
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