Vel Phillips Papers (Correspondence, Box 9)

Sept, 16, 1967

Mrs. Phillips-

I and hundred and hundreds people no longer respect you, you, as a woman with a high educatation sure cheapen yourself. You lower your diganaty, and chartateer. It was not enough those hoodlums, of which you are one carried you on their shoulders, when you had pants on, you hollered and laughed like an idiot what a good time you are having you...

...never had so good a time, you are low and common you have no respect, the common councial should throw you out, and we will see to that they do that, you should shame yourself, what does your husband and your children think how you cheapen yourself. People no longer respect you, which you will find out to your hoodlum friends again carry you on their shoulders you with pants on.

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and are you again having a grant and glorious time. Sure you cannot tramp the streets, and help create disturbance and trouble to people while having skirts on you must put pants on that makes it more easy to be carried. Why do you interfere in all this hoodalisum why do you not keep your respect and tend to your job, your husband, home and children and let

...those hoodlums iron out thier own trouble making with their leader the devil infested Jame Groppie the devil has him in his hands and he is passing the devil along to his gang of hoodlums Stay home Vel Phillips where you belong, you achive nothing only grief to yourself.

If they have time to wreck the Mayor's office, why don't they find time to clean up the trash and garbage around their homes?

Maybe, just maybe, if they kept their home places cleaned up, they'd be just a little more welcome elsewhere. Why don't they try it?