Western Union Telegram to Theodore G. Bilbo from VFW Post 5701 on Supporting the British Loan and coal miners

Western Union Telegram to Theodore G. Bilbo from VFW Post 5701 on Supporting the British Loan and coal miners

Western Union telegrams

Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947

British Loan

Post World War II politics

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Coal Miners

Mississippi

A Western Union telegram sent from Rolling Fork, Mississippi to U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo in Washington D.C., dated May 11, 1946. The message questions the priority of the British loan over the needs of striking American coal miners, stating: "What is more important to the world the British loan or the striking coal miners. We fought and won the war overseas but lost the war at home without a chance to fight." The telegram is signed by officers of Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 5701, including Commander Jack M. Baggett, Vice Commander C.M. Stricklin, and Quartermaster J.W. Corely.

Burch, Dianna

Original Western Union telegram

Theodore G. Bilbo Papers

May 11, 1946

Jack M. Baggett, C.M. Stricklin, J.W. Corely

Copyright status unknown. For educational and research use.

Correspondence to U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo concerning postwar labor and foreign aid policy.

Image; scanned document; Western Union telegram

English

Text, Scanned document

Theodore G. Bilbo Papers, M2, Box #, Folder #, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.

Rolling Fork, Mississippi, United States; Washington D.C., May 1946; Post-World War II