June, 1941, 1941

The Farm Security Administration, under attack from the Farm Bureau, became highly receptive to the idea of cooperating with the STFU on organizing drives in northern Alabama and other areas. Mitchell moved quickly to exploit the opportunity; see his letters to FSA officials (16) and his detailed explanation of the situation to Norman Thomas (25). For further information on the organizing drive, see Mitchell's repots to Butler on his trip to Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma (18,22) and Butler's summary report to the NEC (26). Correspondence continued between Mitchell and Harold L. Oram on the matter of selecting a chairman for the projected National Sharecroppers Committee. Sam Franklin wrote from the DCF to express his pique at the STFU's recent investigation of the co-op farms (25), and J.E. Clayton wrote on the campaign of his friend Lyndon B. Johnson for the U.S. Senate (30).