Whenapprisedin 1946 of lynchings andotherformsofmobviolencestillpracticedin the South, heappointedacommitteeoncivil rightstoinvestigatediscriminationbasedonraceandreligion.(웹 검색 예문)남부에서여전히 자행되고있는린치와기타형태의민중의힘이 1946년에알려지게되자, 그는인종및종교에입각한흑백차별대우를조사하기위한민권위원회 위원들을임명했다.