US church against PR statehood

The United States (US) Congress in 1935 entertained a bill to grant statehood for Puerto Rico. A California church was against that bill. The executive secretary of the church, M.F. Harbaugh, wrote a letter to Congressman Thomas L. Blanton on May 17, 1935 to speak against it.

Among the racist remarks, the secretary said that Puerto Ricans are undesirable seed stock for future Americans citizens. Here is that letter:

This letter is consistent with why the US government made sure that the Treaty of Paris of 1898 said that the rights of the natives ceded by Spain after the Spanish-American War would be determined by the US government. Thus, from the very beginning, Puerto Ricans had been converted into slaves! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mytk800mUn0&t=27

We must learn the real history ourselves to organize and engage in permanent resistance. We must force the US government to comply with the United Nations’ Charter, and its 36 resolutions asking the US government to immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty to the Puerto Ricans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otzBslJLbI0

Be part of our tsunami of people, because those who believe that Puerto Ricans are not human beings don’t believe in LIBERTY AND IN JUSTICE FOR ALL! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1697349163904877/