{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"41214"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Typed two-page letter to Congressman Bruce Alger from Dallas resident James W. Rutledge, dated January 2, 1964, signed in blue ink.  The letter is typed on United Fidelity Life Insurance Company letterhead.  Rutledge states a few times throughout his letter that he does not believe that the passing of any legislation, including the Civil Rights Bill, should be based on sentiment or as a memorial to President Kennedy.  He refers to the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas as \"Black Friday.\""},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2014.003.0111.0002"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Typed two-page letter to Bruce Alger from James W. Rutledge, dated January 2, 1964, signed in blue ink.  The letter is typed on letterhead with a logo of a blue and white coat of arms with \"UF\" on the shield. Printed across the top in black on a blue band is the text \"United Fidelity Life Insurance Company\". \"DALLAS, TEXAS\" is printed below.  Rutledge states a few times throughout his letter that he does not believe that the passing of any legislation, including the Civil Rights Bill, should be based on sentiment or as a memorial to President Kennedy.  \r\n\r\nCondition- Both pages have staple holes and rust stains at upper left corner, a discolored and wrinkled area at lower right corner, discolored spots along top edge, upper right corners are creased, and two horizontal creases from being folded.  (PP 06/26/14)."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/37299/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"37299"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/37302/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"37302"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Letter to Congressman Bruce Alger from Dallas resident"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/37299/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Letters","Legislation","Civil rights","Tributes","Memorials","Letterhead","Kennedy, John F.","Alger, Bruce","Dallas","Washington, D.C."]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Letter"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"01/02/1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["18.4150368301"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Bruce Alger (1918-2015) was one of the larger-than-life ultraconservative personalities that dominated the political image of Dallas in the years before the Kennedy assassination.  In 1954, the Dallas native became the first Republican congressman from Texas since Reconstruction.  During his decade in Congress, he was considered one of the most conservative members of the U.S. House.  For example, in addition to sponsoring a bill for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations, he was the only congressman to oppose a federally-funded school lunch program.  Alger was particularly critical of the Kennedy administration and was present when Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson were accosted in Dallas during the last days of the 1960 campaign. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65565"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"10 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (26.7 × 18.4 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["26.6700533401"]}}]}