Like Thurmond, Wallace also later significantly changed his views on race
relations, especially after devoting himself as an Evangelical Christian.
Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina agreed, and he
wrote a letter to the White House wearing his hat as Chairman of the Senate Internal Security Committee that moved the government to take action.
Thurmond was nominated as Presidential candidate by the States' Rights Democratic Party,
or the'Dixiecrats', which was established after a split from the national Democrats over the issue of Federal intervention in state affairs, especially civil rights and segregation,
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond was of the same opinion,
and it was a letter he wrote to the White House in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Internal Security Committee that prompted the White House to action.