 He also saw Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for the working class a threat to American tradition.He even went as far as help co-found the "Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution" in direct opposition to FDR’s New Deal and contributed his money and energies to other anti-New Deal and pro-segregationist organizations.In 1929, he donated part of what is today the 626-acre (2.5 km²) John Henry Kirby State Forest which is located in Tyler County in southeastern Texas.