Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ray Moseley, with Attached Newspaper Clipping and a Reply from William D. Hassett
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December 5, 1950
Dear Mr. Moseley:
This is in acknowledgment of your letter of December
first addressed to the President in further reference to the
fund raising campaign which you are carrying on in behalf of
the Baptist Memorial Hospital.The President's personal letter
to you under date of November twenty-fifth has been noted.
May I explain to you that ever since the President has
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been in the White House he has followed the policy set by his
predecessor and has not in a single instance endorsed a private
fund raising campaign. The reason for this is that scores of
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very meritorious undertakings -- with hospitals usually in the
lead -- are imaugurated in every state in the Union. The number
is so great that it would be impossible for the President to
recognize it. I know you understand how necessary it is for him
to treat all of his friends on a basis of exact equality.
The only fund raising campaigns which the President
endorses are those which are carried on on a national basis and
with whose work he is officially connected, such as the American
Red Cross and the Community Chest Federation.
I am very sorry to disappoint you but I feel sure you
will understand why the President could not make an exception in
the case of the hospital in Kansas City.
Very sincerely yours,
R MATIONAL
TRUMAN
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
SERVICE
V.
WILLIAM D. HASSETT
Secretary to the President
Mr. Ray F. Moseley,
Suite IIII Insurance Exchange Building,
Kansas City, Missouri.
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