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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Filed by BUREAU OF THE CENSUS DR. STÉELMAN WASHINGTON 25 3-B 9/20/49 August 9, 1949 Honorable John R. Steelman The Assistant to the President The White House My dear Mr. Steelman: The Secretary has asked me to reply to your memorandum Fifty of July 27, with which you enclosed a letter from Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers recommending that Boston be designated as the location for conducting that part of the next year's general census which may be operated outside of Washington. Enclosed for your information are copies of letter from Mrs. Rogers dated July 25, our reply of August 1, and the Secretary's reply of August 5. Mrs. Rogers' letter to the President is returned herewith. Sincerely yours, a Roso Eckler A. Ross Eckler Acting Director Enclosures Bureau of the Census