Letter from Rabbi Dudley Weinberg to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from David Niles

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596-F Progress WeivBerg Peor Cow January 19, 1950 X 240 Carillon, Arlington Cem. My dear Rabbi Weinberg: I am writing, on behalf of the President, to thank you for your kind letter of January 9th. The President is very appreciative of your generous comments on his participation in the dedication of the AMVETS Carillon. - files 240 Carillon, arlington Can We will want to bear in mind your offer of service in 12-20-49 connection with the civil rights program. The principles of human dignity and freedom to which the President has given expression in his civil rights program are derived not only from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, but from the ethical teachings of religion. Veterans of the war we so recently fought against the Nazis' assault on these principles, should be, and I know they are, deeply devoted to correcting the conditions in our om country which deny to some of our citizens the full enjoyment of dignity and freedom. Cordially, x-PP7200 Deu dev of Service, W DAVID K. NILES Administrative Assistant to the President Rabbi Dudley Weinberg x National Chaplain, AMVETS S. Temple Ohabei Shalom x11+1 Brookline, Massachusetts AND a SERVICE and