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JAN 103-G THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 7, 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. STOWE # Attached are copies of the message on the Health Report, to General Eisenhower. a draft letter to the Committee Chairmen, and a draft letter not 1/19/53 filed Perlmeter has not as yet given us any comment on the draft message. Murphy thought an additional paragraph complimenting the Commission for its work would be desirable. However, the more I studied the present last paragraph the more I felt that the President gives sufficient praise with the present language, particularly in view of our long- standing desire to give a certain degree of independence to the Commission's work. I understand from Murphy that there is a possibility of sending to the Congress either the Immigration Report message or the Health Report message this Thursday, since no other action by the President in the way of Congressional messages is contemplated for this day. A reason for sending the Immigration Report message this week is the fact that a copy of the Report is being sent to each member of the Congress that day. However, it should be noted that the Health Report was distributed to the members of Congress this past Monday, so that on this ground perhaps the Health message should take priority. I understand from Murphy that the President wants to send a separate letter to Eisenhower on each of the two Reports. Therefore I have prepared the attached draft letter. I assume that Bill Hopkins can see to it that final drafts of the letters to the Committee Chairmen and to Eisenhower can be prepared to coincide with the actual dispatch of the message to Congress on the Health Report. mill M. P. Kayle Attachments. mog Dld to Congress 1/9/53