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x 93-B Jund 24, 1949 Honorable Harry S. Truman President of the United States Washington, D.C. Sir: The writer wishes you to have a copy of an impromptu letter directed to Mr. Louis A. Johnson, X1285 A Secretary of Defense. As Commander-in-Chief of the United States forces, you no doubt approved the x 1285 issuance of the order directing non-segregation in our armed units where heretofore the time-honored miscel policy of segregation was employed. # Yours respectfully Joseph Joseph Beauharnais, Beauhamand 812 North Wells Street, Chicago 10, Illinois.