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nied 5-31-52 May 28, 1952 - S Telecast your m Dear Mr. Medd: The President has asked me to thank you for your kind comments about his television tour # of the White House and for your interesting com- ments about the Presidential Seal. The Great Seal of the United States has X 398-A always had the eagle facing in the same direction as the olive leaves which are held in one of the claws of the eagle. For a great many years, the eagle faced the opposite way on the Presidential x 398-B Seal, but the Presidential Seal was changed by executive order of the President on October 25, 1945, and I am enclosing a copy of that Order. Sincerely yours, RAPPY NATIONAL TRUMAN MICHIVES AND SECORDS SERVICE POVERNMENT JOSEPH SHORT Secretary to the President Mr. William H. Medd, X 300 West Twelfth Street, Wilmington 1, Delaware. IP/wgc Enclosure.