Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Oscar Hammerstein, with a Letter in Reply from Eva Kern

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STANDARD FORM No. 14A APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT FROM The White House MARCH 10, 1926 Washington TELEGRAM DECEMBER 3 1945 OFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN . 27. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS RCA BUILDING xx ROCKEFELLER CENTER 2223 NEW YORK NEW YORK # I AM AMONG THE GRATEFUL, MILLIONS WHO HAVE PLAYED AND LISTENED TO THE MUSIC OF JEROME KERN, AND I WISH TO BE AMONG THOSE OF HIS FELLOW AMERICANS WHO PAY HIM TRIBUTE TODAY. HIS MELODIES, SURVIVING HIM, WILL LIVE IN OUR VOICES AND WARM OUR HEARTS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME FOR THEY ARE THE KIND OF SIMPLE, HONEST SONGS THAT BELONG TO NO TIME OR FASHION. THE MAN WHO GAVE THEM TO US HAS EARNED A LASTING PLACE IN HIS NATION S MEMORY. HARRY S. TRUMAN xPP7100 XPP71-A 104