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P.P.F.200 5-25-46 Card "O" 5540 Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1946. Secretary Ross, Executive Offices, The White House, Washinton, D.C. Dear Mr. Ross: I think the President's strike proposals to Congress are shortsighted, vindictive, un-American, and indefensibly stupid. So was his singling out of Messrs Whitney and Johnson for excoriation, while keeping silent about the part the operators have played in the matter and the part Congress itself is responsible for. I am not a union man. In fact I have had some rather disagreeable experiences at the hands of cer- tain unionists. But that doesn't blind me to the fact that what the President is proposing is nothing but a form of Fascism, though he doesn't seem to be aware of it. It's a pity he can't just go back to selling shirts and ties, an occupation that would ap- parently be more in keeping with his talents. Very truly yours,