Letter from Ellis Outlaw to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Newspaper Clipping

7/2/7/48 Phone: JEFFERSON 8257 ELLIS S. OUTLAW ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 3140 PINE STREET ST. LOUIS 3, MO. File November 23, 1948 The Honorable Clark Clifford Assistant to the President 1-1 P.P.F. of the United States Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Clifford: ind I want to congratulate you and his Excellency the Honorable Harry S. Truman for his glorious victory. I know you had a X PPZ hand in it. When he spoke here, I listened over the radio and became so enthusiastic that I found myself saying "Hit them Harry!" Election goo "Hit them Harry Since you are so close to him I hope you will help him to live up to the high expectation of the people. He will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents. Al- though I am a Republican I have watched him through the years and he has always voted for the thing that was right. I was not surprised or disappointed, for my church, Central Baptist, of which I am a deacon, held a week of prayer before the Ministers left for Washington, D. C. last year. The March on Wash- ington was headed by my Pastor, the reverend T. E. Huntley and Dr. Jernagin of Washington, D. C. Dr. Jernagin is also very close to me for we were born in adjoining counties in the state of Mississippi. Tell Mr. Truman that no member of the Baptist Church should play cards or gamble in any way. I do not think that he is guilty of such as stated in the enclosed newspaper clipping. You tell him that God has his hands on him and try to keep himself worthy of the task before him and that the whole nation is praying for him. 4144-A-O Yours truly "NATIONAL Ellis S. Outlaw ES0:elb X Encl. 1