Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Justice William O. Douglas
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September 13, 1951
Personal
Dear Bill:
I have your note of the eighth regarding Indonesia
and I appreciate it very much.
I also appreciate highly your continued interest in
polities and foreign affairs, 1 was somewhat em-
barrassed by your statement on Communist China.
As long as I am President, if 1 can prevent it, that
cut throat organization will never be recognized by
us as the Government of China and I am sorry that
a Justice of the Supreme Court has been willing to
champion the interest of a bunch of murderers by a
public statement,
I am being very frank with you Bill because fundamentally
I am very fond of you but you have missed the boat on
three different occasions if you really wanted to get into
politics. Since you are on the highest Court in the land
it seems to me that the best thing you can possibly do
would be to give your best effort to that Court and let
the President of the United States run the political end
of foreign and domestic affairs,
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMALIV
Honorable William o. Douglas
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington 13, D. C.
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