Memorandum, Mr. Short's Press and Radio Conference, with Attached Washington Post Newspaper Clipping, "Truman Lauded Caudle in Note 28 Days Before Firing Him"

THE WASHINGTON POST Keith Beaty, a Charlotte, N. C., Truman Lauded Caudle in Note 28 Days Before Firing Him friend who had been under in- vestigation. "I certainly enjoyed the visit told a news conference December The subcommittee had ques- President Truman wrote T. La- written October 19 before Mr. mar Caudle less than a month Mr. Truman received the infor- to Winston-Salem and was glad 13 that he had been on to Caudle tioned Caudle and other witnesses mation which resulted in Cau- to have the opportunity to tell for a long time and had been in closed hearings previously, but before firing him that it was men like Caudle that made it "pos- dle's dismissal as assistant attor- the world some things that ready to fire him some time be- had not made public any details sible to carry on in this job," it ney general for activities "incom- needed to be said. fore the House tax investigating of the ousted official's activities. was disclosed last night. "Men like you and Jess Larsen subcommittee publicly exposed It first questioned Caudle in The letter was made public by patible" with his duties.e Caudle (general services administrator) his activities. closed session November 1. the White House after its exist- was ousted November-16. make it possible to carry on in The first public subcommittee ence was disclosed by Ned Short said the Chief Executive hearing on Caudle's activities Brooks, commentator on the Na- received a report about . Caudle this job. "Sincerely yours, Harry Tru- took place November 26, when tional Broadcasting Company early last summer but it was not man." he admitted receiving discounts news program, "Three Star Ex- until after November 1 that he Brooks noted that the President on cars and other favors from tra.' "had the verification of those at- Presidential Press Secretary frrst-unsubstantiated reports." Joseph Short said the letter was "In the course of the several years he has been in office, the President has seen many reports about various officials turn out TRUNAN not to be true," the press secre- tary added. Short said Mr. Truman's letter to Caudle was written after the is RECORDS Chief Executive had seen the SERVICE* Justice Department official dur- E.S. ing a speech-making visit to Win- ston-Salem, N. C. He said Caudle wrote the President October 17 "paying him a compliment and passing along a compliment from Jess Larson (General Services Ad- ministrator)." The White House text, iden- tical with that broadcast by Brooks, was as follows: "Dear Mr. Caudle: "I can't tell you how very much I appreciate your good let- ter of the seventeenth.