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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Fred J. Bowman
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Fred J. Bowman
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Gynaw U. S. Naval Station, Key West, Florida. November 13, 1952. Dear Fred: How kind and generous you are in returning my check in the amount of (500.00 with your letter of November 8th. I am deeply interested in athletics in Gernany as a genuine morale builder and surely all who supply the necessary equipment are contributing to a highly constructive work. You are, therefore, performing a genuinely patriotic aot in donating the volleyballs, basketballs, soccerballs, footballs and ping pong sets for use in Germany and for which I had tendered personal check now returned to me with the assurance that you will underwrite the expense. with my thanks to you go also kindest re-s membrances to I am getting a good rest down hare despite the exactions of the job. l'res. Truman and Margaret will join me later. Gratefully and sincerely, TRUNAR . ARCHIVES INATIONAL SERVICE* the AND RECORDS is Fred Je Bownan, 2037 North Campbell Avenue, Chicago 47, Illinois. WDH/kn popy in Key West File