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    "ocrText": "THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, Inc.\nRUBY HOLLAND ROSENBERG\nNational Organization Chairman (National Historian)\n121 West 48th Street\nKansas City, Missouri 64112\nDecember 27, 1972\nMrs. Harry S. Truman\nIndependence, Missouri\nDear Mrs. Truman:\nI am writing this as the National Historian of the\nNational League of American Pen Women to extend the sympathy\nof our members to you and your family because of the death\nof President Truman, your husband.\nWe remember with gratitude your gracious ways when you\nreceived over two hundred of us in the Red Room of the White\nHouse and you served a beautiful tea in the State dining\nroom with the background of the Marine Band melodies. And\nwe admired you for the support you gave the President during\na trying time in history.\nPen Woman Helen L. Trueheart years ago visited the\nTruman Library and President Truman and you in your home.\nHe autographed his books for Mrs. Trueheart. She is now\nour National President.\nIt is also as the wife of a member of Battery D, 129th\nField Artillery, that I want to express my sympathy for the\nloss of Captain Truman and friend. My husband and I attended\nthe Inaugural events on his invitation and the men never\ncease to speak of the breakfast \"Captain\" gave for the\nBattery at the beginning of his busy Inaugural day. They all\nfairly adored this fine officer and man. Through the years\nat the annual meetings of the Battery and in private talks\nthe President expressed great interest in them. In 1952 I\nwrote a story about the inauguration and it is in a book\n\"The Honor of your Presence\" which is in the Truman Library\nas a reference book. He read it and seemed pleased with\nthe description of the inauguration.\nHermann passed on five years ago and so when I give\nmy sympathy to you and yours I am doing it with the full\nunderstanding of how much the love of others can comfort\nthose who are left.\nWith deep admiration for you and Margaret and prayers\nfrom all the Pen Women throughout America that courage and\nfaith will sustain you,\nRespectfully yours,\nRuby Hermann Holland P. Rosenberg Preventery\nTRUMANT NARA"
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