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    "ocrText": "Chairman\nMember\nMinnesota UN\nState and National\nAdvisory Council\nWorld Federalist - USA\nYork E. Langton\nCouncils\nApt. 102 4425 Chowen Ave. So.\nMinneapolis, Minn. 55410\nTelephone 927-9167\nJanuary 9, 1973\nMr. James Reston,\nEditorial Department, New York Times\nNew York, N. Y.\nDear Mr. Reston:\nI want to congratulate you on your most\ninteresting editorial pertaining to President Harry S.\nTruman. You have a great talent to see through the\ndetails and focus on the human aspects of a person\nor situation.\nIt was my pleasure to meet Mr. Truman four\ntimes, primarily through the work of Senator Hubert\nH. Humphrey.\nAt the first meeting about 1950 in the\nBlair House with Senator Humphrey, Mr. Truman said, \" It\nhas always been a struggle- a fight to get things done. I\nspend half of my time trying to persuade people to do things\nthat they should do anyway.\nWhen Mr. Truman was 80, mainly through the\nefforts of Senator Humphrey's Office, we were able to\nget Mr. Truman to make a rare appearance at a Coast-to-\nCoast Stores Convention and bring greetings to the first\nmeeting in Kansas City.\nI went out to the Truman Library to get Mr.\nTruman and also took him back. Senator Goldwater had\nspoken in Kansas City the night before and I remarked to Mr.\nTruman that he refused to say and shake hands with the audience.\nI then went to say that when out with Senator Humphrey, that\nSenator Humphrey was the last to ave the meeting. \" That is\njust the way I was \", Mr. Truman said.\nWe had a lively conversation coming and going\nand like all speakers, Mr. Truman wondered how he had done.\nEven Abraham Lincoln wondered how he had done at the Gettysburgh\nAddress. I told Mr. Truman that he had made a \"Hit\" which was\nliterally very true.\nSincerely,\nYork E. Lang\nControl Senantor Thummhrev\nYork E. Langton"
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