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time for specific help. Between the present special session of Congress
and the reguler session beginning in January, mest members of Congress
will return to their homes. They will be sounding out the feeling in
the forty-eight states, seeking # gauge of American sentiment on aid to
Buropean resovery. In that brief period at the and of December, the
country will largely make up its mind shout what Mr. Stinson hee called
"the challenge to Americans," and the members of the National Council
of the Committee can greetly affect Ameries's response to that challenge.
It is the Committee's intention to seek support Dr the general
principles of American eid to Suropean recovery, and, while we recognize
the vital importence of certain specific issues, we de not plan to do.
vote ourselves to matters of detail. We have now assembled # competent
staff, under Mr. John H. Forgunon, es Resoutive Director, end we have
established offices in Room 4416 of the Expire State Building in New York
and in the Enterprise Building at 1740 K Street Northwest in Washington,
end 1 are beginning to distribute material to the public, copies of which
we will send to you upon publication. He here also started as speakers'
bureeu, so that those who wish to know about the plans for eiding European
recovery may have adequate information with which to sake up their minis.
And we have begun to circulate 8 potition to the Congress for the passage
of legislation designed, in the light of Secretary of State Marshell's pro-
possl, to fulfill the needs of a sound European Recevery Program.
May I express my appreciation for your willingness to serve on the
Committee end my hope that, as eitimens, we shell all resognise end accept
the responsibilities of our encrunce power for peace.
Very sincerely yours,
HART TRUMAN NARA LIBRARA
Robert P. Putterson
Chaimen, Executive Committee
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