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    "ocrText": "-3-\nMr. Ferguson reported that the Empire State Building management had\nemphatically told him that the Committee must move from its present offices\non the 15th of January, and that, while other space would be provided in the\nbuilding, any necessary installation, painting, etc., would have to be under-\ntaken at the Committee's expense without any assurance that we would not\nhave to move again. He mentioned that there was a possibility of being able\nto move to the Reid House on Madison Avenue, and it was agreed that it would\nbe better for the Committee to find a permanent place for the remainder of\nits existence. Mr. Oram and Mr. Ferguson were directed to discuss this mat-\nter with Judge Patterson.\nIn connection with the book by Mr. Henry Hazlitt, which is being dis-\ntributed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to its members, Mr. Ferguson pro-\nposed that someone be asked to prepare a draft of an article taking up the\npoints covered by Mr. Hazlitt for the signature of a prominent member of\nthe business community, preferably Mr. Aldrich. The Committee agreed that\nthis would be the most effective way to reply to Mr. Hazlitt's arguments\nand hoped that we could secure the distribution of any such article in a\nreprint form by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ferguson was asked to proceed\nwith this matter.\nMr. Ferguson mentioned that the organizing of a regional committee\nin Des Moines was already under way. He also mentioned that Mr. McKee had\nsuggested that it would be well to invite various business writers from the\nNew York press to small luncheons. In fact, Mr. McKee had offered to bear\nthe expense of such a luncheon. Mr. Ferguson said that quite a number of\nbusiness writers were being invited to the luncheon next Thursday and that\nfor the time being, perhaps, this would serve. He also reported that Mr.\nMcKee had suggested the inclusion of Mr. Heinz from Pittsburgh as a member\nof the Executive Committee. The Committee again discussed the general ques-\ntion of enlarging itself, and decided to defer action on this matter until\nit further canvassed possibilities of representation in the Midwest and South.\nMr. Ferguson presented the text of a brief pamphlet on the Committee's\npurposes, which was approved by the Committee for publication.\nReport by Mr. Carey:\nMr. Carey described to the Executive Committee his recent efforts at the\nWFTU meeting in Paris to prevent the Soviet Union and the eastern European\ncountries from using the WFTU to attack the Marshall Plan in Europe. Mr.\nCarey outlined the steps he had taken and indicated his success in securing\nagreement that the Secretariat of the WFTU should distribute the previous\npolicy statements of the organization, which are consistent with the Marshall\nPlan.\nThe Committee thanked Mr. Carey for his report and, there being no\nfurther business, the Committee adjourned.\nTRUMAN\nHARRY\nNARA\nN LIBRARY"
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