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HIGHHOLD
HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND
Y
December 1, 1947
Mr. Harold L. Oram
Committee for the Marshall Plan
8 West 40 Street
New York, New York
My dear Mr. Oram:
A friend of mine has sent me a suggestion with
reference to the character of the Committee for the Marshall
Plan, which I think has some merit, and I therefore send to
you the following extract from his letter for possible dis-
cussion by the Committee members:
"And they have given you a wonderful
committee to get out the vote. I suppose it
was picked for that purpose and no other.
But I noticed an editorial in the Times I think
which spoke of it as 'national and representa-
tive' and on looking over the list I confess
that it struck me that as such, our friends in
Moscow would be clever enough to point out that
it tended to confirm their picture of Uncle Sam
as a 'Shylock' whose chief interest was big
business and the profits thereof, and whose idea
of 'culture' is Hollywood movies, so prominently
represented on the Committee; whereas the
Humanities and the Arts are so conspicuous by
their absence - Literature, the Drama, Music, the
Fine Arts, not to mention Medical Research, Organ-
ized Philanthropy, and Architecture - in all
three of which America has led the world for three
or four decades -- all with representative bodies
like the 'Academy of Sciences' and 'Arts and
Letters', 'The National Academy of Design' and
the 'American Institute of Architects' - the last
with nearly ten thousand members with a good
hundred thousand employees. So I can't help
thinking that we ought to take this opportunity
to present a more truly national picture of
the America of today to our European critics. We
may not soon have another such chance."
Very sincerely yours,
HENRY L. STIMSON (sgd.)
HARTY TRUMAN NARA
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