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    "ocrText": "CARTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN\nKENNETH MC KELLAR, TENN.\nFREDERICK HALE, MAINE\nROYAL S. COPELAND, N. Y.\nGERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.\nCARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.\nFREDERICK STEIWER, OREG.\nELMER THOMAS, OKLA.\nJOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.\nJAMES F. BYRNES, S.C.\nH. STYLES BRIDGES, N.H.\nMILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.\nUnited States Senate\nRICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA.\nALVA B. ADAMS, COLO.\nPATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV.\nCOMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS\nJOHN H. OVERTON, LA.\nJOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA.\nJOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, WYO.\nWILLIAM GIBBS MC ADOO, CALIF.\nHARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.\nF. RYAN DUFFY, WIS.\nWashington, D. C.\nEDWARD R. BURKE, NEBR.\nHERBERT E. HITCHCOCK, S. DAK.\nJanuary 20, 1938\nTHEODORE F. GREEN, R.I.\nKENNEDY F. REA, CLERK\nJOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK\nHonorable Edgar G. Hinde\nPostmaster\nIndependence, Missouri\nDear Heinie:\nI will be glad to do anything I possibly can for old Bunk\nFarrington, and if he has everything they say he has in that\nletter he certainly should be in his coffin instead of get-\nting compensation. I will do everything I can for him.\nThere is not a chance in the world to get a job in Washington\nnow. Everybody is just hanging on to positions here by their\neyebrows, and when old man Glass and I get through cutting\ndown on these appropriations there will be more bureaucrats\ngoing home than there will be train room on the B and 0 to\nhaul them. As soon as this spasm is over I may be able to do\nsome of my friends some good.\nI am glad that Dave Thompson took that cure, although right\nat the present time I don't feel as if I could use him in the\npost office at Independence.\nIf you go to the Padre to take that pledge be very careful\nand have your fingers crossed because if I remember correctly\nthat same pledge has been taken at least a dozen times, and I\nreally want you to have your fingers crossed when you take it.\nI hope that increased postal business adds $100 a year to your\nsalary from now on, and if Bill Hirth and Stark don't send me\nhome I imagine Dave Thompson will still get the job.\nSincerely,\nHST:MLD\nHarry S Truman\nTRUMAN\nWITHON\nARCHIVES &\nRECORDS\nADMIN"
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