Letter from Harry S. Truman to Edgar Hinde

CARTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN KENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN. FREDERICK HALE, MAINE ROYAL S. COPELAND, N. Y. GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK. CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. H. STYLES BRIDGES, N. H. JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C. HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR., MASS. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD. United States Senate RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA. ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV. JOHN H. OVERTON, LA. JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA. JOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, WYO. WILLIAM GIBBS MC ADOO, CALIF. Washington, D. C. HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO. F. RYAN DUFFY, WIS. May 15, 1939 EDWARD R. BURKE, NEBR. HERBERT E. HITCHCOCK, S. DAK. THEODORE F. GREEN, R. 1. KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK Honorable Edgar G. Hinde Postmaster Independence, Missouri Dear Hinie: You don't know how very much I appreciated your good letter of the Eleventh, and I am more than happy to have the situation as you laid it out. I rather think you are right about the situation regarding T.J. I am also most happy that you had an opportunity to tell the Phelps'. Les has had a terrible time, but I think he wants to do the right thing. I was terribly surprised at the situation in Kansas City. No one could have made me believe that McElroy had gotten his funds tied up in any way whatever. I really thought he was a genius at finance. When I get home we will have a talk-fest on the whole situation. Sincerely, HAPPY HST:MLD Harry S. Truman