Letter from Harold Ickes to Daniel F. Clancy, with Attached Note

HAROLD L. ICKES 3624 PROSPECT AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON 7. D.C. DUPONT 2281 May 5, 1949. My dear Mr. Clancy: I have your letter of April 28. I do not know what has happened in the various state legislatures with respect to the proposed amendment to the Constitution limiting the Prosidential terms. Whether the Democratic National Com- mittee has taken any interest, I do not know. Some time ago I talked with Senator McGrath and Leslie Biffle, urging them to do something about rounding up some active opposition but whether they have done anything or not I do not know. I understand that Mr. Biffle has been ill in the hospital for some time. I shall write a letter to Senator McGrath and I shall also write the following Senators in the states where you say that the amendment will be considered this year: Johnson of Texas; Maybank of South Carolina; Pepper of Florida and Hill of Alabama. I am sending you a copy of one of these letters for your information. Sincerely yours, Haroel Lofter Harold L. Ickes. Mr. Daniel Francis Clancy, Director, The National Committee Against Limiting the Presidency, P.O. Box 322, Springfield, Ohio. Encl.