Letter from J. Glenn Turner to President Harry S. Truman

5 off Missell 28 HAMILTON, HAMILTON, TURNER & HUTCHISON ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Baule WILLIAM B. HAMILTON 1103-07 KIRBY BUILDING NORMAN HAMILTON DALLAS 1, TEXAS can-T J. GLENN TURNER GEORGE W. HUTCHISON RAYMOND W. WEBER February 4, 1946 Mr. Harry S. Truman President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: Down in this country where we all are Democrats, we can appreciate the difficulties with which you are beset. We can also appreciate that you are in possession of informa- tion which we do not have as to the value of the different agencies and bureaus. There is one thing, however, that I think you are making a big mistake on, and that is in advocating continuance of the OPA. The OPA is undoubtedly your "problem child" and will be such as long as you allow it to remain in existence. It is argued that the OPA has done a good job on rent control. If we concede that to be a fact, I believe the majority of the people would in the same breath tell you that it has done more harm in other lines than it has done good in holding down rent ceilings. The OPA is the one agency which is causing all the industrial strife and unrest. I am not speaking of local officials or of anyone connected with the Regional Office here. In fairness to them, I am glad to say that to my ac= quaintance they are good and competent men, but they, of course, get their instructions from the home office. If you would allow the OPA to be abolished, the industrial picture would brighten up and cease to be a problem in less than ten days. We in this country have confidence in you and in your common sense. Let's don't put the ship of industrial recovery in the hands of an inexperienced pilot like the OPA, which is wholly incompetent to chart the proper course for industrial recovery. I do not think there is any agency, whether it be called OPA or otherwise, that can do so. The only thing