Correspondence Between Donald Dawson and Joseph D. Keenan

file November 1, 1949 Filed by MR. DAWSON 11/10/4.9 Dear Joe : 3-B I have your letter recommending Mr. George Haggert as head of the Censusit Bureau for the State of Michigan. Appoint- ments for the decennial census, as well as missal any other census, have been made on a straight organization basis am the Congressmen very jealously guard their prerogatives, Where there is no Democratic Senator in the State, or the main office is not located in a Deno- cratic Congressional District, the recommenda- tion for the of fice is usually made by the Democratic National Committeeman. Therefore, it would be well for the friends of Mr. Haggert to get in touch with George Fitzgerald and enlist his support. I shall be glad to do what I can although we do not ordinarily get into these matters. With best wishes, Very sincerely yours, AMD DONALD S. DAWSON Administrative Assistant to the President Mr. Joseph D. Keenan Labor's League for Political Education 1525 H Street, N.W. x Washington 5, D.C. dsd/ddb