Letter from Congressman John W. McCormack to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Matthew Connelly

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capt ourney August 23, 1949 3-B End My dear Mr. MeCormack: Please accept the President's thanks for your letter of August seventeenth, recommend- murray ing Mr. Patrick Joseph Murray for appointment as Director of the Bureau of the Census, He appre- ciates your letting him know that you think Mr. Murray is so well qualified to perform the duties of that office and wants me to assure you that your endorsement will be given careful consideration. Very sincerely yours, TRUMAN ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECURDS AND SERVICE es E MATTHEW J. CONNELLY Secretary to the President Honorable John W McCormack, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MR. DAWSON: