Letter from Clyde J. Burnett to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly

7165 7-23-12 133 July 22, 1952 Pro B My dear Mr. Burnett: This will acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July seventeenth. While your in- terest in writing is appreciated, the President after most careful consideration felt constrained to withhold his approval of the McCarran-Walters Bill. In his veto message returning the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act to the House of Repre- sentatives, he stated his conviction that the bill was a step backward. in the immigration and natural- ization policy of our country. Unfortunately this action by the President failed by two votes of be- ing sustained in the Senate. With the thought that you might like to have a copy of the President's veto message for your ready reference, I am taking the liberty of sending you a copy herewith. Very sincerely yours, NAME s ERCHIVES BATTOMAL TROMAN AND 4 BECORDS SERVICE MATTHEW J. CONNELLY as GOVERNMENT Secretary to the President Mr. Clyde J. Burnett, x Mission Superintendent and Transportation Secretary, Pacific Coast Japanese Conference, Free Methodist Church, 5427 Monterey Road, Los Angeles 42, California. nm