Letter from Isaac Sutton to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett

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b-aa August 14, 1946 My dear Mr. Sutton: Your letter of August ninth on be- half of the Indian Rights Association has been received. In reply, I have pleasure in advis- ing you that on August thirteenth the President approved H. R. 4497, a bill "To create an In- dian Claims Commission, to provide for the powers, duties and functions thereof, and for other purposes." Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President AND U.S. GOVERNMENT Mr. Isaac C. Sutton, mhs Vice President, x x Indian Rights Association, 301 South Seventeenth Street, Philadelphia 3, Pennsylvania.