Letter from Julia Woodson Edman to President Harry S. Truman with Attached Newspaper Clipping and a Reply from William D. Hassett

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filed 5-14-52 A May 12, 1952 My dear Mrs. Edman: X144-A E The President greatly appreciates your letter of April fourth, with the enclosed clipping, and if it were not for the many urgent demands upon his time he would write you personally to thank you for it. It is the President's especial request that I express his sincere thanks for your thoughtful comments regarding his announcement that he will not be a candi- date for re-election. He is gratified to learn that you, too, feel he has served his country well. The President is delighted that you enjoyed the programs rendered by his daughter, Margaret, on the X PP73 Radio -TV television and radio. Your complimentary words made E him very happy, and, of course, Margaret is also pleased. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President HARRY NATIONAL AND Mrs. Julia Woodson Edman, y SERVICE 103 S. 19th Street, GOVERNMENT St. Joseph, Missouri. vsd