Letter from James Eagan to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett

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400alash Statehood mise October 30, 1950 Dear James: Please accept thanks for your letter to the President. In reply, I am sending you the enclosed releases relative to the subject you mention which it is felt may be of interest to you. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President James Eagan, + Hotel Rutledge, Room 214, 161 Lexington Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Enclosures. mfa 5/21/48 - President's message to Congress on Statehood for Alaska; 1/3/50 - President's message to Congress on the State of the Union; and 5/5/50 - President's letter to Hon. Joseph G. O'Mahoney, Chrm. of Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs re granting Statehood to Alaska and Hawaii.