Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman

UNITED STATES DEERGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS Hotel Crillon Paris October 4, 1948 Dear Mr. President: I understand that there is some comment in the newspapers come and prefer out for in the you the election as United the Democratic of States the Republican that candidate I have not can- didate. I am unqualifiedly for you as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. This year I hope every Democrat and independent voter is concentrating on the election of as many I hope liberal for this Democrats particularly to Congress from the the possible. labor as and farm groups who have perhaps greatest stake in the preservation of liberal leadership. Liberal policies during these next few years are of vast importance on domestic issues. A Dem- ocratic administration, backed by a liberal Democratic Congress, could really achieve the policies for which you have stood. As delegate to the United Mations I have become very much aware of the fact that stability in our own government and in its policies is essential to help the Western Democracies on their road to rehabilitation. with every good wish, I an, Very cordially yours, Thear Roadwith