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    "ocrText": "INDEPENDENT VOTERS' LEAGUE\nAn Organization of Citizens of All Political Parties United to Secure Good Government\nof GERMANTOWN and CHESTNUT HILL\nDOROTHY M. WOLFF\nMRS. OSCAR BREGMAN\nSECRETARY\nCHAIRMAN\n7000 LINCOLN DRIVE\nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nPHILADELPHIA 19, PA.\nWISSAHICKON 6503\nMRS. MILTON BRODSKY\nMRS. K. ASHBRIDGE CHEYNEY\nMISS ELEANOR BUSHNELL DAVIS\nMR. HARRY DOMINCOVICH\nMISS ANNE P. HALLIDAY\nMay 29, 1946\nMRS. LEONARD LEVY\nMRS. LAWRENCE R. MALLERY\nMR. HERBERT WALKER\nMR. JAMES H. YOUNG\nPresident Harry S. Truman\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear President Truman:\nIt is with the utmost dismay that we must make\nclear to you our complete opposition to your recent\nrequest to Congress for drastic legislation to curb\nthe rights of labor.\nAs you have said many times, \"none of us wishes\nto take any action which will injure labor\". We re-\nmember that you were elected on a pro-labor, liberal\nplatform, and we remember that we commended your speech\nof Jan. 21, 1946, outlining a forward-looking program\nin the best interests of economic stability and pros-\nperity. We hoped at that time, Mr. President, that you\nwould take an active part in seeing that this program\nwas implemented by Congress.\nNow we find you requesting legislation that can be\nsupported only by the enemies of labor, and we are shocked\nthat the President of the United States should ask in time\nof peace for powers far beyond those demanded in time of\nwar. We are sure that the voters of this country did not\nexpect that you would deliberately take thesside of\nmanagement in the postwar readjustment period.\nFor the good of the nation we are calling on you to\nremain faithful to the progressive ideals of the Roosevelt\nAdministration, to veto all legislation which would injure\nthe status of organized labor, and to exert every effort\nto defeat the current attempts to destroy this vital force\nin the American way of life.\nYours very sincerely,\nSelma Sehna V. Hachenburg, V. Hachenburg Secretary\n(Mrs. Robert Hachenburg)"
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