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MURRAY HILL
2-4260
E. KENDALL GILLETT
60 EAST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK
October 26, 1945
Honorable Harry S. Truman
The White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear President Truman:
I have just been reviewing our correspondence of September 1944
concerning military training which started with my comment on your article
which appeared in the August 22nd issue of Colliers magazine.
I want to take this opportunity of telling you that, to my mind
your speech covering one year of military training for boys between 18 and
22 was excellent, and that a law enforcing it should be enacted regardless
of political expediency.
In your speech I think you missed one of the most potent arguments
One year training would promote democracy among our citizens faster than
any other way which could be evolved. The rubbing of shoulders by our men
from the four corners of our country would bring about an understanding of
the problems confronting us faster and more efficiently than any other
conceivable method.
If you think well of this idea, I hope you will incorporate it in
one of your coming addresses, as I believe it should be emphasized and made
a cardinal feature in the promotion of the idea of universal training.
If an opportunity presents itself, may I have your reaction.
Very sincerely,
E.Vunoull theat
E. Kendall Gillett
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