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    "ocrText": "Tacoma Ohio. Oct. 30 I945/\nHon.Harry L.Truman,\n(200 P.P.F.\nPresident of the United States.\nCon\nWashington,D.C.\n&\nDear Mr.President:\nI was very sorry to hear you advocating\na year of Military Training for all our boys in your speach last week.\nHave we decided that the example of Germany were good to follow? If\nwe let the military run this country we will be doing just what they were\ndoing and what did it gain them?\nWe surely do not want to give up\nour freedom.\nIt seems to us if tolerance and understanding were taught in our schools\nit would go far toward making a better world.\nIf all the world is to be trained for war, there is not much hope for the\nfuture.\nLet us try spending some money toward making a peaceful world and set\nan example for all to follow.\nI beg of you think for your self and do not be run by the military.\nVery Sincerely.\nChana B. Brendy."
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