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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Justice William O. Douglas

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to September 13, 1951 Personal Dear Bill: I have your note of the eighth regarding Indonesia and I appreciate it very much. I also appreciate highly your continued interest in polities and foreign affairs, 1 was somewhat em- barrassed by your statement on Communist China. As long as I am President, if 1 can prevent it, that cut throat organization will never be recognized by us as the Government of China and I am sorry that a Justice of the Supreme Court has been willing to champion the interest of a bunch of murderers by a public statement, I am being very frank with you Bill because fundamentally I am very fond of you but you have missed the boat on three different occasions if you really wanted to get into politics. Since you are on the highest Court in the land it seems to me that the best thing you can possibly do would be to give your best effort to that Court and let the President of the United States run the political end of foreign and domestic affairs, Sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMALIV Honorable William o. Douglas Supreme Court of the United States Washington 13, D. C.

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