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Mellare of this great Reputlic There Mas Stettinus, See of State- a fine Maa, good looking, animalle, cooperative, but were an idea her or old; Morgan- than, block lead, must- I moader why F.D. R. kept him around maybe my catinet fy throatering what hid you know. He fixed himself hora do to the under certain circum stances. Then there was Stimson, a real chan. honest traight- forward, and a Aternan sibce enough. Francis Biddle, attorney alusis. Frank Walker, P.M. 9. - my kind general-you make your orta oh of Man honest, decent loyal- but no her ideas. Thiss Perkins, Sec.

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In this letter from President Harry S. Truman to his former press secretary, Jonathan Daniels, who was writing a biography of the President (published in 1950 as "The Man of Independence"), Truman frankly evaluates the Cabinet members and other high officials he inherited from President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office upon Roosevelt's death in April, 1945. After recording his mostly unfavorable assessments of these individuals, Truman decided not to send the letter.

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