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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL November 27, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE The following are the names of the people I would like to have serve on the Palestine Commission. I have designated them in the order of my preference. Will you please see whether you can get the requisite number to serve? 1. John W. Davis 2. Charles E. Hughes, Jr. 3. Frank Aydelotte 4. Mark Ethridge 5. Bartley C. Crum 6. Learned Hand 7. Frank W. Buxton 8. Walter Loudermilk 9. James G. MacDonald 10. Archibald MacLeish H. S. T.

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