Letter from Senator Theodore F. Green to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments

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STYLES BRIDGES, N. H., CHAIRMAN CAAN GURNEY, S. DAK. KENNETH MCKELLAR TENN. c. WAYLAND BROOKS, ILL. CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. CLYDE M. REED, KANS. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. THE JOSEPH H. BALL, MINN. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD. HOMER FERGUSON, MICH. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA. KENNETH S. WHERRY, NEBR. PAT MC CARRAN, NEV. GUY CORDON, OREG. JOHN H. OVERTON, LA. JOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, WYO. United States SenateOct 25 LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK. THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, R.I COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF. HENRY c. DWORSHAK, IDAHO EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK CECIL H. TOLBERT, ASST. CLERK Pili 32 Westminster Street RECEIVED HSV Providence 3, Rhode Island October 23, 1948 My dear Mr. President: At our talk at the White House on Saturday, October 2nd (my birthday!) you stated that you would like to have copies of the important documents relating to the passage of the Senate Palestine Resolution. It has taken some time to get them together. Enclosed you will find: 1. A copy of my report as Chairman of the Sub- committee on Foreign Relations to which all the resolutions relating to Palestine were referred. 2. A copy of the report by Senator Wagner accom- panying the introduction of the resolution by the Foreign Relations Committee. 3. A copy of the S. Con. Res. 44 which was intro- duced in the Senate and passed on December 19, 1945. There had been introduced in the Senate a num- ber of resolutions relating to Palestine. Senators Wagner and Taft sponsored one resolution, Senator Myers and Tobey another and Senator Guffey still another. Senator Connally, Chairman of the Foreign Re- lations Committee, appointed a subcommittee to con- sider these resolutions and named me the chairman. After numerous conferences with leaders of the Jewish faith, Honorable James Byrne, the then Secre- tary of State, and the sponsors of the resolutions, I finally drafted S. Con. Res. 44.