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    "title": "Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman accompanied by a copy of a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn",
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        "Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946",
        "Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986",
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        "Chandor, Douglas, 1897-1953",
        "Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965",
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        "United States-Soviet relations"
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    "ocrText": "Hyde Park\nDutchess County, New York\nSeptember 10, 1945\nDear Mr. President:\nI am enclosing a copy of a letter\nwhich I have written to Speaker\nRayburn.\nI know you are aware\nof the fact that my husband was\ninterested and thought this\npicture would be a valuable addi-\ntion to the Capitol and historic-\nally worth while for the future.\nThis is just to let you know\nwhat I had written to the\nSpeaker.\nVery cordially yours,\nTheaus\nMAINT ARCHIVES 3. \"NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAN AND\nU.S.\nSERVICE\"\nGOVERNMENT\n1.68\n729\nDear Mr. Rayburn:\nI have talked with Mr. Douglas Chandor and with\nHarry Hopkins about the picture which my husband\nwas most anxious to have Mr. Chandor paint of\nPremier Stalin, Mr. Churchill and himself. My\nhusband had talked with Mr. Chandor about it\nand felt it should be placed in the Capitol.\nMr. Hopkins thinks that now it would necessitate\na letter from President Truman to Premier Stalin\nand to Mr. Churchill to get them both to allow\nMr. Chandor to paint this picture. He also\nthinks that Congress, or at your instigation a\nTRUMAN\npopular subscription sponsored by Congress, should\nARCHIVES RECORDS \"NATIONAL AND\npay for the painting since it will be expensive\nU.S.\nLIBRARY\nSERVICE\"\nfor Mr. Chandor to go over.\nmovern\nI know my husband would have felt that historically\nthis was a very important thing for the future and\nthe fact that he had already written to Mr. Averell\nHarriman to try to get Premier Stalin's acquiscence\nshowed his interest. Now Harry Hopkins thinks\nthat Premier Stalin would only be swayed by a\nrequest from President Truman himself.\nIt is true that Mr. Harriman has perhaps not been very\npersuasive as Harry Hopkins tells me he has a number\nof artists in whom he is interested and probably feels\nthat if a painting of this kind were done, it should\nbe done by one of his protegees.\nIffeel, however, that my husband appreciated the\nparticular gift which Mr. Chandor has and felt that\nhe would do this better than anyone else. I hope\nyou can persuade the President to send these letters\nand can get Congress to appreciate the historical\nvalue for the Capitol, and either make the appro-\npriation, or sponsor a public subscription.\nVery cordially yours,"
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