Letter from President Harry S. Truman to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, with Attachment

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see p. 3 C 0 P THE WHITE HOUSE Y WASHINGTON June 3, 1948 The President of the Senate pro tempore Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates in the amount of $14,395,000 and proposed contract authorizations in the amount of $15,610,000 for the fiscal year 1949 for the Department of the Interior, in the form of amendments to the Budget for said fiscal year. The details of these estimates, the necessity therefor, NARA and the reasons for their submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN