Letters from Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights to President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly, and William D. Hassett

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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING 570 LEXINGTON AVE. AT 51s! ST., NEW YORK 22,N.Y. CHARLES E. WILSON PRESIDENT December 9, 1946 HE WHITE HOUSE DEC // 8 37 RECEIVED Honorable Harry S. Truman President United States of America Washington, D. C. My dear Sir: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 6th to Mr. Wilson, with the copy of your Executive Order and the statement issued in announcing the creation of the President's Committee on Civil Rights. I Mr. Wilson is away at the present time and I am holding your letter and enclosures for his attention immediately on his return. Very truly yours, James F. Harris Secretary to President