Telegram from Senator Homer Ferguson to President Harry S. Truman

CLASS OF SERVICE Filed This is a full-rate 10-4-48 WESTERN 1220 SYMBOLS DL=Day Letter Telegram or Cable- gram unless its de- UNION NL=Night Letter ferred character is in- dicated by a suitable LC=Deferred Cable symbol above or pre- ceding the address. NLT=Cable Night Letter JOSEPH L. EGAN PRESIDENT Ship Radiogram The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination DA739 1948 SEP 26 PM 7 07 D. WB043 LONG RX PD=WASHINGTON DC 26 725P= HON HARRY S TRUMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES= PRESIDENTS CAMPAIGN TRAIN SAN ANTONIO TEX= 252K PRESS DISPATCHES INDICATE THAT SOME OF YOUR ASSOCIATES ARE URGING YOU TO DEVOTE YOUR SPEECH IN OKLAHOMA CITY TUESDAY NIGHT TO A DISCUSSION OF THE MENACE OF COMMUNISM TO THE 263 This UNITED STATES. IF THIS MEANS A DISCUSSION OF THE EXTENT OF COMMUNIST INFILTRATION INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I ASSUME YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT SUCH SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE OF YOUR REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED CONVICTION THAT ANY INQUIRY INTO THAT SUBJECT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "RED HERRING. IF, HOWEVER, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WILL DISCUSS THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMMUNISTS, OR OTHERS, WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN TO QUESTION, HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS - THEREBY REVERSING YOUR PREVIOUS POSITION - I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST CERTAIN QUESTIONS WHICH, I BELIEVE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU ANSWER. = STATE RECHT NATIONAL TRUMAN LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND RECORDS END 1= SERVICE GOVERNMENT # THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE