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D. Anderson Filed by 93-B M niles May 21, 1951 JUL-7 1951 Dear Mr. Anderson: I have the letter you recently sent the President in connection with various civil rights matters. The Armed Services are now operating X1285 misc under an Executive Order which has greatly extended equal treatment and opportunity. Rapid progress has been made and is being made through- out the entire military establishment. The creation of a Fair Employment Practice Committee by Executive Order presents x40 mise some very difficult problems of authority and finance, which are currently being studied by the Bureau of the Budget. Cordially, DAVID K. NILES Administrative Assistant to the President Mr. Donald Louis Anderson x 413 Adams House, W.Q. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan no referral memo as of 7-9-51