Resolution Submitted by Daniel Aoki and Others to President Harry S. Truman with Reply from William D. Hassett

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400 Hawaii May 15, 1950 Statebood missel My dear Mr. Aoki: The resolution adopted by the veterans 4190-A of the 442 Combat Team, 100 Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence Service, and 1399 Engineers and signed by Sakae Takahashi, George K., Hironaka, Tetsuo*Ozaki and yourself has been received. The President appreciates your courtesy in making this expression of views available to him and asks me to send you the enclosed copy of his letter to Senator O'Mahoney with reference to legislation granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. # Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President Mr. Daniel T. Aoki, President, 442 Veterans Club, X 1710 Fort Street, Honolulu, T. H. mcs Enclosure. AIR MAIL