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October 20, 1949 296 My dear Mr. Benedict: B The President has received your letter of October thirteenth and appreciates your interest in letting him have this ex- pression of your views. He asks me to advise you that on October seventeenth he returned S. 1407 to the Senate without his approval. I an sending you the enclosed copy of the President's vetso message for your ready reference. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. RASSETT Secretary to the President Mr. Elliott S. Benedict, 215 East 72nd Street, New York 21, N.Y. Enclosure. mdg ART TRUMAN B E.