Letter from N. S. Wood to Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, with a Reply from Charles Ross

2. P.K. 1429 February 19, 1946 Dear Mr. Wood: Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan has referred to me your letter of February twelfth ask- ing for guidance on the remarks you are to make in presenting the President for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Westminster College. The Presi- # dent said this morning that he preferred to leave the matter to your own good judgment. Harry Vaughan and I suggest that you might want to refer to the President's distinguished service to his country as Chairman of the Truman Committee, to his firm and evenhanded conduct of x PP71-A the Presidency in one of the most difficult peri- ods in our history, to his leadership in bringing x 85-A about the creation of the NNO, to the success of the reconversion program, and perhaps to the com- prehensive program of progressive legislation which he has laid down for Congress. These of course are merely suggestions. Both Harry and I are sure that any citation you may compose will be all right. Sincerely yours, CHARLES G. ROSS Secretary to the President Mr. N. S. Wood, x A. P. Green Fire Brick Company, Mexico, Missouri. cgr : 1f xPP725 xPP7225