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4117 nata April 23, 1949 Dear President Edel: I appreciated meet highly your letter of the nineteenth, inviting me to be present when the Secretary of the Treasury will be Commencerent Orator at Dickinson College on Commencement Day, June fifth. I sincerely wish I could come but I have found it necessary to cancel several engagements during that weak in June, which I had wanted to keep. I must stay on the job as long as the Congress is in session. I know you will hear a wonderful address from the Secretary of the Treasury. He is one of x PP72104 my closest and best friends and one of our ablest public servants. Sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN President William W. Edel xA Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania xPP725