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GHENT METHODIST CHURCH 6/11/21/45 EDWARD J. REES, D.D., Minister STOCKLEY GARDENS AND RALEIGH AVENUE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - October 24, 1945 The President of the United States The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Truman: As one of your great admirers, and as one who prays for you often from my pulpit and elsewhere, I am forced to say that I blush with shame and entertain serious regrets when I read that the President has been "taking a not-very- frequent drink, playing poker - -" Mr. Truman, this may be an in- correct report on your activities. I certainly hope so. If it is true, it is certain to have a demoralizing effect upon many of your followers, particularly the Youth of America whose morals you are helping to mold. This is sent out of the kindness of a Christian heart and comes from a sincere ad- mirer of a good man in the White House. Most sincerely yours, Edward J. Rees. EJR/cvw This Church patterned after St. Martin's-In-The-Fields, London, England