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Letter from Charles R. Bell, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MADISON, WISCONSIN October 23, 1945 CHARLES R. BELL, Jr., PASTOR GEORGE L. COLLINS, UNIVERSITY PASTOR MISS EDITH ANDERSON, SECRETARY P.P.F. The President White House Washington, D.C. B My dear Sir: Along with millions of Americans, I am bitterly disappointed to learn of your stand in today' S speech which calls for peace- time conscription of men. Regardless of what you call it, it is peacetime conscription and it does violate the very things we want to preserve in this democracy. I shall do my utmost to defeat your proposal and also to stand against you in every way if this is to be the course you plan to take. Sincerely yours CRB:A Charles R. Bell, Jr.