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297 HOLD FOR RELEASE HOLD FOR RELEASE HOLD FOR RELEASE 727 JUNE 28, 1946 CONFIDENTIAL: The following exchange of correspondence and the "Summary and Conclusions" from the final report of the Fair Employ- ment Practice Committee MUST BE HELD IN CONFIDENCE until released. NOTE: Release is for all regular editions of MORNING newspapers of Monday, July 1, 1946. Release by radio commentators and news broadcasters, NOT EARLIER THAN 7:00 P.M., EASTERN STANDARD TIME, Sunday, June 30, 1946. Please guard against premature publication. CHARLES G. ROSS Secretary to the President The President has sent the following letter to Mr. Malcolm Ross, Chairman of the Fair Employment Practice Committee: June 28, 1946 Dear Mr. Ross: I have your letter of June 28, containing the NARA resignations of yourself and your fellow Committee members, together with recommendations made pursuant to Executive Order No. 9664. The members of your Committee performed an im- portant war service task of great difficulty and delicacy. They performed it capably, even under a continuous barrage of criticism and harassment. The degree of effectiveness which the Fair Employment Practice Committee was able to attain has shown once and for all that it is possible to equalize job opportunity by governmental action, and thus eventually to eliminate the influence of preju- dice in the field of employment. Please convey to the members of the Committee my appreciation of the devotion they brought to this war-time task. I thank them for their service, and I accept their resignations with great regret. Very sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN Following is the text of the letter to the President from the members of the Fair Employment Practice Committee: June 28, 1946 Dear Mr. President: The Fair Employment Practice Committee has the honor to transmit to you its final report on the Committee's war-time activities, and on the present status of minority group workers. (OVER)