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The Mashington Bowles FEB 9 7 43 PM 1946 WB240 DL PD Con- It FORTMORGAN COLO FEB 9 1946 426P HARRY S TRUMAN, PRESIDENT WHITE HOUSE DEAR MR PRESIDENT: THE NATION SUPPORTS YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS TO GIVE LABOR AN INCREASE IN WAGES AND IN GIVING INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS LIKEWISE AN INCREASE SUFFICIENT TO OFFSET THIS WAGE ADJUSTMENT WHICH ACTION BY YOU WILL MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVE AND FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM STOP SUGGEST BOTH LABOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BE FROZEN AT LEVELS MADE STOP THE NATION ALSO WOULD BE GRATIFIED AT YOUR DISMISSAL OF CHESTER BOWLES SINCE HE AND lift J 7652 $