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252-R C 0 Fied 11-28-48. P EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Y Council of Economic Advisers Washington 25, D. C. August 6, 1948 Dear Senator Ferguson: I am sorry that I have been unavoidably delayed in this written reply to your inquiry of August 2 concerning our employment of William W. Remington. As I informed the legal counsel of your Committee over the telephone, these matters as related to agencies in the Executive Office of the President had to be referred to the White House. I am now happy to inform you that the files of the E.C.A. relating to Mr. Remington's appointment with x426-L us are available for examination by the Committee or some representative whom you may designate. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, I should call your attention to the fact that the Council is not in a position to make available any information relating to the to and loyalty him his in of statement view Mr. Remington of of the August President's or any 5, 1948. investigative directive of data March relating 13, 1948 Very truly yours, E.G. NOURSE Chairman x985 Honorable Homer Ferguson United States Senate X Washington, D. C.