Letter from Attorney General Tom Clark to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Proposed Executive Order

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the Of BE ) Uffice nf theAttorney General x are - JUSTITIE 596A October 11, 1946. The President, The White House. My dear Mr. President: I have t he honor to transmit herewith for your consideration a proposed Executive order entitled "Establishing the President's Committee on Civil Rights." # The proposed order was prepared in this Department, and I recommend its promulgation. The work of the proposed Committee would, in my opinion, be of the utmost value in the task of pre- serving and implementing our civil rights. I may add, also, that the order has my approval as to form and legality. The proposed order has been discussed informally with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and I understand that he has no objection to its issuance. Respectfully, Partcon TRUMIN S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND Attorney General. N GOVERN se GE x10 x161 x596