Letter from James M. Robertson to President Harry S. Truman with Replies from Matthew Connelly

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400 alasha statehood November 24, 1950 mise My dear Mr. Robertson: The President has received your letter of November seventeenth in further reference to your desire to talk with him relative to the Hawaiian and Alaskan situations. The pressure on the President's time incident to the convening of the Congress and the many urgent matters requiring his attention sim- ply makes it impossible to add to his appointment list at this time. As of possible interest to you, however, I am enclosing a copy of the press release of a letter from the President to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in support of statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. I wish also to reiterate that should you care to submit your proposed discussion in memoran- dum form, I shall be glad to see that it is made available to the President. Very sincerely yours, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY Secretary to the President Mr. James McArthur Robertson, xallprevious P. O. Box 864, (Station A, St. Petersburg, Third Ave. & 9th St. North) Florida. Stanfed self address Enclosure elb