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75/18/51 246 Grant St Ravenna Ohio March 19th, I951 50-7 Beer Protest President Harry Truman White House BECORDSAND LIBRARY w U.S. ERVICE Washington, D.C. GOVERNMENT Dear Mr. President. You would not allow YOUR CHILD to be vic- timized by brewers, WHY do you allow beer to be sent to Korea to tempt these very young men, whom you are ordering to be drafted,, I8 year olds? It is a disgrace to this Nation to find that OUR PRESIDENT, whom we have all been taught to honor, should give permission to such corrupting measures. Moreover, IF you allow any more I8 year olds, to go into combat, without training, as others of the Nation have gone, I don't WONDER that you have received over 2000 threatening letters. It is indeed astonishing that you have not met with foul play, before this. What mother could ever TRUST YOU? BOYS OF EIGHTEEN should not have beer to drink, and the plans of the W.C.T.U. to send orange juice, or