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STANDARD FORM No. 14A APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT FROM MARCH 10, 1926 The White House Mashington TELEGRAM file OFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES November 7, 1948 NIGHT LETTER Miss Ruby Hurley P.P.F. X Youth Secretary National Association for the # Advancement of Colored People 393 20 West 40th Street X 413 New York, N. Y. X s It gives me great pleasure to send hearty greetings through you to the tenth annual convention of the Youth Councils and College Chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. X ppt 35 In the conflict of principle and policy which besets the world today we must have the counsel and the influence of youth on the side of progressive action. x 58 From the ranks of the boys and girls of yesterday must come the leaders of today and tomorrow. Those leaders must shape the course of affairs if happiness, security and prosperity are to be guaranteed to the American people. I trust that your deliberations will be fruitful of wise counsels and constructive action to advance true Americanism. x 93 xPP7466 HARRY S. TRUMAN want