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    "ocrText": "12/\n1335 arlington ave, El Cerrito, balifornia\nthe President of the United States of america\nmr. Harry S! Trmman noo.\nBlair House\n1-19503\nWashington, D.b.\nTRUMAN LIBA\n11.\ncunh\nmy Icar mr. President,\nallow me to introduce myself. I am a loyal\nworking as Janitor CPC5 at the U.S. Border Station\nbivil Service worker with 14 years of service\nat nack, arizona.\nm. President, 8 same by the reports in the papers\nwhat happened and can't koop from writing to\nyou to express my deepast regret for the happening.\nmr. President, I admired you always for the nice\nway in which gon conduct good highest office\nof the land and for the way you approach the\npeople. at the present time 8 am on sick leave\nwith my slder daughter mrs. W.T. Stawart at\n1335 arlington are., are barrito, balif. after a\nsich spell with kidney stones and gallbladder\nto be able to go back to mork in a month or so.\ntronble and high blasdpressore, but & hope\nmr. President, maybe 9am in a botter position than\nsomeone else to express my feelings toward you, be,\ncanse I came in 1928 from Germany whose I lived\nsince American birth in the year 1892. 8 became a naturalized\nof ours 5 years and go days. I served in the\ncitizen after being in this great country\nTerman army from 1912 to 1913 and from the 1st\nof august 1914 mtil December 8th, 1918, as a corporal\nthe conditions in Germany didn't smit me any.\nthe good after waiting patiently 10\nmore after old 1918 usa and I decided to immigrate to\nlong years for the old country to get better\nwhen that last trable started.\nThank god that Q wasn't there anymore\ncame to this country and avere both educated\ndanghters were 9 and 6 years old when we"
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