Letter from Mrs. Thomas W. Hotchkiss to President Harry S. Truman

HPPF alds litter of Mrs. Thomas W. Hotchkiss A Hume 1125 grand CONCOURSE Mistriw Noruno ons 10 Dec. 10, 1950 NEW YORK 52, N. Y. "nessly st.t effits VASI ooj" blse 3401 President Truman .D .T Блештовет I Date The White House rejstooses TRUMAN Drive Washington, D. C. emlj edT .лет as evig bot" MBRARY Dear Mr. President: britm ARCHIVES DS B "abrad SERVICE THIS Here is my protest to add to thousands boof you must be receiving over the reprehensible orlw letter you wrote to Paul Hume who criti- cized your daughter's singing. Truly she has shown herself in an infinitely better light by the splendid and courteous way she met the critic's adverse opinions. You lowered yourself by using such foul language as "S,O.B; then we had to endure criticism of our beloved Marines; and now this disgusting letter displaying such a dreadful show of temper. It is all shock- ing to Americans in these worse than terri- ble days. When we consider the tremendous power in your hands can we do anything but tremble when you lose all poise and sense of values (let alone courtesy) when a critic writes adversely of a would-be professional artist, even though she is your daughter! And you, with such an uncontrolled temper to have the final decision of using the dread