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    "ocrText": "The Congressional Year Book\nHOUSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE\nSENATE ADVISORY committee\nHON. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR.\nSEN. Alben W. BARKLEY\nSPEAKER OF THE HOUSE\nSEN. HARRY FLOOD BYRD\nSEN. Homer FERGUSON\nHon. CHARLES A. HALLECK\nSEN. HARLEY M. Kilgore\nHON. SAM RAYBURN\nSEN. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL\nHON. Leo E. Allen\nSEN. JOHN J. SPARKMAN\nHON. GORDON CANFIELD\nSEN. TOM STEWART\nHON. JOHN D. DINGELL\nSEN. ROBERT A. TAFT\nHON. EVERETT M. DIRKSEN\nU. S. SUPREME COURT\nHon. ALFRED J. ELLIOTT\nHON. Louis E. GRAHAM\nHon. Harold Knutson\n1947\nJUSTICE Harold H. BURTON\n1946\nBILL COOPER\nHON. Gerald W. Landis\neditor-in-chief\nHON. JOHN W. MCCORMACK\nHON. EARL C. Michener\nWILLIAM FOSTER\nHon. HARRY R. SHEPPARD\nBUSINESS MANAGER\nHON. JAMES W. WADSWORTH\nCapitol Page School\nERNEST D. KENDALL, PRINCIPAL\nU. S. CAPITOL\nWASHINGTON, D. c.\nMarch 13, 1947.\nAND\nMy dear Mrs. Truman:\nS.\nOur 1947 Capitol Page School \"Congressional\"\nis in process of preparation and we would like to\nreceive your permission to again designate you as\nthe Pages' godmother and to have you send, if you\nwill, please, a short message to use with your photo-\ngraph. A personal message to the Pages, or a bit of\ntimely advice from you would be more appropriate than\nanything the boys themselves might write. We would\nalso welcome any suggestion you might care to make\nwhich would help us to improve the = Congressional\".\nWe think the photograph, which you so gra-\nciously sent us for use in the 1946 \"Congressional\",\nis an excellent one but, if you should desire a change,\nwe would be glad to receive a new one. (Your photograph\nappeared in the 1946 \"Congressional\" on Page 33.)\nAssuring you that the friendly courtesies ex-\ntended to the Pages by the President and yourself are\nvery much appreciated by them, as well as by us, we\nare\nVery sincerely,\nGreat In Rendace\nPrincipal.\nMrs. Bess Truman,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C."
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