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PENDLETON, MRS. ROBERT the December 30th, 1948. RECEIVED JAN 3- - 1949 Dear Mrs. Helm: MRS. HELM I have not as yet received a reply to my letter of December 15th in which I enclosed a persona letter to the Truman family and asked, as a special request, that you deliver it to Mrs. Truman. AS this letter was not of a social but personal nature, I expected the courtesy of your complying with my request. I'm quite sure that The President or rs.Truman would not con- sider a letter from friends and former neighbors in Independence too insignificant to answer if they were given the privilege of reading the same. Mrs. Odom, the former Social Secretary, was also negligent as you have evidently been, in not bringing our letter to Mrs. Truman's at- tention. My letter last year to iss Margaret was three months or more in coming to her atten- tion. Of course, there are friends and neighbors in Independence who will be glad to deliver our personal message to the Truman family if you cannot promptly attendto this