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Harry Truman TLS

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Harry Truman TLS
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
Very rare Harry Truman typed letter signed ''Harry'' as Senator of Missouri on ''Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce'' stationery, dated 22 November 1941. Letter, addressed to Edward McKim, reads in part, ''...You are just as right as you can be about the labor situation. Our administration and I say 'our' advisedly has built a Frankenstein at the other end of the economic scale, just as bad as the one that Harding and Mellon built up at the top of the scale. It is going to take ten or fifteen years to get a readjustment on a right basis, when that readjustment could have been obtained just as easily as if power hadn't been concentrated in the hands of a few men who handle these sheep who make up labor unions. There isn't any difference in the manner in which John L. Lewis is trying to overturn the Government and the manner in which the New York bankers tried to do it in the 1920's. We got the banking situation cleaned up, and now we have a worse one on our hands. The only language Mr. Lewis can understand is a pick-handle, and that is what ought to be used on him ...'' Also includes three-word autograph postscript, ''How's Ed. Jr.?'' at bottom left. Letter, typed in blue ink, has two holes punched at top, else near fine condition.