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TAFT,WILLIAM HOWARD.Three Typed Letters Signed,“WHTaft.”The first, to
J.H.Vaill, thanking him for sending an English translation of the
Aeneid
. 1 page, 8vo, per-
sonal stationery, with integral blank; minor smudge to signature. The second, to “My dear
Miss Dawes,” sending a letter from Mr. Mott. 1 page, oblong 8vo; trimmed at lower edge.
The third, with 5-line holograph postscript, to attorney Frederick N. Judson, explaining
that he raised his question in the Board. 1 page, 4to,“NationalWar Labor Board” stationery;
minor loss to lower right corner, folds. One with the original envelope. (MRS)
Augusta, 26 December 1908; New Haven, 8 April 1914;Washington, 24 September 1918
[100/200]
24 September 1918, holograph postscript:“I am counting on your presence here from Oct 15th
until Nov. 9th—Speeches, Liberty Loan,Y.M.C.A. etc will call me away in that interval.”
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TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD. Two Typed Letters Signed, “WHTaft,” as Chief
Justice of the United States. The first, to Vice President of the Society of the Cincinnati
Samuel S. Dannis, declining to address the Society on February 22. The second, to
Postmaster General Harry S. New, informing him that his letter is being transmitted to
Mrs. Sinclair. Each
1
/
2
page, 4to, “Supreme Court of the United States” stationery; ink
received stamp and two punch holes at upper edge of 1927 letter, folds. (MRS)
Washington, 24 November 1922; Pointe-au-Pic, 12 July 1927
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“THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH [IS CONVERTING]
FROMAWARTIMETO A PEACETIME BASIS”
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TRUMAN, HARRY S. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to President of the
National Federation of Federal Employees Luther Corwin Steward, declining to attend the
30th anniversary of the founding of the NFFE, praising his administration of the NFFE,
and noting some reforms made necessary by the government’s transition from wartime to
peacetime. 2 pages, 4to,White House stationery, written on separate sheets; cello tape rem-
nants of prior mounting along all edges recto, cello tape covering extreme end of signature,
staple holes and staining at upper left corner.
Washington, 28 August 1947
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“
. . . For the past two years the executive
branch has been in the process of being con-
verted from a wartime to a peacetime basis.
During this period, the number of civilian
employees on the federal pay roll has been
reduced from 3,770,000 to approximately
2,088,000. Never before in the history of
this or any other country has a single
employer, within such a short period of
time, been called upon to discharge
1,680,000 persons.
“
And yet, on the whole, the program has
been carried forward in a fair and orderly
manner. . . .”