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Od, em ae alee hae W. AVERELL HARRIMAN 1G EAST EIGHTY-FIRST STREET NEW YORK 26,NEW YORK ot 5 = ™, 7 mony 7: + ait - we - Mo, ‘ BoMar. - Bec. , -pecember 28, 1959 “he sf . hil. . wie hi. ¥ Mr. Woe. Tele, V 7 —_— jf ): Alon Hiss Py, ! 4 Dear Mes-Hoover: ea ts a 7" —— C xecently a number of friends of Harry. { ruman decided that an appropriate way to honor him in perpetuity would be to set up an endowed Chair in his name at a University. thus a National committee was formed for the establishment of the ? 1 ia j Harry S, Truman Chair in American Civilization / | 4) et ij at Brandeis University. sational Chairman of this Committee is Jacob Arvey, and serving with me as Honorary Co-vhairmen are Senator Lehman, Eleanor Noosevelt, Sam cdayburn, and Adlai Stevenson, A mumber of President Truman's old friends have Lready pledged over a third of the necessary funds for 1a Chair. We are anxious to see the endowment completed = 14 the Vhair establisned in 1960. President Sachar of i urandeis University will be at my home at five o'clock on | ednesday , January 20th, to discuss this objective, and I am asking some of the President's friends to meet him. I hope you will be able to join us. a t a I would appreciate it if you would let me know, honi ng wy secretary at YUkon B-14146 or mailing + De a ~ we ee Ce ee sed card, whether you can attend, pee a8 I lock forward to seeing you. a ae inesrely, Mas aOR LS, eee REC 60 & bs dg SY. g-/63 bre Sdgar Je Hoover Federal bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. 52. JAN ag 1960 / : - ‘ or \ 4 “ a