PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/18/1964 - HFSID 254775

HARRY S TRUMAN
Harry Truman sends a typed letter of regret that he will not be able to attend due to prior commitments.
Typed Letter Signed: "Harry Truman", 1p, 7¼x10½. Independence, Missouri 1964 May 18. To Mr. Nelson Buhler, New York, New York. In full: "Thank you for your letter inviting me to your 19th annual Memorial Service of The Lamb's Servicemen's Morale Corps, on May 28th, in New York City. I sincerely wish I could be present but it will not be possible for me to be in New York at that time because of a full schedule here. I am as sorry as I can be. You have my best wishes for the success of this event. Sincerely yours," Fold creases not near signature. Fine condition. With typed envelope bearing Truman's printed frank. Lightly soiled. Fine condition. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), the nation's 33rd President (1945-1953), had previously served as U.S. Senator from Missouri, his home state, from 1935-1945. Truman had distinguished himself during his second term with his chairmanship of a committee investigating war profiteering. At the Democratic National Convention in 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt selected Truman as his running mate in his successful bid for a fourth term. Truman, who succeeded to the Presidency upon FDR's death in April 1945, brought about a swift end to WWII, increased the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour and fought the Cold War with his Truman Doctrine (1947), a policy to aid Greece and Turkey in resisting Communist aggression. In his second term, Truman extended Social Security benefits to include approximately 10 million additional people and ordered U.S. forces into action when North Korean troops invaded American-supported South Korea (1950). Two items.