I talked to one of them just the day before yesterday.

I haven't heard anything about it.

If he asks to see the President, of course I will be courteous to him.

In an endeavor to assist the Chiang Kai-shek government to meet the situation with which it was confronted.

The question was that maybe the questioners were using the word 'Communist' in an entirely different sense than the one in which I am talking about it.

In thanking you for a job well done under these most difficult circumstances, I extend also my very best wishes in connection with the important new responsibilities you are about to assume.

I recommend that the Congress now provide for the liquidation of the temporary arrangements for disposing of surplus war property.

I am convinced that the Federal Works Agency should be made the central property management agency of the Government, by transferring to it the Bureau of Federal Supply and the remaining war surplus disposal functions of the War Assets…

Disposal operations have been carried on without the uncontrolled dumping of surplus stocks which would have created hazards to business and employment.

The Board shall report to the President in accordance with the provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before March 19, 1948.

The present arrangements, which have been developed under piecemeal legislation dating as far back as 1870, are inadequate to meet the present requirements of the Government.

The War Assets Administration, therefore, should be terminated at the end of this fiscal year and the remainder of the war surplus property disposal program transferred to a permanent agency.

The enactment of such legislation will abolish our largest remaining war agency and provide for an orderly liquidation of the present war surplus disposal program.

Thank you for your timely letter pointing out the danger that the Disaster Surplus Property Program may not provide adequate relief to stricken communities in the future.

This matter has been on my mind as I have watched the disposal of surplus property held by the War Assets Administration.

We should now give consideration to making a permanent arrangement for disaster relief.

I shall continue to see to it that the civil service system is constantly strengthened and that merit and efficiency are rewarded by advancement.

In my opinion, the Congress should enact these recommendations into law irrespective of what the final decision may be as to further pay increases for Federal employees generally.