TLS as president signed “H.S.T.,” one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, October 29, 1947. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, transmitting a confidential Marshall Plan organizational chart. In full: "Enclosed are the confidential documents which you left with me yesterday. I am very certain that we will eventually get a plan worked out that will be satisfactory to all concerned. I know I can always count on you for the proper advice and cooperation." The chart is included, showing the president overseeing various departments and councils associated with the Economic Cooperation Administration, annotated to show connections between the State Department and US Embassies in Europe. In fine condition.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall had called for American assistance in restoring the economic infrastructure of Europe during a commencement address at Harvard five months earlier, an idea that was received favorably abroad. Truman and Snyder evidently worked closely together on the structure of the organization over the summer and fall, and the topic was brought up for debate in Congress in November. Congress would pass the Economic Cooperation Act in April 1948, establishing the Economic Cooperation Administration to administer the Marshall Plan.
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