Letter from Robert Zimmerer to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly

January 7, 1948 My dear Mr. Zimmerer: This will acknowledge the receipt of your letter of December thirtieth to the President. Permit me to thank you, in his behalf, for your kind word of commendation. In compliance with your request, I am enclosing two copies of the proclama- tion issued by the President on December twenty-third, as well as copies of the Report of the President's Amnesty Board. Very sincerely yours, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY Secretary to the President Mr. Robert I. Zimmerer, 1311 Quarrier Street, x Charleston 1, West Virginia. Enclosures. eb 1311 Quarrier Street Charleston 1, W. Va. December 30, 1947 11,148 President Harry Truman White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: May I commend you on your amnesty proclaimation on December 23. I wonder why this proclaimation had been delayed until more than two years after the ceasation of armed hostilities? Of course, it is foolish to cry over the errors of history, or the two years of lost usefulness, as citizens, of our nation's conscientious objectors and other political prisoners. Perhaps we can now become again a of people/religious freedom, and leaders in world peace. Would you please send me two (2) copies of the proclaimation. If there is a printing charge for this document, I would be glad to pay it. Very sincerely yours, Zimmerer