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123 Hurley, Gen. Pat.

Memorandum by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] December 27, 1944.

Memorandum for the President

Senator Tom Connally told me during the hearings45 that he felt Pat should get out of uniform now that he is an Ambassador.

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That is in conformity with our general practice and I have told him46 that statutory requirements47 made it necessary for him to be transferred from the Army to our State Department rolls as of the date of his appointment. I also told him that as soon as convenient, he should put on civilian clothes. I trust this will meet with your approval.48

E. R. Stettinius, Jr.
  1. Probably Congressional hearings preceding the enactment of the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law 61, 79th Cong., 1st sess., May 21, 1945; 59 Stat. 169).↩
  2. Telegram No. 1693, December 21, 9 p.m., not printed.↩
  3. Public Law 305, 78th Cong., 2d sess., June 28, 1944 (double-pay restriction); 58 Stat. 395.↩
  4. Marginal notation by President Roosevelt: “ERS Jr. OK FDR”.↩