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Dear Seilet

Hill:

Our government, and the other governments
of the north t i a n t i c Treaty, are beset with urgent
problem® i n u n i f y i n g our s t r e n g t h . The time t a b l e
h a s seen stepped up. Mixed with m i l i t a r y a s p e c t s
t h e r e a r e g r e a t economic
perplexities that require
t h e beat minds and l e a d e r s h i p t h a t our country can
muster.
hVm JLlL 3» L. ;layton c e r t a i n l y deserve» a
r e s t a f t e r r e t i r i n g from one of the world 1 a g r e a t
b u s i n e s s e s t h a t he b u i l t up and d i r e c t e d so successf u l l y . Also, lie has already given several y e a r s of
able s e r v i c e i n the oommeroe Department and l a t e r
a s Under Secretary of S t a t e f o r economic A f f a i r s .
However, t h i s i e a time when the proven f i r s t team
uust be c a l l e d back on the f i e l d *
This i s not another a t t a c k on our s e c r e t a r y
of s t a t e . ,.r. d a y ton i s needed r e g a r d l e s s of ^ho
h o l d s t h a t o f f i c e ; however there i s no o f f i c e or job
i n our government or in the Ilorth Atlantic Council
t h a t i s too big for t h i s man.
Faithfully yours,

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The citation for the original is:
Clayton, William L. [Reprint of Clayton’s Address to the Texas Philosophical Society.] San Angelo
Standard Times, 1950.