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Harry S. Truman
117 - Letter to George E. Allen Concerning the Liquidation of War Agencies.
August 30, 1945
Dear Mr. Allen:
As the various war agencies are dissolved from time to time, it will become necessary to liquidate such of their functions as are not transferred to the permanent Departments. This will involve unexpended funds, surplus personnel, and surplus equipment.
Many suggestions have been made as to the most efficient and economical method of carrying on this liquidation.
I have designated you as my Personal Representative to study the whole problem, and to make recommendations to me as to the best means of accomplishing liquidation.
Very sincerely yours,
HARRY S TRUMAN.
[Mr. George E. Allen, 1522 K Street NW., Washington 5, D.C.]
Citation: Harry S. Truman: “Letter to George E. Allen Concerning the Liquidation of War Agencies.,” August 30, 1945.
There have been several notable George Allens. Three of whom coached a college football team. The most famous of those being Senator George Allen’s father (who also was a longtime NFL coach).
The George Allen referred to in post 40 is most probably this George Allen. who had his own unique footnote in football history.
George Edward Allen (February 29, 1896 – April 23, 1973) was an American political operative who was involved in a famous football game while in college.
Allen was the head football coach for Cumberland College Bulldogs in Lebanon, Tennessee for one game in 1916. Cumberland University suffered the greatest loss in the history of college football to Georgia Tech by a score of 222 to 0.
In the 1920s he managed hotel properties in Washington, D.C., eventually drifting into politics and serving President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party.
On behalf of the Red Cross, Allen made a number of trips to England and Europe where, in the 1940s, he and Dwight D. Eisenhower developed a friendship that grew over the ensuing years. Allen also served as a director of the War Damage Corporation, a government effort to provide insurance against war-related damage. He was an advisor to President Harry Truman, serving as manager of his vice-presidential campaign and accepting an appointment as director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1946.