Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Recommending the Posthumous Appointment of General Walker to the Grade of General in the Army of the United States.
Dear Mr.__________ :
I recommend the enactment of legislation which would permit the posthumous appointment of the late Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker to the grade of General in the Army of the United States. I believe that General Walker's outstanding accomplishments as Commanding General of the Eighth United States Army in Korea fully entitle him to this recognition. There he proved himself to be a brilliant military commander and his indomitable courage was an inspiration to all the troops under his command.
Attached is a draft of a joint resolution which would authorize this appointment. I hope that it may receive prompt consideration by the Congress.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Note: This is the text of identical letters addressed to the Honorable Alben W. Barkley, President of the Senate, and to the Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
On January 2, 1951, the President approved a bill which authorized him "to issue posthumously to the late Walton Harris Walker, lieutenant general, Army of the United States, a commission as General, Army of the United States" (64 Stat. ).
Harry S Truman, Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Recommending the Posthumous Appointment of General Walker to the Grade of General in the Army of the United States. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/230635