President Truman declared today he was pleased with the decision taken yesterday by Herbert H. Lehman, Jewish leader and former Governor of New York, to run for the Senate. He said that he personally wrote Mr. Lehman a week ago, asking him to run, and that he was confident Mr. Lehman would win a seat in the Senate.
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