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The letter is typed on United States Senate letterhead. See also McCarran's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308), as well as additional letters in the collection to Walter.

McCarran states that he was very grateful for Walter's wire which was read in his hometown on the occasion of his 50th anniversary, telling him "Your kind expressions were very touching, and they will be long remembered." Such events rarely occur during one's lifetime and McCarran's "solid gold" Nevadans made "us immeasurably happy." A Senator from Nevada (1933-53), McCarran was Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia as well as co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation. He was also a member of the Judiciary Committee.

The letter is typed on Secretary of State letterhead. See also Walter's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108), as well as additional letters in the collection to Walter.

Stettinius thanks Walter for the "sentiments expressed in your kind note of the eighth." The Secretary asserts that Walter's "confidence and support mean much to me." At the time this letter was written, Stettinius had already served as Franklin Roosevelt's lend-lease administrator (1941-43) and would serve as his Secretary of State (1944-45) before being appointed the first United States delegate to the United Nations in 1945. The letter's recipient, Congressman Walter, was chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities.