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    In proposing to commit you to a world wide plan of building 
 
associated free nations, I am not unmindful of the problems that
 
confront you on the home front.
 
     We should, of course, consider the effect of the present and 
 
future high taxes and of the expenditure of great amounts of our 
 
economic reserve. Our greatest danger, however, lies in the creation
 
of a stupendous bonded indebtedness. If the war and our post-war 
 
reconstruction and rehabilitation commitments continue for a long
 
period this indebtedness may become so overwhelming that it will
 
create hopelessness, lethargy and despondency on the part of the 
 
world's freest and most resourceful people. We may again have
 
soldiers being mustered out to disillusionment and unemployment. 
 
We may again have people shouting that "We can't eat the Constitu-
 
tion". They may even add to the non-edibles the Atlantic Charter
 
 and the Four Freedoms. This might lead to panic, bankruptcy and
 
 revolution. It is needless to add that if anything of this nature
 
occurred at home, all our plans for the future of the world would
 
be futile. Tyranny and oppressive imperialism would again be
 
dominant.
 
     I think the broader aspects of your world diplomacy are now
 
in excellent form. But we can damage that position if we fail to
 
be realistic in whipping the details into conformity with your
 
general plan.
 
                    Respectfully yours,
 
                    s/ PATRICK HURLEY
                    Brigadier General, U.S.A.
 
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