After meeting with President Harry Truman on May 25, Dirksen wrote his first post-trip newsletter to his constituents back home. 

Document Note: The June 2 edition of The Congressional Front, entitled “What of Freedom,” was the first in a series related to his travels.  This newsletter is one of the site’s “anchor documents.”  [Source:  Everett M. Dirksen Papers, Remarks and Releases, June 2, 1945]