On October 10th, 1945, Commander McCleskey sent this letter addresses to Honorable U.S. Senator Walter F. George to go to promenant Washington D.C. individuals:
"The following resolution was offered and appropved to be sent to the following: The President of the United States, Secretary of War Patterson, Senator Richard Russell, and Representative Malcolm C. Tarver; and the State Department of the American Legion.
"Be it resolved that the Horace Orr Post No. 29 of the American Legion, located in Marietta, Georgia, be placed on record to the effect that the members hereof present their hearty disapproval to such un-American action in relieving members of the Armed Forces through favoritism and political influence. We cite in particular the case of Charles Trippi, who only had forty-one points and was classed as "Surplus" by Washington but not by his Commanding Officer.
"We hold nothing whatsoever against Charles Trippi as an individual, we are merely using his name and case to prove our point. We are being besieged by wives and parents of men in the Armed Forces requesting help in the release of their men, some of whom have more than enough points and who are overseas unable to get back home. When incidents like this one that we have cited occur, we are at a loss to console these wives and parents."
Background info:
Trippi attended the University of Georgia, where he played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1942 to 1946, with an interlude in 1944 while serving in the military during World War II.
Trippi's college career was interrupted by World War II, causing him to miss the 1944 season and all but six games in 1945. He played for the 1944 Third Air Force Gremlins football team and was selected as a first-team back on the Associated Press' 1944 Service All-America team. While in the service in 1945, he was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League as a future pick; per an agreement with Cardinals owner Charles Bidwill, Trippi was allowed to return to Georgia after his time in the military.[8]
Due to relaxed regulations during WWII years, Trippi holds the unusual distinction of participating in the Chicago College All-Star Game a record five times: twice with Georgia, twice in the military, and once with the Cardinals.[16] He was named the Most Valuable Player of the game in 1945.[17] It was at the Chicago College All-Star Game that Bidwell decided he would draft Trippi first overall, as "Card-Pitt" was winless in 1944 and in need of a play-maker. "He said, 'I'm gonna get ya,'" Trippi recalled. "He wanted me to play for him, and I said, 'All you've got to do is draft me and I'm ready.'"[18]
