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    "ocrText": "PPF 9\nPRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE\nGifts A\n1939\nppf900014\nop7.\nags\nASTOR, Vincent\nNew York City\n1-6-39 (ack.)\nSent the President a miniature book for his collection. Ack. by Pres.\nSEE P.P.F. 40\nP.P.I. p. ai\n9-a\nspt.\nags\nADAMS, Frederick B.\nNew York City\n1-9-39 (ack.)\nSent the President a fishing rod. Ack. by President.\nSEE P.P.F. 914\nP.P.F.\n9-a\nOPF.\nJenuary 10, 1939.\npr.7\nq-a\nRespectfully referred to the State De-\npartment.\n11. 11. MaINTYNE\nSecretary to the President\ner/\nFollowing books sent to the President -\nLudwig Hirschfeld, formerly Editor of the \"Neue Freie Presse\", Wion,\nnow political refugee at Paris, France. 23 Run Roussel (17)\nBook \"The Vienna That's not in the Beedeker\".\nDrof. Dr. Max Frey, 103, Stempfenhechstrasse, (Sussee) Zurich.\nBook: \"Les Transformations du Vocebulaire Francais a L'Epoque\nde la Revolution\".\nBook: The Natural Koonomic Order by Silvio Gesell- Germany.\nBook: \"Salviano La Specie\" by Prof. Benedetto Umberto Altieri,\nX\nScafeti (Salerno) Italia.\nCheim Josif Ajdelman, Wersaw, Poland. Book \"Prophetoe posteriorss\".\npp7.\nppt\nqa\nJanuary 10, 1939\nMy dear Mrs. Alexander:\nThe President was delighted to receive\nthe beautiful holiday decorations and greens which\nyour Club was good enough to send to him. He has\nasked me to express his sincere thanks and to con-\nvey his best wishes to everyone concerned.\nVery sincerely yours,\nmiseltor pine cone\nt green\nM.A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. 0. H. Alexander,\nWarm Springs Women's Club,\nWarm Springs,\nGeorgia.\nmgs\nPP7.\nPressures\nsa\nNAME\np.7.\nJanuary 10, 1939\nq-a\nX\nMy dear Mrs. Asterino:\nThe President has asked me to thank you\nprig-p\nfor your friendly letter of holiday greetings and\n9-H\nto express his appreciation of your courtesy in\nsending him the handáwork to which you refer. He\nsends his best wishes to you.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Anna Asterino,\n25 Daymond Street,\nTrenton,\nNew Jersey.\nget\nSA\n9\n25 Daymond Street\nSHAH\nfrenton, newJersey\nDecember 22,1938\nDear Mr. President,\nI am sending you a made, protrait\nl hope you just\nof yourself the that I like have it\nas I have liked making it for\nyou.\nJ wish you and you family\na very merry Christmas and a\nPandink Happy new year.\ner/\nMrs. Anna Visterino\nSincerely yours\nresse\",\nussel (1\nZurich.\nI a L'Ep\nBook: The Natural Koonomie Order by Silvio Gesell- Certany.\nBook: \"Salvieno La Specie\" by Prof. Benedetto Umberto Altieri,\nScafeti (Selerno) Italia.\nCheim Josif Ajdolmen, Warsaw, Poland. Book \"Prophetoe posterio\npp7. a.a\nJanuary 10, 1939\nJanuary 10, 1939.\nplt\nq-a\nRespectfully referred to the State ne-\nportment.\n11. 11. MoINTYRE\nSecretary to the President\ner/\nFollowing books sent to the President -\nLudwig Hirschfold, formerly Mitor of the \"Neuo Freie Presse\", Wion,\nnow political refugee at Paris, France. 23 Than Roussel (17)\nBook \"The Vienna That's not in the Buedeker\".\nDrof. Dr. Max Frey, 105, Stampfenhnchstrasse, (Suksue) Zurich.\nBook: \"Les Transformations du Vocabulaire Francais a L'Epoque\nde la Revolution\".\nBook: The Natural Koonomie Order by Silvio Gesell- Cermany.\nBook: \"Salvieno La Specie\" by Prof. Benedetto Umberto Altieri,\nScafeti (Selerno) Italia.\nCheim Josif Ajdelmen, Warsaw, Poland. Book \"Prophetoe posteriores\".\nJanuary 10, 1939\nPP7.\nJamuary 10, 1939\npp.7.\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Ambroold.com:\nThe President wants you to lower that\nhe is deeply grateful for your friendly note of\nHoliday Graetings and has asked me to thank you\nfor your courtesy in sending him the gift to\nwhich you refer.\nVery sincerely yours,\ncigarettes\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nH. O. Anbrookian, Esq.,\n436 Columbus Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\nget\npp7.\nJanuary 10, 1939\nqa\nENDICOTT 2.8\nNEW YORK\n426 COLUMBUS AVE.\nCLEANING ** RENOVATING -- STORING\nDecember twenty-first\nAmbrookian Rugs\nsident thanks you over\nsending him your draw-\n32° your generous words\nxl wh I\ngood wishes.\nserely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SEGRETARY\nWN\nge t\nsporever and your f army 1 very\nmerry Christmas and a Happy newyear.\nyours. Truly\nHelen aleksich.\n124 Evesett ave\nEast Peoria Illinois.\nHon. President Franklin Rosetelt\nDear President :-\nThe white House washington D.C.\nKindly accept this little\nadmiress, I Know I are late -\nremembrance from one of your\nI am not late for the new year.\ngreeting you for the Christmas, but\nwishing you and your family -\na Happy new year \",\nyou Courage for your great\nGod bless you and give\nresponsibilitiss, spons\nan Camenian by birth,\nbut an american citizen by\nchoice: :\nmost respectfully yours.\nH. O. AmbrooRian\nas and a Happy newyear.\nyours. Truly\nCeml\npp7.\nJanuary 10, 1939\nqa\nMy dear Miss Aleksicht\nYour nice letter of December twenty-first\nhas boon received and the President thanks you over\nso much for your courtesy in sending him your draw-\ning. He is deeply grateful for your generous words\nof approval and your friendly good wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECTORY\nMiss Holen Aleksich,\n134 Inverett Avenue,\nEast Pooria,\nIllinois.\nge t\nana your I my\nmerry Christmas and a Happy newyear.\nyours. Truly\nHelen aleksich.\nEast Peoria Illinois.\n124 Everett ave\nwill\nDecember 2. 1938\nDear President Rossevelt\nI am sending you a picture\nI drew free hand. I never took a\nwanted to be an artist. I could sit\nlesson in my life I have always\nand draw all day and of all the\npictures I drew I enjoyed drawing\na picture of you the best, I. hope\nyou like it.\nPresident Roosevelt I want to\nsay something now thats be in my\nmind, my familys and I'm sure\nin lots of other peoples mind that\nyou are the best president we ever\nhad and you can be sure to get my\nvote next election for & will be twenty-\nfor we think you are wonderful.\none next year and our familys vote\nnow I want to wish you, mrs.\nRoosevelt and your family avery\nmerry Christmas and a Happy newyear.\nyours. Truly\nHelen Aleksich.\nEast Peoria Illinois\n124 Everett ave\nPRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT\nist\nJanuary 12, 1939\nprz\n9-A\nMy dear Mr. Abbott:\nYour letter of January fifth has been\nreceived. The President has asked me to thank\nyou for your thoughtful courtesy in sending him\nX pr79-B\na copy of your book \"The Law and Religion.\"\nPlease let me assure you that the\nPresident is glad to know of your approval of\nhis recent message to the Congress.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nEdwin M. Abbott, Esq.,\n926 Land Title Building,\nBroad and Chestnut Streets,\nPhiladelphia,\nPennsylvania.\nia\nmust carry in the high office that you fill.\nVery respectfully yours,\nEducarce abbout\nUSE 1562\nRES. WAVERLY 1461\nLAW OFFICES\nEDWIN M. aBBoTT\n926 LAND TITLE BUILDING\naskd\nBROAD AND CHESTNUT STREETS\n1/1/39\nphiladelphia\nbk \"MA A\nJanuary 5, 1939.\nHon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,\nPresident,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D.C.\nEsteemed Sir:\nIt was most gratifying to read your\nmessage to the Congress and note the emphasis that\nyou placed upon religion and the necessity of all\nrulers to return to the doctrines of the is Prince of\nPeace \"\nYou have struck the keynote of the only\nway to secure peace on earth. Every citizen of the\nUnited States, irrespective of politics, must feel\nproud of its President who seeks God in the midst of\nall the turbulence in the world today. Other rulers\nmust follow your steps if war is to be banished.\nIn every great crisis other Presidents\nhave done likewise, Washington at Valley Forge and\nLincoln during the stress of the Civil War.\nI have presumed to send you a copy of\nmy recent book entitled 11 The Law and Religion.\nThe presence of God in all matters of State is empha-\nsized both in high and low office as well as in the\nlives of our citizens.\nI hope you will have the opportunity of\nreading it and will accept it as a testimonial to our\nPresident who relies upon God in the great burden you\nmust carry in the high office that you fill.\nVery respectfully yours,\nEducaree abboe\n139\nthe\nJanuary 12, 1939\npr7 9-A\nMy dear Mr. and Mrs. Adler:\nThe President thanks you for your letter\nof recent date and for the friendly thought which\nprompted you to send him the photograph to which\nX pr79-p\nyou refer. He asks me to convey his best wishes\nto you for the coming year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMr. and Mrs. Max Adler,\n136 West 172nd Street,\nBronx,\nNew York.\nia\n1\n'neatna\nBronx, New York.\nact estimat ALA\nachd\n1/12/39 In\n&\nm\nDecember 31, 1938.\nHis Excellency,\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nPresident of the United States,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D.C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nAs a citizen and resident of Bronx County for almost\nforty years, we humbly and respectfully wish you,\nMrs. Roosevelt and your family, a most happy and\nhealthful New Year.\nIn these difficult times, you have proven yourself to\nbe one of the greatest leaders the world has known,\nespecially in pointing the way to humane and decent\nliving, and have presented an example all the world\nmay follow.\nWe, as humble citizens want to express our deep\nadmiration and devotion to you as the President of\nthe United States of America, our beloved adopted\ncountry.\nIn token of our appreciation and as an expression of\nour desire for your continued happiness and health,\nxpp78\nwe are sending you under separate cover a photograph\nof your dear Mother and yourself, and sincerely hope\nthat you will accept our gift, with all the good\nwishes and heartfelt devotion to you and your family\nthat this gift represents.\nMost Respectfully yours,\ndarah Orother\nmay erder\nMr. and Mrs. Max Adler,\n136 West 172nd Street,\nBronx, New York.\nin\npp7 q.a\nJanuary 12, 1939\nMy dear Mr. and Mrs. Adams:\nThe President asks me to acknowledge\nyour kind letter and to express his sincere\nappreciation of the friendly thought which\nprompted you to send him the token to which\nyou refer. He is grateful for your holiday\ngreetings and sends his best wishes to you for\nyour health and happiness for the coming year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\n+\nMr. and Mrs. David Adams,\n355 South Ninth Street, East,\nSalt Lake City,\nUtah.\nia\nyours Pespt m t mrs David adams\nhpt.\ndate/City dake Dec. 27 193\nKindness MAL d Consideration for\nDeys ack President\nTY\nX.\nto\nThrough your\nthe poor + unemployed it was\nmade possible for us to haveour\nfirst turkey for Xmas so so we\nare taking the liberty + pleasure\nof making a sourrnce out to of the\nturkeys breast and sending you it\nfor a Heep sake hope you\n+ wére wishing you the happiest of\nnew years ever + hope after your\n2 more years expire, we will have\nno you one that will thinks of othersas\nagain for If more years as theres\ncd\nyou have done, and again urshing\nyou the happiest new year to the\ngrandest + Best President ever,\nyours Pespt m + mrs David adams\nadress\nMr + Mrs David adams\n355so great\nSalt Lake City utah\nJanuary 13, 1939\nq-A A-A\nMy dear Mr. Antonius:\nMr. McIntyre has handed to me your\nletter of January tenth, to him and I have had\npleasure in placing before the President the\nenclosed communication addressed to him, as\n43500\nwell as the copy of your book \"The Arab Awaken-\n1ng\" which you were good enough to send him.\nHe deeply appreciates this evidence of your\nfriendly interest and good will and asks me\nto thank you sincerely for your kind thought\nin presenting the book to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nGeorge Antonius, Esq.,\nInstitute of Current World Affairs,\n522 Fifth Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\ncd\nINSTITUTE OF current WORLD AFFAIRS\n522 FIFTH\nnew YORK\nThank AVENUE mahd\nJanuary 10, 1939\nThe President of the United States,\nachid\nThe White House,\n1/13/20\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nAt the interview I was privileged to\nhave with you in the spring of 1935, on an introduction\nfrom Mrs. Frances Crane, you paid me the compliment of\nasking me to write to you in the event of my having\nsomething new to say on the subject of our conversation.\nI have recently completed a study of\nthe historical background of the Arab National Movement,\nbringing the story down to present times with special\nreference to contemporary issues; and I have today\nreceived the first advance copies of the American edition.\nIt gives me great pleasure to be able\nto present you with a copy of my book on the day of its\nappearance, and I trust you will do me the favor of\naccepting it as my modest contribution to the elucidation\nof the problems which we discussed two years ago.\nGA/fc\nYours respectfully,\nfrom Antonius\nINSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD affairs\n522 FIFTH avenue\nNEW YORK\nJanuary 10, 1939\nMr. Marvyn H. McIntyre,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. McIntyre:\nYou will recollect that, on an\nintroduction from Mrs. Frances Crane, I had the\nprivilege of a conversation with the President\nearly in May 1935.\nI have recently completed a book\n(The Arab Awakening, published by J. B. Lippincott,\nPhiladelphia) which bears on the subject of that\nconversation and of which I should like to present\na copy to the President.\nI am sending a copy of it here-\nwith, together with a letter addressed to the\nPresident, which I trust you will kindly place\nbefore him.\nGA/fc\nYours sincerely,\nencls.\nthe\npp.7.\nJanuary 24, 1939\nm\nG-A\nMy dear Dr. Arn:\nThe President has asked me to\nbe sure and send you this little note of\nappreciation for your thoughtfulness in\nsending to him the first copy of the history\nof the George Washington Masonic National\nMemorial. +\n+251\npp79-B\nx\nHe is delighted to have this\nbook and asks that I thank you very much\nindeed for it.\nWith all best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nM. H. MeINTYRE\nSecretary to the President\nDr. Elmer R. Arn,\nPresident,\nThe George Washington Mascnic National\nMemorial Association,\n1070 Fidelity-Medical Building,\nDayton, Ohio.\nudsock tmb\nTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON\nMASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION\nDR. ELMER R. ARN, PRESIDENT\n1070 FIDELITY-MEDICAL BUILDING, DAYTON, OHIO\nJanuary 19, 1939\nMr. Marvin McIntyre\nSecretary to President Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. McIntyre:\nUnder separate cover I am mailing to you for presentation to the\nPresident a copy of the history of the George Washington Masonic\nNational Memorial, located at Alexandria, Virginia.\nThis is the first copy that is coming from the press and is the\nfirst history that has been written of this unfinished Memorial.\nI am presenting it to him with the compliments of the Board of\nTrustees and the three million Masons of the United States who\nare building this Memorial. I know that our President is a very\nbusy man and I hope that he will have a few spare moments in his\nstudy some evening to read at least 8. portion of the history.\nOur annual meeting will occur during the conference of Grand\nMasters on February 22, 1939, in the city of Washington.\nThanking you for this favor, I remain,\nCourteously yours,\nElmes Phren\nElmer R. Arn, M.D., President\nERA:mg\n41-4-39\nlid\nstudy\nnt.\npp.7 q-a\nJanuary 25, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Amestrong:\nYour Letter of January twenty+third has\nP\np.7\nbeen received. I shall be glad to bring the\nX\nq.B\ninscribed copy of your book to the President's\nattention and can assure you that he will much\nappreciate your courtesy in sending 1t to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Lolland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nHamilton Fish Anastrong, Esq.,\n45 East 65th Street,\nNew York, N.Y.\nes\n41-4-39\nI\nBook returned to Mr. Reed.\n2\nwhen\n1/25/39 939\ne\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\narks\nWashington, D. C.\n18. I\nDear Mr. President:\nreciate\nI can't resist giving myself\nthe pleasure of sending you this copy\nof a little book of mine, \"When There Is\nNo Peace,\" which Macmillans is publish-\nurs,\ning today. I'd love to know whether\nmy interpretation of your action on the\neve of Munich hits the mark.\nWith warm personal regards,\nbelieve me, as ever,\nYours very sincerely,\nAccidenting tim Auntray\nwdh-mw\n41-4-39\n2\nBkachgy\nbeller\n;\nwhen\n1/25/39 1939\n28\n1e\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nmarks\nWashington, D. C.\n38. I\nDear Mr. President:\npreciate\nI can't resist giving myself\nthe pleasure of sending you this copy\nof a little book of mine, \"When There Is\nNo Peace,\" which Macmillans is publish-\nurs,\ning today. I'd love to know whether\nmy interpretation of your action on the\neve of Munich hits the mark.\nWith warm personal regards,\nbelieve me, as ever,\nYours very sincerely,\nAmilian tim Auntray\nwdh-mw\n41-4-39\nHAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG\nEDITOR\n2\nFOREIGN\nAFFAIRS\nwhen\nAN AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW\nThank\n45 EAST SIXTY-FIFTH STREET, NEW YORK\n1/25/39 1939\n58\nmahe mald I\nJanuary 23, 1939\nle\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nmarks\nWashington, D. C.\n38. I\nDear Mr. President:\npreciate\nI can't resist giving myself\nthe pleasure of sending you this copy\nof a little book of mine, \"When There Is\nNo Peace,\" which Macmillans is publish-\nurs,\ning today. I'd love to know whether\nmy interpretation of your action on the\neve of Munich hits the mark.\nWith warm personal regards,\nbelieve me, as ever,\nYours very sincerely,\ntim Auntray\nwdh-mw\n41-4-39\nTrat\nPlan\npot.\nq-A\nJanuary 27, 1939\nPERSONAL\nDear Mr. Ahrens:\nPlease accept my thanks for the volume\n\"Travel America\" made easy to read by the bookmarks\nyou have placed to indicate significant articles. I\nan delighted to have the volume and greatly appreciate\nyour courtesy in sending it.\nVery sincerely yours,\nMr. Edward H. Ahrens,\n222 East 42d Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nwdh-mw\nacky27/smw\nEDWARD H. AHRENS\n222 EAST 42ND street\nNEW YORK\nJanuary 25, 1939\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nIt is with much pleasure that I present to you this\nTravel America number of my publication, HOTEL\nMANAGEMENT, that summarizes pretty completely the\nwork that has been done to date by Federal, state\nand private interests to promote travel in this\ncountry.\nI have book-marked those articles in which I be-\nlieve you personally will be most interested, in\nview of the travel legislation that is coming up\nfor Congressional action.\nIn the hopes that 1939 may be a great Travel America\nyear that will mean much to all sections of the\ncountry, I am, with sincere esteem,\nVery sincerely yours,\nEHA:AO\n41-4-39\n]\n118\nn7.\nLitrary\nFebruary 9, 1939\nPPT\nq-a\nGentlemen:\nThe President has received the book,\nentitled, \"Ownership and Regulation of Public\nx293\nUtilities - Volume 201,\" which you have been\ngood enough to send him and he asks me to thank\nyou very much for your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. 4. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx#\nThe American Academy of\nPolitical and Social Science,\n3457 Walnut Street,\nWest Philadelphia,\nla\nPennsylvania.\n41-4-39\ncal\nJanuary 31, 1939\nLad\nq-a\nMy dear Mrs. Allwine:\nThe President is indeed grateful for\nyour kind thought in sending him the birthday\ncard and handkerchief. He has asked me to thank\nyou sincerely for them.\nYou may be sure your contribution to\nthe Infantile Paralysis Fund is appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Rebecca Allwine,\nR. F. D. #1,\nJeannette,\nPennsylvania.\nget\n41-4-39\nNew Telephone Number\nT 8539\nA HADDY\n9\nSEELEY 6171\n5/18 achd\nBIRTHDAY\nwhy\n3\nruing Company\nCHITECTURAL\nSTREET\nCAGO, ILL.\nb. 6, 1939\np.p.t q-a\ncover, we are sending you\n1 California Redwood, for\nyou will graciously accept\nthis gift, as a token of our great esteem.\nRespectfully yours,\nJIW/IW\nACANTHUS WOOD CARVING COMPANY\nBy\nJames I. Widmar, Secretary\n41- 4, 39\nMay your life\nbe showered\nWith many bouquets\nand sunshine gladden\nall your days.\nXPPF\n9.8\na statue\nrs, C\nX#\nyour personal use. We trus\nthis gift, as a token of our great esteem.\nRespectfully yours,\nJIW/IW\nACANTHUS WOOD CARVING COMPANY\nBy\nJames I. Widmar, Secretary\n41-4-39\nNew Telephone Number\nPHONE haymarket 8539\nSEELEY 6171\ndiha 3/18\nAranthus Wood Carving Company\nCOMMERCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL\nMAIN\n732 N. MORGAN STREET\nCHICAGO, ILL.\nFeb. 6, 1939\nTo The President of the\nUnited States,\nWhite House,\np.p.t q-a\nWashington, D.C.\nHonorable Sir:\nUnder seperate cover, we are sending you\nXPP7\nq.s\na statue of Will Rogers, carved in California Redwood, for\nX#\nyour personal use. We trust that you will graciously accept\nthis gift, as a token of our great esteem.\nRespectfully yours,\nJIW/IW\nACANTHUS WOOD CARVING COMPANY\nx\nBy\nJames I. Widmar, Secretary\nHerald Examiner\n-NW-\nSUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1937\nHumorist Lives in Wood\nAROUND\nthe\nGALLERIE,\nC.J. BULLIET\nCARL HALLSTHAMMAR'S \"Ve-\nnus in Red Cherry\" rises out of\nthe calm desolation of the Chicago\nexhibition at the Art Institute like\nthe Venus Anadyomene from the\nsea off the classic island of Cos.\nWere we an ex-\nVenus\ntravagant people\nin Red\nin the matter of\nCherry\nthe arts as were\nthe Greeks, we\nmight place a wreath of laurel\naround the head of Hallsthammar\nand fall down and worship his mod-\nel, as the Greeks did Phrynne, who,\non occasion, re-enacted before the\nmultitude assembled at the temple\nof Asclepius the drama of Aphro-\ndite's emergence and who posed\nthus for Apelles.\nAs it is, we give Hallsthammar\nthe first Logan prize of $500 and\ncongratulate him upon having found\nso perfect a model as Miss Gene-\nvieve Grant.\n\"Venus in Red Cherry\" is a life-\nsize female torso carved in a wood\nso hard as to be reckoned \"eternal.\"\nThe torso became nationally famous\neven before it was started, through\naction of Hallsthammar in advertis-\ning for and choosing a model with\nthe classic proportions of Greek\nsculptural figures. After measuring\nmore than a hundred applicants\nHallsthammar found his \"Venus\"\nin Miss Genevieve Grant, a profes-\nsional model, distant relative of the\ncivil war general. The sculptor's\nquest and its result were given in-\nternational publicity.\nFor several months Hallstham-\nmar, hitherto known as a humorist,\nlabored on his \"Venus,\" his first\nserious work. How magnificently\nit came through is on view at the\nArt Institute, not only winning first\nprize but dominating the Chicago\nand vicinity show.\nFor once the major prize was\nproperly awarded in the \"Chicago\nand \"icinity\" annual. Looking at the\nrest of the show, I fear me it was\nan accident-at any rate, a fluke. I\ncan't figure, judging from the rest.\nhow the jury had the perspicacity\nto admit \"Venus in Red Cherry\" for\nexhibition at all.\nFor \"Venus in Red Cherry\" is SO\ngenuine a work-such a dazzling\nCarl Hallsthammar, wood carver and\nW. Jackson blvd., recently won the $500\nvision at the outset and pursued\nsculptor, works on a statue of America's\nFrank G. Logan award for a wood carv-\nwith such honesty, illumined at\ngreat humorist, the late Will Rogers.\nevery step by a lively imagination.\nHallsthammar, who has a studio at 111\ning in a contest at the Art Institute.\nHerald and Examiner photo.\nMarch 18, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Widmar:\nThe President has asked me to thank\nyou ever so much for the wood carving of Will\nRogers. He is glad indeed to have this token\nand is most appreciative of your thoughtfulness\nin sending it to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJames I. Wichnar, Esq.,\nAcabthus Rood Carving Company,\n732 North Morgan Street,\nChicago,\nIllinois.\nia\nFILE MEMORANDUM\nMarch 1, 1939\nMemo for file from DJ, saying that permission WILLS requested and granted for\npictures to be made by International News Service man of shots of gift room on\nground floor in the White House - these pictures to accompany a story on the gift\nroom written by Elizabeth Oldfield of the Times-Herald. Says that the pictures\nwere made March 1st and \"STE and Usher knew about it\". Attached are 4 photos.\nSee - 50-Miscel.\nnet\nP.P.7.\n9\nADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\np.p.7\na-a\na\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\n&\nWASHINGTON\nIn reply refer to\nPR 811. 001 Roosevelt, F.D./6250\nMarch 11, 1939\nMy dear Miss LeHand:\nX#\nOn behalf of the Minister of Switzerland, I am\nforwarding herewith a book entitled School in Switzer-\nland, sent to the President by the \"Archives of Public\nEducation in Switzerland\".\nx\nThe Minister has been requested to inform the\nx107\nsenders that their courtesy in presenting this gift is\nx ert\nsincerely appreciated.\n9.5\nSincerely yours,\nStanley Woodward\nActing Chief of Protocol. + 20\nEnclosure:\nBook.\nMiss Marguerite A. LeHand,\nPrivate Secretary to the President,\nThe White House.\nDepartment of State\nBUREAU\nPR\nDIVISION\nSTATE 90 ТИЗМТЯАЯЗО\nENCLOSURE\nиотэинели\nTO\nLetter drafted\neyes ,II Nomall\nADDRESSED TO\nMiss LeHand\nto\nU. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1-1033\nto\n:\n9-H P.P\nMarch 20, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Armstrong:\nReference is made to your letter of\ngrame\nMarch eighteenth to Mr. McIntyre, brought to my\nt\nattention in his absence, in which you request\nan appointment for your daughter Joanne to make\nas personal presentation to the President of a\nXPP.7 X\npainting of Pope Pius XII.\nq.p\nXHP.PF4129\nI regret very much that it is not pos-\nx 76-B\nsible to accede to your request. The President,\nas you can readily appreciate, is extremely busy,\nconsequently his engagements have been limited\nto those of an official and inescapable nature.\nI am sure that both you and your daughter will\nunderstand the situation and the difficulty of\nmaking an exception, particularly since there\nhave been so many requests of a similar nature.\nSincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nSecretary to the President\nX\nHugh Armstrong, Esq.,\n324 West 51st Street,\nNew York,\nNew York.\nK/bsp\n324\nmarvin mIntyls 609.\nmar 18/39\nWas P.C. hinghol\nachido\nPeal Sir:\n3/20 39 bep\nthe noble character of our\nfeeling as I do about\n9\nPresidontand his behif\nthat all americans are free\nto wonhifas their concience\ndirectes, and also knowing\ned\nthat does\nave\nB\nexists between him and\nthe\nx8976\nown beloved new Popelius II\nI would consider a great\ndent\nxeef\nLe\n223\nbed\npriveleg if the President\nat\nPainting in Och of his Holiness\nsoill accept my Cortrait\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx\nCharles Anderson, Esq.,\n5 Elliott Street,\nCharleston,\nSouth Carolina.\nes\npresentation hoping\nwillintered\nI know al no one who seel\nbehalfthat may on\nthat my workin in better hand\nso honsed\nthough? know the Presidentis\nnota Catholic I feel thathe\nRespectfully yous\nis the Suend ofall.God\nHugh Camstimg\nwor mining people regardler\nof ther lace or cred, 9 am\nonly a from man and could\nno doubtsell my painting\nbutti know that the\nof america has it is leware\nenough Jon me, ally ask\nis to let my lovely little\ndaughter Joanne make\nSEGRETARY\nCharles Anderson, Esq.,\n5 Elliott Street,\nCharleston,\nSouth Carolina.\nes\nP.P.A\nqa\nMarch 21, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Anderson:\nYour friendly note has been réceived\nby the President. He is glad indeed to have\nthe copy of your book \"Journal of a Cruise\nin the Frigate United States\", and much ap*\npreciates your thoughtfulness in sending the\n18976\nvolume to min.\nYour Icind remembrance of the President\nin connection with your new book, \"Melville\nxlers\nin the South Seas\", is also much appreciated\nby him, and he has noted with interest what\nyou say about it.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx\nCharles Anderson, Esq.,\n5 Elliott Street,\nCharleston,\nSouth Carolina.\nes\nThan\nMydrav Mr. President\nplat\nany\n3/21/ of\nThe announcement that Random House is to publish\nthis year your series of twenty-eight water-colors painted by William H.\nMeyers on board the sloop Dale in 1846-1848, prompts me to intrude\nhundred upon your time. Several years ago 9 discovered a collection of over one\nhe kept on board the sloop Cyane in 1842-1844.\nwater-colors by this same artist, painted in a formal which\nJournal of a Cruise in the Frigate United states, with notes on Herman Mewille,\nE leven of these Ireproduced as illustrations in may\npublished by the Duke University Press in 1937. 9 am taking the liberty\nof sending you a copy of this book! under separate cover, feeling that it\nmay interest you as asort of prehade to yours, since among other matters\nit contains both text and illustration relating to the \"false \"capture of\nthat your courtesy is appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAmerican Military History Foundation,\nBox 382, Benjamin Franklin Station,\nWashington, D. C.\nia\nMonterey in 1842. The originals, which 9 tried in vain to persnade my press to reproduce\nin full color, are in the possession of the Honorable nelson B. Gaskill, a Washingtona Horuey.\nThis month, The Columbia University Press is publishing another book of mine\nMetville in The South Seas, a copy of which I am also directing to be sent to you, since the\nfour chapters on Mehrille's cruse in the frigate United States bring to light a good many\nnew facts concerning The old navy of sails. Further, remembering a preface of yours 9\nonce read in some book on whaling, 9 ventured to hope that other portions of my book\nmight prove of interest to you. Finally, tucked away in a note somewhere, have pointed\nout that Mehille filched one of his stories from a certain Captain Amasa Delano, who,\nIbelieve, was one of your New Bedford clan.\nSuch are the motives that lead an ardent admirer to offer a modest moment of\nrelaxation to the world's busiest citizen.\n9 have the honor to remain\nFaithfully yours,\nCharles anderson\nrata\nMarch 22, 1939\nGentlemen:\nThank you, in the President's behalf,\nfor the copy of the journal of the American\nX p.p.7\nMilitary History Foundation. I can assure you\n9-B\nthat your courtesy is appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAmerican Military History Foundation,\nBox 382, Benjamin Franklin Station,\nWashington, D. C.\nia\nin\nCAN BOX MILITARY 382, HISTORY FOUNDATION\nBENJAMIN FRANKLIN STATION\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nReturn postage guaranteed\nThat\nthe mAle M\nLett\nRE\nx P P 7\n9-4\nLeHand\nE SEGRETARY\n(my\nreet,\nget\nP.P.7\nMarch 22, 1939\nq.a\nMy dear Mr. Ascoli:\nPermit me to thank you for the copy of\nthe book which you and Mr. Arthur Fisher sent\nxpp.7 x\n2\nrecently. Your courtesy is appreciated.\n9-4\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nMax Ascoli, Esq.,\nNew School,\n66 West Twelfth Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nget\nRent &\nMarch 29, 1939\nMinami\nPP7\nMy dear Mr. Altman:\nThe President asks me to acknowledge\nq-a\nyour letter of March twenty-seventh and to ex-\npress his thanks to you for your kindness in\nsending him those parchments. He has noted\nthem with interest and deeply appreciates your\nfriendly thought of him.\nPP49-P\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nK\nAlfred Altman, Esq.,\n444 Madison Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\neke\n444 Madison Avenue\nshanks to T M live\nCABLE ADDRESS\n\"TRAFFIC\"\n2389 FLOOR\nTELEPHONE WICKERSHAM 2-1133\nNew York, U.S.A.\nachis\n3-29-39\nSIUE\nHis Excellency,\nThe President of the United States,\nFranklin Delano Roosevelt,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear President Roosevelt:\nIn connection with the parchments en-\nclosed, if you will hold them up to the light you\nwill note the fine detail.\nThis has to do with a process of photo-\ngraphs on any material.\nI thought these few truinkets might be\nof interest to you.\nYours respectfully,\nAlfred Altman\nM\n3-27-39\nno record\nBe Daang- bakal\n78/3/39\nCalámba Laguna\nAlimin 1.\n[\nP.P.7\nq.a\nApril 7, 1939\nl\ntr\n-\nMy dear Phillip:\nYour letter has been received in\nthe President's absence. I know he will\nkpff q.D a\n7\nappreciate your interest in sending the\nX\ndrawing to him and would want me to thank\nM.\nyou for it.\nR.\nVery sincerely yours,\nIS\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nat\nPhillip Alberti,\n604-A Ann Avenue,\nSt. Louis,\nMissouri.\neke\nP.\nthine\nby\nDear President,\nI hew a picture of\nyou which I'm sending you,\nof which means a lot to our\ncountry. I'm taking up drawing had\nand I hope some day & get it is\nto be an artic. I am fourteen can\nand going to graduate from one will\neight grade in grade school, sea. my\nin June. d hope you like\nnd.\neach\nthis picture.\nyours Truly,\nthe\nyour\nPhillip alberti\n6042 ann Ave ileare. at\nour)\nSkLouis Mo. è\np.\nt.\noffice\nachies\n\".\"\nas\n4-7-39\ndy\nSice\nDrawn by\nPhiLLip ALberti\nFranklin Delano\nRoosevelt\nYour me in of the N. rican people\nthe \"Brown face.\" And that such yet bitter fact is clearly\nindicated by our Philippine Common-Wulth of the United\nStates of America.\n(1)\nGluedana\nso record\nBe Daang- bakal\n78/3/39\nCalámba, Philippines Laguna\napril 30,1939\nHonorable Franklin a. Rosenelh\nWhite House\nWhashington D.C.\nP.P.F.\nUnited States of America\nq-a\nMy dear President,\nPerhaps, your guatness will be embanassed to astonisked\nto receive a simple \"Souvenin\" from a personality of a subject\npeople. But, whether it be a bitter fact, we the Pilipino\nMahm owe to you, the American Conguas, and the American\nNohm as a whole; much gratitude duply roated in one\nhearts. Devine Providence knows that fact, and it will\nbe handed down to our forth coming Generations through ages.\nOnly four years ago, the first anniversary of our Commy\nWealth was celibrated throughout our Belowed fature fand.\nJust how eagerly the American People tried to de independent\nfrom the tylanny of England the same eagerness is in the\nHearts and Thoughts of the Brown Pace\", or more. Like your\nour Toupathers oftained their Februty from Joan,\nthrough Tears and flodsheds. That Sacud smoking 200s un-\ndeging in our minds; and it did not prom a failure.\nFesult: we had had our Philippine Republic mangmated at\non historic Malolor, Bulacan Juch noble Cause \"nee are\ngreatly indeoted to our foremost noble \" Heroes\": Tab. ah. Jose p.\nfigal y Merrado, The enelying martys of Beguntayan; Gat.\nRevolution and Applinanio Mabine, our Jublime Paralytic\".\nUndres Bonificio, the Father of our Fatipunan and Philippine\nBut, the Faith of the American people is not The same as\nthe \"Brown face\". And that such yet bitter fact is clearly\nindicated by our Philippine Common-Walth of the United\nStates of America.\n(1)\nGluedává\nFar East, are my thankful that we have bad a Father Country\nWe, eighteen million souls of the \" Flar Distant does of the\nmy much Faithful in guiding the aleshing of a face to the\nright and safest way. I would like to impress clearly that\nwe feel much gratitude to the Alemonatic American Nation\nwhose principle we greatly emphasized Jocernments of the\nPeople, by the People, and for the People. And that, we are\nhoping, we are including ine our Prayers that you will\nnot under futile our espication, our longing, that you will\ngrant us our emplise Liberty \"(our Philippine Republic\") after\nthe Ten Years Francition Period just how your nable\nAfraham Linedn liberated the Regroes, just how the\nAmerican People whole beartidly granted Independence to\nas those.\nCuba, the \"Rilipino People \"is haping much the same way\nin this matter, yet I believe it to be my sole duty to\nMy, dearest President, even if d am not an suthority\nmy \"Country and to my People.\" In anding you this\n\"White slow of Hape and Affertion,\" I fundy believe in the\nKlevine Rights of Man: Justice, Equality and Liberty I hape\nyou will not feel indifferent to me, sin ! Thank you\nwhole heartedly !!!\nYours now and wer,\nAlejandro colongo Auedana\nBe Daung lakal\nCalambia, Laguna\nPhilippines\n(2)\nOeev HRBATECOLHI\nh\noh\nMay 3, 1939\nPP7\nqa\nMy dear Mr. Alexander:\nThe President has asked me to thank\nyou for the copy of the \"Report of the Adequacy\nof Texas Schools.\" He is glad to have the volume\nand appreciates your courtesy in sending it to\nhim.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nY P.P.7-B\nTed R. Alexander, Esq.,\nBox C, Capitol Station,\nAustin,\nTexas.\nia\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY\nHRBATECOLAL\nh\noh\nMay 3, 1939\npp7\nMy dear Mr. Anderson:\nq-a\nIt was nice of you to send the President\na copy of the book \"Melville in the South Seas.\"\nYou may be sure that he much appreciates your\nfriendly thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nppt q-B\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nY\nC. R. Anderson, Esq.,\n5 Elliott Street,\nCharleston,\nSouth Carolina.\nia\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY\n1(\n)RRV ARRATECOLA\nhad\n5\noh\n\"Meloille hank in the South\nSeas\"\nIa\nStudy - MAIN\nPP7 q-a\nassure you that he will be glad to have the\nvolume and that he will much appreciate your\ncourtesy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nV pot q.B\n11. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAmerican Antiquarian Society,\nY\nWorcester,\nMassachusetts.\nX pst 1911\neke\nQty\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY . TUCKER 9920 . LOS ANGELES, CALIF.\n11\nOoou HRRATECOLA\n5\noh\nMay 3, 1939\nPP7\nq-a\nGentlemen:\nThank you, in the President's behalf,\nfor the book which you sent to him. I can\nassure you that he will be glad to have the\nvolume and that he will much appreciate your\ncourtesy.\npot q.B\nVery sincerely yours,\nV\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAmerican Antiquarian Society,\nY\nWorcester,\nMassachusetts.\nX pst 1911\neke\nViry 4nna awear\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY TUCKER 9920 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.\n5\nstorroom\nPP7-\noh\nMay 5, 1939\nqa\nMy dear Mr. Abbatecola:\nI am sure you will pardon my delay\nin telling you of the President's appreciation\nof your kindness in sending your oil painting\nto him. He has noted with interest what you say\nabout it in your letter of April tenth and is in-\ndeed grateful for your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nOrry Abbatecola, Esq.,\n805-7 No. Broadway,\nLos Angeles,\nCalifornia.\noh\n1. cill, шу dear resident,\nVery sincerely yours\nOrry Ahhatecolor\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY . TUCKER 9920 . LOS ANGELES, CALIF.\nORRY ARBATECOLA futuristic action 5/5\nAND PAINTING oh\n5, GOWNS, COSTUMES\nTAGE AND SCREEN\n8\nApril 10, 1939\nHonorable Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear President Roosevelt:\nInclosed you will find a photograph of an original oil painting, THE NEW\nAMERICA. The original will arrive at the White House within a few days.\nThis painting was intended as a birthday gift for you but I was unable\nto complete it in time.\nThe following is a short explanation of what I have tried to express in\nthis painting.\nUpper left corner: Work done for the advancement and help of\nthose who have suffered or are suffering from infantile\nparalysis. Also for the aid in reasearch along this and other\nmedical lines.\nUpper right corner: The beneficial aid given industry in the\nform of the Emergency Conservation Work, Federal Emergency\nAdministration of Public Works, Federal Emergency Relief\nAdministration, Federal Power Commission, Federal Trade\nCommission, National Labor Relations Board, National Youth\nAdministration, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Securities\nand Exchange Commission, Social Security Board, Tennessee\nValley Authority and the Works Progress Administration.\nLower left corner: The help given to those in rural districts\nby the Electric Home and Farm Authority, Farm Credit Adminis-\ntration and the Rural Electrification Administration.\nLower right corner: The security given our nation through the\nUnited States Army, the United States Navy and the United\nStates Marine Corps.\nI trust this will convey to you my most sincere respect for the outstanding\ncourage and ability that you have shown during your terms of office.\nI am, my dear Mr. President,\nVery sincerely yours\nOrry Ahhatecolor\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY . TUCKER 9920 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.\nmodern and futuristic action 5/5\nabalecal\nSCENOGRAPHY AND PAINTING oh\nack Room form\nARTISTIC CREATIONS, GOWNS, COSTUMES\nAND. SETS FOR STAGE AND SCREEN\nApril 10, 1939\nHonorable Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear President Roosevelt:\nInclosed you will find a photograph of an original oil painting, THE NEW\nAMERICA. The original will arrive at the White House within a few days.\nThis painting was intended as a birthday gift for you but I was unable\nto complete it in time.\nThe following is a short explanation of what I have tried to express in\nthis painting.\nUpper left corner: Work done for the advancement and help of\nthose who have suffered or are suffering from infantile\nparalysis. Also for the aid in reasearch along this and other\nmedical lines.\nUpper right corner: The beneficial aid given industry in the\nform of the Emergency Conservation Work, Federal Emergency\nAdministration of Public Works, Federal Emergency Relief\nAdministration, Federal Power Commission, Federal Trade\nCommission, National Labor Relations Board, National Youth\nAdministration, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Securities\nand Exchange Commission, Social Security Board, Tennessee\nValley Authority and the Works Progress Administration.\nLower left corner: The help given to those in rural districts\nby the Electric Home and Farm Authority, Farm Credit Adminis-\ntration and the Rural Electrification Administration.\nLower right corner: The security given our nation through the\nUnited States Army, the United States Navy and the United\nStates Marine Corps.\nI trust this will convey to you my most sincere respect for the outstanding\ncourage and ability that you have shown during your terms of office.\nI am, my dear Mr. President,\nVery sincerely yours\nOrry Ahhatecolor\nSTUDIO: 805-7 NO. BROADWAY, TUCKER 9920. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.\nBy Abbatecola, 805-7 North Broadway, Los Angeles, California\nOrcy Abbatecolor\nAbbatecola 1938\nPP;B\np.p.7 9-g\nMay 18, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Perrone:\nYour letter of May fifteenth, with\nthe enolosed picture, has been referred by\nMr. MoIntyre to me for reply.\nWe have noted what you say about\nthe desire of Mr. Giunta to present to the\nPresident the gift which he has made, The\nfriendly spirit which has prompted the thought\nis appreciated, and if Mr. Giunta will mail the\ngift direct to the White House we will be very\nglad to accept it, provided, of course, that\nno publicity is given to its presentation.\nxpot 9.m\nX\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nPeter Perrone, Esq.,\n527 Fifth Avenue,\nNew York, 11. Y.\neke\n(gift to be received: Symbolical marquetry work of inlaid\nwood - 4' x 2'4\".)\nPeter Perrone,\nPP;B\nOFFICES OF\nPETER perrone\nFIVE-TWENTY-SEVEN FIFTH AVENUE\nNEW YORK CITY\nTELEPHONE VANDERBILT 3-7376\nachid\nMay 15, 1939\n5-18-89 39\n2112\nMr. Marvin H. Mc Intyre\nSecretary to the President\nWhite House. Washington, D. C.\nMy Dear Mr. Secretary:\nMy good friend, Mr. Giunta of 25-26\n44th Street, Astoria, L. I. New York, requested me to\ncommunicate with you.\nWhen the President was elected in 1932\nand immediately took appropriate measures to alleviate the\neconomic suffering of that time, Mr. Giunta conceived the\nidea to create a symbolical marquetry work. The enclosed\nphotograph is self explanatory; the United States represented\nby a ship, being led to safety, toward the sun, by a tug boat,\nrepresenting the President.\nThe work is made of inlayed pieces of wood\nand no coloring was used at all. Its dimension is 4' X 2'4\".\nMr. Giunta began work on it the early part of 1933 and completed\nit only a few weeks ago. It took him about six years of his\nspare time, as Mr. Giunta is employed and is a cabinet maker\nby trade.\nMr. Giunta is still an ardent admirer of\nthe President, and would like to present the work to the President,\nas a gift.\nI shall appreciate it if you will inform me\nas to what you would like Mr. Giunta do. If the President cares\nto accept the work, Mr. Giunta would be happy to mail it directly\nto the White House. I remain.\nVery truly yours,\nPeter Perrone,\nPP;B\nU.S.A\n27, 1939\nROOSEVELT\nenty-third,\ngift which\nesident has\nu of his\nit which\nla also\nM\nRY\nGunta\nmgs\nFlore 7,6x,h 6\nKeepin\nMay 27, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Giuntas\nReplying to your note of May twenty-third,\nI have pleasure\nKeepin\nMay 27, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Giuntas\nReplying to your note of May twenty-third,\nI have pleasure in advising you that the gift which\nyou were good enough to present to the President has\nbeen received and he asks me to assure you of his\ndeepest appreciation of the friendly spirit which\nprompted your generous thought of him. He also\nsends you his best wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nSalvatore Giunta, Esq.,\n25-26 44th Street,\nAstoria,\nLong Island, N. Y.\nmgs\nnon\nMar\nMr\nMay 23, 1939\nMiss M. A. LeHand\nPrivate Secretary\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Miss LeHand:\nIn accordance with your letter of\nMay eighteenth to my friend Mr. Peter Perrone, I\nhave the pleasure to send you youbyRailway Express the gift for\nthe President, which I made, as stated in Mr. Perrone's\nletter of May fifteenth.\nI want to assure you that the acceptance\nof the gift by the President makes me very happy and amply\nrepays my humble efforts,\nfalustore Very sincerly grinto yours,\nSalvatore Giunta\nSalvatore Giunta\n25-26 44th Street\nAstoria, L. I. N. Y.\nWELLES, Hon. Summer - State Dept.,\nMay19, 1939\nThe President referred for draft of a reply, letter from the Most\nReverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate, Washington, D.C., May\n17, to the President, enclosing a leather-bound album of photographs of the\nnew residence of the Apostolic Delegation. - On May 22, Mr. Welles submitted\ndraft. -- On May 22, the President wrote to the Apostolic Delegate thanking for\nthis album saying he enjoyed seeing these photographs and is impressed by the\nhappy proportions of the building and the beauty and dignity of the interiors.\nSEE - P.P.F. 1935\nP.P.F.\nI\nWI NEW\nZ\nMcADOO, Hon. William Gibbs,\nAmerican President Lines, Lts.,\nSan Francisco, Calif.\nMay 13, 1939. & May 27, 1939.\nSent President a shipment of Avocados from his place in Santa Barbara,\nCalif.\nSee P.P.F.308\nbr\nP.P.7,\n9-a\nnome\n2\nMay 25, 1939\nP.P.7.\nPERSONAL\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Johnson:\nThe President has asked me to\nX\nthank you very much indeed for the three\npr,7, q-s\nshields which will commemorate the visit\nof the President of Nicaragua and the coming\nvisit of the King and Queen of England.\nHe is delighted to have them\nand appreciates your thoughtful courtesy.\nSincerely yours,\nHOWIN M. WATSON\nJ. A. C. Johnson, Esq.,\nX\nArt-Ad Studios,\n206 Colorado Building,\n14th & G Streets, N. W.,\nWashington, D. C.\nktmb\nJ.A.C.Johnson\nJ.A.C.J/P.\nPhone NAtional 3119 8665.\nArt-Ad Studios\nDESIGNS & DECORATIONS\n206 Colorado Bldg:\n14th. at\nG Street, Northwest\nWashington, D. C.\nMay 22nd. 1939.\nTo /\nHis Excellency,\nThe President of the United States,\nWhite House,\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. President,\nAs a memento and to commemorate the visit of the President\nof Nicaragua, and the coming visit of Their Britannic Majesties, King George\nVI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain.\nWill you therefore kindly accept\nx48 X43V\nwith our compliments the three (3) accompanying official shields. i.e.:-\nx# 1. Great Seal of the United States Of America (Shield form)\n398\n2. Nicaragua Coat of Arme approved of by the Minister of Nicaragua.\n3. The Official decoration of the British Royal Party as selected\nby Sir. Roland Lindsey British Ambassador.\nThe British shield will be used in conjunction with our\nEagle with Old Glory and the Union Jack, in the like manner as the\ndecoration according the welcome to the Chief Executive of Nicaragua.\nwith very best wishes to you Mr. President,\nVery respectfully yours,\nThe Art-Ad Studios,\nBy. J.A.C.Johnson.\nJ.A.C.J/P.\nnot Penil lead aribed penil penstator\nConse of of Representativesi United States\nJune 1, 1939\nP.P.7.\nwith plain from Bible My dear\n9-A A\nMr. Bryson:\nThe President has requested me to acknowl-\nX\nedge the receipt of your letter of May thirtieth\nP.P.7.9-P\nand to tell you that he appreciates your courtesy\nin transmitting to him the pencil which your\nfriend, Mr. J. W. Aycock, was good enough to send\n+\nhim. The President asks if you will convey his\nsincere thanks to Mr. Aycock for his kind thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nII. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHonorable Joseph R. Bryson,\nHouse of Representatives,\nWashington, D. C.\nia\n4TH DISTRICT SOUTH CAROLINA\nSECRETARIES\nOFFICE TELEPHONES\nCOMMITTEES:\nWASHINGTON: NATIONAL 3120\nCongress of the United States\nEDUCATION\nEXT. 624\nGREENVILLE: 936\nWAR CLAIMS\nRESIDENCE TELEPHONES\nTERRITORIES\nWASHINGTON: LINCOLN 6945-W\nHouse of Representatives\nGREENVILLE: 249-J\nWashington, D.C.\nVETERANS' LEGISLATION acke\nMay 30, 1939\nNEW\nRECEIVED OO 4M 370\n31 THE I WHITE HOUSE\nIR\nHonorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMr. President:\nI am pleased to send you herewith a gift\nwhich my friend, Mr. J. W. Aycock of Greenville,\nSouth Carolina, has requested me to transmit to\nyou with expressions of his esteem.\nRespectfully,\nJRB/jwc\nJohnson\nPl.7\nJune 7, 1939\nq-a\nMy dear Mrs. Allison:\nYour note of June first, to Mrs.\nRoosevelt, has been handed to me for ac-\nknowledgment. Your kind offer is very much\nxpea q.c\npet\nappreciated by the President. If you will\nsend the cake to me here in Washington, I\nshall be glad to present it to him with\nyour compliments.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A. Lelland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. R. L. Allison,\nFairview,\nNorth Carolina.\nhm\nef ct\nbox\nB\nthere anyth\nFairview, N.C.,\nJUN 2 1939\nJune 1,1939\nsevelt,\ndon't reason It nil why mald accept\nsevelt:\nhe time you were driving down the street in\ndy rushed out into the rain to shake your hand?\nduring the winter, but teach cooking to groups\nthis\ne summer. I have develpoed a number of recipes\none is Iady Asheville cake Here is the recipe.\nre the President more than any other American\nory, I wish to present him a Lady Asheville cake\ne.The Secret Service men are considering the\nit yet decided. The well-being of the President\n: than it does any other living human, and I am\nive him safe as can be Why the Secret Service\nderstand partially, but why they think I might do\nIIIM J cannot understand. I wish to present him the best of\nmy baking because he has given of his best to the nation. I know\nyou are very busy, what with royalty coming ;I'd like to get to\nbake His Ma jesty a cake too; but will you please tell Mr Roose-\nvelt I want to give him the cake ?Perhaps I will be allowed to do\nso, after all.\nWith the very best wishes for you in everything ,I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nMrs. R.L. allison\nyour There mary are destand cakes he Pike N\nPreo\nof it to\nFairview, N.C.,\nJUN 2.1939\nJune 1,1939\nMrs.Franklin D.Roosevelt,\nThe White House\nWashimgton,D.C.\nMy dear Mrs. Roosevelt:\nDo you recall the time you were driving down the street in\nAsheville and a lady rushed out into the rain to shake your hand?\nI was that woman.\nI teach school during the winter, but teach cooking to groups\nof women during the summer. I have develpoed a number of recipes\nof my own of which one is Iady Asheville cake Here is the recipe.\nNow, because I admire the President more than any other American\nof our entire history, I wish to present him a Lady Asheville cake\nwhen he visits here The Secret Service men are considering the\nmatter and have not yet decided. The well-being of the President\nconcerns you more than it does any other living human, and I am\na S anxious to have him safe as can be. Why the Secret Service\nhesitate I can understand partially, but why they think I might do\nhim harm I cannot understand. I wish to present him the best of\nmy baking because he has given of his best to the nation. I know\nyou are very busy, what with royalty coming ;I'd like to get to\nbake His Ma jesty a cake too; but will you please tell Mr. Roose-\nvelt I want to give him the cake Perhaps I will be allowed to do\nso,after all.\nWith the very best wishes for you in everything ,I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nMrs. R. L. allison\ndestand\nyour These are very onest at he Rike terough N\nPres\ncou\nit\nX\nof\nB\nH.L. POWELL\nW. F. VANDERVEER\nTELEPHONE 908\nThe\nARDMORE HATCHERY\n15THIRD AVENUE N.E.\nP. O. BOX 33\n+ Ardmore, Oklahoma\nSALSBURYS\nPOULTRY\nREMEDIES\nJune I5, I939.\nSUPERIOR\nFEEDS..\nMr. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nJAMESWAY\nWhite House,\np.pt a-a\nEQUIPMENT\nWashington,D.C.\nMy Dear Mr. Roosevelt;\nI know that it is quite a long while untill Thanksgiving\nbut I want you to be ready for it this time in the right\nway. It seems that the White House always get their turkey\nfrom the north west but I want you to have the opportunity\nto taste a real turkey this year. We are brooding you\ntwelve bronze turkey poults that were bred in the Arbuckle\nMountains of good old Oklahoma. I have personally sellected\nthese for you and they are very nice and of the best\nbreeding that is possible to have.\nxp0.7\nI would deem it quite an honor if you will kindly accept\nthese as a gift from our firm and put them in the White\n9-T\nHouse garden untill Thanksgiving. I believe they would\nimprove the appearence of the garden as they are truly\nan American bird. They are a very meek bird and will not\ndo any injury to the shrubs.\nIf you would be so kind as to accept them we will brood\nthem till they are old enough to care for them selves\nand ship them by express.\nI believe my friend Congressman Sam Massingale would\nappreciate one for a dinner.\nLooking foward to your acceptance of this offer and\nthanking you for any privilege you may give us for same,\nI am\nVery kindly your's\nW.F! Vanderver\nOKLA. U. S APPROVED CHICKS . HATCHING EGGS\nSEXED CHICKS . STRAIGHT RUN CHICKS\nTURKEY POULTS . TURKEY HATCHING EGGS\nJune 19, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Vanderveer:\nThe President has asked me to\nthank you very much for your letter of\nJune fifteenth. While your kind offer\nis very much appreciated, we have no\nfacilities here at the White House for\ntaking care of the young turkeys and will,\ntherefore, not be able to accept them.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nN. F. Vanderveer, Esq.,\nThe Ardmore Hatchery,\n15 Third Avenue N. E.,\nArdmore,\nOklahoma.\nhm\nU\nThe Strangesh Book of the Decade\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\nSTATE, The Sec. of\nJune 19,1939\nMr. Early sent a memo saying the President asked him to enclose a\nletter of June 8 written to the President by Hon. Edward J. Flynn, U.S. Commis-\nsioner for the N.Y. World's Fair, NYC, who sent a copy of the Australian Consti-\ntution which was presented to Mr. Flynn for delivery to the President. Hopes the\nPresident will acknowledge receipt of this book to the Prime Minister of Australia.\nMr. Summerlin, Chief of Protocol submitted draft of a reply, June 22. -- On June\n22, the President wrote to Rt. Hon. Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Aus-\ntralia, Canberra, Australia, thanking for the copy of book he sent through Mr. Flynn.\nSays he is happy to add this notewortky document to his collection of historical\npapers. -- On June 23, Mr. Early wrote to Mr. Flynn enclosing copy of the President\nletter to the Prime Minister.\nSEE - P.P.F. 6071\nP.P.F.\n9-a\nU\nThe Strangesh Book of the Decade\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\nags\nFECHNER, Robert - - Director\nCivilian Conservation Corps\nWashington, D.C.\nJune 23, 1939\nSent the President a photogra hic album of views illustrating CCC work projects;\none of these copies was presented to the King by the President during his visit here.\nSEE 268\nPPF\n9-a\nU\nThe Strangesh Book of the Decade\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\nPress\np.a.a\nnome\nJuly 6, 1939\nm\nMy dear Mr. Acharyat\nPermit me, please, to acknowledge the\nreceipt of your letter of June twenty-ninth and\nto thank you for your courtesy in sending the\nPresident a copy of your book. You may be sure\nthat he will much approciate your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nPundit Acharya, ESQ.,\nYoga Research Institute,\n119 West 57th Street,\nNew York, N.Y.\nes\nJundit Hehanya\nThe Strangesh Book of the Decade\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\nw\nYoga Research Institute\n119 West 57th Street\nNew York City\nPundit Acharya\nJune 29 1939\nHis Excellency.\nDr. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nPresident of the United States\nof America.\nyour Exellency,\nWords will not speak my\nthoughts.\nI am sending to Jam Excellency,\nunder separate cover, a copy of my \"A\nStrange Language with simple conviction\nthat your Excellency alone will understand\nmy childish attempt:\ngod bless you and my America.\nHumbly yours,\nPundit Achanga\nThe Strangest Book of the Decade\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\nProo study\nYoga Research Institute\n119 West 57th Street\nJ\nNew York City\nPundit Acharya\nJuly 11, 1939\nMiss M. A. Le Hand\nPrivate Secretary to the President\nP.P.7.\nDear Miss Le Hand:\n9-a\nI thank you a thousand times for your kind letter. Under\n/\na separate cover I have the honour of forwarding to you a copy\nof my book \"A Strange Language\", which you might glance at\nleisurely.\nMiss Le Hand, I must ask a great favor of you. Not for\nmyself, for I do not beg. But for our beloved America.\nThere are two legislations that the Immortal President can\ncommand:\n1 - To give free milk and codliver oil to the infants\nof the United States through Federal Agencies.\nNot through charitable institutions but through\nFederal Agencies (like the post offices) to be\nestablished by a Federal Act.\nSo that all other countries in the world shall imitate America.\n2 - Voters' Compulsory Civic Education. Young boys\nand girls should have, before they reach the voting\nage, the qualifications to pass an examination for\na certificate of voting, both from the States as well\nas the United States.\nI approach you because I am so insignificant and the president\nis so busy that I would not dream of approaching His Excellency.\nMy Christ tells me to beg you to whisper these words to the\ngreatest President of the United States.\nI believe in Woman. Woman has inspired man to build Taj Mahals.\nTherefore I come to you.\nMay I say from my primitive sincere heart - God bless you.\nThe Strangesh Book of the Decade\nPundit Aeharya\n\"A Strange Language\" by Pundir Acharya\nOne Dollar\ntady\n/\nEXECUTIVE OFFICES\n9\n383 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK\nX#17\\\nq-a\nKENT COOPER, GENERAL MANAGER of\nTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\npp7\n330 STAR BUILDING\nJune 26, 1939.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nthank achd 6128\nHyde Park, New York.\nand its\nDear Mr. President:\nLe Hand\nWe enclose some Washington and Hyde Park royal tour pictures\nfor your scrapbook and others will follow when the original negatives\nare returned from London.\nSincerely yours,\nx48-a\nBrian Bell:vh\nEnclosure\nSion See forder\nKing + Queen\nChief of Bureau.\nBrian Bell, Esq..\nThe Associated Press,\ncd\n330 Star Building.\nWashington, D. C.\nJune 28, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Bell:\nThe President has asked me to acknowl-\nedge the receipt of your letter of June twenty-\nsixth and the photographs which you addressed to\nhim at Hyde Park. He is indeed pleased to have\nthe pictures and wants you to know that he ap-\npreciates your courtesy in sending them to him.\nVery sincerelyyyours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nBrian Bell, Esq.,\nThe Associated Press,\n330 Star Building,\ncd\nWashington, D. C.\nProo tady\nJuly 6, 1939\npp7.\nq.a\nGentlemens\nThank you, in the President's be-\nhalf for the copy of the book by Honorable\nT. V. Smith and Honorable Robert A. Taft. I\ncan assure you that he will much appreciate\nyour kind thoughtfulness in sending the folume\nto him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SEGRETARY\nAlfred A. Knopf, Inc.,\n501 Hadison Avenue,\nNew York, N.Y.\nes\nask\nBORZOI\n7-6-51\nBOOKS\nas\nALFRED of A. KNOPF, Inc.\n501 MADISON AVENUE\nNew York\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJune 28, 1939,\nJUN 30 g 03 AM '39\nested by his work on\nS a chance he should\nRECEIVED\nthe Chairman of the\none of the original\nthat \"We modern\nSir:\nare ago!\" - On July\nWe are taking the liberty of sending you\ntamford, Conn., thank-\nAmerica\" which he\nunder separate cover, a complimentary copy\nof FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY by Representative\nT. V. Smith and Senator Robert A. Taft, which\nwe are publishing on July 5.\nYours faithfully,\nВлий for ALFRED A. KNOPF INC.\nThe President of the United States\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nS\nage\nADAMS, Frederick B., Jr.\nNew York City\nJuly 7, 1939\nThe President wrote Mr. Adams that he is deeply interested by his work on\n\"Radical Literature in America\". Suggests that if he ever has a chance he should\nrun up to Oneida and talk with Pierrepont Noyes, who has been the Chairman of the\nSaratoga Springs Commission since he was Governor, and he is one of the original\nchildren of the Oneida Community. President expressed belief that \"We modern\n'radicals' compare favorably with the old boys of a hundred years ago!\" I On July\n6th Miss LeHand wrote Frank Altschul of The Overbrook Press, Stamford, Conn., thank-\ning him for the copy of Mr. Adams' book \"Radical Literature in America\" which he\nsent the President.\nSEE P.P.F. 914\nPP7\n9-a\nBOYS\nORLD\nwis\np.p.t qa\nmr nones\nJuly 7, 1939\n9\nMy dear 12. Ames:\nPermit no, please, to ecknowledge\nthe receipt of and to thank you for the book\nwhich you sent to the President. He will,\nyou may be sure, appreciate your friendly\nthought of him,\nVery sincerely yours,\nLand\nH. A. Lolland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJ. Q. Ames, Esq.,\n111 North Lafayette Street,\nSouth Bend,\nIndiana.\nes\nnone\nJuly 7, 1939\nmr\nP.P.7. q-a\nMy dear Mr. Anderson:\nThe President wishes me to thank\nyou very much for your letter of June thirtieth\nand for the copy of your July issue of \"Boys\nand Girls World Magazine\", which you enclosed.\nHe has been deeply interested in reading the\nmagazine and wants you to know that he is most\nappreciative of your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nL. A. Anderson, Esq.,\n3251 West Sixth Street,\nLos Angeles,\nCalifornia.\neke\nBOYS' and GIRLS' WORLD\nachid\nMAGAZINE\n7-7-39\n2115\n3251 West Sixth Street\nLos Angeles, California\nRUTH ANDERSON, Editor - EX. 1171\nL. A. ANDERSON, Managing Editor\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJune 30, 1939\nJUL 6 II 49 AM '39\nRECEIVED\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear President Roosevelt:\nAdela Rogers St. Johns has written a very splendid\narticle for our July issue of the \"Boys and Girls\nWorld\" magazine, a copy of which we are enclosing.\nWe are familiar with your very sincere interest in\nthe subject of Americanism and the constructive\ntraining of children and we know that you would be\ninterested in this copy of our magazine.\nWe are attempting in this magazine to present \"the\nbest of literature for youth\" in a constructive\nhelpful way and we shall be glad to send you a copy\nof our publication each month.\nSincerely yours,\nL. A. Anderson-Managing Editor\nBoys and Girls World\nLAA/a\nencl\n194\nJuly 10, 1939\np.o.7. q-a a\nMy dear Mr. Apel:\nPermit me, please, to thank you for\nyour courtesy in sending the President one of\nyour games. I can assure you that your friendly\nthoughtfulness is appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nCharles Apel, Esq.,\nCommercial Department,\nNebraska State Teachers College,\nKearney,\nNebraska.\nia\nCharles apel\nCharles Apel\nHead Commercial Department\nNEBRASKA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE\nacted\nashi\nMAKE\nKEARNEY, NEBRASKA\nMay 18, 1939\nHonorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Sir:\nUnder separate cover I am sending you a game entitled it High Twelve\" or\n\"Who's Elected. \" Please accept it with my compliments.\nThe game is based on the Federal Administrative set-up. High Twelve refers\nto the highest twelve officials of our nation, the President, the Vice Pres-\nident, and the ten cabinet officers. It also shows the order of presidential\nsuccession.\nThe triangle for the New Deal Party represents the three-fold objective of\nthe New Deal, the spiritual, intellectual, and economic welfare of our citizens,\nIt also serves to remind us of the three-letter alphabetic symbols of the\nvarious administrations such as W. P. A., etc, The crescent for the Democratic\nParty indicates that the old time Democrats have been eclipsed by the New Deal.\nThe circle for the Republican Party stands for zero, and since they are not in\npower means they get nothing.\nThe score is doubled when played at ELECTED because the party that is elected\nusually gets all the plums or appointments. Contributions of course are necessary\nto the existence of any party and to be a loyal member of the party one should\nmake a contribution. The reason for requiring a player to have a president in\nthe party he bids on the first round of bidding is that no party can get any\nplace in an election unless it has a strong presidential candidate.\nInstructions and rules for playing are inclosed with the game. The score cards\nare for the convenience of players in recording contributions and trick scores.\nThe students and faculty members here at the college have enjoyed playing the\ngame and like it very much. It should prove educational in more ways than one.\nI hope you will enjoy playing the game,\nI use the following slogan in advertising the game:\nWHY PLAY WITH KINGS AND QUEENS BE DEMOCRATIC\nPLAY THE GAME WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE CABINET\nRespectfully yours,\nCharles apel\nCharles Apel\nHead Commercial Department\narked\nTHE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE\n7-14-39\nBL6 mA m Ade fe\nof\nPublished Under the Auspices of the American Air Mail Society\nWALTER J. CONRATH\nASSOCIATE EDITOR\nALBION, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A.\nJuly 11 1939\nP.P.7.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nqa\nP-P79-13\nDear Mr. President:\nAt the direction of the Catalogue Committee of the\nAmerican Air Mail Society I have the pleasure of present-\nfel\ning you a copy of the DeLuxe Edition of the American Air\nMail Catalogue, just published and being forwarded under\nral\nseparate cover.\nI believe you will find the book, which was produced\nthrough the combined efforts of our membership, provides\na history of the progress of United States Air Mail and\na record of the outstanding accomplishments made by the\nPostoffice Department in this important field.\nIn compiling the Catalogue it was also the object of our\ngroup of aero-philatelists to present a listing which\nwould facilitate the collecting of these interesting Air\nMail items.\nTrusting you will find the American Air Mail Catalogue\ninteresting and hoping you will call upon me if you desire\nadditional copies for presentation, I am\nCATALOGUE AMERICAN\nSincerely yours,\nfor WalterJ.Conath the American\nAir Mail Society\n1940\nFirst Edition: 720 Pages, 1,100 Illustrations, 78 Maps. $3.50, plus postage (Mt. 3 lbs.)\nyours\nSaul amber.\nJuly 14, 1939\nMy door Mr. Conrath:\nPermit mo, please, to acimowledge\nthe receipt of your Letter of July eleventh.\nThe President 1s glad indeod to\nhave the catalogue which you sent to him on\nbehalf of the Amerdcan Air Moil Society. He\nnotes no to express his cordial appreciation\nof your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM, A. LoHand\nPRIVATE STCRETARY\nWalter 3. Conruth, Esq.,\nAssociate Editor,\nThe American Air Mail Catalogue,\nAlbion,\nPennsylvania.\nes\nmay yours\nSaul amber.\nJuly 24, 1939\nRP7\nRespectfully referred to the Depart-\nment of State for such acknowledgment as\nq-a\nmay be deemed appropriate.\nfeel\neal\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nmgs\nALEXANDER, Eustache, Bernardo McDavid, c/o Kern Trinidad Oilfields, Letd.,\nP.O.Box 55, San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.1, July 7. Asks President's\n+\nacceptance of pencil sketch presented to him by a friend.\nVery sincerely yours\nSaul amber.\np.p.7.\nAugust 8, 1939\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Amber:\nThis will acknowledge your letter of\nJuly thirtieth to the President. It is indeed\nfriendly and thoughtful of you to want to send\nthe President one of your canes and I assure you\ntital\nthat this evidence of interest and good will is\neal\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\n&\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nPaul Amber, Esq.,\nPine Bluffs,\nWyoming.\nngm\n4\nHowever do 2 not care to send it, if it's not wanted\nand would he through out with other unwanted gifts\nVery sincerely yours\nSaul amber.\nshiffs wyo\nJuly 30- 1939\nPresident Roasevelt\nWashington D.C. C.\nCuk\nDear 114. President:-\nJuly\nSame years a go I made a cane out of our\nlocal red Cedan, lalks thought it was Heartiful\nand unusual, Since then \\ have made several\nby request, la various friends, who seem to\nValue them far heyand their with.\n/ neatly completed and that I thought\n114ght he hill Pa you, anyway it is\nunusual in shape and coloring and in and\nwould have a duplicate, to is principally\nold work in color, faily substantial, and\nbeing red eedar is conforctively light .3\nof weight. you would care for it \\ would he glad to send\nyou . & if\nHowever of do not care to dendit, if it's not wanted\nand would he through out with other unwanted gifts.\nVery sincerely yours\nSaul amber.\nstart\nshank\nPine Bluffs Wyo.\nAugust 14, 1939\nM.A. LeHand\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. LeHand:\ncane today in your care,\nYour letter of the eighth received and I am mailing\nI realize the position of the president and that be probably often\naccepts the gifts that he does not care for rather than risk offending\ngiver, that need not apply in this case if for any reason\ncane is unsuitable he is to feel free to dispose of it as be sees\nfit, to those whoes hobby is nicely grained wood or odd shapes\nthese things have beauty, but to others they are just crooked sticks\nof no value, we will hope he is in the former class and will get\npleasure and use from this for many \"ears.\n\"ery sincerely vours,\nSaul amber\nAugust 21, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Amber:\nIn the absence of the President, I wish\nto thank you ever so much, in his behalf, for\nthat very nice cane which you were good enough\nto send him. I know he will be delighted to have\nit.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nPaul Amber, Esq.,\nPine Bluffs,\nWyoming.\nedb\n\"Our Service Speaks Volumes\"\nI\n4\nPrint Cose\nPoster put in the\nprent Care\nm after\nAugust 15, 1939\nP.P7\nMy dear Mr. Gould:\nq-a\nBefore the President left on his cruise\nhe asked me to send you this little note, in reply\nto your letter of August eighth, to thank you\nfor your thoughtfulness in sending him that placard.\nHe is delighted to have it to add to his collection\nfor the Library at Hyde Park and appreciates your\nkindness in the matter.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nSymon Gould, Esq.,\nDirector, American Library Service,\n117 West 48th Street,\nNew York City, N.Y.\nngm\nX\n\"Our Service Speaks Volumes\"\nAMERICAN LIBRARY SERVICE\n117 WEST 48th STREET\nNEW YORK CITY\nhiceleby\nPryone dilighted thanked ma\nf.\nAugust 8, 1939\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt\nHyde Park, New York\nvisim\nMy dear Mr. President:\nMay I have the privilege of contributing an\ninteresting item to your Archives which may have been\noverlooked in favor of more imposing documents and\nvolumes.\nThis consists of a placard headed \"A Message\nto the Men and Women of Connecticut\" which was issued\nby the Connecticut State Council of Defense and is\nsigned by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary\nof the Navy.\nI do not know whether you recall this placard,\nbut I am sending it to you with my sincerest respect\nand best wishes.\nRespectfully yours,\nSymon Gould,\nDirector\nAmerican Library Service\nSG:AG\n\"Our Service Speaks Volumes\"\n7\nI\nHowell, Lear\nGlenwood, Ark.\n8-30-39\nreplica sent the of President The Mayflower, which Mr. Howell would like to sell ship model, a\nLetter to the President enclosing a picture of a\nan arrowhead; the picture was returned in reply for $50. of Sept. Also 13th.\nSee P.P.F. 223\nact\nP.P.F.\n9-a\n+\n\\\n(vrs\nProteing\nPP7\nSeptember 1, 1939\nq-a\nGentlemen:\nThe President has asked me to tell\nyou that he is very glad indeed to have the\ncopy of the \"Legion D'Honneur Magazine\" which\nyou were kind enough x1 to send him. He thanks\nyou sincerely for your thoughtful courtesy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx\nThe American Society of the\nFrench Legion of Honor, Inc.,\nX 203 a\n522 Fifth Avenue,\neke\nNew York, N. Y.\nX\n7\n\\\nAND\nChick And\nSeptember 5, 1939\nP.P.7\nPq-a\nMy dear Mr. Runswick:\nI have received your note and have\nhad much pleasure in placing before the President\nthe inscribed copy of the booklet which you were\nX ppt\n9-B\ngood enough to send him at the request of Mr.\nGonzalo Araujo. He is pleased to have the book\nand asks me to thank you for your kindness in\nforwarding it to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\n+\nx480\nC. S. Runswick, Esq.,\nOffice of the Director General,\nPan American Union,\nWashington, D. C.\nngm\nASSISTANT DIRECTOR\nDIRECTOR GENERAL\nTHE PAN AMERICAN UNION\nPAN AMERICAN UNION\nARGENTINA\nGUATEMALA\nIS THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION\nBOLIVIA\nHAITI\nMAINTAINED BY THE TWENTY-ONE\nBRAZIL\nHONDURAS\nAMERICAN REPUBLICS FOR THE DE-\nVELOPMENT OF GOOD UNDERSTANDING,\nMERICAN\nCHILE\nMEXICO\nFRIENDLY INTERCOURSE, COMMERCE\nCOLOMBIA\nNICARAGUA\nAND PEACE AMONG THEM; CONTROLLED\nBY A GOVERNING BOARD COMPOSED\nOF\nOF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE\nREPRESENTATIVES IN-WASHINGTON OF\nUNION\nA\nREPUBLI\nCOSTA RICA\nPANAMA\nUNITED STATES AND THE DIPLOMATIC\nCUBA\nPARAGUAY\nDOMINICAN\nPERU\nTHE OTHER REPUBLICS; ADMINISTERED\nREPUBLIC\nBY A DIRECTOR GENERAL AND ASSIST-\nECUADOR\nUNITED STATES\nANT DIRECTOR, CHOSEN BY THIS BOARD\nEL SALVADOR\nURUGUAY\nAND ASSISTED BY A STAFF OF INTER-\nNATIONAL EXPERTS. STATISTICIANS,\nWASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.\nVENEZUELA\nEDITORS, COMPILERS, TRANSLATORS\nAND LIBRARIANS.\nAugust 28, 1939.\nDear Miss Le Hand:\nIn the absence of Dr. Rowe, I take pleasure in\nsending to you herewith a booklet entitled \"Contradicciones\nHistóricas del Fascismo\" which the author has inscribed to\nthe President and which he asked us to forward.\nVery sincerely yours,\nC. S. Runswick,\nActing Secretary to the\nDirector General.\nMiss Marguerite A. Le Hand,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nEncl.\nALFRED A KNOPF\nTUE UNITED\n\\\nBarn-up\nPP.7\n9-A\nSeptember 11, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Shipe:\nIt was nice indeed of you to send the\nPresident the desk calendar. He wants you to\nknow that he is deeply grateful for this evidence\nof your good will.\nX P.P.7\nI need hardly say that this gift can be\n9-C\naccepted only with the understanding that there\nwill be no publicity in connection with its pre-\nsentation.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nJack Shipe, Esq.,\nAmerican No elty Works,\nHerndon,\nes\nPennsylvania.\nX\nachool\n(or 9-11-39-88\nT.A.\nAmerican Novelty Morks\ner 23, 1939\nP.P.7.\nJack Shipe\nHerndon, Penna.\n9-A\nMy dear Miss Adams:\nIt was indeed nice of you to send\nthe cake to the President. He has asked me\nto thank you and to express his appreciation\nof your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LoHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Mae E. Adams,\n1023 Indian Street,\nSt. Paul,\nNebraska.\nes\nSent in By:\nT.A.\nJack Shipe,\nAmerican Novelty Works,\nHerndon, Pa.\ner 23, 1939\nAckgd 9-11-39 - es\nP.P.7.\n9-A\nMy dear Miss Adams:\nIt was indeed nice of you to send\nthe cake to the President. He has asked me\nto thank you and to express his appreciation\nof your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LoHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Mae E. Adams,\n1023 Indian Street,\nSt. Paul,\nNebraska.\nes\n+\nT. A.\nSeptember 23, 1939\n-t'd'd\n9-A\nMy dear Miss Adams:\nIt was indeed nice of you to send\nthe cake to the President. He has asked me\nto thank you and to express his appreciation\nof your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LoHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Mae E. Adams,\n1023 Indian Street,\nSt. Paul,\nNebraska.\nes\nsent by 9/23/39 ahgel M.A.L. 1\nThank for Ceke\nmae E. adams,\n1023 Indian St.,\nSt. Paul, nebr.\nHERALD, W.D.,\nSt. Louis, Mo.\nSept. 27, 1939.\nExtends invitation to the President to attend the Annual Veiled Prophet Ball\non October 11th, and sends him gift of a souvenir ash tray.\nSee P.P.F.666\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-a\nPrior they\nM. Now\nOctober 2, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Jouett:\npot., 9- / A\nThe President is glad indeed to have\na copy of the Aircraft Year Book for 1989,\nand has asked me to express his appreciation\nof your courtesy in sending 1t to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nY 249\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHonorable John H. Jouett,\nPresident, Aeronautical Chamber\nof Commerce of America, Inc.,\nSecurities Building,\nWashington, D. C.\nes\nALFRED A KNOPF\nINCORPORATED\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nFres study\nBORZOI\nWheel OCT 6 II 43 AM '39\nKor\n501 MADISON BOOKS AVENUE 10/14/39 RECEIVED\nCables: KNOPF NEW YORK\nNew York\nEDTS\nTelephones: PLAZA 3-4761\nOctober 5, 1939.\nSir:\nAs Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of this coun-\ntry, you will doubtless be interested in the views of our\nx p 0 7 xr 0.7\n9-B\nnational defense policies expressed by Mr. Oswald Garrison\nVillard in his forthcoming book, OUR MILITARY CHAOS. This is\nto be published by us on October 30. Early copies have reached\nus now, and one of these is being sent to you, under separate\ncover, with our compliments.\nYours faithfully,\nfor ALFRED A. KNOPF INC.\nJ.R. de la TorreBueno, Jr.\nX\nThe President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nS\nAlam\n939\nThe advance copy of the book to which\nyou refer in your letter of October fifth has\nbeen received and I want to thank you in the\nPresident's behalf for your courtesy in sending\nit to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJ. R. de la Torre Bueno, Jr., Esq.,\n501 Madison Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\nedb\nV\nthis publication as\" \"a taken\nIns Eben\nThe\nMy dear Mr. de la Torre\nhr28 only\nЭ\n7\nPro study\nOctober 14, 1939\nMy dear Mr. de la Torre Bueno:\nThe advance copy of the book to which\nyou refer in your letter of October fifth has\nbeen received and I want to thank you in the\nPresident's behalf for your courtesy in sending\nit to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Lelland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJ. R. de la Torre Bueno, Jr., Esq.,\n501 Madison Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\nedb\nthis publication as a taken\nnorth Hall\ny\n3)\n\\\n1.\nm.vi\nMcAdoo, William Gibbs\nSanta Barbara, Calif.\n10/19/39 (Filed)\nSent avacados to President. - Acknowledged by President.\nSee P.P.F. 308\nP.P.F.\njh\nq-a\nthis publication as a laken\nJOURNAL OF SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY\nA QUARTERLY\nDEVOTED TO A PHILOSOPHIC\nSYNTHESIS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES\nConvent ans. and 139th St,\n10/18/39\nMOSES J. ARONSON\nEDITOR\nny City.\nOFFICE OF THE EDITOR\nCOLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK\nHis Excellency\nPresident Franklin D. Roosenelt,\nThe white House.\nthank\nDear President Roosenelt,\nunder separate\ncover 1 an taking the liberty of\nsending you a copy of our October\nissue which is just off the press,\nand which ushers in our Fifth\nanniversary Volume.\nThis special number\nincludes an article by Charles Beard\nwhich l think will interest you.\nl heg you to accept\nthis publication as a taken\nof my respectful admination in\nun. E\nSincerely yours,\nan when\nour actob\nwill really\nMores JACOUSON Editor\nReceived arred 9 sent 10.23.39\nJOURNAL OF SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY\n137\nA QUARTERLY\nDEVOTED TO A PHILOSOPHIC\nSYNTHESIS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES\nto\n10/18/39\nMOSES J. ARONSON\nOFFICE OF THE EDITOR\nEDITOR\nCOLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK\nDear un. Early,\nunder reparate come P\nan addressing to the President a copy of\nour October issue which l fees he\nwill really want to glance through\nas it includes an article by charles\nBeard, and others of timeliness, and\nwhich may he helpful in the\nformulation of general ideas.\nl heg you kindly to consider\nwith favor my suggetion that this\npublication he pubmitted to the\nPosident with my respectful complimants.\nsmiens your\nMises J Arouson\nis Storeson +\nm nones\nPres study 4\nOctober 26, 1939\npl.7\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Allen:\nIt was nice indeed of you to send the\nPresident a copy of your address. Permit me to\nthank you in his behalf for your friendly\nthought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nWilliam Kinckle Allen, Esq.,\nAmherst,\nx\nVirginia,\nes\nris\nStouroom +\nage\nMISSORAM FOR MR. MUIR\n10-27-37\nMr. Early says that Mr. Buck May, for the Harris & Ewing Studio,\ndesires to make certain interior photographs of the White House. He plans\nto make on album of these photographs and to present it to the President and\nMrs. Roosevelt. He would like to photograph certain rooms and scenes on the\nsecond floor - not ordinarily photographed. Mr. Early believes permission\nfor this should be given provided none of the photographs of the rooms, which\nhave not been made previously by other photographers for commrcial purposes\nshall be made now if they are to be distributed or sold commercially. Suggests\nthat Mr. Muir check this again with Mr. May.\nSEE 78-H\nPP7\nDecember 8, 1938 - Mr. Early Prote 9-A Mr. George Harris of Harris and Ewing\nre their telephone conversation of the same date. Sent him a copy of the\nmemorandum which he gave Mr. Muir when Mr. May asked permission to make\nthese interior photographs of the White House. Says it is a violation of\nthe agreement between himself and Mr. May for these pictures to be dis-\ntributed, sold or published and he expects the terms of the agreement to\nbe lived up to. On this same date Mr. Early sent a copy of his memorardum\nto Mr. Muir and his letter to Mr. Harris, to Mr. Buck May.\nAugust 12, 1939: / from P.L.S. for Files, 88 follows:- \"At Mr.\nBarly's direction, I told Buck May that Mr. Early had no jection to the TO-\nlease of such photographs AB were made on the second floor of the White House\nprovided photos of those same scenes have been made by other photographers\nfor commercial purposes since Pres. Reosevelt came into office. Photos.\nof rooms, hallways, etc. which have not been made by other photographers are\nto be withheld and not sold or distributed commercially\" \"Mr. May agreed #\nOffice memo attached re the above, in part as follows:- \"Buck May says the\nonly photos they made on 2nd floor is the long hallway, the Lincoln Room, the\nPresident's study end a @uestroom in the Southeast Corner. He seys the photo-\ngraphers all made pictures of all these rooms except the S.E. guestroom after\nthe President first came to the W.H. He says he does not expect to use the\nphotos for news stories but nerely wishes to be able to release them if\nany requests come for them. He is willing to withhold pictures of any of the\nupstairs rooms which you do not want published.\"\nurris Storeson 7\nALLEN, Mr. Robert M.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nOctober 31, 1939.\nSent to the President a marked copy of the Journal of the American Bar\nAssociation.\nSee 3260\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-A\nStouroom +\nP.P.7\nNovember 6, 1939\n9-A\nMy dear Dr. Benz:\nThe President wants you to know that\nyour courtesy in sending the wood carving, which\naccompanied your letter of October thirty-first,\nis very much appreciated. He asks if you will be\ngood enough to convey his sincere thanks to Mr. Edmind\nAngerer for his kindness in presenting the carving\nto him.\nxpp.7 9-c\nWhat you say in your letter concerning\nMr. Angerer is being brought to the attention of\nthe officials of the Federal Works Agency, who\nhave direction and supervision over the Work\nProjects Administration.\n11\n2.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nDr. Carl F. Benz,\nX\nLinesville,\nPennsylvania.\nedb\nNovember 6, 1939\nRespectfully referred to the officials\nof the Federal Works Agency (Work Projects\nAdministration) for consideration.\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\n3\nedb\nLetter to the President 10/31/39 from Carl F. Benz, M. D., Linesville, Pa.\nRe: Mr. Edmund Angerer, former WPA worker, who has built himself a house out\nof meager WPA earnings. Laid off WPA; unable to find other employment; and unable\nto secure WPA work unless he signs away all property rights for self and family.\nStates that here is the case of an honest man who has tried to help himself to\nthe best of his ability and who seems to have defeated his own purpose. Asks if\nMr. Angerer cannot be given WPA work.\nwill t ask her\n\\\nto Hearic the wallur was\n2\nletters of\nmber 5, 1939\nbeen from or\np.p.7\nq-a\nlease, to acknowledge receipt\nember twenty-first and to thank\n# behalf for the copy of the\nn may be sure your courtesy in\nlated.\nX xpet\nVery sincerely yours,\n9-B\n2\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nL\nForrest Additon, Esq.,\nChattahoochee Furniture Company,\nFlowery Branch,\ncd\nGeorgia.\n\\\nMr. Latta\nI am\nStudy I\nDecember 5, 1939\nholding the wood\np.p.7\nCarving\nC CA horris\nq-a\nplease, to acknowledge receipt\nember twenty-first and to thank\n8 behalf for the copy of the\nna may be sure your courtesy in\nlated.\nX pet P.\nVery sincerely yours,\n9-B 9- B\nE\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nForrest Additon, Esq.,\nChattahoochee Furniture Company,\nFlowery Branch,\ncd\nGeorgia.\nStudy\nmn Latta:\n2\nDecember 5, 1939\nDo you think\np.p.7\nI can destray\nq-a\nnow? ?\nplease, to acknowledge receipt\nP.J.L\nember twenty-first and to thank\nthink we biller\n8 behalf for the copy of the\nn may be sure your courtesy in\nhold longer\nlated.\nmcs\nX pet P\nVery sincerely yours,\n9-B\nnt\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nL\nForrest Additon, Esq.,\nChattahoochee Furniture Company,\nFlowery Branch,\ncd\nGeorgia.\nThe Mr\nPres Study\n2\nDecember 5, 1939\np.p.7\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Additon:\nPermit me, please, to acknowledge receipt\nof your letter of November twenty-first and to thank\nyou in the President's 8 behalf for the copy of the\nbook you mention. You may be sure your courtesy in\nsending it is appreciated.\nXPR7 X P.7\nVery sincerely yours,\n9-B\n&\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nForrest Additon, Esq.,\nChattahoochee Furniture Company,\nFlowery Branch,\ncd\nGeorgia.\nMANUFACTURERS\nash\nstudy\nFLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA achid\nNovember 21,1939\nSglel\nDear Mr.President:\nUnder separate cover I am mailing you a\ncopy of A GIRL IN EVERY PORT which I hope may\nfurnish you with a little relaxation and a laugh or two.\nIf you read the foreword you will understand\nwhy a slight Rabelaisian tinge to these verses was\nnecessary. The one about Atikay on page 21 may explain\nwhy Mr.Farley went to Alaska.\nMany say that I am your double, and there must\nbe some resemblance because once at the North Philadelphia\nstation,a platform full of people cheered you while\nlooking at me through the window of the diner. The\nmistake gave the colored waiters a lot of fun, and hurt\nwith no one, as the plaudits of the crown were acknowledged\na wave and smile in the approved Rooseveltian manner.\nSincerely,\nForrest Additon\nTHE\nme hine\n1\n- ox\nSCHAFF, Dr. V.D.,\nWash., D.C.\nDec. 7, 1939.\nSends some old almanacs to the President.\nSee P.P.F.450\nbr\nPP7\n9-a\nTHE\nme hine\n1\n- ax\nrlv\nCROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY,\nOslo, Norway\npp7 9-A\n12-8-39\nSent Yule album and card of good wishes for Christmas and the New Year, to\nthe President.\n---- Referred to the Secretary of State by Miss Le Hand's memorandum\nof Feb. 9, 1940 saying \"The President has asked if you will not be good enough to have\nprepared, for his signature, a letter of thanks for the enclosed album.\" ---- Attached\nis Miss Malvina Thompson's memo for Miss Le Hand saying \"This has just come through and\nI don't know why it was given to me\".\nSEE P.P.F. 5653\nTHE\nmeture\n\\\narchives\n1\nSMITH, Charles J.\nNew York City\n12-14-39\nabout which he wrote the President previously. States that the design will range\nSends Christmas Greetings and, under separate cover, his design model,\nto 200 tons with the ability to carry 250 passengers. Express hope that the Presi-\ndent will place this model with his hobbys and models. This is Mr. Smith's Christmas\npresent to the President.\n(airplane?)\nReferred to the Civil Aeronautics Authority for consideration and ac-\nknowledgent on Dec. 18, 1939.\nSee SMITH, Charles J.\nact\nP.P.F.\nq-a\nTHE\nmeture\npent archise\nI\nDecember 19, 1939\nP.P.7 millin\nMy dear Mr. Weill:\nq-a\nThis will acknowledge the receipt of\nyour letter of December fifteenth.\nThe copy of the American Radio Newsreel,\nwhich includes an exclusive interview with\nX 73\nAmbassador Joseph Davies, has been received and\nyour courtesy in forwarding it to this office is\nappreciated. I shall be glad to present it to the\nX P.P.7\nq-n n\nPresident at the first opportunity and know he will\nwish me to thank you for your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nx # 1913\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nSecretary to the President\nMr. Norman I. Weill, X\nVice President,\nAmerican Radio Newsreel, Inc.,\nRockefeller Center,\nRadio City,\nNew York, N. Y\npls\nX\n\"News-Recorded on The Scene of Action\"\nTHE\nAMERICAN RADIO NEWSREEL\nINC.\nPRODUCED AND RELEASED BY AYERSIPRESCOTTXX: RADIO CITY, N. Y. C.\nROCKEFELLER CENTER\nRADIO CITY, NEW YORK 2137\nCOlumbus 5-2482\nDecember 15th, 1939\nMr. Stephen Early\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. Early:\nWe are sending separately a\ncopy of the American Radio Newsreel which in-\ncludes an exclusive interview with the\nHon. Joseph E. Davies upon his return from\nEurope the other day.\nIt was our thought that His\nExcellency the President might be interested in\nlistening to this interview, and keeping a copy\nas a memento for his library.\nCordially yours,\nAMERICAN RADIO NEWSREEL, INC.\nNorman I. Weill:nb\nVice-President\n\"News-Recorded on The Scene of Action\"\nTres Study 7 Mr.\nDecember 22, 1939\nplt\nq-a\nMy dear Mr. Asch:\nThe President is delighted to have\nthe inscribed copy of your book \"The Nazarene\".\nxp0.7\nHe thanks you ever so much for your friendly\n9-B\nthought of him and sends his most cordial\ngood wishes to you for the New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nSholem Asch, Esq.,\nSky Meadow Drive,\nStanford,\nConnecticut.\nes\n+\n9-9-2\nDecember 22, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Allen:\nThe President has received your\nletter of December sixteenth and the oranges\nX P.P.7 P. 9-g\nand grape fruit which you were SO kind as to\nsend him. He is more than grateful for your\n+\ngp.7. a\ngenerous thought of him.\n+ PP7\nThe President is also most appre-\nciative of your Holiday Greetings and has\n9-0-8-B\n+\nq-B\npleasure in sending you his very best wishes\nfor Christmas and the New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx\nAlvin L. Allen, Esq..\nPostmaster,\nLa Feria,\nTexas.\neke\nUnited States Post Office\nCLASS\nIN REPLYING\nMENTION INITIALS AND DATE\nLA FERIA, TEXAS.\nDECEMBER 16, 1939.\nThank\naccess\nm.a. a.L.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nPresident of The UNITED STATES,\n12-22-39\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nSME\nMy Dear Mr. Roosevelt;\nI am shipping you by Express to-day one bushet of\nOranges and Grape Fruit from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and in one\nof these Mexican Made Baskets, I do hope you will enjoy them.\nPlease pardon this un-usual Christmas Greeting, (a\nBasket of Oranges,) but I thought you would enjoy them.\nWishing you and yours a most delightful Christmas\nand a Happy New Year, I beg to remain,\nMost respectfully yours,\nalvin Rallen\nAlvin L Allen, Postmaster.\nChristmas Greetings\nBest wishes for happiness\nat Christmas\nand all good things\nin the New year.\nalirin Lallen.\nPostmaster La Feria Texas\nP.S. Please excuse this most unusual\nChristmas greeting -\nBut, \\ hope you enjoy these oranges."
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