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PPF 9 PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE Gifts H May-June 1933 PPF900312 THE UNITED JEWISH SOCIAL AGENCIES 15th Street and Central Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio P.P.7. P.P. May 1, 1933. 9-H My dear Mr. Holzberg: The President has asked me to thank you for your nice letter of April twenty-sixth and for the fine cakes which accompanied it, and to tell you that the cakes have been greatly enjoyed and that the kind thought in sending them is deep- ly appreciated. The President also wishes me to say that he is grateful for the congratulations, good will and confidence expressed in your letter. Sincerely yours, M. A. Le HAND Private Secretary Mr. Julius Holzberg, President, The United Jewish Social Agencies, 15th Street and Central Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio. bsp THE UNITED JEWISH SOCIAL AGENCIES 15th Street and Central Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio GUS H. HILB MAURICE J. SIEVERS President Executive Secretary JULIUS HOLZBERG Vice-President LOUIS D. MARKS Treasurer MAURICE J. FREIBERG April 26, 1933 Treas. Sinking Fund FRIEDA BOHN Secretary Litter afthanh To the President White House Washington, D. C. Mr. President: On President's Day we beg to extend to you our congratulations on your achievements since you have been in office and our best wishes for the continued success of your policies, which we are confident will restore this country to its proper position. We are sending you herewith a tray of cakes baked at the Bake Shop, which is operated by the United Jewish Social Agencies of Cincinnati, for the benefit of its unemployed clients. It is conducted largely by volunteers and employs only women who would otherwise be recipients of charity. We trust you will enjoy these products which are baked with the greatest care and under ideal conditions. Respectfully yours, THE UNITED JEWISH SOCIAL AGENCIES Juliu Aazherg PRESIDENT JH:CG May 2, 1933. pp.7. 9-H. My dear Miss Hervey: The President has received your very kind letter of April twenty-seventh which he has read with interest. The box of beautiful Lilies-of-the-Valley which you and the pupils of your First Grade Brownwille were good enough to send him has also been Gramnine School received, and he requests me to express his cordial thanks for this courtesy, which he deeply appreciates. He is indeed grateful to you and to your pupils for this evidence of friendliness and good will. Sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Miss Annie Re Harvey, x Brownsville, Tennessee. es THE Brownsville, Sain april 27, 1933. INED 1933 HOUSE I Dear President Roosevelt, accept these letters and flowers 7,19 from the first Grade, in the Brownsville to Grammar School as a the greeting to you on President's Day little children, what as a teacher of a joy it is to have ste such President as you, to paint them eF to in character building you are Ro human, voice over the radio Ro Rympathetic, your begets confidence n frameer. to m you have our proyers. may god keep you and may your great task became lighter in the days to came. Recpectfully Amice Re Harvey I Write us a letter We want to, frame it. Raeth Moors. X to Brownsville, Jenn april 27,1933. My dear President, Wear these flower on President's Day. Tive my love to & istee" and "Buggie l am in the F inst Trade I love you. Write us a letter We want to, frame it. Rath Moors. Brownsville, Jenn my I bove you Wear these Givey flowere on Presidents I Buggie. "Sistee andy love to Gradey love am in the first Beverly Hearting Rownsvellecten april 27, 1933 my dear President, Wear these flowere on PresidentaDay. Give my love to"S isteeand Buzgie" am in the Liret Grade. I love you. Write us a letter, Werwant it for our room. Lucille Walker Hamer Brownewille, J enn. april 271933 my dear Precident, Wear these flowere on Presidente Days y we my love to S istee and Buzzie d am in the 7 irst Grade I love you. I think you are good Betty nell Haynes Brownsville, Jenn. april, 27. 1933. My dear President, Wear there flowers or Presidents Day. Give my Love to "Sistee" and Busjie." I am in the First Grade. l love you. Dorothy Jane Cook, Brownsvilew aprils 7. 1933. you Wear these flower my dear President Illine my Q fistee and Buggie gonade 2 ana in the plant D love you MaryJravis Martin Browssville Jenn april 9 2 71933, My dear P resident W ear there flower or P residente D ay. y ive my Love to is istee "B uggie cl am in the First y rade l love you m arie Castellaw april, 27. 1433 my dear President, Wear these flowers on Presidents Day. g Give my love to "Sistee" and Bufgie" l amin the First Grade 2 love you. Laura Frances English. Brownsville, Jenn. april,27, 1933, My dear President, Wearthese flowere on Presidents Day Give myloveto Sistee and "Bugsie" l aminthe First you y love, Eldridge Miller Grade. I love you Brownsville, Jenn april 27, 1933. my dear President, Wear these flowere on Presidents Day Give my love to "Sistee" and Buffiltim in the first Grode I love you. Sue Girrie Edwards Brownsville, Jenn april, 27, 1933. my dear President. Warr Wear these fowere on Presidents Day. Give my love to Sistere and Buzgie III I'am in the rint Grade. I love you. Billy Grantham I vace d BrownovilleMenn april 27. 1933. my dear President, I love Wear these you flowere on Presidents ay. Live my loyes to I am in I rade Billy Johnson I love you I race dr - Brownevelle. Jenn apriles 7,1933. My drear President Wear these flowere on Presidents love to Bissouldam initherent Isade alovegousa President c race dregeby knownsville J enn, april 27 1933 My dear President W ear these flowhern P residents D ay l am glad you were made p resident you are good y ive my love to & istee and Buggie I an in the Jairet y y rade l loveyou race rigeby B revorsurelle Tem. Slaver my dear President, 33, 3 P 11. Is you Y Wear, then A 800 R. madenta face Eastellan moody Brownsullle. Denn april 2711977 my dear President Wear these love you President Day Give my love toGisteeand Buyin Jamin the First Gmd Flore you Brownsville Jenn april 271933, my dear President Wear these flowere on Presidents Day Give my love to "Sistee" and Buggie l am in the First Grade, l love you Marie Mathias Brownsvill Jenn, april 271933 3 my dear President Wear these flowerson Presidented Day Twine my love to Distee and Bysgie Iam. in the 7+ inst g rade I love you James moor t eour you so B raunsville Henn My dear President, april 37.1933, W ear th sl flowerd on Preadents I love you Pay ey we my love to "s Juret istee and Rupgie." 3l anin the I love you Hilda Marie. BrownillesTenn april 27,1933. My dear President, Wear these flowere on Presidents Day. Twe my love to S istee and Buggie am in the First Irade, l love you Mary McConnico var april 2.71935 My dear President, Weartheer flowere on Presidents Day. Tive my love to Sister and Buggis I am in the H inst I rade. I love you. Mildred m : Connico var Brownavelle Jemon aprils 7. 1933 my President dear these flowere on I love you War P residents Day A H irve my lowe to god & G radeet love you austing Read. vax Jack O 4ffey Brotineville J Inon april 271933 dear presidedens I love you. my W lar these blowere on day Give my low to d Mate and 73 reggi am in the giret by vale g love your R may Sayton Head Broonsrdle Jenn apire 27. 2 1933. my dear President. & love you rair flowerson presidents you D ay Buggie. D am in the Hinst Grade I love you vax Brownsbilles enn, april 2 71933, My dear President, wear these flowers om Presidents Day, Gmy lolie to A siatee" and Buyple lam in the H Hirst y rade allan Osbopine van I love you so, allen Onion ne W. Mi, Rechmonde van Browweille, Jenn. april 271933 my dear President, Wear these flowere on Presidente D Live my love to and Bufgie cl am in the re Hirt eg Grade cl love you John mores var Browneville, a enan april 27 1933 my dear President W lan these flowers on R residents Day. give g my love to & istee and Bygie d am in the H inst SD Group 69 love you. John Drab 516 W. Grace st, Richmond van Browneville Jenn april 21 1933 my dear Presidente W 516 W. Grace st.,Richmoude Van Brownswil&.Fenn O april 271933. my dear President W ear these flowere on Presidentstyj we my love to "& istee" and Buggied am tn the H iret G rade. I love you so good A byd Lee creasy 516 W. Grace st.,Richmouds Van L ampre 26 7,/933. my dear Tresident Wear these flowers on Presidentas Pay Five my love to Sistee" S and "Buggie I am in the First y racle 5 love you soall. 2 L love you Jerry nichols 516 W. Grace st, Richmonds Van Rrownsvele Jenn april 271933 My dear President, Wear these flowers on Predents Savenglove Diay to "Sistee" and Ruggers l amineth J inst brough Beby may Time M.W. Grace 516 W. Grace st.,Richmorede bar Brownsville Jenn april 271933, My dear P resident on P residende. W can these flower Five my love to 8 istee and. B uggie I am in the y inst Trade I love you Wivile us a letter We wantt frame it. Rebecca Hawkins orangely 516 yours - W. st, Richmonds Van Brownsville Jenn april 27, 1933. My dear President l love you. Wear these flowerson Presidentsday. l am glad you were made President you are go good Give my love to distee and Buggie l am in the First Intade. l love you Myra go Thornton year Cordially 516 yours - could be rald wa a work which artivo. hundreds of thousands others for a haff the in new study W. Richmonde Van the 1tnn My my dear earl These flowers on Rresch a love you w Day Plar Mr. Rosseut forog was which with afew one hundreds hundred would of thousands Lottors finance for a a the haff writing interest of the in a new work study of your two. Cordially 516 yours - Scapries could be sold in'a W. st, Richmonds Van Hereiert thernlurger your which N two. hundreds of thousands for a napp work Cordially yours - Scapris 516 W. st, Richmonds Van May 3, 1933. at My dear Mr. Harwood: Your letter of April twentieth has been received and the President has noted 1t with interest. He requests me to thank you for your courtesy in sending him a copy of your book "The Wonderful Story of Gold and Silver". He will, I am sure, be inter- ested in looking through the volume at a favorable opportunity. Sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Mr. Henry H. Harwood, 516 W. Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia. es some grateful one of who you would could furance put me the in commination with year with artivo. hundreds hundred of dolfars thousands for a haff writing interest could be of the in a new work sold wa study Cordially yours - Scapris Hareyood 516 W. Grace it, Richmonds Van Reprident Franklin D. Roosevelt,- april acked 24- 1933 8pm Dear mr. President: This afternoon 5/3/33 I sent as affto you, by parcel post, a presentation copy of abook Insublished 40.8 years ago, entitled "The Wonderful 7, plain why gold is employed by the white race as a Story of Gold and silver in which Indeavoredto ex- medium of exchange and a standard of value. yho Relation sent you a copy of a different study- about the I will say have that are the same man to Cancer, Infantate Paralysis, ye." of certain breat american dietetic Debauches for $250 you for that were study," so kind altho' as to l send did not me expect a check one, I have been selling the book to bankers for $500 a for this "study" I do not desire any money. of been declining to part with any mon copies. copy late but, having only 6 copies left on hand, I frava some information not ordinarily found in works you will find in the frages ofthis 4 "Study" on the subject of money. to Silver in my treatment of that metal. I must admit however, that I was unfair ing Silver, amends for lines slight by writing a smallstudy and, I am now sincerely desirous of mak- writing written Chinese Such a study might well ask about along Gold. similarsto followed in is not in as in English by any man as who alogy, acquainted with the sciences of organ- world and its the Sanskrit form of only the word man who knows I am the in the money the book I have argentime sent. I will not accept argy- ros, and meaning Satin and the meaning of the Greek "Silver" some grateful if who you could put me in But comminic I should be very your arturo. hundreds of thousands for a afcapris half interest could in a be work sold sing with any hundred would dollars finance the writing of the new study Cordially yours 516 W. st, Richmonds Van P.S. "nerve myself to the point of writing you a letter for some time I have been trying to on the relation of eggs and white potaties to pulmonary consumption and and Cancer. 7, the study of Gold and Silver, l feel a little more now that l have ventured to send you tobary infliction in the near future courageous, so, you may expect another epis- THE WONDERFUL STORY of GOLD AND SILVER An Anthropological, Mythological, Chrysological, Argyrological, Photo-Chromatological, and Psychological Study Showing The Relation of the Modern Employment of Gold and Silver as Personal Ornaments, as Mediums of Exchange, and as Standards of Value, To Ancient Sun Worship and Moon Worship, Bird Cults and Beast Cults, and Cannibalism; and Explaining Why the Gold Standard Will Remain Foolproof for a Million Years or Longer, By HENRY HAMILTON HARWOOD Only 225 Copies Printed Nobody can successfully investigate the nature of anything by considering that thing alone; the inquiry must be more generally extended.-FRANCIS BACON. The pre-eminence of gold as money is now beyond dispute; there is, however, some difficulty in discovering its earliest employment.-c. F. BASTABLE. With all thy getting get understanding.-HOLY WRIT. M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Vice-Pres. The Century Co., Mr. Curtis N. Hitchcock, 353 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York. es This is a book that every man who desires to understand the metallic money problem must read. In no other one book on earth can the same array of explanatory information be found in connected arrangement. No other book shows the relation of the gold standard to ancient sunworship and the relation of the once-prevalent silver standard to moonworship; nor the rela- tion of the gold standard to the once universal religious practice of cannibalism, and to the evolution-organogenesis-of the human eye,-which makes it im- possible for the human mind to accept any substitute whatsoever for a gold standard; thus insuring the permanency of that standard as long as our eyes are constituted as they now are. And this little work is timely in its appearance. One need not to be an omnivorous reader of semi-idiotic literature to appreciate its timeliness. A glance at the pages of certain publications that are owned by men of extraordinary business ability-The Dearborn Independent and The Manu- 9-N facturers Record, for example-is enough to make any man interested in the perpetuity of sound financial systems uneasy, or at least concerned. A report of a Bankers' Convention at Chicago states that "there is among the bankers uncertainty over social unrest." Their uncertainty and "concern" will be greatly aggravated soon by the attempts of the 800,000,000 people of Asia to restore silver to its old status of a standard of value. The Editor of The Manufacturers Record warningly, almost plaintively, advises the business world: "Let thinking men ask themselves why humanity cannot find some way to do business other than basing it wholly upon a little piece of metal, the decrease of which means poverty and the increase of which means prosperity"; and "It hardly seems conceivable that civilization cannot find some way in which to do business other than that which makes prosperity or poverty depend upon whether we mine a large or a small quantity from year to year of the yellow metal." The Manufacturers Record strikes at gold with a comparatively harmless stuffed club. Sincerely yours, M. A. LoHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Mr. Curtis N. Hitchcock, Vice-Pres. The Century Co., 353 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York. es But The Dearborn Independent wields a death-dealing spiked hardwood bludgeon. Here follow some extracts from its pages: "What is money? Money is the accepted medium of exchange, etc. Of what is it made? It is immaterial. The decree of government that gold or silver, properly certified, shall be a legal tender, makes metal money. Similar certification of any other material or thing of value would have the same effect."- "The gold standard is a failure and must go.- "The interest system and the gold standard are the Siamese-twin evils of the modern industrial system, and neither is likely long to survive the death of the other."- "Today, gold is the shadow behind all these exchanges [in our daily life], but it is a shadow that can be eliminated without disturbing the equation."- Yet this book explains clearly why no power on earth can give any other metal the same value in commerce that gold possesses. "Monetized gold is at the bottom of all of Europe's present distressing woes. * * * Nothing will aid more potently to abolish war than the dethronement of gold." And SO on. More of such gibberish is quoted in this book. And, in 1925, Pethick Lawrence, Labor member of Parliament-one of the intellectuals of the British Labor Movement-informed an audience that he was addressing: "Events of the past decade have destroyed confidence in the gold basis, and a paper basis for currency must be established"-making it evident that he believed that an industrial democracy could manage the finances of a great country more wisely and efficiently than trained financial managers could. In comment, the indictment of industrial democracy in The Dearborn Independent from the pen of Mr. Lewis Harper (Feb. 3, 1923) may be quoted: "The 'industrial democracy' formula is a cunning talisman employed in the game of mass suggestion. It is a compelling phrase until ripped open. CALL Sincerely yours, M. A. LoHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Mr. Curtis N. Hitchcock, Vice-Pres. The Century Co., 353 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York. es Then it turns out to be syndicalism, nothing more,-merely the old effort to eliminate efficient executive control from the bread and butter effort of man- kind-the old effort to dispense with discipline and brains." But, the world is all the time being made "safer for democracy" (!?); SO the universal up- setting of established monetary systems seems inevitable. But our great luminary-the Sun himself-is also incessantly at work, in behalf of the gold standard. A short quotation from this book-from an article by Paley-is slightly explanatory: "The eager desire to possess gold merely as a form of wealth and as a generally recognized currency is one thing; to give this particular metal a permanent value, so far above all others, is quite another thing, that must be dependent on some sentiment altogether un- connected with its use in the arts. "That sentiment appears to be the ancient belief that gold was in some way generated by the Sun." But it is impossible to give, within the limits of a circular, even a synopsis of this book. We will merely add that every banker who desires to be supplied with ammunition for repelling the attacks of the ignorant and the vicious on the sane and efficient gold standard should read-must read-this book. The volume is handy in size, of 288 pages. The price is $5 (five dollars), at present. As the preparing of the work for the press, the printing and adver- tising, etc., have cost a little more than $1,200.00 for 225 copies, the book is sold at a loss at $5.00 a copy. Therefore it will be imperatively necessary to raise the price to $6.00, at least, in the near future, And the book is now being sold under the promise on my part to refund the purchase price-$5.00-if the book is returned undamaged, unsoiled, without pen or pencil markings, to me at the end of thirty days from date of its receipt by the purchaser. H. H. HARWOOD 516 W. GRACE ST., RICHMOND, VA. Inow have 5 copies. apr. 24-1933. or him, I am Sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Mr. Curtis N. Hitchcock, Vice-Pres. The Century Co., 353 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York. es FREE May 3, 1933. q-N: May My dear Mr. Hitchcock: The President has received your letter of May first and asks me to thank you heartily for the copy of Sir Norman Angell's new book "From Chaos to Control", which you were good enough to send him. He is glad to have the volume and is look- ing forward to reading it at a favorable opportunity. Expressing the President's cordial appreciation of your thought of him, I am Sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Mr. Curtis N. Hitchcock, Vice-Pres. The Century Co., 353 Fourth Avenue, New York, New York. es THE CENTURY CO. 353 FOURTH AVENUE 9-H NEW YORK lukgd May 1, 1933. 0/5/29 Recd Dear Mr. President: I am venturing to send you an advance copy of Sir Norman Angell's new book FROM CHAOS TO CONTROL, which we are publishing on May 9th. You will, we believe, find it a stimulating and thought- ful essay on some highly important aspects of the present international situation. Sincerely yours, The President, The White House, Washington, D. C. Hon. Franklin D D. Gooerel 1933. PR7, May 3, Dear Mr President 9-H My dear Miss Hollings: Nath The President has received your lot- letter ter of April twenty-sixth and asks me to thank you in his behalf for the bust which sidents you were good enough to send him. He is glad to have it and deeply appreciates your beloved thought of him in this connection. Nrlson d Sincerely yours, trust will M. A. accept LeNand, same PRIVATE SECRETARY. March yours Miss Mary Reginia Hollings, Rosendale, New York. es Posendale Mester Co. n.y Hon. Franklin D. Rooserelt ackods Washington D.C. Dear mr. president :- with this letter in recognition of Presidents plam mailing to you, a gift, Day, a bust of our beloved President Woodrow Nilson d trust you will accept same Pack Cordially yours many Deginia Hollings Pasendale Mater Co. n.y. May 3, 1933. 9-4 My dear Mr. Halloran: The President asks me to convey to you his sincere thanks for the copy of your book, "The Romance of the Merit System." I am sure that both he and Mrs. Roose- velt will be very much interested, particularly in the part devoted to Theodore Roosevelt as Commissioner and in the chapter, "The Age of Women." Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Matthew F. Halloran, Esq., U. S. Civil Service Commission, Wash., D. C. X2 "CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION" THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, PRESIDENT GEORGE R. WALES IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO JESSIE DELL UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FILE C:MFH :PM HOWARD A. EDSON, CHIEF EXAMINER JOHN T. DOYLE, SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. AND DATE OF THIS LETTER April 27, 1933. The President, The White House. achoppy Dear Mr. President: I am handing you herewith, with my compliments, a copy of my book, "The Romance of the Merit System, forty-five years' reminiscences of the Civil Service." You will be particularly interested in the three chapters on Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, his first administrative office. Mrs. Roosevelt will also be doubtless interested in the chapter "The Age of Women" showing their progress and advance- ments in the Federal Service, and the history of married women in the Civil Service. Very sincerely yours, Matthew F. Halloran. n little bit of peace in and 1 1 oth you your May 4, 1933. pp.7, 9-H My dear Mr. Hurwitz: The President asks me to express his appreciation for the very lovely flowers presented to him. He appreciates the sentiment which prompted this gift, and the form of ex- pression adopted. Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Mr. Bernard Hurwitz, President, Morton Associates, 29 Babson St., Mattapan, Mass. a little bit of peace and beauty Shelp you in fewer busy life- and bring the loving loyalty of Colo- rado you fan the artist 5, 1933. Elsie Haynes p.p.7. 9-14 My dear Miss Haynes: The President asks me to express his thanks for the beautiful pastel of Mount Evans. He appreciates the sentiment which prompted the gift and is glad to have a constant reminder of lovely Colorado and its host of charming and loyal people. Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Miss Elsie Haynes, c/o Mrs. Grace Lightfoot Patch, 3303 - 13th St. N. W., Washington, D. C. SCIENCE DIVINE 100ftying May 5, 1933. p.p.7. 9-H My dear Miss Haynes: The President asks me to express his Evans. thanks for the beautiful pastel of Mount He appreciates the sentiment which prompted the gift and is glad to have a constant reminder of lovely Colorado and its host of charming and loyal people. Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Miss Elsie Haynes, c/o Mrs. Grace Lightfoot Patch, 3303 - 13th St. N. W., Washington, D. C. p.p.7, q-14 May 9, 1933. My dear Merilyn: Your letter of May second has been received and the President asks me to thank you heartily for sending him the book you mention. He is pleased to accept it and is grateful to you for this evidence of your interest and good will. Very sincerely yours, M.A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Miss Marilyn Harkey, Shamrock, Texas. es shamrock, tepas may 2, 1933 Franhlin D hoosevelt Washington D.C. Whitehouse Dear president, l am ten years old and in sent whin Le dr. the low fifthgrad my name is marilyn Harkey. proced I have mad this book con- cerning you, which I am sending my address rs 101 E.10 the St. my teacher is Mrs. D.J. Gasevay. l hope you are pleased with my book by the sugestion of my mother and teacher, marilyn Hashey Sincerly yours p.p.t. May 9, 1933. My dear Mr. Hoover: The President is in receipt of your letter of May fourth which he has read with interest. He asks me to thank you for your courtesy in sending him the book of Currier and Ives, reproductions of Clippers". I am sure he will be interested in looking through this book at the first opportunity. Assuring you of the President's grate- ful appreciation of your friendly expressions, I am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. C.Werren Hoover, Esq. The Union League Club, New York, New York. es THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB Reid sent w NEW YORK The may 4, 1933 Dear her. President: ackylz 5/9/33 as a taken of inspira- tion as your Program evolues, PP7 9.H I venture to send you here. with a book of Currier k Jace ice produc tions of Clippers. "Ships large In attempting to look end him forward, l find that social your his evi- services x industry & cook- DA will. eration in so far as these 3, are reflected in my busi- need move in Rarallel lines to of progress. Shus in the near future a new town. dation will be established es with a view toward indi- SUD 900431 40120 1877 amorwar netly assisting in your carport great work. The philosophy of Sincoln sume to live kishang sort again as you govern. to what with wapperD work yours most Sincerely, but wf AND to N whe service) 4-6 dood IDP C. Warren Hooven cauddels X stool to 10150V tost smit have doos 9 steshn * sent as of or ,NJ 190ml pm NO katrelfan mind NA your that it in will has to want was A erriting A United first 1.16 that smount R Missouri. es May 11, 1933. 9.H My dear Mr. Harnsberger: The President has received the large pencil which you were (pod enough to send him and asks me to thank you heartily for your courtesy. He is deeply grateful for this evi- dence of your friendly interest and good will. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. H.H. Harnsberger, Esq. 310 West Sixth Street, Sedalia, Missouri. es 7. May 11, 1933. q-H My dear Mr. Hackett: The President has received the delicious preserves which you were good enough to send him, and asks me to thank you for your courtesy. He is pleased to accept them, and is deeply grateful for this evidence of your friendly interest and good will. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Mrs. A. G. Hackett, 1020 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. es old shoke hands withs you you made a very rryy uroner faoyph H upp yr. is 13 years THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON May 11, 1933. PO.F. 9-14 My dear Mr. Harris: The President has received the copy of the book "Chinese Junks and Other Crafts" which you were good enough to send him, and asks me to thank you heartily for your cour- tesy. He is very pleased to accept this book and looks forward to reading it at a favorable opportunity. Assuring you of the President's appre- ciation of this evidence of your friendly in- terest and good will, I am Very sincerely yours, maletand M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY James Russell Harris, Esq., Palace Hotel, Shanghai, es China. old shoke hands withs you you made roy urocker yourph IT upp fr. is By pp7. May 11, 1933. 9-4 My dear Mr. Harris: The President has received the copy of the book "Chinese Junks and Other Crafts" which you were good enough to send him, and asks me to thank you heartily for your cour- tesy. He is very pleased to accept this book and looks forward to reading 1t at a favorable opportunity. Assuring you of the President's appre- ciation of this evidence of your friendly in- terest and good will, I am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY James Russell Harris, Esq., Palace Hotel, Shanghai, es China. old shoke hands withs you you made a very TJ under yaorph IT upp fr. is 13 years p.p.7. 3 9-H, / May 18, 1933. My dear Miss Evelyn: The President has received your letter, and asked me to tell you how much he appreciates your kindness in writing and sending the enclosed flower to him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHAND, Private Secretary. Miss Evelyn Hilpp, Walnut Street, Lebanon, Kentucky. CWS and your wife Mrs Rooevelt and Childrenor My brother adolph Hilpp Jr. is 13 years old shoke hands with you you made a very P9-H ach 5/18/13 of Lebanon Ky. 33 Walnut St. April 20 1932 D nt Roosenelt A d though would te ther so many little boys and rls to to you so cl am going glad to hear that you we d. Mother and Daddy voteded f so Q ut you. a was hoping that you would thoughtel would he for you, he President. Every night a see your name in the paper It tello all about what you do all about your wife Mrs. Roosevelt about your children and geandchildren. The first things read every night is good about you. they read about you. about you! Mother and D addy tablo d mish you yourself will answer my letter cl hope you do When you come through Lebanon, on the train cl saw you and your wife Mrs Rooevelt and childrener old shoke hands with you you made a very My brother adolph H ilpp Jr. is 13 years PPEH ach 5/18/33 Lebanon Ky. Walnut St. April 201933 D ear President Roosenelt d though would write you a letter so many little boys and girls are writing to you so cl am going to. cl was so glad to hear that you were Presidend Mother and D addy voteded for you. soch thoughtel would he for you, But A was hoping that you would he President Every night a sllyour name in the paper at tello allabant what you do all about your wife Mrs. Roosevelt about your children and geandchildren. The first things read every night is about you Mother and D addy tablo good about you. They read about you. I mish you yourself will answer my letter d hope you do. When you come through Lebanon, on the train saw you and your wife Mrs Rosevelt and childrener My brother adolph H ilpp Jr. is 13 years old shoke hands with you you made a very nice speech it woo very plain. a world you said When you leftal Hallowed Good hys, and you looked at ml and said Good hye. l hope some day you world again. Come d loaked in my history andraw a picture of the white house you live in it is so pretty u wish some day d hine there with you. the paper tello about your glandohildren d mish you would write and tell me something about them My Mather and Daddy names are Mr. and Mrs. Adalph B. d am 11 glass old and am in the fifth Hilpp cl am there little daughter glade at st. Augustine School. onother little girl May ahellsaid shews going to write to byou too. see ifshe does. Here is a little tulip d made you to remember me My tell the people Evely H ilpp gane it to you melld better ga now of'd wont to tell you we have 5 children Well Good bye. by hye, your little Admirer Evelyn. Hilpp May 18, 1933. 9:4 My dear Mr. Hall. The President has received your letter of May sixteenth and has noted it with much interest. He requests me. to say that he will be pleased to accept the sash to which you refer, and it is suggested that when you come to ashington you bring it to the Executive Office. Conveying the President's hearty thanks for your courtesy, I am Very sincerely yours, M.A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. T. W. Hall, Esq., President, First National Bank, Carmi, Illinois. es J.F. MARLIN. ASST. CASHIER F.M. ZIEGLER, ASST. CASHIER E.P. HUBELE. CASHIER askol ai FIRST NATIONAL BANK 5/19/33 as CARMI, ILL. May, 15,1933. it's Washington, D.C. werr ok. The President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, My dear President: I have in my possession, the sash worn by Colonel m Conger, on the occasion when the squad under his command captured John Wilks Booth. It is a very fine silk sash, in splendid state of preservation and well authenticated. I do not know whether you cherish relics of this character, but assume that you might appreciate it as a souvenir, in which event, I will be pleased to send it to you. Carmi was Colonel Conger's home for many years after the civil war and some of his near relatives live here now. The sash came to me through Dr. George M. Mc. Henry now deceased, and he received it from the hands of Colonel Conger direct. I contemplate being in Washington in about ten days and if you have any fascination for such articles, I will be much pleased to make such disposition as you may suggest. Assuring you of my cordial appreciation of the sound judgment, moral courage and tranquil way in which you have dealt with major problems, I am, Most Sincerely Yours, JWhall June 7, 1933. Dear Mr. Hall:- Please let me tell you how very glad I am to have the sash worn by Colonel Conger. It was more than good of you to send it to me and I appreciate your thought. Very sincerely yours, T. W. Hall, Esq., President, First National Bank, Carmi, Illinois. LT BARNAND Louis T. W. HALL. PRESIDENT J.F. MARLIN. ASST. CASHIER R.D. STINSON. VICE-PRESIDENT F.M. ZIEGLER, ASST. CASHIER E.P. HUBELE, CASHIER FIRST NATIONAL BANK CARMI, ILL. May, 29, 1933. Mr. M. A. LeHand, Secretary to the President, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. LeHand: This acknowledges receipt of your letter under date the eighteenth, in which you state, that the President will be pleased to accept the sash worn by Col. Conger. In keeping with my promise, I am to day sending under separate cover by registered mail insured, the sash, which I hope reaches you in good order. I very much regret that your letter did not reach me before leaving for Washington. I was in Washington on the twenty second and twenty third. I assure you, that I am very much in accord with the President's course, and regard him as the greatest President of them all. Assuring you of my high esteem, I am, Very sincerely yours, OF DEPARTMENT For May 20, 1933. q-N. 3 P My dear Mr. Hayes: The President has received your letter of May eleventh and has noted it with interest, and he requests me to thank you heartily for your courtesy in sending him the box of maple sugar and maple syrup. He is pleased to have this delicious product of the State of New York, and I am sure that he and his family will greatly enjoy it. The Assuring you of the President's appreciation of your kindly expressions, I am Very sincerely yours, You M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SEC ETARY. Fred J. Hayes, Esq., Potsdam, New York. es Fred J. Hayes, Potsdam, N.Y. Sincerely, Inspector. FredgHayes, STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CHARLES H. Baldwin, COMMISSIONER ALBANY ackynols I Utica OFFICE: 101 - 103 Union STATION H. D. FRENCH INSPECTOR-IN-CHARGE Potsdam, N.Y. May 11th, 1933. His Excellency Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C. Recede Declarered to The Nesbit My dear President:- I am sending you to-day from Potsdam, N.Y. a box Maple Syrup and Maple Sugar. containing some of St. Lawrence County finest quality The Maple Syrup was selected from about 3500 gallons of the stock of the Maple Producers Cooperative Association by Mr. Hunt, Manager, Gouverneur, N.Y. The Maple Sugar was obtained from the stock of E.& J. Lenney Potsdam, N.Y. by the writer, and I gurantee the quality. You probably remember the writer as the fellow at New York State Fair who served you the plugs of cheese from our exhibits of the Gold and Silver Medal prize winners You know My dear President, we always considered it a great honor to have you visit our Dairy exhibit at New York State Fair while you were Governor. And now, to have you visit us. Well to have you visit us in September, how we would love to have you. You know I told you last State Fair time, that when you went to Washington I would send you a cheese. Well I still hold to my promise. And when the weather warms up a little more up here, I will be on the look-out for a St. Lawrence County cheese for our famous President. Fred J. Hayes, Sincerely, Potsdam, N.Y. Inspector. FredgHayes, CHARLES ENGELHARD, PRES.&TREAS. CLARENCE B. MITCHELL, VICE-PRES. Hanovia Chemical and Manufacturing Company Chestnut Street V. N.J.R.R. Avenue Avenue ackod 5/31/33 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT SCIENTIFIC & THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS CABLE ADDRESS" HANCHEMCO" Newark,N.J. Newark, as May 20, 1933. P.P.F. Captain Joel T. Boone, Physician, White House, Washington, D. C. Dear Doctor: at May we take this opportunity to again call your attention to our Quartz Mercury Vapor Arc Type Ultraviolet Generators - the outstanding units on the market today. Perhaps you are aware of the fact that 80% of all Quartz Mercury Vapor Arc Type Lamps in existence have been made by the Hanovia Company or its foreign affiliates. They supply the needed element of ultraviolet in almost every civilized country in the world. The efficiency and re- liability of these lamps have been proved beyond any shadow of doubt. The largest, most modern, attractive sunroom in the United States is equipped with Hanovia lamps and we are sending you herewith, several photographs of the type that we have reference to. We would consider it a great privilege indeed to place a one lamp solarium unit for the use of President Roosevelt, with our compliments. We are prepared to furnish this unit promptly so that it will be in readiness for the date of the oepning of the pool. A sketch showing the suggested layout is attached. We hope that our presentation will receive every considera- tion and that we will hear from you favorably. Respectfully yours, HANOVIA CHEMICAL & MFG. CO. 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Columbus, Ohio MINNEAPOLIS ATHLETIC CLUB Minneapolis, Minnesota Y.M.C.A. Newark, New Jersey MEDINAH ATHLETIC CLUB Chicago, Illinois HANOVIA Y.W.C.A. Jersey City, New Jersey CHEMICAL&MANUFACTURING CO. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Branch Offices: New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco HANOVIA ALPINE SUN LAMP SOLARIUM INSTALLATION THE SHOREHAM HOTEL, Washington, District of Columbia Separate installations in the Department of Men and Ladies of TWO ALPINE SUN SOLARIUM LAMPS TWO SOLLUX SOLARIUM LAMPS DEPARTMENT OF MEN SIX ALPINE SUN SOLARIUM LAMPS FOUR SOLLUX SOLARIUM LAMPS WASHINGTON - A.C.. SEATTLE, WASH. HANOVIA SOLARIUM INSTALLATION WAS DO NOT SCALE DRAWINGS @ C CONTROL CABINET *M CONTROL CONT ROL CABINE nyw I SHOWER SOLUX SOLUX COT 2'-0x6-6 COT 30 48 UV.LAMP U.V LAMP HANOVIA &MFG CO NEWARK N. J.U.S.A. APPARATUS SUPERALPINE CHEMICAL SCALE SOLARIUM LAMP DRAWN TRACED MATERIAL PART NAME LAYOUT STOCK NO. CHECKED FINISH PATTERN NO. DATE 5-18-33 APPROVED DRAWING NO. M May 31, 1933. Gentlemen: Your letter of May twentieth ad- dressed to Captain Joel T. Boone has been called to my attention. While the President appreciates your kind offer to present him with one of your Ultraviolet Generators, he does not care to avail himsel £ of your courtesy. He is, nevertheless deeply grateful to you for your thought of him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Hanovia Chemical & Mfg. Co., Newark, Chestnut Street & N.J R.R. Ave., New Jersey. es INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS UNIV 2 Send to Pregident May 20th, 1933. pr7 My dear Harriss:- Many thanks for sending q-H "Stabilization of the Measure of Value" by G. .F.Warren. I have sent it to the Presi- dent, and I know he will be very much Book interested. Very truly yours, Louis McH. Howe Secretary to the President. Mr.Robert M. Harriss, 60 Beaver Street, New York, New York. MAD:IW INTERNATIONAL 7. May 20. 1933 q-H My dear Mr. Hill: The President has received your letter of May seventeenth and has noted it with interest. He asks me to thank you heartily for the book which you were good enough to send him, and I am sure he will be interested in reading it at an opportune time. Assuring you of the President's cordial appreciation of this evidence of your friendly interest and good will, I am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Napoleon Hill, Esq., President, International Success University, International Building, Washington, D.C. es "Students throughout the civilized world" 5/20/13 I INTERNATIONAL I BUILDING S WASHINGTON, U D.C. METROPOLITAN 3080-3081 Teaching May 17, 1933. THE LAW OF SUCCESS which has been 25 years in the making and is based upon accurate analysis of My dear Mr. President: the life-work of The accompanying book is sent with HENRY FORD THOS. A. EDISON the hope that you may find, in the first JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER CHAS. M. SCHWAB WOODROW WILSON chapter, on the "Master Mind," a subject WM. WRIGLEY, JR. E. A. FILENE which will be at least interesting. I am JAMES J. HILL EDW. W. BoK CYRUS H. K. CURTIS the convinced, from the splendid job you have E. M. STATLER ANDREW CARNEGIE to done in rebuilding the faith and he lost JOHN WANAMAKER F. W. WOOLWORTH hopes of the American people, that you O. H. HARRIMAN JOHN BURROUGHS FRANK VANDERLIP GEORGE S. PARKER WM. HOWARD TAFT Recide fully comprehend and appreciate the value HENRY L. DOHERTY of the Master Mind principle. THEODORE ROOSEVELT DR. ELMER R. GATES With apologies for the intrusion, HUGH CHALMERS EDWIN C. BARNES believe me, GEORGE EASTMAN MARSHALL FIELD Very cordi ELBERT HUBBARD DR. ALEX. GRAHAM BELL CHAS. P. STEINMETZ and more than 20,000 other men and women who helped the author to discover the 17 principles of success and the 30 ma- jor causes of failure. PP7. May 20, 1933. Hib My dear Mr. Harrison: The President is in receipt of your letter of May eighteenth which he has noted with interest. He is pleased to re- at accept the little book of your poems which ne79-b x616 you were good enough to send him, and I 18 am sure he will greatly enjoy looking through it at a favorable opportunity. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE Secretary. J. M. Harrison, Esq., 842 Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia. es J. M. HARRISON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 842 CHURCH STREET NORFOLK, VA. May 18th, 1933. The Honorable F.D.Roosevelt, sent whe Shen. President, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President:- I beg to present you a copy of my small book Recid of verse, published during the year, 1926. I was so much impressed with your recent note to the world powers, re- lative to universal peace, that Iam sending you this and request that you read page 70, also page 34. Trusting that God will spare you to rescue this world from the throes into which it has fallen, Iam sir, Your obedient servant, JMH-P BRUCE LARGENT, President IRVIN BAER, Vice President MORRIS DODD, Secretary Treasurer PYLON CLUB P.P.F. Orin Hackman, Director askgd 16-6-33 53 E. Fairchild Street 9 H Danville, Illinois as provide May 22, 1933 Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, +9a The White House, Washington, D.C., Dear Mr. President - Within a few days you will receive a model of the Curtiss F9C-2 navy plane, built with my assistance by Bruce Largent and Irvin Baer, two Pylon Club members and high school youths. We hope that you will be able to find a place for this plane in your collection of models. Included in the box containing the plane are pictures of the model, which we hope that you will auto- graph. We will keep three of them. The fourth we hope to offer as a belated award to the grand champion in the Pylon Club's annual flying contests which are being run off this Saturday. Lacking funds for other prizes, we believe that such an award will be highly cherished by the boy who wins it. This model plane, which has flown, was built with plans and materials furnished by a supply house. With the assistance of Comdr. A.C. Read, U.S.N., we have been able to make the plane a bit more authentic than plans called for. Official pictures of the plane were not available, SO that many of the details, insignia, the landing gear apparatus, etc., have not been put on. We can see many faults - including a propellor that must run the reverse direction - but as Teddy Roosevelt once said, "If I can be right 75 per cent. of the time - - " We hope to later build you another plane which we believe will be truely entitled to a place beside the many ship models which you have collected and which we have been told are so fine. Yours very truly, Orin Hackman Orin Hackman. OH BRUCE LARGENT, President IRVIN BAER, Vice President MORRIS DODD, Secretary- Treasurer PYLON CLUB Orin Hackman, Director 50 E. Fairchild Street Danville, Illinois The best way to handle this plane is by the ring around the motor. The model weichs about two ounces. It is made of balsa wood and Japanese tissue. Plans and material are from the Cleveland Model & Supply Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Using a broad-blade propellor, it has made suc- cessful flights. Power is derived from a rubber hand that is on the un der side of the stick that can be seen in the cockpit. The motor can be removed by removing the pin located on the left side of the plane, near the leading edge of the stabilizer. In putting the motor back on, be very careful in seeing that the motor stick fits into its notches on the bulkheads properly. Take a squint into the inside of the model and see how the motor stick fits. A pin on the first bulkhead of the fuselage fits into a hole on the rear of the motor. This must be lined up before the pin is inserted into the motor stick when the motor is put back on. Pictures accompanying this model are for the President to si n if he soddesires. They are to be re- turned to me by the enclosed envelop. Orin Hackman June 6, 1%3. My dear Mr. Hackman: Your letter of May twenty-second has been received and the President has read it with much interest. He was very glad to sign the photographs you enclosed and I am returning them to you herewith. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Orin Hackman, Esq., 53 East Fairchild Street, Danville, Illinois. es LER OF A 9-H. May 24, 1933. Dear Mr. Hepburn:- The President asks me to tell you how much he appreciates the bas-relief portraits which you have sent. He thinks they are very good likenesses and unusually well done. Very sincerely yours, M. A. Le Hand PRIVATE SECRETARY W. S. Hepburn, Esq., 2600 Glen Green, Hollywood, California. LT LER OF NN Hollywood, Calif May. 18th, 1933 Mr. Louis McHenry Howe Secretary to the President Washington, D. C? Dear Mr. Howe: I have forwarded to you by parcel post, two bas- relief portraits of our President, and for our President and Mrs. Roosevelt. They are of Copper deposit bronze finish, an enduring portrait that may go down through the years, an heir- loom from generation to generation. One is on a plain rugged American Oak panel, and one on a carved panel of American Walnut, this, my small tribute to our President, providentially chosen to lead and mark the way of man, out of the economic and political mire in which he is floundering. "The earth yields us plenty, there is enough for us all, if we fairly distribute the fruits of our toil" Portrait sculptured by-- Charles Cristadoro Carved frame by Max Sherman Commissioned by Yours Sincerely W. S. Hepburn 2600 Glen Green Hollywood, Calif Press photos permitted. P.P.A. 9-H May 26, 1933. My dear Mr. Humphreys: x19 The Postmaster General has referred F 29b- to me your telegram under date of May 8th, together with the Mother's Day Flag X# 191 X# I have shown both of these to the President and he has asked me to express his appreciation for your courtesy and thoughtfulness in sending the flag to him. Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistent Secretary to the President. x Joseph Humphreys, Esq., Red Bank, New Jersey. XPP1 LER, OF HUMPHREYS, Joseph May 11, 1933. usy 1525, Mr. Joseph Humphreys, Red Bank, New Jersey. Dear Joe: Jos: Just a line to acknowledge receipt of your wire to of the 8th, which reached me today on my return from a western trip for the past several days. I shall be glad to see that the flag is properly presented to the President. 8 With kind regards, I am Very truly yours, JAF-JM LER, R OF INN. Post Repartment ELEGRAM NO KAST, Sex & E 1935 non JAMES A VARARY, GENERAL, May 11, 1933. President specially designed six years Ego STOP This Ny I Dear General In I forwarded to you tominy by know for the mothers of American 0.00 shown STOP In grateful appreciation for of no Drive. Joseph Humphreys, great favor for are STOP 1 BM thank you The wish you and the Red Bank, New Jersey. 17 lots ensuing years to couse Your Sincere Friend Dear Joe: ДОВ HUMPHRRYS - Just a line to acknowledge receipt of your wire of the 8th, which reached me today on my return from a western trip for the past several days. I shall be glad to see that the flag is properly presented to the President. il 3. Laland, With kind regards, I am Very truly yours, JAF-JM LLER R OF INN. THE und THE Post Office Department WASHINGTON TELEGRAM RECEIVED OFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES 6WU H 117 DL 5-9449 ROY MANNET PRINTING OFFICE 1933 MA RED BANK, N. J. (1005am) May 8, 1933 POSTMASTER GENERAL HON JAMES A FARLEY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, WASHINGTON My I Dear General Jim I forwarded to you to-day by mail my mothers day flag which specially designed six years ago STOP This is a gift from me to our beloved President STOP In grateful appreciation for the love and affection he has shown for the mothers of America as well as for the mothers of the World STOP j know of no one but you who I is more fitted as my real friend to carry out this great favor for me STOP am thanking you in advance for your kindness STOP 1 ensuing years to come Your Sincere Friend wish you and the members of your family lots of health and happiness for the JOE HUMPHREYS 104 am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. DeWitt V. Hutchings, Esq., The Mission Inn, Riverside, California. es FRANKIA. MILLER, MASTER OF THE INN p.p.7, May 26, 1933. q-H My dear Mrs. Hutchings: Your letter of May sixteenth has been received and the President requests me to thank you in behalf of Mrs. Roosevelt and him- self, for the two aviators' pocket pieces, which you were good enough to send them. Assuring you that your thoughtfulness is much appreciated, I am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. DeWitt V. Hutchings, Esq., The Mission Inn, Riverside, California. es FRANK A. MILLER, MASTER OF THE INN May 16, 1933. Recid. 5/26/30 Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D. C. Sir: Reading that Mrs. Roosevelt will fly West, we are sending you, under separate cover, two of the aviators' pocket pieces just made for our International Shrine, the St. Francis Chapel, at Mission Inn. These are sent with the best wishes of Frank A. Miller, the Master of the Inn, who hopes you will accept one of these tokens and that Mrs. Roosevelt will carry the other for good luck on her flight West, March Field, headquarters of the present Army Air Maneuvers, is at Riverside, and we have many weddings of aviators in our Chapel which is named for St. Francis in honor of the work of the Franciscans in early California. He is thought of as a lover and protector of the birds. We are therefore suggesting him as the protector of the men who fly, much as St. Christopher is of the automobilists. May Mrs. Roosevelt have a safe journey. Mr. Miller would consider it the highest honor if we might show her courtesy at Mission Inn. Presidents Harrison, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and Taft were all Mr. Miller's guests. Mr. Miller hopes that Mrs. Roosevelt will be able to in- clude the Mission Inn in her Western itinerary, as River- side is close to Los Angeles, Respectfully, DrWiu V. DVH/ww DeWitt FRANK!A. MILLER, MASTER OF THE INN SAS CIT 3 y 31,1933. q-N twenty-fifth, has r thoughtful courtesy ent one of your Edu- cal pictures is very to thank you for good wishes and upport. sincerely yours, X P.P.7. 7. 200 200-Support gem LOUIS McH. HOWE, Secretary to the President. Vernon Hampton, Esq., 1236 Ewing Street, Kansas City, Missouri. there was nothing of sadness or of regret in its memories: they were bright and full of hope as the Easter morning, sweet as the scent of the pure Easter lilies. Memories of saints were there to hallow it. Sweet memories of lovers-for it is a place of many bridals, and lovely enough to have heard the vows of any lovers in history. I like to think that perhaps at times when the soft glow of taper light floods it, and it is glamorous with bridal flowers, lilies, wax-white gardenias, roses, and star-white jasmine, that Mimi and Rudolfo, or even Juliet, may stand there in the shadows, smiling. The great doors of Mexican mahogany typify the spirit of the place: they are tall and stately doors, but within each is a smaller door which can be opened independ- ently to admit the individual worshipper to the intimacy of high hope and love. Young lovers may slip in unnoticed at twilight to dream of the time when they shall stand hand in hand before God's altar. There are memories of young courage, daring death and sky, for the Chapel is the international Shrine of the birdmen: "St. Francis, friend of the birds, protect the men who fly" was the theme of the prayer uttered at the dedication. Here come the aviators of all nations to remember absent comrades and in the little Chapel's peace to feel that all is well with them. Here is a Shrine of the Birdmen place where memories of loss and grief be- come memories of tenderness and hope. dent. Its atmosphere is that of love and joy. There are memories of the simplicity and valor of the Old West, with its Indian nations, heroic priests and mighty trappers, for to the left of the entrance doors stands an old, old copper font with elaborately carved pedestal, from the Church of the Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico. Kit Carson's children were baptised at it, as were those of many of the great scouts who opened the trails across the Rockies. In the little Chapel of Memories, the quaint old font of worn copper is still used for christenings as it was when men dressed in buckskins or awed and dark eyed Indian mothers brought their babies to it. For a Chapel it is rather bare of furnish- ings, with plain grey walls, a beamed ceiling like that of old missions, and a dark red floor. The graciously carved heads of the stall-medallions are age-darkened and have a certain roundness of wear which is strange- ly beautiful. They were brought to the Chapel from a centuries-old Belgian con- vent, and have the appeal of the much-used. From the neutral background of grey plaster and dark wood and dull red tiling, flame the altar and the windows. Upon entering, one's first impression is all of gold, for almost the whole end of the Chapel opposite the entrance doors is filled by the great golden altar, once property of The Bridal Aisle the Rayas family of Mexico. Both coloring and carving of the altar are most intricate, ident. saint rising above carven saint to the quaint and crowning presentation of the Trinity, but so brilliant and so dominant is the gild- ing that the general effect holds nothing of confusion. It shines in the soft light of the little chapel with the glitter and gleam of old gold, so deep and warm that it suggests the beauty of massed chrysanthemums or golden lilies, filling the Chapel with great richness. And yet the splendid altar also holds the qualities of tenderness and intimacy which endear the little chapel. There is something childishly appealing in the painted faces of the saints; the quality of having been loved and believed in very deeply by their designer which makes peasant carvings so beautiful. The little figure of the infant Jesus is as delightful as a plump, brown complexioned doll, and all little children must delight in him-he is so tenderly fashioned, so living and so lovable. Both the altar and its Saints are carved of cedar, heavily overlaid with gold, as bril- liant as when it was first hammered into place by cunning craftsmen hundreds of years ago. Where design was necessary upon the clothing of the figures, it was etched out of the gold and filled with color. Once upon a time the Master of the Inn asked two great architects-a father and a son-who were his guests, what it might The Marriage Altar cost to reproduce the altar of the little Jesus. The younger man hesitated to give an ident. opinion, and finally the elder said: "Why do you not tell him that it could not be repro- duced at any price? The only craftsmen who could do such work today would no longer believe in it or have the patience and love of the men who made this altar. It needs faith and love to build such a thing as this!" There is in truth great piety in its mak- ing: a perfection of finish and zeal of faith and great simplicity. The patterning and colors of the gold and enamel robes are in- tricate as fine brocades and run from old- rose to lavender and blue and jade, so ex- quisitely restrained that the general har- mony of gold is merely heightened. To me there was something eminently fitting in the altar's arrival from Mexico. A friend of the Master of the Inn had dis- covered that, through the ruin of an old family, the rare and lovely thing was upon the market, and had written to him of its extraordinary beauty. He finally decided to take the collector's greatest risk and buy it unseen. When it at last arrived, the Mission Inn family assembled to open the thirty-six travel stained boxes which con- tained the various parts-and to their hor- ror the lifting of the first lid revealed a packing of barn sweepings and a saintly figure smeared with thick mud. They could only believe that they were the victims of a gigantic swindle. The mud, however, dusted from the resplendent gold St. Joseph, Patron Saint of Brides without leaving a trace and the dried grass had served as a most excellent packing. sident. Later it was discovered that in the old Mexican town of Guanajuato where the great churches rise from the poverty stricken peasants' huts of the deserted mining town, barn sweepings was the only available pack- ing material-straw costing SO much as to be utterly beyond the reach of the peons. And SO the priceless old world altar, bur- dened with its layers of virgin gold beaten upon cedar wood whose parts are held to- gether with small wooden pegs, came out of the mountains of Old Mexico packed carefully and lovingly by humble peons— to shine benignly at last in the little Chapel of St. Francis of the birds. The windows of the tiny church rank with its altar in loveliness, for they were designed by Stanford White and made by Louis Tiffany, having been originally built for the Madison Square Presbyterian Church of New York. They form one of the rarest groups of religious glass work in the world, and in Stanford White's genius for design and the craftsmanship in glass of Louis Tiffany they unite two of America's outstanding contri- butions to art. The windows and mosaics are certainly the most artistically lovely ever produced in America and in them the little city of River- side shelters great treasures that will be in- creasingly loved with the passing of years— for, as with the masterpieces of the Renais- The Altar of St. Francis sance, they belong by right of beauty to all time. sident. MERCIFUL The mosaic treatment of stained glass work has always been the finest expression of the art, and in Europe it reached its high- MERCISU est development in the lovely mosaic and rose windows of the thirteenth century. BEAST The early craftsmen of this thirteenth cen- tury work brought to a very high point the love of glass itself, with its wholly indi- vidual possibilities of radiant color. They shrank from the dimming use of paint upon glass-which later was for many centuries to change the stained glass window from a color mosaic in glass to little more than a picture painted upon glass instead of canvas. The thirteenth century windows were simple, small-motived with something of the innocent appeal of the still earlier de- signs which had been expressed in grey pebbles and pink shells and little pieces of bright stones gathered from the river beds and mines, but they lacked the jewelled quality and many of the color tones of the Tiffany work. The thirteenth century mo- PRAISD BE MY LORD FOR BROT saics had nothing of the crystalline brilliance WIND AND AIR. AND 1NC of the seemingly precious stones found in CLOUDS AND EATHER FOU OR the Tiffany-Stanford White creations be- cause the deeply burning crystals known as FAIR,WHOSE SUSTENANCE THOO BIDST ALL CREATURE SHARE "Tiffany Jewels" were to remain undis- covered until Louis Tiffany himself pro- ST FRANCIS duced them six centuries later. The thirteenth century designers present- ed their patterns and color rhythms upon a level plane at an equal distance from the eye and with little sense of divergent ele- ments, as the early glassmakers did not sident. know how to capture the amber sparkle of .FRANCIS sunlight and innocent blue of far skies, the pearl and opal touched with gold, the deep THE PATRONI SAINT blue of frost and freshness of snow found in the Tiffany windows. OF THE BIRDS There is a quality both of music and of the earth and air in the windows and mosaics now in the St. Francis Chapel and Galeria of the Mission Inn. The jewelling of the details, with its great thickness and seemingly hewn texture, has a rugged and simple splendour which suggests the treasure of the earth itself rather than the work of the glass maker. They have the combined lavishness and sim- plicity of jewelling done by the hands of peasants-the simple richness one sees in an old Russian peasant icon. In the medallioned landscapes there is a sense, not merely of the elements, but of wonder before the infinite richness, the lavish and utter loveliness of God's Crea- tion: an emotion which finds its articulate expression in the legend of the blue and gold rose window of the Chapel: "Hast fill YOU YOUR WINGS D Thou made them all?" 101 AND BREATHEAPURER AIR They express to an almost unique degree ON HICH,AND CARETH FOR YOU the fundamental human approach to God EVERYWHERE WHO FOR YOUR through awe of beauty. In writing of them Harry Emerson Fosdick voiced the hope and SELVES D LITTLE CAREF belief that "sometime all our religion will be thus close to life, neither dogmatic nor sec- tarian, but celebrating the presence of God in everything and the glory of service as the crown of man." sident. Strangely, and yet fittingly, it was their very universality of religious emotion, as pure worship apart from creed, which brought them to the St. Francis Chapel. As previously told, they were designed by Stanford White, "The American Christo- pher Wren," and built by Louis Tiffany for the great Scotch Presbyterian Minister, Charles Henry Parkhurst, whose dream it was to have in New York "right in the cold heart of business" a church so beautiful that all men entering it must feel the pres- ence of God and the blessing of God. As the spirit of the Madison Square Church was very simple it was obvious that the over-sized figures of robust biblical characters and swollen lambs, so much in demand in the nineteenth century, were out of the question, and neither was the too lit- erally Gothic window in keeping with the early Christian atmosphere. The finally accepted designs retained the small motifs and the small panes of the early mosaics, but instead of conventional or sectarian symbols, the seasons were used in certain of the windows and mosaics, and the elements in others-thus giving the glasswork a devotional quality that embraced not merely all Christian sects but all human religion. "Hast Thou Made Them All?" has been man's most world-wide question of Deity. The church and its windows were re- Della Robbia Shrine of the Madonna and Child with Saints garded by artists and architects as amongst the most perfect examples of religious art in esident. America, but financial conditions finally necessitated their sacrifice to encroaching business. Most strangely when the congregation transferred themselves to the Old First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue they failed to take with them even the Church's most priceless possession-its glorious win- dows. They had probably never quite ap- proved of SO much, in their eyes rather Pagan, loveliness: perhaps they could not fully sympathize with the worship of God through his own free creation as expressed in the windows. They wanted something less provocative of unsettling thought through the acknowledgment of the funda- mental brotherhood of men in the deep, universal need to worship and give thanks to God for the great richness with which He has filled the world. This is a matter for speculation. But the windows came into the market, and as Guy Bascom St. John says: "These pieces should have gone to the Metropolitan Museum-but in America we seem to wake up to these things after it is too late." And in this case the story had a sweet and happy ending, for both mosaics and win- dows were bought by Frank Miller, and by him placed in a setting more in harmony with their spirit than any which a museum could have given them. They are unsurpassed examples of design St. Francis Shrine and craftsmanship. Their colors are like banked flowers on market day when the 200 50m stalls are in the sun. They are richly glit- tering as a chest of rough-strung jewels prodigal with amber. At a distance, the rose windows "shimmer as the spread tail of a peacock." But above all they fulfill the deepest mis- sion of highest art; they both bless and pray: they are for the benediction of men and to the glory of God, lovingly ac- knowledging that the earth is full of His riches. Over the little Chapel they shed a deep and painted light where under Mexico's Patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, upon the north wall stands the most eloquent and touching tribute which could have been paid to the beauty and tenderness of the little Church of the tender Saint who SO loved the birds. It is an always lighted Jewish Menorah-the holy candle of the Jews from ages long ago, commemorating, SO I am told, the Seven Days of the Creation and the Heaven to come. It is dedicated by a bereaved Jewish mother to the memory of her daughter, Marie Linda Frankenthal. For it seems that when the little Chapel of St. Francis was first completed and the radiant windows and the gleaming altar of the little Christ were first in place, a Jewish lady came to the Inn, quite broken in spirit by the death of a loved child. Her heart was instantly touched by the Our Lady of Guadalupe and The Menorah little Chapel of Memory, and months later from her home she wrote timidly to the 200 gem Master of the Inn expressing the wish that, if he regarded it as suitable, she might be allowed to place this little memorial to her daughter in the St. Francis Chapel of Mem- ory. Because, she said, of all places of religion she had ever known the little Chapel held most of love, and would, she thought, have been the place that her daughter would have loved best. And so within the little Chapel are gath- ered in tender, shining harmony, old carv- ings from a Belgian convent, worn to beau- tiful roundness by the hands of nuns; an old and splendid altar build for a grandee of Spain to set in a little town in the moun- tains of Old Mexico; and a candle of re- membrance placed by a Jewish mother in a Christian Chapel-where, when all is said, Christians will gather to worship a Jew- and all are lighted by the great windows which tell of the manifold wonderfulness of God. Memories crowd it. Stand still a while and feel their beauty. They are the most imperishable possessions we may take from the world: the most priceless gifts of love. They are almost life itself: live with them a little while-even with those at which it is hard to look, because we would have had them otherwise. In the Little Chapel of Memories is an assurance that memory is not the end but only the turned pages of a St. Francis Atrio great book. 200 gem DEUS MEU S ET OMNIA FRANCIS OF ASSISI LOVER OF BIRDS AND BIRD MEN PATRON SAINT DEDICATA SANCTI SUB DEO INVOCATIONE OPTIMO FRANCISCI MAXIMO DEC.15.1932 St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of the Mission Inn, is honored in the doorway of the dining room as St. Francis Chapel Dedicatory Tablet well as by the Chapel bearing his name. The twelve panels illustrate episodes of his life. The doors are hand-wrought bronze and were designed and executed at the Inn. 200 gem 7 The Weather Vane Within their cloistered mission walls Our mission fathers stay; They tell their beads and chant their hymns When good St. Francis was a lad In the old established way; He lived in Italy; Long gowns of brown with rope girt 'round He founded there a brotherhood, They're wearing still today. And taught these precepts three: Obedience and chastity, Now you see why, for reasons true, And sternest poverty. Our patron saint must be, Of all the saints in the calendar, He freely lavished all his wealth Francis of Assisi, Upon the needy poor; Patron of all our missions old, He made himself a mendicant, And Mission Inn, is he. And begged from door to door; His piety and holy zeal And furthermore because 'tis true Made converts by the score. There's something in a name; Of our landlord, he's patron saint, His brotherhood grew large and spread And stands there on the vane, To countries far away; Erect and strong, with kindly smile, In strange and distant lands they built And cross upheld, so plain. Their monasteries gray; They strove to keep their three-fold vow, Above the wide old chimney top, They strove to watch and pray. Where many in years agone Have gathered 'round the cheerful blaze At last, to this far western shore, With merry game or song, A few Franciscans came; Or travelers' tales of other lands, With earnestness and zeal they sought To pass the time along. More proselytes to gain; They suffered poverty and toil, When we look up at the weather vane, But suffered not in vain. And the good saint's image see, We wish our sunny Western land, They built adobe missions The modern Italy, At a very early day, May bring forth sons as truly great And showed the Indians how to make As Francis of Assisi. The bricks of unburnt clay; They taught them other useful arts, -Isabella Hardenberg Miller And taught them how to pray. 200 gem t 3 x.6 he rtesy Edu- ery XPP.,7. 200 support gem to 7 May 31,1933. q-N My dear Mr. Hampton: Your note of May twenty-fifth, has been received and your thoughtful courtesy in sending the President one of your Edu- cational and Historical pictures is very much appreciated. He also asks me to thank you for your kind message of good wishes and your assurance of support. Very sincerely yours, XP.P.7. X support gem LOUIS McH. HOWE, Secretary to the President. Vernon Hampton, Esq., 1236 Ewing Street, Kansas City, Missouri. THE KANSAS CITY STAR. DAILY SUNDAY WEEKLY ack'd COMBINED CIRCULATION CIRCULATION CIRCULATION 490,000 MORNING AND EVENING 310,000 PAID-IN-ADVANCE 580,000 SUBSCRIBERS 5-31-33 $ .6.m. Kansas City, Missouri, May 25th 0 1933. Hon' Franklin D Roosevelt. President of the United States. Washington, D. C. Dear Mr President: Please find under seperate cover, my own pencil and pen Sketch, of what I term an Educational and Historical Text in pictures. continued success. This copy carries my hearty support and good wishes for you Respectfully Hamptow Vernou Vernon Hampton 1236 Ewing Kansas City, Missouri. pr.x. June 1, 1933. Dear Mr. Higgins:- Mr. Archibald Roosevelt X has forwarded to the President the jig- saw puzzle which was intended for him. He asks me to tell you how much he ap- preciates your thought in sending it. Very sincerely yours, M. A. Le Hand PRIVATE SECRETARY Mr. John Higgins, 327 - 18th Street, Union City, New Jersey. LT 327-18 Lt. Union city ng., may 22, 1930 CABLE ADDRESS: roosevelt Mr. a Rossent May 27th, 1933. Dear Sir, Sending you two in- tistocking jig saw puggles of your cousin. I trust nd trust that you will ent for the receipt of O you as I am keeping that they will interest g the other one away, r, you can pretend you you and if you thank it is not flattering tter of fact, on them monthy forward one he opinion that it is of the economic situ- e conception of a ed up enough for either the receipt of the puzzles to your admirer. and please acknowledge Ever yours, ABR:MS Encl. to our Unident your sery truly, John Higgins. the receipt of Please the puzzles forgive to me your for admirer. the theft and please acknowledge Ever yours, ABR:MS Encl. Bonseven & Son, TELEPHONE ANDREWS 3-0440-0455 30 Pine Street CABLE ADDRESS: ROOSEVELT New York May 27th, 1933. Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Personal Dear Franklin: I am enclosing a letter to you and trust that you will see that Mr. Higgins gets a polite acknowledgment for the receipt of his puzzles. I am not going to send them to you as I am keeping one of them for my children to do and am giving the other one away, as I don't want to waste the postage. However, you can pretend you have them and be extremely interested. I can assure you that the portrait is not flattering although there are many beautfil flags, a matter of fact, on examining the portrait more closely, I am of the opinion that it is not a portrait of you but is a banker's dream of the economic situ- ation; or perhaps that isn't it; it may be the conception of a senator of Wall Street. Certainly, it is mixed up enough for either of these interpretations. Please forgive me for the theft and please acknowledge the receipt of the puzzles to your admirer. Ever yours, ABR:MS Encl. Pq.7. 9+ June 1, 1933. My dear Miss Haynes: Mrs. Roosevelt has handed to me your letter of April twenty-third and asks if the President received the picture which you sent him while you were in Washington recently. I took pleasure in handing the picture to him, and he was much pleased to have it. He requests me to thank you for your courtesy and to assure you of his ap- preciation of your thought of him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Miss Elsie Haynes, 11244 South Josephine, Denver, Colorado. es 112H how This South Leuner Josephine acky but il sthefile Colo. reaches pp.t. 9-4 april 23. Dear This Roosevelt, eigh Bethis fine d few will probably have had rtily animalation from mrs Grace yed Patch, with whan 9 am coming frantaday? stay a after days, aweek migl jounder of the leaine Science She is a dear friend fruine + She will Lell fee Rot am Church in Washing ton Gor nam 50 Congress Street, Bo ston, es Massachusetts. Syland, taking my boy and a lot R Colorado lands cafes tafew Suglish ares. Grace is Rindly arranging for me Shay my pickures Live while with her and it is our long. cherished wish Rat few would came see them let us meet you. Yran reports f jour talks I believe we therk alike in the deep things plife and that makes we lay all the more sweet feer. I have an other desire- - a thought came any strangly afw weeks ago, Ret 9 want b give a very Gorham Hubbard, Esq., 50 Congress Street, Bo ston, Massachusetts. es peaceful lettle picture the Resident, That may perhaps Leep him in his busy days X bring him a breath of Colorado air - It's is atopical bit of aur sceney - a placed lake in fall, reflecting folden cattanwoods a snaw mantled nt waus - I only want are munite to give if Thin + Lell him the ed Wholehearted loyalty of his rtily Colorado people yed Could for arrange This minute for me? perhaps it, might he possible for me bretum dtal with few after shaving my pic- tures I uls day afternoon may 2? 3303 13 St N.W. Please reply bure Patch Sweenely Slsie Haynes Gorham Hubbard, Esq., 50 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts. CLAFLIN June 5, 1933. pp7, 9-H My dear Mr. Hubbard: The President is in receipt of your letter of May twenty-sixth which he has noted with interest. He asks me to thank you heartily for writing and to tell you he greatly enjoyed the pictures you enclosed. Assuring you of the President's cordiyl appreciation of your good wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY Gorham Hubbard, Esq., 50 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts. es 48-22 : 4181 (1-3) ackords see FDR 1899+ CLAFLIN, HUBBARD & JENKINS Co. as campabello INVESTMENT SECURITIES NEW YORK TELEPHONE ANDREWS 3-0296 50 CONGRESS STREET BOSTON TELEPHONE HUBBARD 6440 BOSTON, MASS. May 26th, 1933. seaf Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, VII Washington, D. C. Dear Franklin: If the enclosed photographs give you half as much pleasure as they do me, I am sure you will enjoy them. I hope you have a great cruise to Campobello next month and I shall certainly endeavor to be up there when you arrive. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Gorhan ututtand GH:B BWH.GF P. S. Search has just revealed another copy, so the President may keep this book. pr.7, June 6, 1933. My dear Mr. Huebsch: I am in receipt of your letter of June second and the President thanks you heartily for the copy of Colonel House's book which you sent him. He is sorry you X46 had so much trouble in finding this copy and deeply appreciates your courtesy. Very sincerely yours, 11. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY B. W. Huebsch, Esq. The Viking Press Inc., 18 East 48th Street, es New York, N.Y. BWH.GF P. S. Search has just revealed another copy, so the President may keep this book. asked 6-6-33 as PUBLISHERS . THE VIKING PRESS INC NEW YORK. NY Cable address . Vikpress 18 EAST 48TH STREET Telephone WIckersham 2-1954 nm 610th June 2, 1933. Miss M. A. LeHand, Private Secretary The White House Washington, D. C. Dear Miss LeHand, Colonel House's "Philip Drus Administrator" has long been out of print, and it is practically im- possible to secure a copy through the book trade. I would have been happy to lend the President my copy of the first edition, but unfortunately it was packed with a few thousand other books only this week and will not be accessible until the autumn. Fortunately, however, a file copy is at hand, and I am mailing it to you un- der separate cover. We would like to have it back even- tually, but there is no hurry about it. If the President should desire to have a copy permanently, I shall be happy to give him mine when it comes out of storage in the autumn. Yours sincerely, BWH.GF P. S. Search has just revealed another copy, We so the President may keep this book. Y June 7, 1933. q-H My dear Mr. Henderson: The President is in receipt of the inscribed copy of your book which you were good enough to send him, and asks me to thank you heartily for your courtesy. He is pleased to have the book and looks forward to reading it at a favorable opportunity. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Walter Henderson, Esq., Vredenburgh, Alabam. es ROBERY SCRALZENBACH FOUNDATION Y 11 Park York June 9, 1933. My dear Mr. Mirsch: The President has asked me to express his thanks for the set of seagoing chessmen which you whittled out for him. X They are rather unique in design and will make a happy addition to his collection of odd objects, Sincerely yours, N. H. MoIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Paul W. Hirsch, Esq. X c/o Giles Kavanagh, Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. X ROBERY SCHALEENBACH FOUNDATION Y it the U.Park , Whittled by Paul W. Hirsch, veteran tool designer for the Packard Motor Co. Unemployed for 17 months made several sets of chessmen for of seagoing chessmen the foresters. He also whittled out a special set for President < Roosevelt Delivery Siles Kuranagh Deptract Nhws the greatest advantage. The Castles(Lig hthouses) have right & left spiral stairs and are to be placed respectively Detroit, Mich June 15th 1933 Mr. M. H. Mac Intyre assistant Secretary to President Roosevelt. Dear Chir: Please accept my thanks for your kind letter, it has caused quite a flurry in the Daily News Office. you no doubt have been able to figure out the significance of the different pieces of the Nevertheless I wish to set Sea going Chessmen forth the sequence in which I believe they will show to the greatest advantage. The Castles(Lig Whouses) have right left spiral stairs and are to be placed respectively BOBERY SCHALEENBACH FOUNDATION 2 The Knights(Horse Narines on Sea horses) in regulation order. Bishops on Lobsters also, as well as the King Neptune) and P.I Queen /Mermaid with a Mother Earey's chicken). 9 Infront of the Queen is her urdent admirer/he with the folded arms/ By the way it took a alone. whole day to whittle the arms The "Perfect fool," he with the fools cap, belongs in front of a castle and the overbalanced fool in front of the other one. The man with the Telescope and Dagger looks best in front of the King. The other 4 may take any remaining position. BOBERY SCHALEENBACH Promote the Park 3 So much for the black pawns. Polar bears in the center, next The white pawns should have the P.I on either side come the Walrus then the Sea Serpents and last the Seals, one at either 9 end. I want the President to know that my thoughts were centered on how I could please him all the time I was whittling. I allowed no pictures to be made of the set and feel sure that no Duplicates ever have or ever will be made of them. Thanking you once more for your prompt acknowledg ement Iremain Respectfully Jours Paul W. Heirsch 21535 Curtis. NOBERY SCHALEENBACH FOUNDATION the Economics Hurry 11 Park Place, New York June 21, 1933. P.P.F. My dear Mr. Hirsch: Thank you for your interesting 9 H letter of June 15th, setting forth the significance of the Seagoing Chessmen. I shall take the liberty of showing it to the President upon his return from his cruise, as I know he will be glad to have this description. Sincerely yours, M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Paul W. Hirsch, Esq., 21535 Curtis St., Detroit, Michigan. Y Place or June 10, 1933. prt. Y My dear Mr. Hennessy: 9-14 The President is in receipt of your letter of June third which he has noted with interest. He is pleased to have the copy of the Book "Progress and Poverty" sent to him by the Henry George Club of New Orleans, and a note of appreciation and thanks is being sent to the Club today. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Charles O'Connor Hennessy, Esq., President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 11 Park Place, New York, N.Y. es DIRECTORS OFFICERS John H. Allen ROBERT SCHALKENBACH FOUNDATION Charles O'Connor Hennessy E. Yancey Cohen President Philip H. Cornick Anna George De Mille To Promote the Economics of Henry George John J. Murphy Vice-President Walter Fairchild Spaulding Frazer 11 Park Place, New York Byron W. Holt Bolton Hall Treasurer BArclay 7-2453 Charles O'Connor Hennessy Antoinette Kaufmann Byron W. Holt Secretary Frederic C. Howe Charles H. Ingersoll Frederic C. Leubuscher John J. Murphy Edward Polak June Charles Johnson Post Third Lawson Purdy Rec'd 1933 George L. Rusby Charles T. Root Albert E. Schalkenbach Frank Stephens acked 6-10-33 as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Capitol Building, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- By request of the Henry George Club of New Orleans, 2301 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana, whose members have paid for the book, I have pleasure in sending you a copy of the abridged version of PROGRESS AND POVERTY by Henry George. PROGRESS AND POVERTY is undoubtedly the greatest of the works of Henry George, an American philosopher and economist, who, 8. half century ago, delineated with persuasive logic, the cause and cure of unemployment and business depressions. More and more, leaders of thought in colleges and out of them, are coming to recognize the intellectual eminence of George;- his extraordinary distinction as a writer, and his prescience as a prophet of what is happening in the world today. Sincerely and most respectfully yours, Charles Hennory CHARLES O'CONNOR HENNESSY President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. COCH/ES 3 7. Robert Schalkenbach Foundation HENRY GEORGE P.P.7. 9-H. 0, 1933. Its Origin and Purposes receipt of a B and Poverty" ** Club was good Office of the Secretary sks me to convey 11 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 1931 e your courtesy. book and is grate- im. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Henry George Club, 2301 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. es 9 G Explaining the Poverty" (abridged and unabridged), "Pro- tection or Free Trade," "Social Problems," Foundation "The Condition of Labor?" "What Is the Single Tax" by Louis F. Post, and various other books and leaflets dealing with the T HIS FOUNDATION was incorporated philosophy and economic teaching of Henry in 1925, to administer a Trust Fund left by the will of the late Robert Schalken- George. A list of publications supplied bach, and such other funds as may be upon request. donated to it, for the purpose of spreading The Foundation, which is served by un- among the people of this and other coun- paid officers and directors, will welcome tries a wider acquaintance with the social donations of money or other helpful CO- and economic philosophy of Henry George. operation from those who may believe that Besides "Significant Paragraphs from a need of our time is a new planting of Progress and Poverty" compiled by Prof. George's teachings in the minds of men. H. G. Brown, with the notable Apprecia- tion of Henry George by Prof. John Dewey, the Foundation has promoted the publica- tion of new editions of "Progress and it to B+ ful for your thought of him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Henry George Club, 2301 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. es 77 7. Directors JOHN H. ALLEN JAMES R. BROWN E. YANCEY COHEN ANNA GEORGE DE MILLE RICHARD EYRE WALTER FAIRCHILD BOLTON HALL CHARLES O'CONNOR HENNESSY P.P.7. 9-H. BYRON W. HOLT LO, 1933. FREDERIC C. HOWE CHARLES H. INGERSOLL FREDERIC C. LEUBUSCHER JOSEPH DANA MILLER JOHN J. MURPHY ARTHUR C. PLEYDELL EDWARD POLAK CHARLES JOHNSON POST 1 receipt of a LAWSON PURDY GEORGE L. RUSBY IS and Poverty" CHARLES T. ROOT ALBERT E. SCHALKENBACH our Club was good asks me to convey of your courtesy. B book and is grate- ful for your thought of him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Henry George Club, 2301 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. es 1 7. P.P.F. June 10, 1933. 9-H. My dear Friends: The President is in receipt of a copy of the book "Progress and Poverty" by Henry George, which your Club was good enough to send him, and asks me to convey his hearty appreciation of your courtesy. He is pleased to have the book and is grate- ful for your thought of him. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, PRIVATE SECRETARY. Henry George Club, 2301 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. es June 19, 1933. p.p p.p.7. q-H. 7. H My dear Mr. Hanson: The President is in receipt of your letter of June fifth and asks me to thank you for writing. He is pleased to accept the ornamental wood box, a product of your own handiwork, which you were good enough to send him, and deeply appreciates this evidence of your friendly interest and good will. Very sincerely yours, MARVIN H. McINTYRE, Assistant Secretary to the President. C. C. Hanson, Esq., 521 Construction Building, Dallas, Texas. es 614-33 Dallas, Texas. 521 Construction Building, June 5, 1933. Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Madam, Rec'd President of the United States, White House, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Am sending you by parcel post an ornamental wood box that I have made for you, which I trust you will receive in the spirit offered, I have been a wood working mechanic since boyhood, and am much interested in creating things of beauty from natural woods. Therefore, I have put forth my best efforts in making a gift for you that will be useful and at the same time an article that will indi- cate high-grade workmanship. Hand woodcraft seems almost a lost art, and would like to see it revived in this day of machine-made goods. I take this occasion to mention the fact that I have been a life-long Democrat, believing that the tenets of that party were the best for the country, I was more convinced of this fact than ever after the last four years of Republican rule, and the large Democratic majority shows that the people have faith in the men elected. Especially is this true in the office of President, which, I feel you are so ably filling. These are strenuous times, and a strong man in the White House was never needed more than at present. My very best wishes are extended for your success in this very exacting position. With very best regards, I remain, Yours truly, Mr. C. C. Hanson, 521 Construction Bldg., Dallas, Texas. June 19, 1933. AMERICAN p.p.7. 9-H. 7. LIBRARY My dear Mrs. Howard: The President received your letter of June fourteenth which he noted with much interest. He was pleased to receive the copy of the "Seamen's Handbook for Shore Leave", and askedme to thank you heartily for your thought of him in this connection. Assuring you of the President's deep appreciation of your friendly interest and good wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, MARVIN II. McINTYRE Assistant secretary to the President Mrs. Henry Howard, 67 Wall Street, New York City, N.Y. es Alice sTIewond ASH/d (Mrs. Henry Howard) President enclosure ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU, INC. WE HAVE NEVER PAID COMMISSIONS FROM MONEY RECEIVED. nutchinson 1. Cone XTXXXXOEONNOR Honorary Vice-President H. B. WALKER First Vice-President CAPT. JOHN F. MILLIKEN Second Vice-President NATIONAL ADVISORY AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE BOARD ROBERT F. HAND Secretary Henry G. Dalton Winthrop W. Aldrich Rev. Charles P. Deems, D.D. Treasurer LIBRARY ASSOCIATION James A. Farrell INCORPORATED Philip A. S. Franklin OTIS EVERETT Burton J. Hendrick Assistant Treasurer National Headquarters Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James 67 WALL STREET, NEW YORK Cardinal O'Connell William S. Sims, Telephone BOwling Green 9-0220 Admiral, U. S. N., Retired TRUSTEES MISS ELIZABETH EMMONS June 14, 1933 Newport. JAMES A. FARRELL, JR. American South African Line. HERBERT FLEISHHACKER Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt San Francisco. ROBERT F. HAND President of the United States Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Standard The White House Rec'd Shipping Company. Washington, D. C. CLARK H. HEBNER New York. MRS. HENRY HOWARD Newport. Dear Mr. President: DR. MORRIS S. LAZARON Baltimore. CLIFFORD D. MALLORY President, C. D. Mallory & Company, New York. We feel a personal interest in the cruise you REV. A. R. MANSFIELD, D.D. Superintendent, Seamen's Church Institute of N. Y. MRS. LANGDON MARVIN and your sons are planning to take in the "Amberjack II" and New York. JOHN L. MERRILL President, All-America Cables I venture to hope that you may care to have the enclosed copy Company. MRS. GEORGE MESTA Pittsburgh. of the "Seamen's Handbook for Shore Leave" to add to your lib- H. H. B. MEYER Director, Legislative Refer- ence Service, Library of rary on board. Congress, Washington, D. C. CARL H. MILAM Secretary, American Library Association, Chicago. CAPT. JOHN F. MILLIKEN This little directory of the ports of the world, - Secretary-Treasurer, Neptune Association, New York. FRANK C. MUNSON sometimes called a "Baedeker for Jack Tar", - represents the President, Munson Steamship Line, New York. MRS. HENRY PARISH work of years. New York. MRS. HERBERT L. PRATT New York. CAPT. FELIX RIESENBERG New York. With best wishes for your cruise, I am, with pro- BERT L. TODD Secretary, Ocean Association of Marine Engineers, N. Y. found respect G. A. TOMLINSON Cleveland, Ohio. ALBERT H. WIGGIN New York. Sincerely yours, Alice S.Haward (Mrs. Henry Howard) President ASH/d enclosure ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU, INC. WE HAVE NEVER PAID COMMISSIONS FROM MONEY RECEIVED. 233 7. June 20, 1933. 9.1x My dear Mr. Hunter: Your very interesting letter of June fourteenth has been received and I beg to thank you in the President's behalf for writing and for the portrait which you were good enough to send him. I am sure he will be deeply grateful for your friendly expressions of confidence and good will. Very sincerely yours, MARVIN H. McINTYPE, Assistant Secretary to the President. Otto R. Hunter, Esq., 155 South Maple Street, Bowling Green, es Ohio, your Supporter Friend and Otho R.Hunter ml Bowling Sun I. Franklin D. Ronevelt June 14, acked 33' Washing ton D.C. 6-20-33 Dear Sil: as h I am sending you a partrait of your the self last drawn by ml after man Camp high america you has all been twly look- the ing for, The Champion of the People and an hourst up- of the really quat. I am one right far seeing of you many admirers and friends Please accept this humlle gift from me in token of a thanks for the studes you have taken towards recovery for act the people. may the good ford grant you continued health and success your Supporter Frund and Otto R. Huntre June 20, 1933. pt.7, q-H My dear Robert: I am in receipt of your letter of June twelfth addressed to the President and want to thank you in his behalf for the sketch of a Yankee Clipper which you were good enough to send him. I am sure the President will be pleased to have it and will appreciate your thought of him in this connection. Very sincerely yours, MARVIN H. McINTYRE Assistant Secretary to the President Master Robert Lee Hanson, 214 North Prairie Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin. es 214 n. Prairie Sr. Tee & Stoughton, Wis Dear President Roosevelt, acked I am sending you a free-hand 6/20/33 as out of a that yankee clipper ship, because l. sketch My hobbies you were interested in found have about are s hips and ships. have thousands 2000 more stamps. thanse Suppose is tamps. you l mere american boy will never by an Probably, this letter written have your eyes, but 2l surechope it will reach you were made president of a great president. country I am and you're a great eleven years old. yours truly, Robert Lee Hanson June 20, 1933. pl,7, 9-H My dear Mrs. Heizer: The President has received the copy of "A Little Anthology of Patriotic Quotations" which you were good enough to inscribe and send to him and he has asked me to thank you warmly for your thoughtful kindness. problet Very sincerely yours, LOUIS McH. HOWE Secretary to the President Mrs. Frederick Heizer, 1215 Douglas street, Sioux City, Iowa. dj A Little Anthology of PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS jessie HARPER HEIZER и X A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS Compiled and Edited by JESSIE HARPER HEIZER NUMBER Two OF SERIES Copyright DECEMBER, 1932 SIOUX CITY, IOWA JESSIE HARPER HEIZER Printed item - - not scanned in full