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    "ocrText": "PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE\nPPF 9\nGifts P\nJune-July - 1939\n~\nPPF900607\nvah.\nPUTNAM, Dr. Herbert,\nLibrarian of Congress,\nWashington, D. C.\nJune 6, 1939\nOn above date the President wrote to Dr. Putnam thanking him for the pamphlets\ngiving the program of the unveiling ceremonies at the Library of Congress and em-\nbodying the tributes paid to Dr. Putnam in connection with the completion of his\nforty years of service as Librarian of Congress, as well as the address to Dr.\nPutnam by the American Council of Learned Societies, etc. - The above articles\nmentioned by the President are attached to the copy of his letter, as above.\nSee P.P.F. 5899\nP.P.7.\n9-P\nYours very\nrespectfully,\n(My own typing:\nthe best I can!\nC\nSHANNON, Mrs. Molly,\nLos Angeles, Calif.\nApril 1, 1939 and June 8, 1939.\nTwo letters from Mrs. Molly Shannon in which she refers to a portrait\nof the President painted by Elizabeth Kather and sent to Warm Springs, Ga. She has\nreceived no acknowledgment and asks whether the painting was received.\nReferred to Mr. Boone, Warm Springs Foundation for acknowledgment.\nSee P.P.F.76\np P.7\nbr\n9-P\nYours very\nrespectfully,\n(My own typing:\nthe best I can!\nC\n0\nP\nY\nJune 22, 1939\np.p.7.\nq-p\nHear Van:\nThis is by way of thanking you\nfor the very excellent photographs which you\npresented the President in the name of the\nInternational News Service.\nThe President is delighted to have\nthis set of pictures, which were made by the\nI. N. S. photographers during the recent visit\nof the King and Queen of England, and asked me\nto convey to you an expression of his sincere\nappreciation.\nWith kindest regards,\nVery sincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nSecretary to the President\nMr. Harry Van Tine\nInternational News Photos,\n605 Hearst Building,\nWashington, D.C.\npls\nSEE - 48-A King and Queen Folder for first copy.\nw 1 WITH NCE\nthe President for such small matters on my account, at least.\nYours very respectfully,\n(My own typing:\nthe best I can!\nAlbat\nMin Shamon\nEVEREAUX STREET\nHILADELPHIA, PA.\nJune 1939\n1.39\nThere is nothing whatever\nin fie from merget\nington\nI would like to peg you to get me out of a\nlittle mess I got myself into:\n1. I am a painter. A little while ago artists discussed a\ncertain book of 800 pages, and said to each-other that they\nbet 1 could cover the whole subject in 3,000 words, and more\nreliably: and later by resolution they asked me to write it.\n2. I did and it came out SO well, that even 1 liked it: and\nSO a publisher thought he could sell it at 50¢ per copy.\n3. A neighbour of mine, Lieutenant Merget, who lately landed\na job in Washington, seeing light in my house, stopped in late\nlast Sunday I had one copy of the booklet left here by the\npublisher, Merget had a friend with him, also from Washing-\nton, named Kraft:\n1 said that the papers often say that the president and\nMrs Roosevelt both are interested in Art: and that what I say\nwould be interesting to Art lovers' BUT, that if I mailed it,\nchances are the booklets would never reach them and then per-\nhaps I would be on a par with people that always run after\nattentions of Presidents and such.\n4. Mr Merget said that the world knows that I avoid all sorts\nof conspicuity: and that if I would send him the two copies, for\nthe President and Mrs Roosevelt respectively, he would see to\nit that they got into your hands, and through you to the Presid-\nent and Mrs Roosevelt: and that he would write me further in a\nfew days. So far, it is all right:\n5. BUT, today I received a letter from Mr. Merget saying that\nhe made arrangements with you, to bring the booklets when done,\nand you would let. him present them to the President:\nNOW,\nI\ndid not expect all that: I do not want all the conspicuity: I\ndo not wish to be on a par with people who protrude that way.\n1 take the liberty of sending you a copy. When all is\ndelivered 1 shall keep my word and send to Mr. Merget the said\n2 copies: but I wish to beg you not to bale the Strength of\nthe President for such small matters on my account, at least.\nYours very respectfully,\n(My own typing:\nthe best I can!\nAlbet\nALBERT PROPPÈR\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nTelephone, DELaware 1500\nJune 3,1939\nHonourable STEPHEN EARLY,\nSecretary to the President, Washington®\nMy dear Sir,-\nI would like to beg you to get me out of a\nlittle mess I got myself into:\n1. I am a painter. A little while ago artists discussed a\ncertain book of 800 pages, and said to each-other that they\nbet 1 could cover the whole subject in 3,000 words, and more\nreliably: and later by resolution they asked me to write it'\n2. I did' and it came out SO well, that even 1 liked it: and\nSO a publisher thought he could sell it at 50¢ per copy.\n3. A neighbour of mine, Lieutenant Merget, who lately landed\na job in Waslington, seeing light in my house, stopped in late\nlast Sunday I had one copy of the booklet left here by the\npublisher, Merget had a friend with him, also from Washing-\nton, named Kraft:\n1 said that the papers often say that the president and\nMrs Roosevelt both are interested in Art: and that what I say\nwould be interesting to Art lovers' BUT, that if I mailed it,\nchances are the booklets would never reach them and then per-\nhaps I would be on a par with people that always run after\nattentions of Presidents and such.\n4. Mr Merget said that the world knows that I avoid all sorts\nof conspicuity: and that if I would send him the two copies, for\nthe President and Mrs Roosevelt respectively, he would see to\nit that they got into your hands, and through you to the Presid-\nent and Mrs Roosevelt: and that he would write me further in a\nfew days. So far, it is all right:\n5. BUT, today I received a letter from Mr. Merget saying that\nhe made arrangements with you, to bring the booklets when done,\nand you would let. him present them to the President\nNOW, I\ndid not expect all that: I do not want all the conspicuity I\ndo not wish to be on a par with people who protrude that way.\n1 take the liberty of sending you a copy. When all is\ndelivered 1 shall keep my word and send to Mr. Merget the said\n2 copies: but I wish to beg you not to bale the Strength of\nthe President for such small matters-- on my account, at least.\nYours very respectfully,\n(My own typing:\nthe best I can!\nAlbet\n1 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nJune 6, 1939\nThe Painter\n(% read\nnk you for your letter of\nE PAINTER, copies of which to\nMrs Roosevelt\nshington which prompted me to\nas best I could typewrite.\nK but I shall manage to send\nry respectfully,\nALBERT PROPPÈR\nHis opy formstepher\nEarly, mapactfully,\nJune 32939.\nThe PAINTER\nALBERT PROPPER\nPHILADELPHIA\nSTUDY\nWissinoming Publishing Company\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nINDEX\nPage\nThe Painter\n5\nCopyright, 1939\nADVERTISEMENTS\nAlbert Propper\nThe Pandect of Colonel X\n19 to 22\nWe Translate\n23\nImmortal Songs of Transylvania and\nHungary\n24\nMULTAE NATIONES\nPER STULTITIAM RESPUBLICAS\nSUAS AMISERUNT\nThe Painter\nMUCH Has been written on the therapeutic\nvalue of painted pictures. But we do know with-\nout the aid of books that those who have them are\nhappier at home, crave running around less, and\nare visited by friends more.\nThe old pictures you read about have antique\nvalue. They are not necessarily better than those\na good portrait-painter now can make. There is\nbut one original of each: we all learned on them\nand copied them for practice: and with this going\non for centuries, there necessarily exist many ex-\namples of those that are good.\nThey might pay a fortune for a note written\nby George Washington: not because that is the\nbest chirography, but it is antique, interesting\nand original. There being money in such things,\nthere exist forgeries. But it would be silly to\ndestroy a good copy of a great painting, when it\nserves at least as evidence that the painter could\nmake it. Many business-men, as they grow older,\nthough not necessarily art lovers, buy old pic-\ntures. They are property, to be sold later by their\nPage 5\nheirs at greater prices: for who would dare ques-\nnal, a good picture was made by a good and great\ntion the originalness of things that come from the\npainter: those who came later endeavored to\nhome of the rich? Certain is-that they are hand-\npractice and learn on those that preceded, and\nmade and good.\nthemselves became great.\nYou need not be an art-expert to recognize a\nThen, many forgeries pass for genuine\ngood picture. Everyone knows a bad one. If it is\nthrough our courts of justice; and many that\nnot like anything that exists in nature, your eye\nare genuine, for forgeries: and the Constitution\nprotests that it is wrong, even if you could not\nguarantees that whatever the judge holds is so:\nspecify the errors. Half-educated white-collared\nand there are many ways of juggling known to\nfolk who never learned to handle tools invent new\nprofessionals, to bring about such conditions, even\nwithout judicial prejudice; especially when the\nnames for their ungrammatical efforts. There is\nfee the victim paid was his last money, and his\nmechanical rime and reason for every sound in\nlawyer deserts him as a special favor to an influ-\nthe boiler factory, but no excuse for some of the\nential, after first waiving without consent of the\nthings we see called Art. Nor does it matter\nclient his right to a jury, with no one to listen.\nwhose son-in-law made it: if no normal person can\nSomehow, it SO comes about that even the short-\nlive with it, or find it resembling anything or any-\nhand-report is all botched up in such cases. All\nbody, it is not good.\nthis being our experience, how can you expect a\nAs the old masters are gone, no one knows\npicture-framing mechanic usually posing as ex-\nwhich given one was made by whom. Were one\npert, to tell which is or is not the work of Titian,\nto come back, even he could not identify his: for\nDuerer or Rembrandt, all of whom died centuries\nTime did much, the layers of paint dried, thinned\nago, and which is a copy, when each is equally\nand blended; they are usually finer and more\ngood and fine and alike affected by time, light,\nbeautiful. Written names mean little. We have\nplacing, care, climate, neglect, moisture, gas,\nhandwriting experts who swear to anything.\ncellar, fire and what not?\nThey need the money. The medical societies noto-\nriously protest that many physicians became rich\nThe merchant is not necessarily an art lover.\nby being professional witnesses-and often the\nThe object of business is to get rich: he incor-\nloudest protestors have been found to be the most\nporates, to keep out of jail. He hires his influ-\ndangerous professional perjurers, always on the\nential lawyer by the year. A corporation is a\nside of the most money. Whether copy or origi-\ngovernment: and that government consists of a\nPage 7\nPage 6\npiece of paper with a seal. Whether original or\ncopy, the one who made the picture is dead: and\nhe would be the only reliable witness, if anyone\nwould believe him, and he could identify it. Some-\ntimes it is a new picture, mechanically prepared\nto look old: this, too, is done. If you do not\nspeculate with pictures-take one that to you is\nfine and good. You are the one to enjoy its com-\npany and it will never talk back, or fail, or betray\nyou.\nNo elocution will make the picture your\nmother, if you cannot recognize it. The good\npainter is more anxious to make a perfect picture\nthan you are to obtain it. And his study is safer\nfor any member of your family than even your\nhome. No one ever brings liquor or tobacco in:\nthere is no introduction to strangers; the place is\nbarred to the uninvited. Ladies are even advised\nto save their cosmetics for elsewhere.\nThe silly stories you read about studios are\nthe products of hungry degenerates, for the pit-\ntance of cheap publishers who capitalize the gut-\ntersnipes' craving for trash: there is a distinct\nmarket for the commodity: for the same money\nthe irresponsible bum would as lief libel his\nbrother, or a stranger, or a queen who is dead,\nor any busy, fine, helpless, holy character. There\nare any number of professionals who display\ndiplomas in Latin and live by slander and libel:\nand the more wealth they SO accumulate, the more\nPage 8\narrogant and above all law they become. There\nis nothing as vile: but there is money in it.\nThe average classical painter is as learned as\nthe head of your Country: and, whilst it is not\nelocution that can do the work, likely as not, you\ncan freely discuss with him most of the things\nthat interest you, in about any language worth\nlearning. He loves his work and his peace. One\nof these did some work for a large city, at the\nagreed charge of $1000: the work was delivered\nand accepted; bill after bill was sent, and they,\nwith other mail after mail, remained ignored by\nMayor after Mayor. He cancelled the charge.\nEight years later a newly-elected Mayor came\nacross the file: by now even the right to sue had\noutlawed-when your artist's attention was called\nto a newspaper article that the new Mayor caused\nan ordinance-in-council to pass, validating the\noutlawed bill, and to pay. The only answer your\nfriend made to why he did not sue was - that\nevery time-waste and other great disaster he had\nknown originated in that someone failed to\nanswer.\nThere are artists that never made a fair pic-\nture, paid tax or debt, or supported family or cat,\nyet whose likenesses are in the press every birth-\nday, with the publishing corporation's congratu-\nlations: for they, the editors and the reporters all\nget drunk together in the same dram-shop, when\nhe has the price.\nPage 9\nAnd where do such gentlemen get the price?\noccasionally, he exhibited it: and when it was\nOne, for instance, puts any name his merchant-\nsuggested that he spend $500 on restoring it, he\npatron desires, on any old remnant retrieved from\nsaid that he would not go quite that far: and\ndiscard. He makes pictures, too. One day he\nbesides, he once had a whole ceiling plastered\nclipped the advertisement-likeness of a night-club\nfor $4.\nman and made a painting after it. He tendered it\nto the club-man at a very low price, but there was\nWe know of a dealer that made a fortune by\nno sale. Your artist, then, clipped a newspaper-\nselling things he picked up cheaply, to the only six\npicture, this time of the attorney-general, who\ncustomers he ever had. He has such a cook, such\nwas also his countryman. From the canvas he\nwines and such daughters, that every ignorant\nerased all but the top of the tuxedo-coat, and\nthing he tells passes for legal tender. If they do\nsubstituted the head of the politician. This pal-\nnot get what they pay for, they are still the class\nimpsest he tendered to the attorney-general's\nthat could not afford to sue, or to make public the\nwife, for it was just before Christmas. The deal\nfact that they know him and hobnob with him:\nwas a success. Anon, the night-club man read\nand-itself this fact is turned to commodity, and\nthat the artist had painted the attorney-general,\ncommercialized.\nwhereupon he changed his mind and gave him the\ncommission: and that, too, was written up by the\nWhen what this merchant has to sell will not\nkindly press: and SO there were more drinks. And\npass for an old master, it may go for a cousin or\nwe know stories that are even worse.\naunt of a George Washington, or sell as a progeni-\nMany years ago, a friend said that he bought,\ntor or ancestress of someone who is not SO sure\nin an antique cellar, for $250, a picture that his\nthat he descended from anyone in particular, but\nmother had sold forty years before for $1. He\nwould like to pass for respectable enough to have\ncalled it \"The Jailer\". We told him that we had\ninherited a family-painting.\nseen the original in a Dresden museum, there\nknown as \"Diogenes\" by Ribera. The old gentle-\nSelling, then, and the finding of the customer\nman had heard us think out loud among friends.\nor victim, is a highly specialized business: but\nProfiting by this new information, he immediately\nthat one obtained a good price is a story of com-\ncame to the conclusion-that the Dresden Di-\nmercial success, and has nothing to do with\nogenes was a copy, and his the original, and set\nwhether you would be happy living with that\nout to advertise it for sale, for $50,000. Then,\npicture, or even whether it is good.\nPage 10\nPage 11\nThe owner of a Chicago newspaper corpora-\nrated as Bar Association, the gang that controls\ntion became rich by politics, advertising, slander\nthe pens, mouths, souls and hearts of the press\nand blackmail, and has been travelling the coun-\nand the politician, even of the bench. What they\ntry over haranguing the people that the President\npublished about this public-benefactor made a\nis a crook. He has nothing against the President;\nrecord SO black that by it alone, his own mother\nall he wanted was another sensational article, to\ncould not have recognized him: and the balls of\nhave his name mentioned, and that he is rich and\nconspiracy grew like avalanches, to make certain\nabove the law. A countryman of his, in clerical\nhis wrecking, by rendering his earning capacity,\ngarb, did even worse. It all passes for free-speech.\nhis social life and his usefulness impossible: and\nIf incidentally they wreck the President's health,\nsuch lying hoodlums, such mamelukes, were re-\nor incite similar attacks, why, that is part of the\nwarded with places on the bench and other offices\nbusiness. Presidents have been murdered that\nof honour and trust, for helping manipulate and\nway. Pictures can be distorted, like other facts.\nmanage these malicious persecutions for organ-\nWe were in a political office to seek a job for the\nized corruption, headed by the headquarters of\nwidow of a friend. There, an ungrammatical\nthe bar, assisted by everything they could, by\ncouncilman was telling the statesmen drawing\nwhispered propaganda, enlist - ranging from\npublic wages for sitting around cuspidors while\nschool-boards and hoodlums to Grand Lodges of\nwaiting for the undertaker, that the President is\nMasons and Governors. And, as if the ingrati-\na Communist and a Red; and whether terms con-\ntude and suspicion of the stupid poor beneficiaries\nvey anything or not, said statesmen pretended to\nof his services were not hardship enough, there\nlisten trustingly and respectfully.\nmight even have been honest skeptics of the bar\ngladly in the pay of the enemy: for who ever\nAs the poor in thousands of cases have\nheard of a lawyer, even ever SO young, doing so\nhardly chances in Court, some thirty-five years\nmuch, or anything, for nothing, as in this case,\nago a fellow evolved the idea that he would answer\nand not even expecting political chances! Did I\ntheir problems in the columns of a newspaper of\nsay 35 years? The dirty work is still in action.\nlarge circulation, free. Thousands of inquiries\npoured in: the young lawyer sat up nights solving\nYour honest banker will shamefacedly con-\nproblems, rectifying wrongs, causing members of\nfess that this irresponsible Shysters' Union got\nthe profession to return moneys fraudulently\ntrust companies to agree to discontinue to prac-\nwithheld. You should have seen the consternation\ntice some of their most necessary legitimate\nof the Debt-beats' & Shysters' Union, incorpo-\npublic functions, in order to save the great insti-\nPage 12\nPage 13\nfrom tutions, in charge of the moneys of the public,\nbeing wrecked by them in like manner. And\nwas a well-read professor, and so knew the value\nSO did the judges agree away exercises of duties.\nof casting the trouble into the enemy's camp, to\nwhich end it was a success; for the host is still\nAnanias may, indeed, have fallen dead from\nfighting, more than 20 years later, each the other.\nlying: but every law-office is aware that the gods\nWhat it cost, then, is fields of blood, many cases\nseem too busy for that kind of business now,\nof insanity, orphans, blackmail and tears, crip-\nwhilst court-houses are crowded with virtual illit-\npled lives and graveyards of dead-and all the\nerates that become rich by whispering falsehoods.\ngold that the world could ever possess.\nNo one seems to care for the incidental harm:\nand Mr. Politician is there, to get rich. It hardly\nAnd was it not your artists, too, first to tell\never occurs to patriots that often we turn our\nby radio that the staggering reparations imposed\nCountry and all its wealth, to manage, to mem-\nby the conquerors were against all possible wealth\nbers of our lodges and our so-called religions, who\nand all-but against the law of figures, and that\nnever had anything of their own to manage, or\ndisastrous consequences were brewing?\nhonour or credit, possessing not much more than\nbig mouths to invest.\nMuch of this zigzag of departures is for the\npurpose of driving in that as the best evidence of\nIt was an artist-lawyer that harangued,\nthe authenticity or age of a given painting does\nthrough Faneuil Hall, Boston Common, the press\nnot exist and that obtaining of evidence is often\nand the Country, reminding you of Washington's\nmatter of the price and business, there being, as\nletters and his warning against entangling alli-\nshown, even cases where our courts of justice will\nnot listen to a party to the suit if he cannot com-\nances and the world-war, his plea leading to a\ncontroversy involving a former president of Har-\nply with expensive conditions imposed on him on\nmotion of influentials, or outfee the wealthy; and\nvard college, the college prevailing by its gradu-\nates' organizing to destroy him. Crucifying the\nnobody cares. In Cicero's day, officials convicted\nof corruption were chopped to pieces and flung\ntruth does not disprove it. They even whispered\ninto ditches maintained for such purposes, and\nthat he was a spy. The President of the time\ndid become reelected on the assurance that he\nyet abuses were SO common that the courts of\nimpeachment remained as constantly in session\nwould, as he did, which he did not, keep us out.\nas our police-courts-and ought now to be. There\nNot that he betrayed you, for much of the later\nare gentlemen with diplomas in Latin who have\nhistory happened on hasty misinformation, for he\nassistants with like diplomas who know where\nPage 14\nPage 15\nto find witnesses to suborn to swear: these\nquestion. the influentials that hardly anyone would dare are\nWe asked a painter why he signed that in his\nlearned opinion a certain Washington was painted\nby Stuart, when he well-knew it was not, and even\nsaw it made: and he answered confidentially that\nit was that or jail, for by doing that he prevented\nanswering a contempt order, not being able to pay\nhis wife's lawyer for hounding him. One painter\nwas asked to go to a large city to give his opinion\nof a lot of pictures a gentleman bought at a great\nprice: two of the pictures were copies himself had\nmade: and when he burst out crying on seeing\nhow they had been spoiled for the sake of fraudu-\nlent aging, had he not been all-but a giant, he\nwould have been kicked out. The owner of those\npictures did not seek tears: he wanted certificates.\nNow, then, the name of the maker ought not\nto matter to the art-lover, SO long as the picture\nis good.\nThere is an influential family in a Southern\ntown that has about everything and everybody,\nexcept money. They inherited an old painting,\nwhich had hung in the boarding-house of an an-\ncestress. It is a good duplicate of a Titian that\nhangs in the Louvre. The one in Paris has a dis-\norderly scratch horizontally across. This duplicate\nhas even that. They heard of a painter whose\nword passes for legal tender: yet this painter is\nperhaps the most lied-about person that ever\nPage 16\nlived. There are folk interested in destroying him,\nbut are not tough enough to kill him, and yet\npowerful enough to have had the foulest things\nsaid, written, printed, certified and made matter-\nof-record about him. One cannot earn and spend\nhis life making speeches about himself: nor would\nanyone listen: and SO he lives with his work: for\nagain nobody cares. In the family that owns this\npicture, there are judges, district-attorneys, and\nall sorts of other officeholders: but they look to\nthis picture to bring them a big chunk of money.\nAnd so, delegation after delegation had been\nhounding this painter for years, offering to undo\nall the harm done with the scratch of a pen,\nthrough their family and other connections-and\nhe need not even say that it is the original: if\nhe would only sign that it is a replica-made by\nTitian after he had first made the one which is in\nFrance. It was not done.\nBEFORE The advent of photography, when\nall had to be hand-work, the painter's shop must\nhave been a veritable factory. Now, it is a one-\nman concern: and this serves to introduce him at\nwork, where, needless to add, unvouchable stran-\ngers would hardly be of safety, crowded, as indi-\ncated by the few nook-illustrations, with the many\nkinds of tasks in all states of finish and order:\nSO that, if you desire to see such a study, you\nought to write for permission-and to keep the\nappointment.\nPage 17\nA Book for the Higher Classes\nTHE PANDECT\nOF\nCOLONEL X\n400 pp., large type, 16mo. fabricoid, limp, full\nreal-gold edges, round corners, gold stamped\n$5 delivered\nA NOVEL\nQUVM OMNES HOMINES\nof judicial malpractices - Adventures in the\nCourts of a New Country-\nMORTALES SINT\nETIAM TU MORIERIS\nThrough your bookseller or\nWISSINOMING PUBLISHING COMPANY\n4301 Devereaux St., Philadelphia, Pa.\nYour Author-educator, consul, artist, lingu-\nist, international lawyer, publicist-consistently\nholding that Honour is the highest law, speaking\nin the first person, lays bare the methods of\nthe law-trained anarchist on the public pay-roll,\nincluding the blackmail trust, bar association\ngrafts, divorce mills; their hypocrisies, mock-\ntechnicalities, subornations, heartaches, runners\nand alimonies.\nPage 19\nTHE PANDECT OF COLONEL X\nRogues-at-law of high standing have holy\nhands. Unclean things are done by underlings,\nwho are rewarded with berths on the bench for\nmiscarrying every intent of organized society:\nenmeshing the Press, the public school systém of\nBoston; their wives, children, Harvardism, relig-\nion, everything specious, sacred and vile: and\nslander - that whispered backstairs venom that\nthemselves pretend to deplore.\nOver organized corruption and crime shy-\nsters-at-law preside. But for them the Country\nwould be run at a fifth as much. Courts, Bar\nAssociations, Secret Societies, Government, pro-\nfessional murderers are jumping-jacks. The\nclown-at-law in Georgia; the humor of it, the\npity of it. Things openly practiced abroad which\nwe pretend to protest are insidiously practiced\nhere, in abuse of law, discretion and office.\nHe is as ready to whitewash a crooked judge\nfor a promise as to cheat and jail his brother.\nAn editor panders to liars at $1000 a week; that\nhis city-fathers resolved him a blackmailer, that\nhis sons are in jails, he does not print in his Morn-\ning News. He gets drunk and dies because the\ndecent people refuse to make him Governor, after\nhe spent $200,000 on votes.\nBandits in Chicago are miserable imitators of\njudges and bar associations. Their avarice, their\nPage 20\nTHE PANDECT OF COLONEL X\never-laying for a weak point, a victim. Crooked\njudges; drunken judges, crazy judges; crooked\nlawyers: their abuse of discretion, feigned idio-\ncies, perversities: their use of thug, pimp, pro-\nfessional witness: their railroading of innocents\nto ruin, to asylum, to gallows. Coarse, uncouth,\ndishonest licentiates, appointed and overpaid as\nmasters for dispensing injustice.\nSociety folk promote markets of culture; also\nclearing-houses of ruin. District attorneys get\nmillions in blackmail. Prostitution of public rec-\nords, the breaking of homes, misinforming, cheat-\ning, fleecing the public, for fees. Who dares\nprotest, must be silenced, robbed, disgraced, dis-\ncredited, disbarred: made to appear - beneath\ncontempt, branded, outlawed, murdered.\nReal names; matters of record. Coolidge\nrefused to take note of corruption while Governor,\neven as when Vice-President. Nor was Bryan SO\nunlearned. The article on his Darwinism, origi-\nnally written for the obscure Savannah Press and\nthence quoted and translated the world over,\nwithin a chapter, is alone a nutshell classic.\nCrime committed in the name of Govern-\nment: then the crook-at-law involves Masonic\nTemple: when the corporation is sued for millions\nit is still 0. K.: for Mr. Shyster draws fees for\nPage 21\nTHE PANDECT OF COLONEL X\ndefending, his whilst organized influence helps\noffice! ing! The object of Government is-to land the\ncrime supreme of laws. \"More light\"-noth- make\nWe Translate\nCharging lc a word\nfarce. There should be easily-accessible tribunals\nInvestigating Commissions are an expensive\nMinimum Charge $1\nto take prompt cognizance over impostors in office.\nfell soon after the abolition of the Courts of Im-\nThe Roman Republics, one after the other,\nCount the words. Send check with\nthe matter. You will receive the work\npeachment. Chunks of right are taken by hired\nby early return of mail. (The average\nlegislation. Until duels may lawfully be fought,\nitem is too small for bookkeeping, bill-\nor tribunals of impeachment enacted, defendant\ning, etc.)\nin assault cases should be allowed to plead in justi-\nfication that the object, in abuse of official power,\nIn larger tasks, as a booklet or book,\nruined his life, and the law as manipulated was a\nin case of pressure of time, appointment\nfarce. Government by irresponsible adventurers\ncan be made for your best stenographer\ntrained to judge the way of the bartender, the\nto come and take it; in which case it is\nboss, the bribe and the fee, is a failure.\nalso guaranteed after comparing.\nConcluding with the plea to save the Land\nfrom the increasing arrogance of impostors in\noffice, by the establishment of-Permanent Courts\nTelephone, DELaware 1500\nof Impeachment.\nWISSINOMING PUBLISHING COMPANY\n$5.00 delivered, at your bookdealers, or\nWISSINOMING PUBLISHING COMPANY\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nPage 22\nPage 23\nImmortal Songs\nOF\nTRANSYLVANIA\nAND\nHUNGARY\nSix of them: Selected from among\nthousands as the oldest, most popular\nand finest. Original Magyar and literal\nEnglish translation, to sing Words and\nMusic. Not many left. All six in one\nbinding\n$1.\n0\nWISSINOMING PUBLISHING COMPANY\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nPage 24\nalong\nALBERT PROPPÈR\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nTelephone, DELaware 1500\nJune 6,1939\n%\nx\nMy dear Miss Shannon,- -\nI thank you for your letter of\n5th in regard to the booklet THE PAINTER, copies of which to\nbe handed to the President and Mrs Roosevelt\nI inclose the letter from Washington which prompted me to\nwrite to Mr. Early as I did and as best I could typewrite.\nI am not much for office-work but I shall manage to send\nthe booklets with this\nYours very respectfully.\nMiss P.L. Shannon,\nPecretary to Mr Early,\nThe WHITE HOUSE,\nWASHINGTON,\nDC\nWashins ton\nI June 39\nLearned Friend -\nRegards from the Pa biter\nplease be assumed, as be our conversation 2\nbut week your treely will be his buy\nhonored to act ct your emissaing and\nmake afore mentioned benentation to his\nExcellency the Presidents the United states.\nHave already feveral the way by contacting\nmeen who knows his securiting (Early) Would\nsuggest that you advise His Concellency a\nhuy visit and the object thereof as soon\nas you have some idea just when it\nmay occur. I await your further\ninstructions, @ oralishly and\nfrater hally\nyou hum late servant & student\nP.A.\nmy friend Keaft askedto be remembered. am\nJune 23, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Propper:\nYour letter of June sixth has been\nreceived but up to the present time the booklets\nwhich you advised you were enclosing have not\nre\narrived. This probably was an over-sight when\nthe letter was mailed and I am writing this note\nin order that you may know why an acknowledgment\nof the booklets has not been made.\nVery sincerely yours,\nP. L. Shannon\nSecretary to Mr. Early\nMr. Albert Propper,\n4301 Devereaus Street,\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.\npls-rr\nALBERT PROPPÈR\n4301 DEVEREAUX STREET\nPHILADELPHIA, PA.\nTelephone, DELaware 1500\nJune 24,1939\n\"y dear Miss Shannon,-\nI am very grateful for your\nnote of yesterday saying that the booklets for Presid-\nent and Mrs Roosevelt had not arrived\nWhen I did not hear from you sooner, I thought the\nRoyal visit kept you with the rest of Washington, busy).\nThe letter that I wrote you on June 6th together with\nthe letter of the gentleman from Washington who did not give\nhis address, 1 have put in one manila envelope; the book-\nlets each in the like envelope: and the three envelopes\nhave been tied together with string, the one addressed to\nyourself being on the outside. (Observe amount of postage).\nPerhaps some careful clerk in your office separated\nthem, the part was lost: and I shall be delighted to\nsent duplicates this day, one extra for your library.\nAnd now I shall be anxious for the honour of hearing\nthat they reached destination.\nYours very respectfully.\nAlbert Propper (ph.D., LL.D.)\nMiss P.L. Shannon,\nSecretary to Mr. Early,\nThe White House,\nWASHINGTON, DC\nJune 26, 1939\nC\nMy dear Mr. Propper:\nThank you very much for your note\nof June twenty-fourth.\nThe booklets have arrived and I have\ngiven the ones inscribed to the President and\nMrs. Roosevelt to their secretaries for presentation\nto them at the first opportunity. You, no doubt,\nwill receive letters of acknowledgent in the\nnear future.\nIt was good of you to send me a copy,\nalso, and I appreciate very much your thoughtful-\nness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nP. L. Shannon\nSecretary to MR. EARLY\nMr. Albert Propper,\n4301 Devereaux Street,\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania\npls\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nJune 27, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Propper:\nThe President has asked me to send\nyou this little note of thanks for your courtesy\nin forwarding your booklet to him. He wants you\nto know that your kind thought is sincerely\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAlbert Propper, Esq.,\n4301 Devereaux Street,\nPhiladelphia,\ngdc\nPennsylvania.\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nStaff Rnu\nnice Thank you you\nWatson, that so many of the President's friends\nnote please to\nof the last photographs of the World's Fair bust, that\nIt for them. Is sending one under separate cover for\nalbert Propper\nand from Gen. Watson attaching the two pictures\nB\nD\n4301 Devereaux\n)\n10\nST.\nOhila. Pa - ,\nbr\nP.P.7.\n9-P\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nRUSSELL, Walter,\nNew York, N.Y.\nJune 15, 1939.\nWrites to Gen. Watson, that so many of the President's friends\nhave expressed a liking for one of the last photographs of the World's Fair bust, that\nhe has made some enlargments of it for them. Is sending one under separate cover for\nthe President. Memo to Miss LeHand from Gen. Watson attaching the two pictures\nB\nfor the President.\nD\nSee 116-R\n>\nx\nbr\nP.P.7.\n9-P\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nAGRICULTURE, The Secretary of\nJune 23,1939\nMr. Early referred for advice, letter to Lowell Mellett,N,E.C., sent by\nmemo to Mr. Early on June 22 from Irving Brant (signed by Mrs. Charles Noel\nEdge (Rosalie Edge), Chairman, Emergency Conservation Work, NYC, requesting\nto have printed in new edition of Committee Unit: Eagles the commendation\nwhich the President gave the Unit when it first published in 1935 this pam-\nphlet. Encloses other pertinent correspondence. - On June 30, Ass't. to the\nSecretary of Agriculture submitted draft. - On June 30, Mr. Hassett wrote to\nMr. Mellett saying in lieu of changing the name and date on letter sent to\nMr. Brant in 1935, the President has addressed the enclosed communication to\nMr. Ellsworth D. Lumley (author of the pamphlet). Asks him to forward same to\nCommittee. -- The President thanked him for the pamphlet on Eagles saying\nit contains interesting and constructive information.\nSEE - P.P.F. 6083\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nWHO\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\n7s.\n14 4 Sarge Prictures\nplacedin & R.\n1\nm Norris\nJune 12, 1939\nP.P.7\nMy dear Mr. Perry:\nq i p\nIn the absence of the President I want\nto acknowledge the receipt of your recent letter\nand to thank you in his behalf for your courtesy\nin sending him the enclosed pictures and photo-\nstat. What you say is very interesting indeed\nand I shall be glad to call attention to both\nyour letter and the enclosures. Please be as-\nsured that this evidence of your friendliness\nand good will is appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nΓ-7\n11. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nE\nClay L. Perry, Esq.\n1349 West Fourth Street,\nLos Angeles,\nCalifornia.\ncd\nE\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nachid\nL. PERRY\nand\nOURTH STREET\n6/12/20\n, CALIFORNIA\n27, 1939\nPRESIDING OFFICER OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY,\nA HAND IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERN-\nDITION FOR ALL.\nPROOF OF THE NEW DEAL IN LOS ANGELES.\nDURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, 1939, OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL VIEW OUR NEW\nUNION STATION. THE STATION DESIGN IS CALIFORNIA MISSION ARCHITECTURE WITH\nTWO PATIOS LANDSCAPED WITH TREES ALL OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, AND ONE\nPALM OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, THIS TREE BEING TRANSPLANTED\nFROM THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION THIRTY MILES AWAY.\nAS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS JOINED IN\nTHE PLANS AND FINANCING OF THE STATION AND THE CIVIC CENTER ADJOINING. THIS\nAREA WAS ONCE THE FIRST CLASS BUSINESS DISTRICT; LATER HOUSES OF ILL FAME WERE\nLOCATED HERE AND LASTLY IT WAS OCCUPIED BY OUR CHINESE RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT\nALLOWED TO RESIDE ELSEWHERE.\nTHIS IS SURELY THE NEW DEAL AND THE PUBLIC IS JUST BEGINNING TO REALIZE\nTHAT IN THE PAST SIX YEARS PLANS WERE BEING EXECUTED THAT ARE WORTH WHILE AND\nWILL SET THE PACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.\nAT THE PRESENT TIME THE POLICE AND REVOLVER CLUB, ASSISTED BY THE FED-\nERAL GOVERNMENT, (A PART OF THE NEW DEAL) IS ONE OF THE GREAT ASSETS OF OUR\nCITY. HERE THE ROOKIES, OR NEW MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRAIN TO\nBECOME OFFICERS FOR SIX MONTHS AND ALL OFFICERS SPEND TWO WEEKS IN TRAINING\nEACH YEAR. CRIME PREVENTION PLANS ARE BEING WORKED OUT THROUGH A POLICE\nSPONSORED BOY SCOUT TROOP FOR SOME OF THE BOYS WHO NEED CARE. THE PERCENTAGE\nWHO GO STRAIGHT IF OVER NINETY-SEVEN.\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nachid\nCLAY L. PERRY\n1349 W. FOURTH STREET\n6/12/20\nLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA\nAPRIL 27, 1939\nMR. PRESIDENT, SOME TIME AGO, YOU, AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY,\nSUGGESTED THAT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TAKE A HAND IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERN-\nMENT TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER LIVING CONDITION FOR ALL.\nPLEASE ALLOW ME TO SEND YOU SOME PROOF OF THE NEW DEAL IN LOS ANGELES.\nDURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, 1939, OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL VIEW OUR NEW\nUNION STATION. THE STATION DESIGN IS CALIFORNIA MISSION ARCHITECTURE WITH\nTWO PATIOS LANDSCAPED WITH TREES ALL OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, AND ONE\nPALM OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, THIS TREE BEING TRANSPLANTED\nFROM THE SAN FERNANDO MISSION THIRTY MILES AWAY.\nAS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS JOINED IN\nTHE PLANS AND FINANCING OF THE STATION AND THE CIVIC CENTER ADJOINING. THIS\nAREA WAS ONCE THE FIRST CLASS BUSINESS DISTRICT; LATER HOUSES OF ILL FAME WERE\nLOCATED HERE AND LASTLY IT WAS OCCUPIED BY OUR CHINESE RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT\nALLOWED TO RESIDE ELSEWHERE.\nTHIS IS SURELY THE NEW DEAL AND THE PUBLIC IS JUST BEGINNING TO REALIZE\nTHAT IN THE PAST SIX YEARS PLANS WERE BEING EXECUTED THAT ARE WORTH WHILE AND\nWILL SET THE PACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.\nAT THE PRESENT TIME THE POLICE AND REVOLVER CLUB, ASSISTED BY THE FED-\nERAL GOVERNMENT, (A PART OF THE NEW DEAL) IS ONE OF THE GREAT ASSETS OF OUR\nCITY. HERE THE ROOKIES, OR NEW MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRAIN TO\nBECOME OFFICERS FOR SIX MONTHS AND ALL OFFICERS SPEND TWO WEEKS IN TRAINING\nEACH YEAR. CRIME PREVENTION PLANS ARE BEING WORKED OUT THROUGH A POLICE\nSPONSORED BOY SCOUT TROOP FOR SOME OF THE BOYS WHO NEED CARE. THE PERCENTAGE\nWHO GO STRAIGHT IF OVER ninety-seven.\nTHE NAVAL ARMORY BUILDING IS WELL UNDER WAY. THIS IS ENTIRELY A FEDERAL\nPROJECT AND PART OF THE NEW DEAL. THE MAP OF STREETS SHOWS THE NEW DEAL IN\nFEDERAL AND STATE PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES AND OUR VISITORS.\nSIX NEW BUILDINGS ARE PLANNED FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IN THE CIVIC\nCENTER. THE GOVERNMENT PARCEL POST BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT ONE\nYEAR AND WILL BE OF MISSION ARCHITECTURE, COMPLIMENTING THE NEW UNION STATION.\nIN THIS PROGRAM OF COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, SEVERAL\nINDIVIDUALS HAVE DEVOTED MANY, MANY HOURS IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT MORE CO-\nOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. THEIR SERVICES WERE\nINVALUABLE, AND AS A RESULT WE NOW REALIZE AN AWE INSPIRING CIVIC CENTER AND\nSURROUNDING AREA.\nI AM TAKING THE LIBERTY OF SENDING YOU THE FOLLOWING LIST OF INDIVID-\nUALS, SOME REPRESENTING CORPORATIONS WHO HAVE COOPERATED OVER AND ABOVE THE\nAVERAGE CALL OF DUTY.\nFIRST, MISS EMMA LAGOMARSINO, OF 1438 TWELFTH AVENUE, PRESIDENT OF THE\nMETROPOLITAN GARDEN CLUB, A WOMAN'S CLUB COMPOSED OF WOMEN WHO WORK OR RESIDE\nIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. THEY SPONSOR PARK DEVELOPMENT IN THE CIVIC CENTER\nAND SURROUNDING AREA. THE NEW UNION STATION IS A MONUMENT TO THEIR CLUB.\nSECOND, MR. HENRY PRUSSING, CHAIRMAN OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS COMMITTEE.\nHE ALSO REPRESENTS THE LOS ANGELES BRICK COMPANY IN AIDING THE GOVERNMENT\nPROGRAM.\nTHIRD, MR. A. C. DENMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE\nFOR THE PAST SIX YEARS: WORKS WITHOUT PAY: ADDRESS, CITY HALL, LOS ANGELES.\nFOURTH, MR. RALPH O. CRAGIN, MEMBER PROPERTY OWNERS COMMITTEE, REP-\nRESENTING THE CONSOLIDATED STEEL, LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER IN THE DISTRICT,\nWITH A VALUE OF OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THEY ARE COOPERATING IN THE DEVEL-\nOPMENT OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THE PROPER\nLOCATION OF OUR CHINESE CITIZENS WITH CHINESE ARCHITECTURE.\nMR. LLOYD BAYLY, WITH GENERAL PETROLEUM (SACONY-VACUUM) COMMITTEE\nMEMBER AND LEADER IN COOPERATION PLANNING TO DEVELOP IN SYMPATHY WITH THE\nAREA.\nMR. MARK LARKIN, OF 581 NORTH ARDEN BOULEVARD, PUBLICITY DIRECTOR\nFOR MARY PICKFORD. SO OUTSTANDING THAT THE AMERICAN LEGION CHOSE HIM TO\nDIRECT PUBLICITY FOR THE 1938 LOS ANGELES CONVENTION. MR. LARKIN WAS NOT\nIN THE UNIFORM SERVICE DURING THE WORLD WAR BUT HE DID DIRECT THE SALES OF\nLIBERTY BONDS AND CONDUCTED THE FAIRBANKS-PICKFORD CAMPAIGN OVER THE COUNTRY.\nAN UNSUNG HERO IF THERE EVER WAS ONE.\nMARY PICKFORD, WHO STARTED THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES.\nTOO WELL KNOWN TO COMMENT ON.\nHAROLD LINK, MANAGER LOS ANGELES BREAKFAST CLUB, FOR DISTRICT WORK,\nTAKING VISITORS OVER CIVIC CENTER AREA, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE\nINTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT AND FOR COOPERATING EVERY TIME CALLED\nUPON OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS.\nMR. SEE ON, CHINESE CITIZEN WHO CAME TO AMERICA AS A BOY: ONE OF LOS\nANGELES' FINEST BUSINESS MEN, WHO HAS GIVEN VALUABLE ADVICE IN RELOCATING\nTHE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BORN CHINESE. HE IS OVER EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE AND\nVERY ACTIVE.\nMR. DWIGHT GIBBS, PROMINENT ARCHITECT, OF 832 WEST FIFTH STREET;\nSPEAKER ON MANY PROGRAMS: ALWAYS PLEADING FOR COOPERATION: WAS CALLED TO\nWASHINGTON FOR ADVICE ON THEATER PLANNING: DESIGNED MANY BUILDINGS IN AREA\nSURROUNDING CIVIC CENTER.\nMR. ARTHUR KENNEDY, ATTORNEY, WHO HAS DEVOTED MUCH TIME TO CIVIC DE-\nVELOPMENT WITHOUT FEE; OUTSTANDING BOOSTER FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT\nAND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE: PROMINENT LOCAL SPEAKER.\nMISS MARJORIE AQUILINO, U. C. L. A. POST GRADUATE STUDENT AND EXECUTIVE\nSECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN GARDEN CLUB, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 1438 TWELFTH AVE.\nMR. LOA A. BULLARD, FOR PHOTOS AND CIVIC WORK, FAYE BULLARD CLUB WORKER,\nOF 1629 SOUTH CURSON STREET; CURTIS BULLARD ASSISTING HIS FATHER.\nLARRY FRYE, ART MAPS, OF BEATRICE FRYE SECRETARIAL, WORKED WITHOUT PAY\nFOR OVER SIX YEARS.\nLOUISE AND FLORET HENDRICKSON, OF 911 MARVIEW STREET, SOCIAL WORKERS\nAND CLUB MEMBERS, CONSTANTLY CAMPAIGNING FOR CIVIC DEVELOPMENT.\nJOSEPH AND MAMIE LAGOMARSINO, OF 1438 TWELFTH AVENUE, FATHER AND MOTHER\nOF EMMA. THEY GAVE THEIR HOME AS HEADQUARTERS WITHOUT PAY FOR THE LAST SIX\nYEARS. PLANS FOR LOS ANGELES WERE PREPARED OVER THEIR BREAKFAST TABLE. MAYOR\nFRANK L. SHAW TOOK THE BOOKLET TO WASHINGTON.\nMISS MARGARET PARKE FOR COOPERATION IN MANY WAYS, PRINCIPALLY IN CON-\nFERENCES ON PLANS IN THE AREA, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 3906 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD.\nMY CHILDREN, JAMES STOCKTON PERRY, VIRGINIA VERNE PERRY, EARL PERRY\nAND CLAY L. PERRY, JUNIOR, WHO CONSULTED CONSTANTLY WITH THEIR FATHER ON PLANS\nFOR THE AREA. THE CHILDREN HAD FAITH IN THE PLAN AND THIS FAITH INSPIRED\nOTHERS. THE FIRST PROGRAM IN THE AREA WAS A CHINESE CHILDREN'S PARTY SHOWING\nTHE SLUM AREA WHERE THEY WERE FORCED TO LIVE.\nMATIE HANSON, 4134 WEST AVENUE FORTY, SOCIAL RELIEF WORKER WITH AID OF\nAMERICAN LEGION AUXILLIARY AND CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, ALL WITHOUT PAY.\nELIZABETH FISKE, LOS ANGELES CITY MOTHER AS CITY MOTHER AND MOTHER OF\nTHE METROPOLITAN GARDEN CLUB.\nMABEL SOCHA, PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES PARK BOARD AND MEMBER OF THE\nMETROPOLITAN GARDEN CLUB.\nNELLIE R. THOMAS, 1561 WEST TWENTY-NINTH STREET, PRIVATE PROPERTY\nOWNER WHO HAS MADE REAL SACRIFICES TO HOLD HER PROPERTIES FOR PROPER DEVELOP-\nMENT. SHE ALSO INCOURAGED MANY OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE.\nSALLY ALLEN, GENERAL PETROLEUM EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS ASSISTED IN SECURING\nCOOPERATION OF CORPORATIONS IN PROGRAMS, BANQUETS, ETC., SPONSORING THE AREA\nDEVELOPMENT.\nTHESE PEOPLE ARE HEROES IN MY MIND, AND HAVE GLADLY SUPPORTED THEIR\nPRESIDENT. THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS LETTER BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE\nTO KNOW ABOUT THEIR UNSELFISH WORK FOR THE CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY THEY LOVE\nSO WELL.\nOVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL VIEW A SMALL PART OF THE NEW DEAL NEXT\nWEEK, BUT I'LL LAY YOU BIG ODDS THEY WILL THINK IT IS SWELL. AS ONE VISION-\nARY PERSON TO ANOTHER, I SEND YOU GREETINGS WITH LONG LIFE AND GOOD HEALTH\nAS MY HOPE FOR YOU.\nPrerred\nFAITHFULLY,\nblay L Perry\nCLAY I. PERRY\n1349 WEST FOURTH STREET\nPROPERTY OWNERS COORDINATOR\nNeg. No\nFunction\n6-P\nDate\nTime\ntransmitted to Hon. E.K. Burlew,\nfrom Charles S. Fayerweather, Ne\nObject Photographed\nnt, copy retained in files, and :\ne, Schnectady, N.Y., 12-5-39, in\nShop No.\nht be considered for an appointm\ner, Mr. Fayerweather suggests Fra\nFor\nAddress of Object Photographed\n03.\nPhotographed at\nAuthorized by\nPhotographed by\nRemarks\nSIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM\n6-P\nDec. 14, 1939\nOn above date, the President transmitted to Hon. E.K. Burlew, for\neparation of reply for his signature, a letter from Charles S. Fayerweather, New\nebanon, N.Y., 12-12-39, addressed to the President, copy retained in files, and letter\ne has received from Dixon Ryan Fox, Union College, Schnectady, N.Y., 12-5-39, in\nregard to Richard J. Koke, New York City, who might be considered for an appointment\nwith the Saratoga Battlefield. Also in his letter, Mr. Fayerweather suggests Frank S.\nMoore for some dept. position.\nact\nSee SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD\nX\nSIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM\n6P\nDec. 14, 1939\nOn above date, the President transmitted to Hon. E.K. Burlew, for\nreparation of reply for his signature, a letter from Charles S. Fayerweather, New\nebanon, N.Y., 12-12-39, addressed to the President, copy retained in files, and letter\ne has received from Dixon Ryan Fox, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 12-5-39, in\nregard to Richard J. Koke, New York City, who might be considered for an appointment\nwith the Saratoga Battlefield. Also in his letter, Mr. Fayerweather suggests Frank S.\nMoore for some dept. position.\nSee SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD\nact\nX\nyou 3rd 2l. 2l.cat. cat.\nP.P.7-\nJuly 7, 1939\n9-P\nMy dear Mrs. Pollacks\nIt VIDE nice indeed of you to send\nthe boautiful pillow to the President. He is\ndeoply grateful for this evidence of your good\nwill as asks me to convey his best wishes to\nyou.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH, A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Rose Pollack,\n499 East 95th Street,\nBrooklyn,\nNew York.\nes\nX\nPresident Roosevelt\nthite House\nD.C.\nWashington\nS A\n57\nme. President,\nartice\nOur hearts, our hopee areall\nwith you, dear President. Guided\nby Divine Providence, may you\nere\ncontinue to keep alive the\nrtesy\nspirit of liberty and justice\nts\nin this\nallow me, in my humble\nasks\nway, to present you with a\ncushion of my own handwork\nyou\npersonal liberties which I\na symbol of gratitude forthe\nhave enjoyed in this land-\nwhich you have so steadfastly\nY\nmaintained throughout your\ntrying administration.\nRespectfully yours,\nRose Pollack\nBucher\ncember 16, 1937\npoto 9-0\nLighted to have\ncks which you were\nthrough the courtesy\nScully. He wants\nTo the President,\nappreciates the\nmay Providence ze your guiding Light!\nPay Pollack\na your act, and asks\nme to convey his cordial holiday greetings to you\nand to your associates.\nVery sincerely yours,\nAnd Janeber\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nes\nPennsylvania.\ny\nBuckly\nDecember 16, 1937\npot\n9-70\nMy dear Mr. Greenawalt:\nThe President is delighted to have\nthose fine leather covered clocks which you were\ngood enough to present to him through the courtesy\nof the Honorable Cornelius D. Scully. He wants\nyou to know that he more than appreciates the\nfriendly spirit which prompted your act, and asks\nme to convey his cordial holiday greetings to you\nand to your associates.\nVery sincerely yours,\nAnd Janeber\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nes\nX\nDecember 16, 1937\nMy dear Mr. Mayor:\nThe President is very glad indeed\nto have those beautiful clocks. He asks me to\nexpress his appreciation of your courtesy in the\nmatter and to convey his most corial holiday\ngreetings to you.\nA note of thanks is being sent to\nMr. Greenawalt direct.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHonorable Cornelius D. Scully,\nMayor of Pittsburgh,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nMr. F.A. Greenawalt\nX\nTHERECEIVED OUSE\nDEC 14 10 12 AM '37\nCITY OF pittsburgH\n12/16/37 Prof RECEIVED N letture maha\nabsd\n&\nOFFICE OF THE MAYOR\nCORNELIUS D. SCULLY\nMAYOR\nDecember 13, 1937.\nHis Excellency Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nThere were mailed to you today, under separate cover, two very fine\nleather covered electric clocks with the seal of the President of\nthe United States engraved thereon. They are the product of the\nPennwood Company of this city.\nThe circumstances of this gift are such that I know it can be\naccepted without obligation and without fear that the company\nintends to use your name or office in any way. I am attaching a\ncopy of the original letter received by me from Mr. F. A. Greenawalt,\nPresident of the Pennwood Company. His letter, I think, explains\nthe situation adequately.\nPittsburgh is SO generally regarded as a center for the manufacture\nof heavy industrial goods that as Mayor of the City I am very glad\nto be of service in this matter to one of our good citizens in the\ntransmission to you of one of our products indicating extremely\nfine craftsmanlike work and trust that this may not be deemed an\nimproper intrusion upon you.\nI am sure that Mr. Greenawalt would greatly appreciate an acknowledg-\nment of this gift.\nS/g\nSincerely yours,\nCORNELIUS D. SCULLY\nMayor of the City of Pittsburgh\nY\nC\n0\nP\nY\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\n7525 Kensington Street\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania\nNovember 13, 1937.\nThe Hon. Cornelius D. Scully\nMayor's Office\nCity of Pittsburgh\nDear Sir:\nSeveral months ago we were requested by a salesman representing\none of our very good customers to make up two of our genuine\nleather clock desk sets fully equipped with Parker Pen and Pencil\nSet for the President of the United States and with the President's\nseal richly embossed on the top of these clocks. The respective\nsalesman was a personal friend of the Roosevelt's and since\nmaking these two elaborate clocks, we find that he no longer is\nassociated with our customer and cannot be located.\nSince we have no means of presenting these clocks ourselves and\nare unable to use them with the President's seal, we thought\nperhaps you could effect a presentation of these clocks to the\nPresident either as a compliment of the City of Pittsburgh, or\nyourself personally.\nMay we have the pleasure of hearing from you and if favorable, we\nwill be glad to submit these clocks for your inspection and\napproval.\nWe also want to assure you that we have no promotional plans\nwhatsoever in mind in having these clocks presented, as they\nare entirely worthless to anyone but the President since his\npersonal seal is embossed on these clocks.\nRespectfully yours,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nF.A.Greenawalt/T\n/s/\nF. A. GREENAWALT\nPresident\nP.P.7 q-p\nBuckly\nDecember 33, 1937\nGentlement\nThe President is perfectly delighted\nwith the two electric clocks which you pre-\nsended to him and asked me to thank you for\nyour thought of him.\nUnfortunately, probably in transit,\nsomething happened to the cleeks and they do\nnet work well. They are BO beautiful and will\nbe so useful that I on talding the liberty of\nasking you if you have any suggestions as to\nwhere I might send them for repair.\nVery truly yours,\nnoted\nM. A. LOHAND\nPrivate Secretary\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nmal/tmb\nnecessarily the name of purchaser.\n*NOTE: Fill in name of user and not\nYear\nMonth\nModel No.\nDATE\nState\nCity\nStreet\nADDRESS\n(Print)\nNAME\nclock in use.\nThis is your register card and is used only for the purpose of recording each\ndays. 01\n*This clock is not guaranteed unless card is filled in and returned by user within\n- INPORTANT -\n(Detach)\n(Detach)\nINSTRUCTIONS-(Read Carefully)\nFirst-Plug into electric outlet. The motor will start itself,\nand you will see the small second wheel start to revolve. Next,\nopen door by inserting finger nail in slightly raised portion of\ndoor frame at the right end as shown.\nSome models of the Pennwood are set by opening a door in the rear of the\ncase or by an opening in the bottom of the case.\nThen-Set clock by turning only the three large drums in either direction until\nthe numerals show the correct time. Do not use finger nail or any sharp instrument\nto turn drums, or you may mar or scratch the numerals. Do not attempt to turn the\nlarge drums when the figure 60 shows on the second wheel.\nDo not plug into direct current. Be sure voltage and cycle are the same as\nthat shown on our name-plate.\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nPITTSBURGH, PENNA.\n7525 KENSINGTON STREET\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nHere\nStamp\nPlace\nGUARANTEE\nYour Pennwood is guaranteed for one year from date of purchase against\ndefective material and workmanship.\nIf your clock fails to operate properly within the guarantee period, return it\ndirectly to the Pennwood Company and it will be repaired without expense to you\nother than the transportation charges, providing it is carefully packed.\nAt any time after the guarantee expires your Pennwood will be adjusted when\nnecessary at a very nominal charge if sent direct to the Pennwood Company.\nThis guarantee is not effective unless registration card is detached, properly\nfilled in and returned to the Pennwood Company within ten days after receipt of\npurchase.\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh, Penna.\nManufactured under the Pennwood Patents.\n1: A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nGuarantee\nThe VACUMATIC Guarantee covers the replacement free workmanship of charge of or\nany Parker part of the pen which shows a defect in material,\nconstruction.\nFurther, to maintain each Parker VACUMATIC in perfect free\nworking except for a 25 cent service charge and our postage. current nomi-\nwe order guarantee and adjustment whenever it is brought the or sent to us Any\nof charge broken by accident or ill usage will be replaced and at postage.\npart nal charge for such part only, plus service charge\nWe exchange any pen not suiting the owner's hand, if or, returned in respect in\nperfect willingly and salable condition within ten days of purchase\nto presents, ten days after receipt.\nThis is rendered void if any parts other than Genuine such Parker substituted parts\nare guarantee fitted to the pen, but it may be reinstated by\nparts being replaced by us at our regular list prices.\nGuarantee 5299. Printed in U.S.A. 2000-1-37 THE PARKER PEN COMPANY\nJanesville, Wisconsin\n$ to you.\na second at the top of each stroke. Pausing between\nstrokes gives the ink time to flow in. See Figs. 2\nfor your courtesy\nand 3.\nSometimes more than 7 strokes are required, de-\npending upon the size of pen. When pen is full,\ndepress the filler plunger and re-engage it by turn-\ning it to right before removing the pen from the ink\nerely yours,\nbottle.\nThe Parker Pen Company\nJANESVILLE - WISCONSIN . U.S.A.\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nINSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING\nTHE PARKER VACUMATIC PEN\nAfter unscrewing and removing the small cap on\nend of barrel, release the filler plunger by pressing\nand turning slightly to left. Plunger will then ex-\ntend. See Fig. 1.\nImmerse the gold pen completely in ink and de-\npress the filler plunger. Repeat this 7 or 8 times,\nmaking the down and up strokes quickly but pause\nDecember 29, 1937\n1\n2\n3\n0\n0\n£ December twenty-\n1 your suggestion,\nto you.\na second at the top of each stroke. Pausing between\nstrokes gives the ink time to flow in. See Figs. 2\nand 3.\nfor your courtesy\nSometimes more than 7 strokes are required, de-\npending upon the size of pen. When pen is full,\ndepress the filler plunger and re-engage it by turn-\ning it to right before removing the pen from the ink\nbottle.\nely yours,\nThe Parker Pen Company\nJANESVILLE WISCONSIN U.S.A.\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nNote-When the Parker VACUMATIC* Pon is about 9-10ths\nempty, ink will feed to the nib more rapidly than usual; this is\nthe signal to refill.\nWhen the pen is not in use always keep the large cap tight-\nly screwed over the pen point. This will definitely keep the\npen from leaking.\nTo empty the VACUMATIC* Pen, release the filler plunger\nand push it down very slowly. The slow pressure allows the\nink to be expelled in drops. Release the plunger and repeat in\nsame manner until pen is empty.\nThe construction of the Parker VACUMATIC* Pen does not\nDecember 29, 1937\npermit that the pen be emptied with one stroke as is the case\nwith pens built on the squirt gun or syringe principle.\nBoth in the filling and emptying of the VACUMATIC* Pen,\nthe ink travels through fine channels in the feed, which have\nbeen cut with the accuracy of fine watch workmanship. This\nminute precision of the ink channel is necessary to obtain a\ncontinuously accurate writing performance.\nPens constructed so they will expel the ink with one stroke\nnecessarily require coarse, large ink channels SO that a large\nvolume of ink can pass through quickly. With such an ink\nchannel, it is difficult, if not impossible, to keep the ink under\ncontrol and prevent the pen from overfeeding fluid, and blotting\nwhile writing.\nTo clean the VACUMATIC* Pen,\nimmerse it in a glass of cold water\nof December twenty-\nand work plunger, in same manner as\nfor filling, 15 or 20 times. Remove\nwater by slowly emptying as directed\nabove.\nQuink\nith your suggestion,\nWarning.-The VACUMATIC* Pen\nis a precision instrument and must not\nbe taken apart. Should it ever need\nQuink\nS to you.\nattention, take it to a qualified Parker\ndealer.\nRemember, that the Parker VACUMATIC* is the last word\nh for your courtesy\nin fine pens; to get the best out of it, use Quink, Parker's new\nquick-drying, non-clogging ink.\nPARKER QUINK*-the Quick-Drying Ink\nTwo Kinds-Permanent: Seven Colors: Blue-Black, Royal Blue,\nBlack, Brown, Green, Red, Violet.\nWashable: Black and Blue.\ncerely yours,\n2 Oz. 15c; 4 Oz. 25c\nInstructions 5117\nPrinted in U.S.A. 2000-7-37\n* T. Ms. Reg. U. S. A.\nand Most Foreign Countries\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nDecember 29, 1937\nMy dear Mr. Greenawalt:\nI have your letter of December twenty-\nseventh and, in accordance with your suggestion,\nam today returning the clocks to you.\nThank you very much for your courtesy\nin the matter.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.,\nThe Pennwood Company,\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nhm\n2 Pennwood electric clocks returned by Parcel Post. (Insured).\nII\n12\n10\n9\n8\n11:37:\n6\nPIONEERS OF NUMERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\nPennibudo\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\n7525 KENSINGTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA\nPhone CHurchill 5200\nDec. 27, 1937\nand\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nand\nAtt: M. A. LeHand, Private Secretary\nGentlemen:\nWe are in receipt of your letter dated Dec. 23rd,\nand it is most unfortunate to learn that the two Pennwood\nelectric clocks are not performing satisfactory.\nApparently these clocks were mishandled in transit\nduring the Christmas rush, as our product is well known for\nexcellent service and, therefore, the mechanism apparently\nhas been damaged in shipment. We recommend that you\nreturn these clocks directly to us, and we will see that\nthey are put in excellent condition again and returned to\nyou.\nWe appreciate writing us direct on this matter,\nand we will look forward to receiving these two clocks.\nVery truly yours,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nF.A.\nF.A. Greenawalt:p\nPresident\nr\nMo. \"LeAnd\nI\n7a. Greenownex Every\nThe\nR\n7525 Kensing Can It\nBittsburgh Oa.\nInsured +25\n3%g /\nP.P.7\nTea\n9-9\n1\n813\nhisreceipt until\n:\naccounted for\nRECEIPT MAIL\nparcel insured,\nFEES 5c (Including Newfoundland)\nFOR INSURED\nDruy. It repre-\nald be presented\n10c\nValue Value up up up up to up to $25 $5\nNo..\n407558\n(Postmark of\nevent of applica-\n15c\nindemnity. The\n25c*\nshould write the\n30c\nPostage\n39\npaula faithing formal\n35c\nnd address of the\nValue Value Value the the to up up up up to to to to $200 $150 $100 $50\ncts.\nInsurance fee paid\nDEC\nsee on the back.\ntion concurning\n30\ncts.\nERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\nMS MUST BE FILED\napplicable.\n1937\nH POSTMASTER\nFragile.\nHIN SIX MONTHS\nPerishable.\nEggs.\nRestricted delivery fee.\nFee paid for return receipt\nCEL\nDATE OF MAILING.\nSpecial delivery fee.\ncts.\nSpecial handling charge.\ncts.\nMailing Office)\ncts.\nPOSTMASTER\ncts. By\nOMPANY\n7525 KENSINGTO\n\"TSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA\nPhone CHurchill 5200\nJanuary 5, 1938\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nAttention: M. A. LeHand, Private Secretary\nGentlemen:\nWe have just examined the two Pennwood desk\nclocks returned to us and find that both movements have\nbeen dislodged from their proper position within the case.\nWe regret that you received these clocks in\nthis condition, as this damage was undoubtedly due to\nvery rough handling in shipment. \"e are rebuilding both\nof these clocks at once and we sincerely hope that they\nwill reach you the next time in very good condition.\nVery truly yours,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nFa. Greuawalt\nF. A. Greenawalt:p\nPresident\nII\n12\n1\nPaula\n10\n9\nhold foreval\n8\n11837\n6\nPIONEERS OF NUMERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\nDennibuce\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\n7525 KENSINGTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA\nPhone CHurchill 5200\nJanuary 5, 1938\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nAttention: M. A. LeHand, Private Secretary\nGentlemen:\nWe have just examined the two Pennwood desk\nclocks returned to us and find that both movements have\nbeen dislodged from their proper position within the case.\nWe regret that you received these clocks in\nthis condition, as this damage was undoubtedly due to\nvery rough handling in shipment. We are rebuilding both\nof these clocks at once and we sincerely hope that they\nwill reach you the next time in very good condition.\nVery truly yours,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nFa. Greuawalt\nF. A. Greenawalt:p\nPresident\nFebruary 16, 1938\nPERSONAL\nDear Mr. Greenawalt:\nThe two desk clocks have\narrived and are in perfect dondition. The\nPresident asics me to tell you how much he\nappreciates your trouble and also to tell\nyou that the clocks are & joy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHAND\nPrivate Secretary\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq..\nPresident, The Pennwood Company.\n7525 Kensington Street,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nmal/tmb\nFile\n12\n1\n10\n9\n8\n11:37\n7\nPIONEERS OF NUMERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\n6\nDennibude\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\n7525 KENSINGTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA\nPhone CHurchill 5200\nMarch 13, 1939\nMr. Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nplt qp\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Sir:\nWe were very pleased to see in a recent newsreel picture\nof the White House that you had your Pennwood Electric\nNumeral clock set on your study desk.\nWe will appreciate it very much if we could have just an\nexpression from you as to whether or not this time-piece\nis giving you satisfactory service.\nRespectfully yours,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\nA.A. Guenaurlt.\nChairman of the Board\nF.A.Greenawalt:d\nII\n12\nI\n10\nJ\n9\n8\n11:37\nPIONEERS OF NUMERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\n7\n6\nPennibudi\nKENSINGTON STREET,\nPhone CHoreldll 8300\nApril 26, 1939\n)\nDear Mr. Greenawalt:\nUnder separate cover 1 an\nreturning to you one of the electric\nclocks which you sent to the President.\nThere seens to be some difficulty with\nthis and WG cannot got it fixed here.\nWill you be good enough to\nsend the bill to me here.\nVery truly yours,\n11. A. Lehand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. A. Greenawalt, Esq.\nThe Pennwood Company\n7525 Rensington Street\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania\nII\n12\nI\n10\nJ\n9\n8\n11:37\nPIONEERS OF NUMERAL ELECTRIC CLOCKS\n6\nDennibude\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\n7525 KENSINGTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA\nPhone CHurchill 5200\nMay 9, 1939\nP.P.7.\nMiss M. A. LeHand\n1\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nq-p\nDear Miss LeHand:\nWe have received the President's clock which you re-\ncently sent to us for repair. We regret very much\nthat the clock has not given better service to the\nPresident and shall expedite its reconditioning as\nquickly as possible.\nWe not only do not wish to have Mr. Roosevelt do with-\nout this ideal executive timepiece, but are doubly\nanxious to have it in evidence on the President's desk\nduring the visit of their Majesties, King George and\nQueen Elizabeth of the British Empire.\nThere will, of course, be no charge for the repair since\nour product should give long and satisfactory service,\nand we feel that this is an exception rather than a rule\nthat this particular clock has failed to give satisfac-\ntory service so soon. With kindest regards, we remain\nYours very truly,\nTHE PENNWOOD COMPANY\na.M. Campbell\nA. M. Campbell\nTreasurer\nAC/c\nseled\nin\nVMB -\nIa\nSTATE, The Secretary of\nJuly 10, 1939\nPPF\n9-P\nGentlement\nIt was nice indeed of you to send\nthe President a copy of the book \"Sea Duty.\"\nHe is glad to have the volume and asks me to\nexpress his appreciation of your kind thought\nof him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A.LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nG. P. Putnam's Sons,\nMinton, Balch & Co.,\n2 West Forty Fifth Street,\nia\nNew York, N. Y.\nseled\nVMB -\n55\nSTATE, The Secretary of\nJuly 26, 1939\nMiss LeHand referred for draft of a reply, a letter of June 26\nfrom Mr. Chris Shotter Kent, Manager, The Times, London, Englend, who writes\nto the President that he feels the President would like to possess a copy of\nthe historical painting entitled \"The Heart of the Empire\", which was the of-\nficial commemoration of the Silver Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving held at St.\nPaul's Cathedral. It was executed for King George V and Queen Mary by Mr. Frank\n0. Balisbury and now hangs in Buckingham Palace. Has made arrangements for a\ncopy to be sent to the President. -- Chief Summerlin, Protocol, State Dept.\nsupplied draft on July 28. -- On July 31, the President wrote to Mr. Kent ex-\npressing his deep appreciation for this valuable addition to his collection.--\nOn July 31, Miss LeHand sent the President's letter to Mr. Summerlin for trans-\nmittal through the American Ambassador at London for delivery to Mr. Kent.\nP.P.F.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2206\n9-P\nackd\nPLYMOUTH EDITIONS\n7/1\nINCORRORATED\nIa\nADOLPH, Raymond D.\nBear Mountain\nJuly 10, 1939\nOn the above date the President wrote to Mr. Adolph thanking him for the\nHudson River painting which was a Christmas gift from Mr. Adolph and which has\nrecently been hung at Hyde Park.\nSEE P.P.F. 4851\nP.P.7\nq-P\nackd\nPLYMOUTH EDITIONS\n7/1\nINCORRORATED\n521 FIFTH AVENUE\nIa\nNEW YORK, N.Y.\nMOHAWK 4-0420\nHouth OFFICE OF THE the ALN\nP.P.7. q-p\nJune 20th, 1939\nPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear President Roosevelt:- -\nWe take pride and pleasure in sending\nto you (under separate cover) the first copy\n/\nof our new publication FOR THE HONOR OF THE\nNATION, and we know you will receive it in\nthe spirit of affection in which it is sent.\nSincerely yours\nPLYMOUTH DITIONS, INC.\nBy:\nPresident\nMJG:F\nJuly 11, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Goldston:\nPermit me, please, to acknowledge the\nreceipt of your letter of recent date and to\nthank you in the President's behalf for the copy\nof your publication. I can assure you that your\ncourtesy is much appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nM. J. Goldston, Esq.,\nPlymouth Editions,\n521 Fifth Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\nia\nMrs. H. J, Phillips,\n729 Ninth Street West,\nHuntington,\nWest Virginia.\neke\nHas heard\nthat the Pres. is\na excertor af\nJuly 10, 1939\nP.P.7. q-p\nthe \"Nick Carty\"\nseries of books,\nwants to send\nis\nhim one.\nrelt has referred to me\nwenty-fifth and I have\n;ing your generous\nit's attention. He does\n. but feels that he\nou of the possession of\nthe book to which you refer. He asks me to\nthank you, nevertheless, for your kind\nthought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. H. J. Phillips,\n729 Ninth Street West,\nHuntington,\nWest Virginia.\neke\nJuly 10, 1939\nP.P.7. q-p\nMy dear Mrs. Phillips:\nMrs. Roosevelt has referred to me\nyour letter of June twenty-fifth and I have\nhad pleasure in bringing your generous\noffer to the President's attention. He does\nindeed appreciate it, but feels that he\nshould not deprive you of the possession of\nthe book to which you refer. He asks me to\nthank you, nevertheless, for your kind\nthought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. H. J, Phillips,\n729 Ninth Street West,\nHuntington,\nWest Virginia.\neke\noffice\nJUN\nachid\n7-10-39\n2112\nHumbington. W.Va.\nh Bill Bullitt delivered\nJune 25-0-/939.\nDear Gun. Roosevelt\nThe President wife\nYeaw in love Paper enlow one of the\nPresident Habby\" w an Collecting\nNick Carters Boolin\" found one. and\nif the President w anti it Yes send it\nto him, mebby you would gleal one\nMinitand lier him and\na Presedent \"the frient and bell that each\nSet in the White House\" lehair and Love\ntime. when your there 9 like to Sliph u/h\nbehind line and Hug line I wish\nhe accreaings be our President we dout\nwant eng more\" \"Hoovern\" it looks to me\nthe gapin is trying to Hail comething.\n2\nand thain you know what hermony 1 Bill\nBullitt delivered\nand Ittay - would do\" Please dout ever bel-\nuh have War again the President will\ndo his Part\" its Seenis to me be leaving E\nfight the whole. world rearly. you was\nnears wh \"when you were at Cleaslentor W. Va\n)\nit Security you have a swarrer feeling for\nW. Va. 20 some thing some &\ngive us a Lecture we need it. Ha.Ha\"\nthe name of the Book\"\nSecret Agenta.\nof Brazil\nBy Nicholas Carter.\nJohn. R. Coryell.\nWhitenan Publishing ho.\nRacine Wisconsins. any\nX\nmy Goldresh in. >29-9at- went\nGirs. H.J. Phillips\nthat he should lefree\nlint does not fill\nMarch - appreciate\nr a painting which Bill Bullitt delivered\nyou of its homession\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nX\nWILEY, Hon. and Mrs. John C.\nAmerican Legation,\nRiga, Latvia,\nJuly 10, 1939.\nThe President wrote thanking them for a painting which Bill Bullitt delivered\nto the President.\nSEE P.P.F. 6096\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nX\nPAPAYA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION\nPapaya Products\npr.7. \"q-p\nPAPAYA BUILDING\nTAMPA, FLORIDA HOUSE\nodd 7/6/39 fut\nJune SUN RECEIVED 1939 12 AM '39\nThe President,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nInasmuch as their Majesties, King George and Queen\nElizabeth will not visit our wonderful state of Florida,\nwe are taking the liberty of sending you, what we believe\nto be one of Florida's most unusual and attractive products,\ni.e., KARIKA PAPAYA FRUITADE. This is made from the Florida\nPapaya melon and we believe that it will be of interest to\ntheir Majesties as well as yourself. Although it is dis-\ntributed generally, over the city of Washington, this no\ndoubt is the first time the product has been brought to\nyour attention.\nThere are numerous ways to serve KARIKA. It may be\nchilled and served in the same manner as any other fruit\njuice, used in punches, in combination with other fruit\njuices, mixed with milk, frozen into sherbet or as a mixer\nfor alcoholic beverages.\nIf their Majesties are interested in the Papaya, may\nwe suggest that they see the Papaya Grove at the Florida\nState Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, as this is one\nof the many interesting features our fair state has on dis-\nplay.\nTrusting that you, your family and their Majesties\nwill enjoy our product, we beg to remain\nVery truly yours,\nPAPAYA DEVELOPMENT CORP.\nR.C.Hilton R. C. Hilton\nRCH/w\nJuly 6, 1939\ngb\nMy dear Mr. Hilton:\nPermit me to acknowledge the receipt\nof your letter and the Karika Papaya Fruitade\nwhich you sent the President recently. While\nhe deeply appreciates your courtesy in wanting\nhim to have this product, he does not feel that\nhe should accept gifts of this kind. The fruit-\nade is, therefore, being returned to you under\nseparate cover.\nPlease be assured that the President\nis nevertheless grateful to you for your friendly\ninterest.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nR. C. Hilton, Esq.,\nPapaya Development Corporation,\nPapaya Building,\nTampa,\nFlorida.\nfef\nJuly 12, 1939\nMy dear Mr. Hilton:\nWith further reference to the fruit\njuice which you forwarded to this office, I am\nindeed sorry that we are unable to do as you\nask as the product had already been returned to\nyou prior to the receipt of your letter of July\nseventh.\nI want to assure you, however, that\nyour courtesy is nonetheless appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nFapaya\nR. C. Hilton, Esq., Corporation,\nDavelopment\nTampa,\nFlorida.\nia\nstaff Room\nThis was\nDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION\nsent back 7/7/39\nPapaya Products\nMr.\nPAPAYA BUILDING\nTAMPA, FLORIDA\n1/12 \"gb\nC.A Novie\nJuly 7, 1939\n,\ny, to the President,\neceipt of your letter of the 6th advising\nCA we recently sent the President was be-\nIS.\nthe freight has already been paid on\na returning it would necessitate paying\nextra freight, we ask that you please give this case of\nKARIKA to some orphanage or worthy cause in your city.\nThanking you, we beg to remain\nVery truly yours,\nPAPAYA DEVELOPMENT CORP.\nR.C.Hillos\nR. C. Hilton\nRCH/w\nAIR MAIL\nPAPAYA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION\nPapaya Products\ne\nwill\nacted 1/12\nPAPAYA BUILDING\nTAMPA, FLORIDA\ngo\nJuly 7, 1939\nMr. M. A. LeHand,\nPrivate Secretary, to the President,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. LeHand:\nWe are in receipt of your letter of the 6th advising\nus that the KARIKA we recently sent the President was be-\ning returned to us.\nInasmuch as the freight has already been paid on\nthis shipment and returning it would necessitate paying\nextra freight, we ask that you please give this case of\nKARIKA to some orphanage or worthy cause in your city.\nThanking you, we beg to remain\nVery truly yours,\nPAPAYA DEVELOPMENT CORP.\nR.C.Hillor\nR. C. Hilton\nRCH/w\nAIR MAIL\nags\nROSS, Mrs. J.D.\nSeattle, Wash.\nJuly 3, 1939\nSent\nBROWN, Prentise M., H.,\nU.S. Senate,\nWash., D.C.\nJune 27, 1939.\nwrites that Michigan's Cherry Queen is making her annual visit to\nWashington, and would like to pay respects to the President. Would like to be\nadvised when it would be convenient for the Cherry Queen and her party of two or\nthree to call on the President. (no mention in letter of pie, but it is customary\nto present a cherry pie to President on this occasion).\nMemo from Mr. Kannee to Mrs. Dennison 6-29-39 that Gen. Watson will receive\nCherry Queen on the fifth or sixth.\nSee Mischigan Cherry Queen\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nags\nROSS, Mrs. J.D.\nSeattle, Wash.\nJuly 3, 1939\nSent the President three pieces of petrified Ginko wood which her late\nhusband had wanted him to have. Two of these are polished and the third is in the\nrough. Expresses her appreciation for the letter of sympathy which the President\nwrote her concerning her husband's death. Notation on letter \"Thank and put in\nMuseum. M.A.LeH.\"\nSEE P.P.F. 5858\nP.P7.\n9-P\nrlv\nSEE P.P.F. 415\nfor \"Passport to the Fair\" issued to the President and signed by David C.\nWeiss, Director, Home Camp. The passport is headed \"Jewish-World's-Fair East New York\nY.M. and Y.W.H.A. Home Camp - Summer - 1939\". A seal on it bears title \"East New York\nYoung Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association\". -- Acknowledged by Miss Le Hand,\nJuly 19, 1939.\nFiled 7-21-39\npp7 9-P\nle\nd\nI\nHar\n2\nSent to Pres. youht\nJuly 25,1939.\np.p.7. 9-0\nMy dear Mr. Powers:\nThe President wishes me to thank you\nfor your letter of July eighth, forwarded through\ngames 7.\nSenator Byrnes, and for the bamboo fishing polo\nwhich arrived a few days ago. You may be sure\nhe appreciates very much your kindness in sending\n10\n1\nit to him.\nWith all good wishes, I am,\nSincerely yours,\nt.\nEDWIN M. WATS ON\nSecretary to the President.\nLacelle Le Powers, Esq.,\nCheraw,\nSouth Carolina.\nJuly 25, 1939.\nMy dear Senator Byrnes:\nThank you very much for your note of\nJuly fourteenth enclosing a letter for the\nPresident from Mr. Le La Powers of South\nCarolina.\nWith kindest personal regards, I am,\ne\nSincerely yours,\n1\n10\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President.\nto\nHonorable James F. Byrnes,\n78ymes\nUnited States Senate,\nWashington, Do C.\nPapers to Mr. Norris\nI States Senate\nTTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS\nly 14, 1939.\nColonel Edwin M. Watson\nSecretary to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Colonel Watson:\nMr. L. L. Powers of Cheraw, South Carolina,\nhas requested me to forward to you the enclosed letter\naddressed to the President.\nSincerely yours,\nJames JAMES F. BYRNES. 78ymls\nB:k\nCHAIRMAN\nLLAR, TENN.\nFREDERICK HALE, MAINE\nCARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.\nGERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.\nELMER THOMAS, OKLA.\nJOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.\nJAMES F. BYRNES, S. c.\nSTYLES BRIDGES, N. H.\nMILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.\nHENRY CABOT LODGE, JR., MASS.\nRICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA.\nRUFUS c. HOLMAN, OREG.\nUnited States Senate\nALVA B. ADAMS, COLO.\nROBERT A. TAFT, OHIO\nPATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV.\nJOHN H. OVERTON, LA.\nCOMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS\nJOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA.\nJOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO.\nHARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.\nEDWARD R. BURKE, NEBR.\nTHEODORE F. GREEN, R. I.\nJuly 14, 1939.\nFRANCIS T. MALONEY, CONN.\nDENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX.\nEVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK\nJOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK\nColonel Edwin M. Watson\nSecretary to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Colonel Watson:\nle\nMr. L. L. Powers of Cheraw, South Carolina,\nhas requested me to forward to you the enclosed letter\naddressed to the President.\nSincerely yours,\nJames JAMES F. BYRNES. 73ymls\nB:k\nCheraw, S. C.\nJuly 8, 1939.\nHon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,\nWashington, D. C.\nPresident of The United States of America,\nMy dear Mr. President,\n\\\nof a Walton wrote a book about, I am sending you, Railway Express by\nKnowing that you are fond of the sport that a fellow the name\nTown, which you will see is Japanese Timber Bamboo. The root clumps of\nfishing pole grown in my backyard here in Charming Cheraw, The prepaid, Tip Top\nfrom the grove in Georgia, where they grow peaches and produce fine\nthis bamboo were given me by the Government some ten or eleven years ago,\ngentlemen, e.g., Senator George, who not so many moons past accepted a\nchallenge with supreme dignity and won the fight, by George! Mr. Hoover's\nman in charge of the bamboo business let me have it provided I'd sign on the\ndotted line promising to promote its culture and usefulness in Chesterfield\nCounty, S. C., or anywhere else. I have kept my promise to the best of my\nability, giving clumps to many friends, relatives and neighbors, and I feel\nthat I would be crawfishing on my pledge if I didn't send you this pole to\nshow my appreciation of my Government's generosity not only but also to get\nto you my feeling of anxiety over the ways of the New Deal.\n\"All I know is what I read in the papers\" -comments of Frank Kent,\nStanley Rukeyser and Merle Thorpe in particular - The Charlotte Observer -\nNation's Business, and the puissant editorials of The Charleston News and\nCourier and Bernarr MacFaddin, which convince me that our great country,\naltho burdened almost to the breaking point with debt and a cheap dollar,\nperks up in a business way when you a re away fishing, and if the National\nLaw Makers be dispersed at the same time the perking up is much more\npronounced. These fellows when they scatter, most of them (Old Glass, Old\nSmith and Garner go home and go fishing no doubt) go sightseeing over on the\nTight Little Islands where they exile a good man because he loved and married\na good woman and with Mackiavelian propaganda inveigled this country, yours\nand mine, into a war to help them get their chestnuts out of the fire. Now\nthey are doing everything they can to repeat that performance. A plague on\nall their houses.\nNow frankly, I am worried about the spending that is going on.\nIn denouncing the Hoover regime some years ago you said--\"Let us have the\ncourage to stop borrowing to meet deficits. Stop the deficits. 11 I say\n\"Amen\" because it is a matter of vital concern to me. I am physically\nunable to work and make a living and about all the income I have is from\nlife insurance. If the spending continues much longer there will be inflation\nand national bankruptcy and in that event my insurance policies will be not left be\nthat would be a wife and boy. Molly but when tragic.\nout in the cold with they are on, If your and me and the you think of\nworth the paper written and humble servant baby were all\nthe millions of ruined others it in would the make same boat little the difference, thought is indeed\nSo \"little birch canoe\" Hoover's and try\nthis pole with dismiss Congress line and and sinker get in the your small fry, over in better Mr. luck\nfishing hole in hook, on will have much Cuban waters.\nthan you would on Virginia, a big warship, and I feel with sure rod you and reel, down in\nI wish to say that I admire were your so my\nhumanitarian wife, my boy In conclusion, spirit and I could and charming Mr. get President, to the personality White House and and would shake that that your it kid hand sit and on hear\nthe sound of your voice, and it would be capital to stories have about Honest T. Abe, R.\nyour Mr. knee and receive your blessing and We tell have him a bronze rectangle of to quote\non Cleveland, Teddy and Mr. Wilson. November, loves sport\nthe the line world below affords.\" it- \"Aggressive He likes your fighting pictures for the in the papers, cuts them out and\nthe wall in our living room and that boy, 5 in right is the noblest\nAGU\nwode\nhas quite a collection; says you are a good looking man and loves the\nsound of your voice over the radio.\nI know you will take all I have said about the bamboo pole in\nof the New Deal.\nit as by SO doing I could give you an inkling of my concern over the W ays\nthe spirit in which it is meant. Somehow I just couldn't t resist sending\nWith the best wishes that can be formed for your health and\nhappiness, I beg to remain\nRespectfully and sincerely yours,\nLacello L. Powers\nLacelle L. Powers\nPick shows\n4\nPro Name endicator\nPro T. As\nJuly 15, 1939\nP.S.7\nq-p\nMy dear Mr. Phagons:\nYour letter of July eighth has been\nreceived. It was nice indeed of you to send\nthe President and Mrs. Roosevelt the articles\nyou nention, products of your own handiwork.\nThey thank you ever so much for your courtesy\nand want you to know that they are deeply\ngrateful for this evidence of your good will.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. 4. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nx8:27\nX\nOtis Phagano, Esq.,\nRoom 55, Grant Building,\nSan Jose,\nCalifornia,\nes\n(Gifts: Name indicator for the President and pin with name Eleanor\non it for Mrs. Roosevelt.)\nPin and carbon copy of acknowledgment to Mrs. Somerville.\nRoom 55 Thank Bldg\nx\nSan Jose\nCalif\ntin\n9-8-39\nPresident of U.S. h.\nWashing for D.C.\nabove\n7/10/2020\nshanksme Pres and send with donerville mrs mame 11 make M the\nDear Sir:\nof work a desh name for all yourself cut of redwood piec.\nUnder separate cover 2 am mailing two pices\nwhite my order lettering, the letters are in one\nalso a pin name of cedar for Mrs. Rossevelt.\nHoping you both will do me the hon as og\nacce pting these, Jam,\nyours sincerely.\nthis Phagams"
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