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PPF 2114
BOWDOIN, H. L..
P.O.F.
January 2, 1935.
2114
My dear Mr. Secretary:
The President has asked me to send
you the enclosed correspondence, which explains
itself, with the thought that the young man
might be used to advantage in your Department.
Will you not be good enough to advise
Mr. Bowdoin in the matter?
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
X 5 9-13
The Honorable,
X /
The Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
bsp
Enclosures. Lett. from H. L. Bowdoin, 116 Munsey Bldg., Balt., Md.
dated Dec. 18, 1934, asking Pres has place for son - copy of reply
to this letter from Miss LeHand, asking for qualifications, and
another let from H. L. Bowdoin from 149-31 - 19th Ave., Whitestone, N. Y.,
dated Dec. 28, to the Pres., saying son has mechanical and electrical
experience. At Johns Hopkins had chemistry and entomology. Specialist
in chrysomelidae, farm pests, etc., reptiles, birds and bird banding.
HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
THE WHITE HOUSE Pop letter
WASHINGTON
O.O.F. 2114
mL
December 21, 1934.
MEMO FOR THE P. S.
Yes, I do know him. You
had better tell him that if his son
has any qualifications along special
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lines to let us know and we will
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take up with the appropriate Department.
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HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
December 22, 1934.
My dear Mr. Bowdoin:
Your letter of December eighteenth has
been received, and I have been glad to place it
before the President. He was very much interested
in reading it, and he has asked me to say to you
that if your son has any qualifications along
special lines to let us know and we will take up
the matter with the appropriate Department.
The President wants you to know that he
appreciates your holiday greetings. He sends you
his best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Harry Livingston Bowdoin, Esq.,
1116 Munsey Building,
Baltimore,
Maryland.
bsp
HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
NOPC- whe
Doryou
note - PW
know him
H. L. BOWDOIN
149-31 - 19TH AVENUE
WHITESTONE. N.Y.
M.C.
INDEPENDENCE 3 - 2358
January 5th, 1934.
dent,
n, D. C.
Roosevelt,
to yours of December 22nd, I have sent
rivate Secretary outline of special quali-
of my son and trust that a position, of
1, may be found for him.
In
the
meantime,
however, any one of the number of jobs you have avail-
able would do until you found him worthy of a better
position. He is very much in need of something to
do.
I, too, may be heading for the bread line, but am
more then the "three jumps ahead of the Sheriff"-
per Duncan Harris's little joke.
Your responsibilities are great and many, I wish I
could help. Will send shortly two ideas which may or
may not have merit but will show my interest in your
problems.
Very respectfully
HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
NOPC- who
note - PW
H. L. BOWDOIN
149-31 - 19TH AVENUE
WHITESTONE. N.Y.
RF will you
INDEPENDENCE 3 - 2358
prepare letter
January 5th, 1934.
to some dept
about this boy -
dent,
The President is
n, D. C.
really interested
Roosevelt,
ML.
to yours of December 22nd, I have sent
rivate Secretary outline of special quali-
of my son and trust that a position, of
u, may be found for him. In the meantime,
however, any one of the number of jobs you have avail-
able would do until you found him worthy of a better
position. He is very much in need of something to
do.
I, too, may be heading for the bread line, but am
more then the "three jumps ahead of the Sheriff"-
per Duncan Harris's little joke.
Your responsibilities are great and many, I wish I
could help. Will send shortly two ideas which may or
may not have merit but will show my interest in your
problems.
Very respectfully
H.L.Rowton
HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
NOPC was
nope ® pw
H. L. BOWDOIN
149-31 - 19TH AVENUE
WHITESTONE. N.Y.
INDEPENDENCE 3- - 2358
January 5th, 1934.
The President,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Roosevelt,
In answer to yours of December 22nd, I have sent
to your Private Secretary outline of special quali-
fications of my son and trust that a position, of
use to you, may be found for him. In the meantime,
however, any one of the number of jobs you have avail-
able would do until you found him worthy of a better
position. He is very much in need of something to
do.
I, too, may be heading for the bread line, but am
more then the "three jumps ahead of the Sheriff"-
per Duncan Harris's little joke.
Your responsibilities are great and many, I wish I
could help. Will send shortly two ideas which may or
may not have merit but will show my interest in your
problems.
Very respectfully
HL Rowdom
HLB/H.
Laurence Bowdoin's address, 3921 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore.
FLOOD CONTROL AND STORAGE BASINS
1-5-34
FOR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Modern, through roads build up every community through which they
run and when these roads also prevent the overflow of river banks
and form basins for the storage of the excess waters of Spring
Freshets, which may then be used for power and/or irrigation, they
should be built.
The construction of these roads would be simple. On the present
levees -A- (accompanying sketch) two rows of interlocking steel
sheet piling -C- would be driven to a depth of say 15 ft. and ex-
tend above the levee about 5ft. A sand fill -E- pumped from the
river bottom -B- would form a foundation for a modern cement road
-F- 50 or 75 ft. wide. Cement sides -D- would cover the sheet
piling, these sides carrying suitable conduits for light, telephone
and telegraph wires. The sides -D- should be about 3ft. high above
the roadway to prevent vehecles from running off while not interfer-
ing with the scenery or view from the road.
The cost of the road would be met by appropriations from Federal,
States and communities through which the road passes all of which
would benefit by flood control, unbreakable levees and the increased
business and values the roads would bring.
The roads would be built in the North during the Summer and all the
year around in the South. They would furnish.for many thousands of
men in construction and many more thousands of people to make and
supply the materials needed. They would increase the business
permanently in every city, town or hamlet through which they would
pass and for miles on each side, thus opening new and valuable,
taxable territory and it would bring prosperity and work for thous-
ands in steel mills, dredges, pile drivers, cement mills, road build-
ers, electric manufacturers and laborers.
H. L. Bowdoin.
1116 munsey Bekg,
Baltimne, md.
Deights
D
side D
C
sheet piling C
Daud fill
E
A
evee
River
B
Dredge bottom from
Road built on each side of Mississippi
from north to South banks - Prevent overflowing
and carried up of side
and to form storage basins- Bridges over
side streams contrius through road with
possible short detours for available sites-
See specifications-
FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATOR
OF PUBLIC WORKS
WASHINGTON
March 18, 1935.
allin
Mr. Rudolph Forster,
Executive Clerk,
The White House.
My dear Mr. Forster:
In January you forwarded to Secretary Ickes a letter from
H. L. Bowdoin of Whitestone, New York written to the President
in behalf of his son, Laurence Bowdoin. The letter was received
and an application blank was immediately sent to Mr. Laurence
Bowdoin at 3921 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, so that
we might have a record of his experience in some detail to aid
in considering him for some suitable position. A lookout was kept
for it and when no response had been received after a reasonable
length of time, a second letter was sent to him on February 14
enclosing another blank in case the first had gone astray. No
response has been received to either letter, which would indicate
that the young man either is not interested in a position at this
time or has moved from the address given, though I doubt the latter
because a copy of the first letter to him was sent to his father
at 149-31 19th Avenue, Whitestone, New York.
The papers are herewith returned as requested. If there is
anything further you wish us to do, I will be glad to follow it up.
Sincerely yours,
T.R.Bmlew.
E. K. Burlew,
For the Administrator.
Enclosure.
P.P.F.
January 17, 1935
2114
My dear Mr. Secretary:
will you be good enough to read the en-
closed pencil memorandum from Miss LeHand and the
accompanying papers and have someone personally
look into the matter to see if the young man might
not be used to advantage in connection with the
work of the Public Works Administration?
x466-B
Please advise the President with the re-
turn of these papers.
Sincerely yours,
B.7,
The Honorable,
The Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
rer
x6
Enclosures
Let from Mr. H. L. Bowdoin, # sending his 2 ideas under separate cover,
calling attention to qualifications of his son, Laurence Bowdoin,
which he sent to Miss LeHand; they were forwarded for cons of the
X
Sec. of Agri. with let. from Miss LeHand; son has mechanical and
electrical experience; had chemistry at Johns Hopkins and entomology;
specialist in chrysomelidae, farm pests, etc.
Ideas Mr. H.L. Bowdoin submits re flood control and storage basins for
the Mississippi River. Mr. Bowdoin's address X132 is 1116 Munsey Bldg.,
Baltimore, Md.
(Our whole file accompanied the above)
x59-B
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
R. F.
Will you prepare letter to some
department about this boy? The President
is really interested.
M.L.
BOWDOIN, H. L.
P.P.F.
2114
See 737, for President's letter to Duncan
G. Harris re salvage of safes
of S. S. MERIDA, and picture of
Bowdoin and diving suit.