Letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt

HST-179 INDEPENDENCE. MISSOURI HARRY s/ C TRUMAN May 1, 1958 Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: You do not know how much I appreciated your very considerate note of April 23rd. While I was in New York this last time, they almost pulled me apart. Of course, I am quite willing to be pulled around by my friends, but I was unfortunate enough to pick up some kind of bug which upset me physically, and I have not yet been able to get rid of it. During my visit there, Mrs. Charles Ulrick Bay, the widow of our former Ambassador to Norway, and our mutual friend Sam Rosen- man persuaded me to get on a ship for a south Atlantic cruise. Mrs. Truman and my daughter give me the same advice you receive from your family, and that is to slow up and try to quit. The cruise starts about the 25th of this month /and I have been convinced that it is the right thing to do, particulari after this vicious little bug's attack. I would not blame you if you never invited me again. If I remember correctly, this is the third attempt we have made to get together on a May 30th. I hope I will haye a chance soon to make a world- wide statement on President Roosevelt. That is what I had planned to do on this occasion, but if I keep the same pace at which I have been going, I\won't be able to do anything. I am cancelling dates in Chicago and several other places in order to get this rest pro- gram started. I feel certain that you will understand my position, because you face the same problems. hope that yrite Sincerely yours. but he 211 Mrs. East Franklin later 62nd Street D. you Reosevelt lork Harry Thuman cotts neadyour New York 21, N. Y.