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    "ocrText": "PPF 9\nPRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE\nGifts D\nJan. -Feb. 1934\nPPF900191\nCream\nThis\nTYLKA, Marcel\nSaint Paul, Minn.\nJanuary (No Date) 1934\nSends birthday greetings to the President; gift of\nmarble desk wei ght.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"T\"\nP.P.7.\n9-D\nppp. 9.4\nJanuary 4, 1934.\nMy dear Miss Dowille:\nThe President has received your card\nand calendar end has asked me to thank you\nfor your thoughtfulness in sending it to\nhim.\nVery sincerely yours,\nLOUIS McH. HOWE\nSecretary to the President\nMiss Mary V. Dowdle,\n129 West 48th Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nJuly\nOver\nJanuary 5, 1934.\nPPA\nq-P\nMy dear Mr. and Mrs. Demling:\nThe President was much pleased to re-\nceive your note of recent date and asks me to\nthank you warmly for writing and for the beauti-\nful pillows which you were good enough to send to\nMrs. Roosevelt and himself. He is indeed grateful\nfor the spirit which prompted your act,\nAssuring you that the President deeply\nappreciates your prayers, I an\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMr. and Mrs. Anton Demling,\n7 Johnson Place,\nSouth River,\nNew Jersey.\nes\nand Tilrs. Roosevelt,\nMay God bless you and\n83\ngive and your a ITTerry Chritmas\nPlease a New except year of our Happiness little\ntoken happy for to it have makes us as very our\neach God given night Puridunt for you you We pray\nSincerely yours.\nTTTTS Demling\nreciprocates, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJohn A. R. Duntze, Esq.,\n242 East 50th Street,\nes\nNew York, N.Y.\nI\n&\nFrom:\nMr. and IIITS anton Demling\n# of Johnson South River, Place\nM.F.\nbut\nwoll\nOver\nJanuary 5, 1934.\nPP7\nMy dear Mr. Duntze:\nq-D\nYour letter of December eighteenth has been\nnoted with much interest by the President. He asks\nme to thank you heartily for writing and for the\nfine picture which you were good enough to send him.\nHe is glad to have it and greatly appreciates the\nspirit which prompted your act.\nAssuring you that the President is indeed\ngrateful for your Seasons greetings which he heartily\nreciprocetes, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJohn A. R. Duntze, Esq.,\n242 East 50th Street,\nNew York, N.Y.\nes\n242 East 50ᵗʰSt.\nnew York, my\nDec. 18 1933\nackd\n9\nThe Hon Pranklin S. Rooserelt\n5-1\nPresident of the United States,\nas\nwas hington D.C.\nDear Mr. President\nMerry Christmas\nand please accept, with best\nwishes, this piece of my handi-\nwork. Knowing of your great\nlove for the Out doors, thought\ning\".\nyou would enjoy \"Pailfish Picture\nPerhabs the miniture of\nWild Life will recall those\nlighter moments when you\nfund aside the Cares of state to\ngo\nmy family yours me in\nwishing you health and\nhappiness may we, too tender\nour greatfulmens for your\nuntiring efforts in behalf of\n\"lis\" lettle fellows.\nSincerely yours\nJohnson\nJanuary 8, 1954. Day\nREAL\n/\nMy dear Mr. Day:\n0 B.7\nYour letter of December eighteenth has\nq-D\nbeen called to the attention of the President.\nHe asks me to thank you warmly for writing and\nfor the copy of the Annual Real Estate Board\nDiary for the year 1934 which you were good\nenough to send him. He deeply appreciates\nyour thought of him in this connection.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LoHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJoseph P. Day, Esq.,\n67 Liberty Street,\nNew York, N.Y.\nand\nDEPARTMENTS\nAUCTION\nis\nOUT OF TOWN AUCTION\nJosph Day REAL ESTATE\nPRIVATE SALES\nLEASING\nINDUSTRIAL\nCHAIN STORES\nappraisals\nEXPERT TESTIMONY\nINC.\nmanagement\nINSURANCE\nADVERTISING\nCOUNTRY ESTATES\nMORTGAGE LOANS\nThousand\nAGENCY DEPARTMENT\n932 EIGHTH AVENUE\nECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY\nA SPECIALTY\nEXECUTIVE OFFICES\nCABLE ADDRESS\n67 LIBERTY ST.\nJODAY, NEW YORK.\nA.B.C. CODE\nNew York\nWESTERN UNION CODE\nAUCTION DEPARTMENT\nReed TELEPHONE: BARCLAY 7-7000\nDecember 18, 1933.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nWhite House,\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nUnder separate cover, I am sending\nyou with my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and\na Bright and Prosperous New Year, the Annual Real\nEstate Board Diary for the year 1934.\nThis book, I am sure, will serve\nthe same useful purpose for the ensuing year that\nit has done in the past and may its pages be\nfilled with many profitable appointments.\nSuper Day\nSincerely\nGAREY, Percy Franklin\nMound City, Missouri\nJan. 9th, 1934\nWrites President stating he is sending President silver dollar of year 1798.\nWould appreciate few lines in President's own handwriting for his collection.\n---\nJan. 12, President replied in own handwriting - \"I am delighted with that\ninteresting 1798 dollar - Many thanks for your thought of me. Sincerely yours,\nFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT\" Written on a White House card.\nSEE PPF 1158\nP.P.F. q-D\n2,\nJanuary 11, 1934.\nBP7\nMy dear Mrs. Davis:\nG-D\nYour letter of recent date has been re-\nceived and called to the attention of the President.\nHe asks me to thank you heartily for writing and\nfor the beautiful tie which you were good enough\nto send him. He is glad to accept this product\nof your handiwork and deeply appreciates the spirit\nwhich prompted your sending it. He heartily recipro-\ncates your good wishes for the coming year.\nAs to your question about unions in the\nmills, I would suggest that you communicate with\nGeneral Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial\nRecovery, Washington, D.C., who can give you the\ninformation you desire.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. E. B. Davis,\n604 West Gold Street,\nKings Mountain,\nNorth Carolina.\nes\nPa\nThank\nkingo intine\ngald at\nave.,\nasked\nand\nDear mr Roasenelt 1~11\nof\nI am senden\n087\nyou a neck tie has Hmas\nI know you have so\nq-D\nreceive\nand\nthat\nmeney much nicer then\nWELL\nlike\nthe\n;hank\ngood\nI can make but g have\non\nto\nR\nIce pt\nwith\nread so much about\nit,\nseni him\nyou untell I dust heeld\nles the\nlike you are dust like\nend,\none of us and I Do\nare\nindeed\n&\nhape you like this\ntie and Weare it I make\nties and beeds and\nplawar baskets and\nsell them We live so\nfar prom church and\nI am not able t malk\nso I am trying Ib by\nes\nme a car have been getten\nalong fine with my payments\nbut I Dont no traw I\n087 9-D\nwill get along mall has\nrecei ve\nthe mills here are all\n;hank\nabout shut Dawn and\nwith\nIce pt\nwhen they is no worke\nsend him\nI cand Lb much selling\nles the\nenerything I sure Do\nwant to think for the\nindeed\nV\ngood things your y have\nDan for us working\npeople and eh you have\ntime to write me and will\nwill you ple are tell me\nef the union is the\nunite thang for us to\ndain the mill overs Dant\nes\nand\nare,,\nE's\nfull\nDont like it ant here\nwell a gain g hope you\nwill like you on little\n087 9-D\npresent it the best g\n-\nreceive\nhave would send your\nthank\ngood\nwife a hair ap leveeds ef\non\nat\nto\nde\nwith\ncept\nE knew what callor she\non\nseni him\nwould like so may\nes the\ngod richeat Blissings\nrest with you and\nindeed\n&\nyours is my prairs\nmrs EB Daris\n604 W. Gold st.\nKinys mountain\nn.c.\nes\np.t'\nJanuary 11, 1934.\n087\nMy dear Baruch:\nq-D\nThe President was much pleased to receive\nyour letter of recent date and asks me to thank\nyou heartily for writing. He is glad to accept\nthe Mezzuzah which you were good enough to seni him\nand wants you to know how much he appreciates the\nspirit which prompted your act.\nAssuring you that the President is indeed\ngrateful for your good wishes, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A, LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nBaruch J. Davis,\n134 College Avenue,\nLancaster,\nPennsylvania.\nes\nKe Thank\naskd\n134 College ave.,\nLancaster, Pa.\n1-11\nDear President Roosevelt:\nas\nI am a Jewish boy, six and a half years old and\nI am sending you a Mezzuzah as a Channukah present. If you do not know\nwhat Channukah is it is the Feast of Dedication, which the Jewish peo-\nple began to celebrate on Tuesday, December 12th. And if you do not know\nwhat a Mezzuzah is, here is what it is. It has Hebrew writing in it and on\nthe outside it has the word \"Shaddai\", which means God.\nI you that you will be well and happy and that\nyour wife will be well too, as always. And I hope that you will like the\nMezzuzah and your wife will too. And I hope that you will have a good\ntime in Washington. If you want to, you can hang the Mezzuzah on your\nwatch-chain, or on your door. You can do anything you want to do with\nthe Mezzuzah, only do not throw it out, because it has God's word on it.\nBest wishes to you all from,\nYour friend,\nBarech\nBaruch J. Davis.\nP.S. I dictated this letter to my daddy. He is a Rabbi.\nAN NAME\n**508 Mysing WASHING\n(WRRT*\nany CC NOT CHECK THE\nmercy срати* our good* 200\nFTR9 737 IL Nom vener\nMART **** poo'\nspst\nATTT 19\nENE ongaząc Tf para cun surg\nASSE E 187 TO ever\nFranklin cuer 4737 ЛОП TO wing\nByw potien CO оптардара EM\nT1\nNow\ngo\nEMCA\nARES THE\nI EM DONGTRE Aon 180\nPresident S NOTE 4T4 ang\n14\nZon\nкиол\ngoodsheyp:\nPRODUCTOR'\n734\nJ\n1\nJanuary 15, 1934.\np.p.t.\n9-05\nMy dear Miss Du'Rant:\nIt was fine of you to send to the President\nthat interesting little chest from France made so\nlong ago. He was much interested in it and asks me\nto thank you heartily for your thought of him in\nthis connection. He is indeed grateful to you for\nthis evidence of your good will.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Bertha M. Du'Rant,\n1738 F St., N. W.,\nWashington, D. C.\nes\nthis it thanks M here I738\nschool\n1-13\nF.ST.N.W.\ny\nm\nWash D.C. Dec 22-33\nMy dear Mr Roosevelt----\nI am sending you this little \"chest\" made perhaps in the\nTwelth Century, or perhaps ,before, I do not know exactly\nwhen the \"old lime work\" became \"a lost art\" The only history\nI have of it, is that it came from one of the Monasterje's\nin France, un-earthed during the \"World War \" ---- This I do\nknow ,that one of the bravest soldiers that ever dared ,death,\nfor love of Country, brought two of these little chests to me-\nSo here is one, for the bravest Soldier that ever \"battled \"\nmisery, dispair and over-whelming depression, forthis Country\nand her people-\nGod bless you always----\nFaithfully Yours,\nBirthy M. Willant\np.p.7.\nP.P.7\nJanuary 18, 1934\n9-D\nMy dear George:\nThe President thanks you heartily for your\nletter of December nineteenth and for the carton\nof cigarettes which you were good enough to send\nhim for his Christmas. He appreciates your thought\nof him and is indeed grateful for this evidence of\nyour interest and good will.\nI regret to say that he has no photograph on\nhand that he could send to you at present.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nGeorge Dowdy, Esq.,\n615 Highland Avenue,\nWinston-Salem,\nNorth Carolina.\nngm\nheart'\n54.\nn.4.m n.\n9-0\nRed\n615 Highland Ave.\nWinston-Salem N.C.\nty-\nDec. 19, 1933.\ndent\nHon. FranklinD. Roosevelt.\nsend-\nWhite House\nstmas\nand\nWashington D.C.\nDear Mr. Roasevelt :-\nI mailed youla carton of camel\nCigarettes today for a X-mas\npresent, as l read in the paper\nthey were your favorite Cigarettes.\n& just wanted to send you\nsome thing as we Love you inh.C,\nI am a little boy 10 years old and\n1\nhad &\nwas 3 years old, and had an\nother form of paralysis 3\nyears ago, and well now and go\ntoschool Pleasersend me your\n34.\npicture & would appreiate it ity-\nso march. Let me know if you dent\nreceived my K- X-mas present. Best send-\nWishes to you.\nstmas\nyourlittle friend and\nGeorge D owdy\nP.S. Please let Mr. Roose welt see\nery\nthis lettersas l know he will\nanswer thicle ther for he\nlover children.\nThank you\nlbp\n1011\nGEO.\nJanuary 19, 1934.\np.p.7. q-D\nMy dear Mr. Deoudes:\nYour letter of December twenty-\nsecond has been received and the President\nthanks you for your thoughtfulness in send-\ning him a crate of celery for his Christmas\ndinner. I am sure that the President and\nhis family greatly enjoyed this gift.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nGeorge D. Deoudes, Esq.,\n1292 5th Street, N. 15,\nWashington, D. C.\nlbp\nGEO. D. DEOUDES CO.\nRaid Thank\nElery\nacid 1- 19-34 IAP\nEXCLUSIVELY\n1292 5th STREET N. E.\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nDecember 22, 1933.\nPresident of the United States\nFranklin D. Roosevelt\nWhite House,\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nI am today sending out a crate\nof celry that I hope you will enjoy very much at\nyour Christmas Dinner, and I hope and pray that\nGod will keep you well and save you for our Beloved\nCountry.\nBest of wishes for a Merry\nChristmas and a Happy New Year to you and Mrs.\nRoosevelt and the rest of the family.\nYour friend,\nGeo. D. Deondes\nGeo. D. Deoudes\nRochester, ny\nDec 21, 1933\nJanuary 19, 1934.\n9-D\nMy dear Floyd:\nThe President received your\nletter of December twenty-first and thanks\nyou heartily for sending him the drawing\nto which you refer. He was pleased to have\nit and apprecia tes your thoughtfulness of\nhim in this connection.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nFloyd W. Decker, Jr.,\n42 Bloss Street,\nRochester,\nNew York.\nlbp\nRealth our I' 1988\nRochester, ny\nDec 21, 1933\nPP.\nDear President and Family\n9\nI saw a picture in a\nmagazine of Sistie and thought\nI would make a freehand copy\nfor you for Christmas. I couldn't\nbuy a frame because my\nfather hasn't worked in 2 years\nI hope you like the picture of\nlittle sistie and I wish you\nand your family the best of\nhealth and a \"Merry Christ mas\",\nand many \"Happy new year's\nOne young american\n(over)\nFloyd W. Decker Jr.\n#42 Bloss street\nRochester new york.\nP.S. I am 14 years of age and\nhave had less than 1 term afdrav-\ning. Someday Q hope to make a\nbetter picture for you. just please\nlet me know if you get this\n1082\nGEO.\nJanuary 20, 1934\npp.7.\n9-D\nMy dear Mr. Decudes:\nMiss Le Hand has asked me to acknow-\nledge the receipt of your letter of January\ntwenty-fifth and to say that your offer to\nsend a crate of celery to the President on\nhis birthday is greatly appreciated. It is\nnot possible to arrange to have photographs\ntaken as you suggest, however.\nVery sincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nResistant Secretary to\nthe President\nMr. George D. Deoudes,\n1292 5th Street, N. E.,\nWashington, D. C.\npls\nGEO. D. DEOUDES CO.\nElory\nEXCLUSIVELY\n1292 5th STREET N. E.\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nack\nJanuary 25, 1934\nM. A. LeHand\nPrivate Secretary to President\nWhite House\nsid\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Sir:\nI am going to send a crate of celery to\nour Great President for his Birthday Dinner.\nI will appreciate if you could arrange\nto have one of the White House photographers to take\na photograph of my truck delivering the celery, which\nwill be Tuesday morning, January 30th, between 9:30 to\n10:00 a. m. The reason why I want this photograph is\nto have a memorandum of the occasion, because I am\ngoing to send the President celery every Thanksgiving,\nChristmas, and Birthday, as long as he, ( The President )\nis in the White House.\nI will appreciate very much if you will\nreply by return mail if the photograph can be taken\nat that time. I will greatly appreciate it if it\ncan be done.\nThanking you in advance for this favor.\nVery sincerely yours,\nLeo.D.Deoudy Geo. D. Deoudy\nGeo. D. Deoudes\nP.P.7.\nJanuary 24, 1934\nq-D\nMy dear Mr. Donoway:\nYour letter of December nineteenth has been\nreceived and the President thanks you heartily\nfor the beautiful holly wreath which you were good\nenough to send him. It added much to the Christmas\ncheer at the White House and he appreciates your\nthoughtfulness in sending it.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nP. W. Donoway, Esq.,\nNew Ark,\nMaryland.\nngm\n111 impicy J N1 I EXV DESI Delleve Il ur Nots\" of All Time\nPater\nnew ark md\nt't\n7\n9.7.\nD\n112-19-33\nMr Franklin 4. Rooserelt\nDear Sir your Hours\nn\ntion.\nfrom me it contains a\nyou will received a Box in\nfor\npolly weeth merry Xmar\nur\nand happy nurgear\neen\nI would like to get in the\nGovernment serves some time\nIf you have as Place\nInspector of some Kind\nMY a gard I over money\nSTONE\nand I am not of work\nDARA, Pa.\na have a wife & five Children\nLEGIBLE LETTERS\nNo sugget your\nGRAIN OF RICE\nB.W.Donorray new ark md\nIER\nNot CONTEST\nOTOR CAR\nletter\nof I am yourstamly Walt personal Dunn. regards. greas Cmcago, 1JJJ\nIncluded in Kipley's Selection OI I LN \"Deneve Il or Nots\" of All Time\nHOTEL\nTHE\nJanuary 24, 1934.\np.7.7. D\nMy dear Mr. Dunn:\nThank you for your noto of January\ntwentieth with enclosures. I have presented\nthe grain of rice with The Lord's Prayer on\nit to the President and he has asked me to\nwrite Mr. Blystone expressing his appreciation.\nI want to thank you for sending me the grain\nwith my name and address on it. This is a\nunique souvenir and I am glad to have it.\nThese crowded days are rather bad for\nthe reason that I am prevented from seeing\nmany of my friends. I hope you enjoyed your\nstay in Washington and wish I could have seen\nyou.\nWith best wishes, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nAssistant Secr tary to the\nPresident\nSTONE\nPa.\nMr. Walt Dunn,\nc/o Ripley Show,\nLEGIBLE LETTERS\n131 West Fifth Street,\nCincinnati, Ohio.\nGRAIN OF RICIA\nI am yourstruly\nWalt personal Dumn.\nregards.\nСтадо, 1000\nIncluded in Kipley's Selection OI I LN BEST \"Beneve Il ur Nots\" of All Time\nRIPLEY\nHOTEL HAVLIN\nOPERATED BY\nTHE M. & M. HOTEL CO.\nWM. H. MENKE & E. S. MAXWELL\nCINGINNATI, OHIO\nc/o Ripley show\n131 wo 5th ft\nConcennati Ohio\nof\ngan 20,1934\nDear mr. Steve Early\nWhile in Washington recently I tried several\ntimes to and Dee you but on each occasion you were\nbusy in the afternoon Shadto heat the show.\nand the newsreel give you regards of Ralph Saunders may\nI just the wanted to stap in and hello\nof mickeys.\ngang from Chicago and also from Sam and\nwindow but didn't monday of the\nI caught the a glimpse of you thru\nRIP\nHolland get a chanke to see you. I did\n6-22\npasses to the asked anthor to give quite a couple\nwith them. T I anthur De Little and had see a talk STONE\nDARA, Pa.\nchance to get show. over of are was it. corry goodidn't you geta\nLEGIBLE LETTERS\nenseribed has by Bly the Rice itel with the show. one\nI am enclosing two rice grains which was\nGRAIN OF RICE !\nJER\nhords prayer on it that he would appreciate you\nyour name on it and the other has the Entire\nOr Not CONTEST\nOTOR CAR\ngiving to the President\nbest of health I am and with kindert personal regards.\nTrusting that this letter finds you in the\nley\nogress\" Chicago, 1933\nyourstruly Walt D unn.\nIncluded in Kipley's Selection OI I BEST Deneve IL UI Nots\" of All Time\nBELIEVE IT OR NOT\" RIPLEY\nChampion Rice Writer\nE. L. Blystone \"Bly the Rice Writer\"\nof Ardara, Pa.\nBroke all records and succeeded in\nwriting 2,871 letters on a single grain\nof rice, winning second prize, a\nRockne Six Sedan, offered in the Na-\ntional \"Believe It Or Not\" contest.\n.ystone met with an accident on a\nrailroad when he was 18 years old,\nbreaking his hip, both pelvis bones,\nright arm and left ankle, and four\nfingers were amputated from his left\nhand. Doctors gave him only a few\nhours to live, but slightly more than\na month later he walked from the\nhospital unassisted, and a year later,\nhe was playing baseball with an arti-\nficial hand of his own construction.\nA few years ago Blystone broke the\nexisting record of 400 letters held by\na Hindoo, by writing 1,200 letters on\na rice grain. Soon thereafter he set\nanother record of 1,615 01 a single\ngrain, the record contained on page\n34 of my new \"Believe It Or Not\nBook. Now he has placed 2,871 letters\nby writing the word coin 707 times,\nhis name and address and the year. The\ngrain of rice, and the pen, and the\nmagnifying glass with which it was\nmade are on exhibition in the Believe\nIt Or Not auditorium in New York\nCity. Featured by Ripley, June 22,\n1932.\n1,500,000 Entries in the Contest,\nRIP\n6-22\nE. L.BLYSTONE\nBLYSTONE\nof ARDARA, Pa.\nUSED A\n15- POWER\nWROTE 2871 LEGIBLE LETTERS\nMAGNIFYING\nDAY\nON A SINGLE GRAIN OF RICE!\nGLASS AND A\n2000 GILLOTT STEEL PEN\nPRIZE WINNER\nNATIONAL Believe It Or Not CONTEST\n© 1932. King Features Syndicate, Inc., Great Britain rights reserved,\nROCKNE SIX MOTOR CAR\nFeatured 3 Times in \"Believe It Or Not\" by Ripley\nCenter Location in Ripley's Odditorium, World's Fair \"Century of Progress\" Chicago, 1933\nIncluded in Ripley's Selection of TEN BEST \"Believe It Or Nots\" of All Time\nJanuary 24, 1934.\nMy dear Mr. Blystone:\nThe grain of rice upon which you in-\nscribed the Lord's Prayer has been received\nand the President asks me to thank you in his\nbehalf for the thoughtfulness which prompted\nyou to send it to him.\nI received the souvenir grain of rice\nwith my name and address on it and although\nI have asked Mr. Dunn to tell you of my appre-\nciation, I take this opportunity to add a\npersonal word of thanks,\nVery sincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nAssistant Secr tary to the\nPresident\nMr. E. L. Blystone,\nArdara, Pennsylvania.\ndj\nsent in the President 1124134\nJanuary 25, 1934.\npp7 9.8\nMy dear Mr. Durkee:\nThe President has received your\nletter of January tenth and thanks you\nheartily for your birthday greetings and\nfor the calender which you were good enough\nto send him. He greatly approciates your\np.p.7.\nthought of him.\n3/0\nThe President extends to you his\nbest wishes for a happy birthday and hopes\nyou may have many more of them.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nNorman B. Durkee, Esq.,\n395 Chatham Street,\nLynn,\nMassachusetts.\nlbp\n1422\nYes\nSERVICES\nFamily Finish\nDurkee's\nacies all 25.34 JBP.\nYOUR\nRough Dry\nDUDS\nEconomy\nNew Method Wet Wash Laundry\nThrif-T\nIN\nand Rug Cleaning Works\nDry Wash\nOUR\nWet Wash\nFlat Work\n395 Chatham Street, Lynn, Mass.\nSUDS\nLynn, January 10th, 1934.\nHonorable Franklin D.Rosevelt,\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr.Rosevelt;-\nNoticing that your birthday and\nmine fall on the same day, thought I would write you\na short letter.\nI was born on January 30th, 1877 in\nYarmouth, Nova Scotia, one of a family of eight children:\nseven are still living and quite near me and are to-\ngether quite a lot.\nI did not vote for you but if you\nwere up for election to-day I surely would.\nAt the Fellowship class in the Central\nCongregational Church, Lynn, The Rev Garfield Morgan\ngave a very interesting talk about yourself, he said\nin part, you do not necessarily need to be a good\nDemocrat to appreciate the wonderful work our\npresident is doing or the tremendous strain he has\nbeen under since assuming office.\nI distributed calenders early in this month\nwith a very fine picture of you on it, everybody was\npleased with it and we have had many send in for one,\nI will try to send you one under seperate cover.\nWishing you a Happy Birthday and a successful\nadministration, I am\ntruly yours\nMorman B. Durkee\nP.S. I will support you in every way possable.\np.p.7.\nJanuary 25, 1934.\n6.5\nMy dear Mr. Dart:\nThe President has received your\nletter of January tenth and thanks you\nheartily for your thoughtfulness in send-\ning him a copy of your book, \"The Puppet\nShow on the Potomac.' I am sure he will\nbe interested in looking through this\nvolume at a favorable oppor tunity.\nVery sincerely yours, Dant,II\nThe\nof\nStates\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nRefor Dart, II, Esq.,\n4 West 16th Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nlbp\nany address in file\nLBP\n4 W16 th st\nk, 10th January, 1934\nNYC\naccd 3 jop\nDear Mr President,\nI today had the temerity to\nsend you a copy of a little book of mine just\npublished by Robert M. McBride & Co., entitled\nThe Puppet Show on the Potomac. #\nIt occurred to me that certain passages\nreferring to yourself might convey a mild interest\nand that perhaps other pages might provide you\nwith some amusement.\nIn warm admiration for your work and for\nyourself,\nYours, Sir, very sincerely,\nRefor Dart, II\nThe President of the United States\nNew York, 10th January, 1934\nThank\naccd jop\nDear Mr President,\nI today had the temerity to\nsend you a copy of a. little book of mine just\npublished by Robert M. McBride & Co., entitled\nThe Puppet Show on the Potomac.\"\nIt occurred to me that certain passages\nreferring to yourself might convey a mild interest\nand that perhaps other pages might provide you\nwith some amusement.\nIn warm admiration for your work and for\nyourself,\nYours, Sir, very sincerely,\nRufur Dart, II\nThe President of the United States\nPPF\nSEBERU, MARY J.,\nSan Anselmo, Calif.\nJanuary 25, 1934.\nSends to the President a drawing and extends birthday greetings.\nSee P.P.F.310-S\nof\n8.9.7\nthat 9-D\nppt\n9-D\nBeed Language in which written:\nTranslator's summary of communication.\nItalian\nDate of communication:\nJanuary 25, 1934.\nName and address of writer: Mrs. Lucia Di Rocco,\n3528 E 133rd Street,\nCleveland, Ohio.\nAddressed to:\nPresident.\nSubstance of Statements made by the writer:\nShe asks the President to accept \"this little present\".\nShe adds that she is one of the victims of the depression.\nHandanade Table Suice\nRequest made in the communication:\nRemarks:\nNo present was received at the translating bureau.\n22m.\nTranslated and summarized by:\nXrans\n25 gennaio 1934\nbleveland Ohio\nP7,\nNortro amoto President F.D. Roodevelt\nSpero che lei accettera questo juccolo dono\nG.D\ninsume, ai pine sincere auguri per\nuna catena di anni angora piena\ndi vicore e felicita, per quanta la vos\ntra alta persona ne imerita,\nor\nfor la ricorrenza al Nostro thomastico\nmiopresa la liberta di scrivere e ad take\nho Noluts mandare questo pezzo di\nt\ntino can stanpate queste due preghier\ne dirle the simele a questo me riceve\nIdio giornalmente da me, Pregando predande\nIdio per it nostro Capo; a un debito\nche noi ripaghiamo, per tutto quel-\nto he fanno per nor poveri miseri\nche senza una guida siamo perduti\ne specialmente his che e stato it\nngm\n22m.\nPastore mandats da Idio you Fetiur-\ndinare he povere pecore smarrite\nl terrorrizzate dai Lupi affama-\nP7,\nti di sanque umane, ma con la\nNostra Langia ruscirete sicuro Con\nG.D\nla vittoria, e con cio i nostri fighi\npossono quardare lawenire sotto\nun altro aspetto ma non di spa-'\nNento, grazial Vortro merito,\nfor\nthe\nNi prego di perdonare it mis ar-\n:lad\ndire e speroche questo mio scritto\ntake\nnon to di sturba, non ho potuto re- at\nsistere al farle conotciere ha nostra\ngraditudine e fede he abbiamo\nriposta in lei; E specialmente is\nche affrartengo ad una razza\nhe per it nostro favorito a Si\nin dusiasta fino l'accesso e per\ngraditudine fino la morte;\npercio be chiedo perdono.\nngm\n2m\nuna in Valita, la fede e la\nsperanza de Nedere to mia famiglia\nsotto it loro tetto e ritornate ad\nuna vita regolare cioe di effere\npp7, G.D\nnutrite col pane del sudore del\nloro padre allora is preghers\nIdio di mettere fine ai mile\ndolori; Omio Caro President\nson sicura he hi mi Conpatisca for\nnel mis dolore, l me perdonera the glad\nmi dico la Vostra Servia l\n1 take\nNi benedico mille Volte con\nD at\ntutti i Nostri Cariecke Idio No Conserva\nallow per molti anni ancora\ncon Nostro permesso mi dico\nmrs Lucia DiRocco\n35288133A.\nbleveland Ohio\nngm\nDuesto dono non addice alla\nad un personate come Lei ma\npp7, G.D\nspero, che laccetta Come segno\nche me son Sicura che tandi\ndi adorazione del swo popola,\ne tande se non porsono offrir\nbe altre, Offriranne preghiere he for\nper la Nostra saluta acciocche :lad\nit Padre terme to sostenera per take\nportare accompto it Nostro Sagro at\nOperato, che gia risulta affavor\nSausa it povere Lavore fatto in questo\nlino perche e stata trapundatada\nqueste mil povere dita tremante\ned i miei ochi stanchi, essente\nin una delle tante Viltime della\ndifressione, amme mi a fatta\nngm\nP7,\nSlobal\nJanuary 26, 1934\nG.D\nMy dear Father Dohanyos:\nYour letter of December eighteenth has\nbeen received and the President thanks you for\nyour courtesy in sending him your copy of the\nChristmas issue of the \"Columbia.\" He is glad\nto have this publication and I am sure will take\npleasure in reading the article referred to at\na favorable opportunity.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nReverend Dominic P. Dohanyos, O.F.M.,\n232 South Home Avenue,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nngm\n22m.\nPHONE, LINDEN 2550\nochie\n1-26-34\nnsm\nRid\nSlobak Franciscan Fathers\nHoly Family Monastery and Seminary, Inc.\n232 SOUTH HOME AVENUE\nBELLEVUE STATION\nPittsburgh, Pa., December 18,\n1933.\nThe President,\nFranklin Delano Roosevelt,\nWhite House Mansion,\nWashington, District of Columbia.\nDear fatherly President,\nI am forwarding you, by separate cover, my copy\nof the Christmas issue of the Columbia, wherein is contained a most\ninteresting and emlightening article on the life of your kin, The Most\nReverend James Roosevelt Bayley, A Forgotten Roosevelt, by Harry Wynne\nKirwin.\nI feel assured that you will find a few minutes during your\nentitled leisure to scan the article on page twelve and pass it on to\nthe members of your household.\nThanking you for your fatherly care of us all your children\nand praying God to continue His shower of choicest graces and blessings\nupon you, mother Eleanor and the family circle, I am with a cheerful\n\"Holy Christmas and Blessed New Year\" to you all\nOne of your American sons,\nDominic I Lahauyos, 0.2m\nOF\nanuary 27, 1934\n9-20\n1 your letter of\nng that Mrs. Anna\n: Henry George, has\nA\nJHS\nbossed quotation from\nBS. The President is\nMain Altar of St. Anthony in the Shrine\nnd he asks if you will\nof Our Lady of Lourdes at\nPittsburgh-Avalon.\nHlavny oltár SV. Antona V Jaskyni Panny\nby to Mrs. DeMille his\nMarie Lurdskej V Pittsburgh-Avalon.\nVery sincerely yours,\nVery\nM. A. LeHand\nor\nHower\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHowe\nConsumers\nFrederic C. Howe, Esq.,\nUnited States Department of Agriculture,\nWashington, D, C.\nngm\nSee PP7450 for letter to Mrs. de Mille dated\nthis subject\n1/11/37 dealing further with\nOF\nP.P.7.\nCORRESPONDENCE\nJanuary 27, 1934\nPOST CARD\ned your letter of\nADDRESS\ning that Mrs. Anna\nof Henry George, has\nmbossed quotation from\nHERE\nSTAMP\nPLACE\n108, The President is\nO\nand he asks if you will\nrey to Mrs. DeMille his\nVery sincerely yours,\nVery\nM. A. LeHand Nederic 6 Hower\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHowe\nFrederic C. Howe, Esq.,\nUnited States Department of Agriculture,\nWashington, D, C.\nngm\nSee PP7450 for letter to Mrs. de Mille dated\nthis subject\n1/11/37 dealing further with\nOF\nJanuary 27, 1934\ned your letter of\nB, S G,\nViEW OF THE E\nPOHLAD NA S if\ning that Mrs. Anna\nof Henry George, has\nmbossed quotation from\nhes. The President is\nand he asks if you will\nrey to Mrs. DeMille his\nVery sincerely yours,\nVery\nM. A. LeHand\nNederis\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHowe\nFrederic C. Howe, Esq.,\nUnited States Department of Agriculture,\nWashington, D, C.\nngm\nSee PP7450 for letter to Mrs. de Mille dated\nthis subject\n1/11/37 dealing further with\nPLACE\nSTAMP\nHERE\nOF\np.p.7.\nanuary 27, 1934\nADDRESS\n1\n23,\nPOST CARD\nyour letter of\nCORRESPONDENCE\ng that Mrs. Anna\nHenry George, has\nossed quotation from\nB. The President is\nfrom\n1 he asks if you will\nto Mrs. DeMille his\ngrateful thanks.\nVery sincerely yours,\nVery\nM. A. LeHand\nNederis\n10\nHower\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHowe\nConsumers\nGounnel\nFrederic C. Howe, Esq.,\nUnited States Department of Agriculture,\nWashington, D, C.\nngm\nSee PP7450 for letter to Mrs. de Mille dated\nthis subject\n1/11/37 dealing further with\nP.P.7.\nJanuary 27, 1934\nq-D\nMy dear Mr. Howe:\nThe President received your letter of\nJanuary twenty-third stating that Mrs. Anna\nC. DeMille, the daughter of Henry George, has\nasked you to present an embossed quotation from\none of her father's speeches. The President is\nvery glad to accept this and he asks if you will\nnot be good enough to convey to Mrs. DeMille his\ngrateful thanks.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nFrederic C. Howe, Esq.,\nUnited States Department of Agriculture,\nWashington, D, C.\nngm\nSee PP7450 for letter to Mrs. de Mille dated\nthis subject\n1/11/37 dealing further with\narms 1-27-34\nneim.\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nAGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION\nThank\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nnow Prep for ma Litt\nJanuary 23, 1934.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe Executive Mansion.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nI have just received a letter from Mrs. Anna\nC. DeMille, the daughter of Henry George, asking if\nI would present to you an embossed quotation from one\nof her father's speeches. As one of those who have\nlong accepted the philosophy of \"The Prophet of San\nFrancisco\" I am happy to be the carrier of this\nmessage.\nVery respectfully yours,\nNederic C.Hower\nFrederic C. Howe\nConsumers' Counsel\nEstablished 1920\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nHERSHEY, Ivan D. W., Esq.,\nMemphis, Tenn.\nJanuary 27, 1934\nand\nSends birthday greetings and gift of door plate.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"H\"\nno-c\nP.P.7.\nq-D\nEstablished 1920\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nCIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION WORKERS,\nFitchburg, Mass.\n1-27-34.\nSend birthday greetings to the President, and state that they\nforwarded a desk, desk set and chair to Warm Springs, as a birthday\ngift for the President.\nO.O.F.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-C\n9-D\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nPP,7.\nJanuary 27, 1934.\n9-8\nMy dear Mrs. Dykstra:\nThe President has received your\nnote of January seventh, and asks me to\nthank you for your kindness in sending him\nthe scrap books to which you refer. I am\nsure he will be interested in looking through\nthem at a favorable opportunity.\nThanking you in behalf of the President\nand Mrs. Roosevelt for your seasons greetings,\nI am\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. John Dykstra,\n600 West Connecticut Street,\nBellingham,\nWashington.\n1bp\nEstablished 1920\nAslantic 1082\nPrivate and Personal\nto\nBellengham, crash,\nHis Honor,\n600 West Connecticated,\nFranklin D. Raosebelt,\nJanuary 7,1934\nPresident of the United States.\nHonared Sir:\nSlap\nwing.\nmg the Warm s prings Childrene Faun-\ntened to an address of yours concern-\nDon the air some time aga 2 lis-\ndatton. as 2am interested in Orthopedic\nwork, to the and send scrapbooks regularly\n2 thought the and of making scrapboaks\nOrchapedic hospital Beattle,\nfar spring Faundation.\n(over)\nEntablished 1020\nII my daughter, L awrel Wybstra, e\nmyself, have made several ser\nseparate cover to you\nbooks, which we are sending\nP.S.\nDear Presedent Raseveet, Qurate this\nat Warm springs will derive a\nUse hope that the cenfacture\nfor my mature, and thought prhapa\nmuch pleasure from them, as\n2 shouldn't intrude, bah may 2 with\nhave, in theiromaking.\nyou, and mrs. Roosebel, the very\n2 am, sincerely yours,\nhappeish of here years?\nmore. JohnD ykstra\nhavel Dyksten\nEstablished 1020\nMcCloud, Ronald, Esq.\nChicago, Ill.\n1-27-34\nSends birthday greetings and gift of drawing.\nP.P.7.\nP.P.F. 310-M\n9-D\nof\nai\n4\n320-M\nEntablished 1020\nMONTGOMERY, Miss Mildred\nAkron, Ohio.\n1/28/34\nSends birthday greetings and gift of a \"pencil drawing\".\nT.P.X.\nSEE P.P. F. 310-M\n9-D\nSherman, Eldon \".,\nPrinceton, Me.\nJan. 28,1934.\nBirthday greetings. Sends drawing of the President.\nSEE P.P.F. 310 \"S\"\nPPF.\n9-D\nJAMESON, James\nBradford, Mass.\n1-28-34\nSends letter expressing birthday greetings and encloses\ndrawing.\nP.P.7.\nP.P.P. 310-L\nq-D\nSee P.P.F. 310-J\nLAMB, Robert W.\nSpringfield, Mass.\n1-29-34\nSends gift of pencil drawing.\nP.P.7.\nSee P.P.F. 310-L\n9-D\nMy. done Mile Deugharty:\nThe President has received States you\nwhich you were shows to and NZA\nnot thenks you heartity for your countries, 250\nappreciates your Whought of issues\nVery sincerely yours,\nThe As LoBoad\nPRIVATE SEGRETART\n7. Reque\n121 Willow Secret,\nToode Islands\nnga\nJanuary 29, 1934\npp.7, q-D\nMy dear Mr. Dougherty:\nThe President has received the two pin\ncushions which you were good enough to send him\nand thanks you heartily for your courtesy. He\nappreciates your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. Dougherty, Esq.,\n121 Willow Street,\nWoonscocket,\nRhode Island.\nngm\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nJanuary 29, 1934\nppt.\n9-D\nMy dear friends:\nThe President received the case of rhubarb\nwhich you were good enough to send him and thanks\nyou heartily for your courtesy. He appreciates\nyour thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nDetroit Tomato and Produce Company,\n7201 West Fort Street,\nDetroit,\nMichigan.\nngm\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nJanuary 29, 1934\nP.P.7.\n9.8\nMy dear friends:\nThe President received the inscribed copy\nof the book, \"How Safe is Life Insurance\" which\nyou were good enough to send him recently. He\nappreciates your thought of him and I am sure will\ntake pleasure in looking through the book at a\nfavorable opportunity.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. We. Dodge Corporation,\n119 West Fortieth Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nngm\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nP.3.\nGREEN,\nDevid,\nDea\nIow\nJamery\n39,\n1934\nJanuary 29, 1934\n9-D\nWrites to the\ndrewing.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"G\"\nMy dear Mr. Dalton:\nThe President received the two neckties\nwhich you were good enough to send him recently\nand thanks you for your courtesy. He appre-\nciates your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nTom Dalton, Esq.,\n242 West Twelfth Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nngm\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nGREEN, David,\nDes Moines, Iowa.\nJanuary 29, 1934\nWrites birthday greetings to the President and encloses\ndrawing.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"G\"\nP.P.7.\nq-D\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nHAYDEN, ALBERT\nBrooklyn, N.Y.\nJanuary 29, 1934.\nSends the President a drawing and extends birthday greetings.\nSee P.P.F.310-H\nP.P.7\n9-D\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nMesbaur, Mrs. Jane Reed,\nDownors Grove, Ill.\nJan. 29,1934.\nOn\nthe\nthe\nBirthday greetings. Sends the President a doll.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-M\nP.O.F.\nP.P\n9-D.\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\nCRANE, CHARLES R.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nEO. D\nJanuary 29, 1934.\nOn the above date Nies LeHand sent letter thanking Mr. Crane for the\nthree boxes of dates he sent to the President.\n1292\nton\nPres P.P.7\n9-D\nPhone Atlantic 1082\nEstablished 1920\ncard Sant and\nGEO. D. DEOUDES CO.\nEleryk\npay\n9-D\nEXCLUSIVELY\n1292 5th STREET N. E.\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nJanuary 29, 1934\nPresident of the United States\nFranklin D. Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nThe crate of celery I send you\ntoday, I hope that you and your dear family will enjoy\nat your Birthday Dinner, and I hope that you will be\nwith us many and many more years.\nYour friend,\nSev D. Deoudy\nGeo. D. Deoudes\n\"KLONY\"\np7,\nDASSELE, SAMUEL R.,\nBaltimore, Md.\nJanuary 29, 1934.\nBoy 13, writes to the President extending birthday greetings and says he\nis enclosing a drawing to him. (Drawing not enclosed)\nSee P.P.F.310-D\nP.P.7\n9-D\nof\nFLORDIKE\nOF\nNOME\n'KLONY\nTHE ALASKAN HUSKY\nTpp.\nOF\nTandawa so 1034\nNO\npp.7.\nGOLDSTEIN, GLORIA P.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nJanuary 30, 1934.\nSends drawing to the President.\nSee P.P.F.310-G\nDespetation\nMich\nP.P.7\nthought of hime 9-D\nTery\nLeibud\nof\nPREVIER\nKLOMPIKE\nOF\nNOME\nTHE\nJanjary 30, 1934\npr.7.\n9-D\nMy dear Mr. Dempster:\nYour letter of January twenty-ninth has\nbeen received and the President has read it with\na great deal of interest. He thanks you heartily\nfor writing and for the interesting photograph of\n\"Klony\" which you were good enough to send him.\nHe is indeed glad to have this fine photograph\nof a truly beautiful dog and appreciates your\nthought of him,\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nof\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJean Dempster, Esq.,\n191 Huntington Avenue, Apt. 1,\nBoston,\nMassachusetts.\nngm\nFaithfully,\nJean . : - Dempater.\nJD;pa\nJean Dempster.\nKLONDIKE OF NOME\n\"THE SINGING DOG OF THE AIR\"\n\"KLONY\"\nwow roselts to\nJAN RECEIVE 28 1934 HOUSE\nTHE ALASKAN HUSKY\nOF BYRD EXPEDITION NO. 1\nFRANKLIN P. AVERILL\nJEAN DEMPSTER\nManager\n191 Huntington Ave., Apt. 1,\nOwner\nBoston, Mass.,\nJanuary 29th, 1934.\nDear Beloved President;\nAlong the Arctic tundra I first saw your name on the trail\none day and I decided that we needed a New Deal. So I said\nto my lead dog, \"Klondike,\" : \"What do you say, Old Timer,\nthat we go to the great outside (which, In Alaska, is the\nStates), as we cannot vote up here and cast our ballot for\nthis great American, Franklin D. Roosevelt.\"\n\"Klony\" looked up at me and said: \"Woof, woof,' which, in\nEskimo language of our four-footed friends means, \"Yes.\"\nSo we took the last boat from Nome and after a terrible\nten day story trip, landed in Seattle. Then on to the hilly\nstreets of \"Frisco,\" where we took the Golden State Limited to\nSt. Paul and landed right in the midst of the start of the\noverpowering Democratic landslide. And I helped to start the slide.\nThe committee fell in love with \"Klony;\" glorified him with a\nDemocratic blanket bearing the legend: 'Alaska Wants Roosevelt #\nAnd so did I and everybody else in this great country of the\nNorth -- and that's why I'm sending you a token of appreciation\nfrom we Alaskans -- a photograph of a great dog, for a great man\nand on a great day.\nYou may be interested to know that this brave Alaskan husky is one of\ntwo malamutes ever to enter the crater of an active volcano.\nKlondike descended into the great Aniakchek, accompanied by Father\nHubbard, the Glacier Priest. And the only ill effects of the\nventure -- a feat which scientists and geologists for hundreds of\nyears have striven to attain, was a pair of blistered paws.\nAnd since then Klondike has helped to carry the mail between Nome\nand Point Barrow; has been \"Master of Ceromonies\" at the Byrd\nexhibit in Chicago, where we will return after swining around\nthe eastern part of the country during the coming spring.\nAnd so, beloved President, Klondike and I salute you -- and in\nthe language of the natives, we say, \"Mush on, and many happy\nreturns of the day.\nFaithfully,\nJean : Dempater.\nJD; pa\nJean Dempster.\nKLONDIKE OF NOME\n\"THE SINGING DOG OF THE AIR\"\np.p.7.\nJanuary 30, 1934.\n9-8\nMy dear Mrs. Dermer:\nI have your letter of January 24th.\nIn order to conserve the President's\ntime and energy for official matters re-\nquiring his personal attention, I have been\nacting on his behalf in receiving all gifts.\nI would suggest, therefore, that you\nsend the gifts to me, and I will be very\nglad to present them to the President at\na proper time, together with a word of ex-\nplanation.\nSincerely yours,\nM. H. McIntyre,\nAssistant Secretary\nto the President.\nMrs. Doris Dermer,\n2112 Presbury St,,\nBaltimore, Md.\n1934\nRECEIVED\nmmm Intre\n2112 Presbury Street\nBaltimore, Md\nJanuary 24, 1934\nDear Sir:\nI hope you recall my letter of November 35 in\nwhich I referred to my son's N.R.A. suit, which is\ncommute with our Presidents ideas. One of my great-\nest desire is to have this child present Mr.\nRoosevelt with a little gift for his birthday dressed\nin his costume. This gift is composed of the Eagles.\nI have also a daughter, who is five years of age.\nShe represents Betsy ROSS, the dress she wears is also\nmade of eagles, and she would like to deliver to the\nFIRST LADY OF THE LAND, in person, this gift.\nI am sure that this would prove entertaining and\nthis display would only take a short time.\nI would gladly come at any time to your convenience.\nKindly advise me whether or not I may make this trip\nbefore the 30th.\nEnclosed you will find what we call the \"Original\nN.R.A. Boy\"\nI would appreciate this very much.\nVery truly yours,\nMrs. Doris Dermer\n(address above)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJAN 26 1934\nRECEIVED\nriginal NRA Boy'\nPit\na S h WHEREA 1) h\nmessage and gift of drawing.\nI give\nTo the\nAnd |\nMy\nWhen three-year-old Phillip Dermer, 2112 Presbury\nstreet, dons suit made for him by his mother, Mrs. Doris\nDermer, he feels entitled to call himself \"The Original\nNRA Boy.\" Suit helped him win a prize in contest held\nat Metropolitan Theatre. Picture by Baltimore News Staff\nPhotographer.\n2010 10 this\nnt birthday message and gift of drawing.\n0\n0\nN\nPLACE\nSTAMP\nHERE\nN\nA\nA\n1 large, f\n#\nlarge ra:\n½ pound fa\n½ pod red\nst\n3 quarts V\n1 quart bu\n1 quart Ir\nADDRESS\n1 quart ri\nk\n6 ears ter\nh\n1 onion, n\nd\n1 teaspoo\nis\n1 tablespo\n1 teaspoo\nn-\n2 teaspoo\nPOST CARD\nageas\nof\n1/4 pound b\n5.\nCut up\nee\nblood; put\non\nadd salt po\nur\nAdd F\ntogether и\ned\ncorn (or L\nse-\nTo be\nis\nin\ndo\nto\nti-\nC.S.\nCORRESPONDENCE\nze\nDIES\nPhillip\nC. Starr Matthews, manager last\nthe\nyear of the Sports Centre and later\nadministration of St. John's College\nof\nconnected with the Federal Land\ntoday was met by Walter H. Buck\nly\nBank, died suddenly at his home\na trustee, with a statement of com.\nrd\nlast night as he was retiring. He\nplete satisfaction with the manner\nhad recently recovered from a\nin which the institution is being\npneumonia attack but was still suf-\nrun.\nfering a throat ailment.\nMr. Buck said the college hac\nBest known for his association\nmade progress in recent years de\nwith Baltimore sport, he had been\nspite the financial difficulties com\na sports writer for a long period\nmon to all academic institutions i\nuntil 1925. He had been during his\nthe depression years. He particu\ncareer with the Baltimore Herald,\nlarly praised its student body an\nlibrary, and as to complaints abou\nBaltimore American and the Sun,\nits athletic program pridefull\nand at one time was secretary of\npointed to the football victory ove\nd\nthe American Trapshooters' Associ-\nJohns Hopkins this year.\ne\nation.\nThe demand for investigatio\ncame from Dr. Vernon P. Scheid\nBecoming manager of the Sports\nof the class of 29, who heads th\nCentre, Mr. Matthews was active\nlibrary committee of the newly 01\nin making ice hockey important 10-\nganized alumni association. In\ncally. It was a game in which he\nletter to Luther S. Tall, presiden\nhad excelled as a boy. He is sur-\nof the alumni, he said he had hear\nas\nDr. Douglas Huntly Gordon, head 0\n70\nvived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel\non\nthe college, might not continue nex\nct\nMatthews. He resided at 2717 Cyl-\nyear and that there were a numbe\n2.\nburn avenue.\nof \"unhealthy conditions.\"\nlews And American--V\nthe News-Tip\nknow, for instance, that an impo\nd what is, a\nmeeting is scheduled for a certain (\nn that some-\nthat an accident has happened,\neans has tak-\nthere is going to be a business me\nthat a celebrity is coming to t\nPt,\nSMITHDEAL, WILLIAM\nRoanoke, Virginia\n1-30-34\nSends President birthday message and gift of drawing.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-S\nPP7\n9-D\nPit,\nDombrowsky, Max, Imperial Neckwear, Inc.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nJan. 30,1934.\nBirthday greetings. Sends ties to the President.\nSEE P.P.F. 310 \"D\"\nP.P7\n9-D\nPit,\nCASSIDY, Billy\nEddystone, Pa.\n1-30-34\nSends birthday greetings and gift of drawing.\nP.P. 7\nP.P.F. 310-0\n9-D\nPit,\nFebruary 5, 1934.\nppq. 9-10\nMy dear Mr. Donphy:\nThe President thanks you heartily\nfor your birthday greetings and appreciates\nthe gift which you were good enough to send\nhim.\nVery sincerely yours,\nt\nM.A.LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJohn Donphy, Esq.,\n24 Buttomwood Street,\nNew Bedford,\nMassachusetts.\nlbp\n[\nPt\nacced 24.Buttonewood St\n2.5=34 Ian 30, 1934\nLPP N.B. MASS\nit 8.6\nDear PRESIDENT\nJohn Domphy\nruary 8, 1934\nI am Sending you\nthis tie pin to so\nyou will remember and\nou ever so much\nwarmly appre-\nme lt is supose ta\nhim. He is\nrepresent DELANO\nand is indeed\npicture\ning it to him,\nYOURMIDDLE NAME y yours,\n(OVER)\n** willand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMr. and Mrs. W. N. Daul,\nKewaunee,\nWisconsin.\nngm\nPin\nit P.P.X. 8.5\nHAPPY\nB BIRTHDAY IRTH DAY\npicture\nfrom your\nloving friend\nJohn F Dumpht\nKewaunee, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Daul,\nWisconsin.\nngm\nPt,\nppt. q-8\nFebruary 8, 1934\nMy dear Mr. and Mrs. Daul:\nThe President thanks you ever so much\nfor your birthday greetings and warmly appre-\nciates your kind thought of him. He is\npleased to accept your gift and is indeed\ngrateful to you for presenting it to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nBalendar pisture\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMr. and Mrs. W. N. Daul,\nKewaunee,\nWisconsin.\nngm\nM\nA ?\n934.\nRapid\nJanuary 1934\nthe M Res.\nirticth\nit thanks\nG which you\nto\nyou\nThank\nis indeed\nSouth\ncture\n/ulness of\nare\nyours,\n=\nAdmirar,\nRicture:\nM. Л. LeHand\nJohn\nDokken\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nRoute\nCity,\nDak.\nJohn Dokken, Esq. ,\nJohn Dokken\nKeystone Route,\nRapid City,\nSouth Dakota.\nlbp\noch\n2\nninel\nn.g.\nGood luck\nWAS\nGood health\nGood friends\nGood cheer\nAnd good wishes\nalways.\nm. Y mo An. n. Daul.\nmov\n.11\nSTATIST\nurgn\nP.P.7.\n9-8\nFebruary 8, 1934.\nRepid\nJanuary GO, 1934\nMy dear Mr. Dokken:\nYour letter of January thirtieth\nhas been received and the President thanks\nyou heartily for the birthday gift which you\nyou\nwere good enough to send him. Te is indeed\nSouth\ncture\ngrateful to you for your thoughtfulness of\nhim.\nand\nVery sincerely yours,\nRicture\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nRoute\nJohn Dokken\nJohn Dokken, Esq.,\nKeystone Route,\nRapid City,\nSouth Dakota.\nlbp\nRed\nacred\n2-8-34\nThank\nFBP\nRapid City, S.Dak.\nJanuary 30, 1934\nMr. Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the U. S. A.\nWashington, D. C.\nunder separate cover from the Black Hills of South\nA Birthday Remembrance is coming to you\nDakota. The minerals surrounding your picture are\nall from the Black Hills region.\nWe send sincere wishes for a happy birth-\nday Switzerland! and extend an invitation to you to visit America's\nAn Admirer,\nJohn Dokken\nKeystone Route\nRapid City, S. Dak.\nJohn Dokken\nFebruary 8, 1934\nq-80\nMy dear Vivian:\nThe President has received your note\nof January twenty-sixth and asks me to thank\nyou heartily for your birthday greetings and\nfor the gift which you were good enough to\nsend him. He appreciates your thought of him.\nCuohies\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nVivian Davis,\n1520 Orange Street,\nTampa,\nFlorida.\nngm\nRecd Raosevelt. achie\n1520 orangest.\nJanyoa\nJan 26.7934 Fla\n4d\nn\nwhile House.\nWashington D.e. 2-8-04 now an\nDear Sir.\nThis Being your Birthday it\nprompt me to send you these\nfew evopies.\nSends the President a cano.\nHoping that yourmill\nappreciate Them as a simare\ntopen of my apprecation\nfor the help that you have\nbeen others. To me and somant K\nDem just a poogil\nbut I feel it my any\n0074 q-D\nyours respectfully\nVirran Davis.\nPhiloper R MIN\nDesiderio, Alfonso,\nMaywood, Ill.\nFob. 9,1934, Ack'd.\nBirthday greetings. Sends the President a cano.\nTwo\n01/07/20\neach\nfor\nSEE P.P.F. 30 \"D\"\nNo is Instruct for Brought\n2\nWho\n007\nq-D\n2\" F Defined\nPRIVATE SSORT\n% % Brine\nTenns\nFebruary 9, 1934\np.p7.\n9-8\nMy dear Mr. Davidson:\nThe President thanks you ever so much for\nyour courtesy in sending him a basket of oranges.\nHe is indeed grateful to you for your kind thought\nof him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nT. W. Davidson, Esq.,\nDallas,\nTexas.\nngm\nFebruary 9, 1934.\nppt. 9-$\nMy dear Mrs. Dermer:\nThis is to acknowledge receipt of and\nthank you for your letter of February 6th\nenclosing the photographs, which I am return-\ning herewith as requested by you, together\nwith samples of N. R. A. novelties. x 466 muscil\nThe President has asked me to thank you\non behalf of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt, for\nthe lovely pillows you sent.\nI am sorry that I cannot be of any help\nto you in securing admissi to the Naval\nAcademy. That is a matter under the complete\njurdádiction of the Navy Department, and I\n/x18-e\nwould suggest that you take your case up with\nthat Department.\nSincerely yours,\nM. H. McIntyre,\nAssistant Secretary\nto the President\nMrs. Doris Dermer,\n2112 Presbury Street,\nBaltimore, Md.\nEnclosure.\nFeb. 6, 1933\nDear Mr. McIntyre,\nReceived your letter of January 30. It was a great\npleasure for me to receive so immediate a reply. I was\nmore than sorry that my children were not able to present\nthese gifts to Mr. and Mrs Roosevelt, but maybe you can\nexplain matters more clearly.\nI have enclosed two photographs to show the resident\nthat I am 100% with him. I would like to know what he\nthinks of my work, which commutes with his ideas. One of\nthe two photos will show how I make my N.R.A. novelties,\nin beautiful colors which I have made partly in my spare\ntime. I am not able to sell this merchandise in Baltimore\nbut perhaps I would be admitted to the Naval Academy if\nI had a signature from Washington. I am sure that I will\nhave a chance here as I am sadly in need of the money.\nThese photographs were taken for showing them to the\nPresident. After they have been seen I would appreciate\nit very much if you would take the trouble to returned\nthem.\nSincerely,\nMrs. Doris Dermer\n2112 Presbury Street\nBaltimore, Maryland\nINTERNATIONAL SOURDOUGH REUNION, Inc.\nJack Robarts - President\nLulu M. Fairbanks - Secretary\nSeattle, Washington.\nFebruary 12, 1934\nSend the President a desk set made of choice piece of fossil ivory.\nAsk him to include time in his 1934 itinerary, for a visit to Seattle; to\ntheir Sourdough Convention on Discovery Day, August 17th in Tacoma, and\nfor a view of what can be seen of the Golden North. Enclose data concern-\ning the gift. -- Excerpt from the President's letter of Feb. 28th, to Mr.\nRobarts, \"I hope it will be possible for me to visit Seattle and Tacoma -\nif I do not it will not be because I lack the desire, for nothing would\nplease me more than to meet you and your associates on August seventh. \"\nSee P.P.F. 1341\nP.P.F.\n9-40\nP.P.7.\nFebruady 14, 1934\nq-D\nMy dear Mr. Downey:\nI have received your letter and thank you\nvery much for your kindness in sending the old\nletter to me. I am very glad indeed to have\nit for my collection.\nVery sincerely yours,\nkept letter for\nP collection\nWillard Downey, Esq.,\nRoute 1,\nCorinna,\nMaine.\nmgs\nprt.\nFebruary 11. 1934\n,D\nFERRARIS, Cipriano, Esq.,\nLong Island City, N.Y.\nFebruary 14, 1934\nSends the President two framed Patriotic designs\nas a birthday gift.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"F\"\nP.P.F\n9-D\nPrivate\nprt.\nFebruary 14, 1934\n9-D\nMy dear Mr. Dannenbaum:\nThe President has received your letter\nand wants you to know how much he appreciates\nthe kind thought which prompted you to send the\nenclosed emblem to him. He sends you his best\nwishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHAND\nPrivate Secretary\nI. Dannenbaum, Esq.,\n153 Kearny Street,\nSan Francisco,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\na\nSo god hlers ynn ^\nCardially\nyours.\nI. Dannenbaum.\n153 Kearny Str\nSan Francisco\nJanuary 31-34\n10\ndear Presi dent :-\nJestenday having\nbeen yumn birthday and\nbeeing too poor to send\nyou a present an a\nbelegnam and being\ntoo endhuss astice about\nyour achievments to\nlet the day go by without\nsome action, I wore\nthe enclored little Hay\nin honor of the day\nand paid in real cash\n10 cents fan A, but\na billian of good wishes\nwere in my heart for\nyou an this day.\nSo god hless you X\nCardially Candi\nyours.\nI. Dannenbaum.\n153 Kearny Str\nSan Francisco\nackd\nJanuary 31-34\n41413488\nmy dear Presi dent :-\nJestenday having\nbeen yumm birthday and\nbeing too poor to send\nyou a present an a\nbelegnam and beeing\ntoo endhuss astime about\nyour achiemments to\nlet the day go by without\nsome action, I wore\nthe enclosed little Hay\nin honor of the day\nand prid in real cash\n10 cents fan A, but\na billion of good wishes\nwere in my heart for\nyou an this day.\nSo god hless ynn\nX\nCardially\nyours.\nI. Dannenbaum.\nFebruary 14, 1934.\nP&F\nMy dear Mr. Duhring:\nThe President has received the\npicture \"The Wooden Nickel\" which you were\ngood enough to send him and thanks you heartily\nfor your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nH. L. Duhring, Esq.,\n1309 Locust Street,\nPhiladelphia,\nPennsylvania.\nlbp\nFebruary 14, 1934.\nMy dear Mr. Dix:\nThe President has received the\ninscribed copy of \"More Poems\" which you\nwere good enough to send him and thanks\nyou heartily for your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nFred Keller Dix, Esq.,\nProspect,\nOhio.\nlbp\nFebruary 14, 1934.\nP87\nMy dear Mr. Dilloj:\n4-D\nThe President asks me to thank you\nfor your kindness in sending him the hand\ncarved ash tray, and to assure you of his\nappreciation of your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nC. H. Dilloj, Esq.,\nWillis,\nlbp\nMichigan.\nFebruary 14, 1934.\npp7\nMy dear Mrs. Debartolomeo:\nq-w\nThe President asks me to thank\nyou for your kindness in sending him the\npicture, and to assure you of his appreci-\nation of your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Maria Debartolomeo,\n218 North Avenue,\nHighwood,\nIllinois.\nlbp\nFebruary 14, 1934.\np87\nMy dear Mr. Di Balsio:\nG-D\nThe President asks me to thank\nyou for your kindness in sending him the\ncalendar, and to assure you of his appreci-\nation of your thoughtfulness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nBEGRETARY\nSalvatore D1 Balsio, Esq.,\n105 Humphrey Street,\nEnglewood,\nNew Jersey,\nlbp\nFebruary 14, 1934.\n007\nMy dear Mr. Darrow:\nR\nThe President asks me to thank\n9'\nyou for your kindness in sending him the\ngame \"Monopoly\" and to assure ou of his\nappreciation of your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A.LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nCharles Darrow, Esq., ,\n40 Westview Street,\nPhiladelphia,\nPennsylvania,\nlbp\nit\nq-D\nFebruary 14, 1934.\nqui\nThe\nthe\n9.8\nMy dear friends:\nThe President asks me to thank you\nfor your kindness in sending him the Diary,\nand to assure you of his appreciation of your\nthought of him.\nLOVES HOWE\nthe\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJoseph P. Day, Inc.\n67 Liberty Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nlbp\nPPKD\nFebruary 19, 1934.\nMy dear Mary:\nThe President was delighted to receive\nyour very nice letter and has asked me to thank\nyou for sending him the drawings. He has requested\nme to send you his best wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nLOUIS McH. HOWE\nSecretary to the President\nMary Steib Dixon,\nThomaston,\nAlabama.\nEAK\nandialsy\nEak\nThomaston, Alabana\nFeb. $0,1933\nDear President Roosevelt,\n& am a little girl of alabama d am in\nthe sixth grade, and am twelve years old. my\nbirthday is February the lighth I am hoping\nto get me a boy of oil pants and a watch\nand a fountain pen. we are studding\nabout Paris in geography. we want you\nto tell us the size of Saris if you please.\nOny teachers name is Miss Berta nichols.\nwe are also studding in history, The\nauto Brography of Benjamin Franktin.\nd have seen your ppetcher in the\nattanta Constitution, and so I-Grid to\nrepesent it, by drowing it, so dont\nfeel little when you receive it.\nyour little friend\nMany Stub Dipox\n\"\n1\nit\nP.P.7.\n9.8\nBook\nes\nand\nthe\nthe written\nmarking you as\nby all i our City which will\nFebruary 19, 1934.\nFirst\nF.D. Preciden\n9.8\nMy dear Mrs. Depue:\nYour letter of January thirty-first has\nbeen received and I shall take pleasure in call-\ning it to the attention of the President.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPioneer 7\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nhave\nhad\nMrs. French Depue,\n830 Murdoch Avenue,\nParkersburg,\nes\nWest Virginia.\ninterest\nsring\nHistory aflate de the recidus Osland, monthly written\nmarring you as\nby i our City which will\nWood County History Committee\nDAUGHTE OF\nand\nMrs. Chalmers B. Gibbens\n2-19\nMrs. French Depue\nAMERICA a DISTRICT\nas\nMrs. Paid A. D. Hopkins\n(2,63\nParkersburg, West Virginia\nJan 31SA1934\nF.L. Roosebult President:\nDear ms\nTon, LO.C.\nthen a Historical interest R\n& am addressing you\nBlumerhasett Island as faciows-\nTh Daughters f imerican Pioneer\nl am State Regist f\norganization, a Historical and Patriotic,\nmind of he possibility a national\nsociety and have had the project\nPark, time or preservation of Island, Insome\nfurnancially after to Concider This, now\nbut our arginization in not able\npeople, and and of places rich in\ngreat interest In Pioneer Horthy learning of your and\nto you History you value, for Consideration- Iducided to bring This\nM,Va, and the I am mailing you a\nAt is within nord County\nby i our City which will\nHistory Jth recidus Deland, written\nWood County History Committee\nTERS OF\nMrs. Chalmers B. Gibbens\nMrs. A. D. Hopkins\nMrs. French Depue\nWEEK PIONEERS\nParkersburg, West Virginia\n\"recall\" The inadents Connected\nto consideration.\" your and for a national\nwhate ever consideration\nyou give my liver, if my, nice\nappreciated\nHoping & may hear\ntime, I remain with best wishes\nfrom you at your most comein\nfor and success in all your nuderlakings\na very proporting Crucrly year of 1934,\nmrs French Depue\n830 Murooch are,\n\"land P.S. Will ad- that This Island Parkinsburg. Mr.\nus a boundary his mapped by Gengs maching for\n1970 +71- but his surveyor mad lats in\na pans ruz that he tooking in Un in\nfelting to this tract, and is has claimed by\nland another office man - and there just survey across & the till entry chand 'the\nlays th land he aid run and bears\nhis and today as Naching ton bottom M.r.\nit mas from this land that A\nsecoured a matural stone which was\nSkity as the Anarlel monument,\nused by the Daughters Janurican Pioneer\"\nin our City Park commemerating his visits\nto our present city\nWILLIAMS, SR., L.H.,\nSunflower, Ala.\nFebruary 15, 1934.\nSends 8. Deers horn to the President, for his birthday.\nSee P.P.F.310-W\nP.P.7\n9-W W\nESA\nI\nTelephone\n1934\nBENDETT, Edward Ha, Esq.,\nSaint Paul, Minnesota.\nFebruary 20, 1934 (Date Acknowledged)\nSee\nDuBmot:\nSends the President from himself and his associate work-\ners of the CWA Project, No. 853, Gang C., Remsey County, Minn.\na Parker Pen Desk sot.\nof\nthe\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"B\"\nTrestdents de me to thank\nfor the you referrent to say\nthat he 18 pleased to вобера this atte and worrly\nappreciates your Tery birthd P.P.F.\nsimmerely\n9-D\nN. 4. Leiland\n100. Devths the Dullant, X\n1758 7 Street, Forthest,\nFashington, D. 0.\nnga\n9.9\nFebruary 20, 1934\nMy dear Mrs. DuRant:\nYour letter of January twentieth has been\nreceived and called to the attention of the\nPresident. He asks me to thank you heartily\nfor the painting to which you refer, and to say\nthat he is pleased to accept this gift and warmly\nappreciates your birthday greetings.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Bertha M. DuRant, X\n1738 F Street, Northwest,\nX pr7\nWashington, D. C.\nG-P\nngm\nX PP7\n223\nockie\n34\nn.s.m\nI738 F.ST.N.W.\nWash D.C. Jan 30-34\nMy dear Mr Roosevelt---\nI hunted around to find you a \"ship\" but could'nt\nfind anything but a sail boat\" --\nI'll bet you have enough ships to start a Navy\nof your own--\nThis old painting has been hanging in my \"den\" for\nyears, it is not \"signed\" but presumably, it is a\nDutch scene ,I hope it may prove interesting to\nyou--\nif so, it could be re-touched--\nGod bless you and happy, happy birthday--\nFaithfully Yours-\nMs.\nDuspant\nITS SERVICE\nVian\nInc.,\nMaccaronio, Salvatore,\nJersey City, N.J.\nFeb. 21,1934, Ack'd.\nfor\nbirthday.\nBirthday greetings. Sends a drawing of the President.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-M\nSEE P.P.N. 320-di\nPP7.\n9-D\nITS SERVICE\nVan Dew, C. W..\nModern Manufacturing Co., Inc.,\nChicago, Ill.\nFeb. 21,1934, Ack'd.\nSends the President three desk pads. for his birthday.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-M\nP.P.\nPPF\n9-D\n9-D\nITS\nSERVICE\nVan Dew, C. W.,\nAuburn, Ind.\nFeb. 21,1934, Ack'd.\nBirthday greetings. Sends the President a desk pin tray.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-V\nPPF\n7\nq-D\nSERVICE\nPleasant, Miss Hazel V.,\nJacksonville, Fla.\nFeb. 21,1934, Ack'd.\nBirthday greetings. Sends the President a stuffed dog.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-P\nFebru\nP.P.F.\nq-D\nMy doaz Relphi\nThe Provident See monthod your birth-\nAny Letter and the to you the\nit and for your Shoughtfulness to eveding\nyour dranting DO him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nK. 4.20 HAND\nPrivate Secretary\nHalph Davidson,\n140 Belmont Street,\nITS\nSERVICE\nnot Nerausing pept tom\nFebruary 21, 1934\nP.P.7. q-D\nMy dear Ralph:\nThe President has received your birth-\nday letter and has asked me to thank you for\nit and for your thoughtfulness in sending\nyour drawing to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Le HAND\nPrivate Secretary\nRalph Davidson,\n140 Belmont Street,\nBrocton,\nMassachusetts.\nLPB\nSERVICE\nHappy Buthdag 140Belmont st\nLetter\nBrockton, mass.\nDear President,\nask 2/21/34\nI am sending you o picture\nI drew of you for your Birthday.\n1934.\npp7.\nI drewa picture of your and sold it\nso t could get some money to send\n9-D\nand can draws well. Write me a\nthis to you, d am fourteen years old\nletter so I will know you received\nthe picture.\nyours Inly,\nRalph Davidson\n140 Belmont st.\nBrockton, mass.\ne drawing\nwhich you were good enough to send him and\nthanks you heartily for your courtesy. He\nappreciates your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHAND\nAD\nPrivate Secretary\nSamuel Dossaler, Esq.,\n146 N. Washington Street,\nBaltimore,\nMaryland.\nSERVICE\nFebruary 21, 1934.\npp7. q-D\nMy dear Mr. Dossaler:\nThe President has received the drawing\nwhich you were good enough to send him and\nthanks you heartily for your courtesy. He\nappreciates your thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHAND\nAD\nPrivate Secretary\nSamuel Dossaler, Esq.,\n146 N. Washington Street,\nBaltimore,\nMaryland.\nITS\nSERVICE\nFebruary 21, 1934.\np.p.7.\nMy dear Mr. D'Onofrio:\n9-D\nThe President has received the drawing\nwhich you were good enough to send him and thanks\nyou heartily for your courtesy. He appreciates\nyour thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Le HAND\nPrivate Secretary\nNickey D'Onofrio, Esq.,\n227 Front Street,\nSchenectady,\nNew York.\nfma\nITS\nSERVICE\nWESTERN\nMiller, Mr. & Mrs. R. W.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nFeb. 23,1934, Ack'd.\nSends drawing to the President. Birthday greetings.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-M\nSende\nthe\nP.P.7.\nq-D 9- D\n9-2\nITS\nSERVICE\nI\n/\nWESTERN\nBrueske, Wilfred,\nSt. Louis, Mo.\nFeb. 23,1934, Ack'd.\nBirthday greetings. Sends the President drawings.\nкиертов, Miss Me,\nYork,\nN.Y.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-B 1984 (Date-Acknon dgad)\nGenda drawing to P.P.F. dents also birthday gractings.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"X\"\n9-D\n9-D\nITS SERVICE\nWESTERN\nKEMPTON, Miss M.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nFebruary 23, 1934 (Date Acknowledged)\nSends drawing to the President; also birthday greetings.\nSee P.P.F. 310 \"K\"\nP.P.F.\n9-D\n1%\nBRAND\nSERVICE\n483\naid\nFebruary 23, 1934.\nMy dear Friends:\nThe President is in receipt of your\ntelegram of January twenty-fifth. He asks me to\nconvey to you and through you to the City of\nDenver and The Red and White Stores, his hearty\nappreciation of your birthday greetings and to\ntell you how much he appreciates your thoughtful-\nness in sending him the fancy prime rib roast to\nwhich you refer. The must arrived in fine condi-\ntion and you may be sure it was much enjoyed by\nthe President and his family.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nThe Lindner Packing and Provision Co.,\nDenver,\nColorado.\nes\nTHE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE\nThis is a fulf-rate\nTelegram or Cable-\ngram unless its de-\nWESTERN\nSIGNS\nDL = Day Letter\nferred character is in-\nNM = Night Message\ndicated by a suitable\nsign above or preced-\nUNION NEWCOMB CARLTON\nNL = Night Letter\n(49)\ning the address.\nLC = Deferred Cable\nR. B. WHITE\nNLT = Cable Night Letter\nPRESIDENT\nCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD\nJ. C. WILLEVER\nShip Radiogram\nReceived The filing time as at shown 708 in the 14th date line St., on full-rate N. W., telegrams Washington, and day letters, and D. the C. time of receipt at destination FIRST as VICE-PRESIDENT shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME.\nKA 347 61 DL 11 EXTRA=DENVER COLO 25 317P\n1934 JAN 25 PM 5 50\nMINUTES IN TRANSIT\nHON FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT=\nFULL-RATE\nDAY LETTER\nthank\nPRESIDENT WHITE HOUSE WASHDC=\nas\nA FANCY PRIME RIB ROAST FROM THE PRIZE WINNING GRAND\nCHAMPION CARLOAD STEERS SHOW AT THE NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK\nSHOW DENVER BEING SENT YOU TODAY VIA AIR EXPRESS LEAVING\nDENVER THIS AFTERNOON TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON TEN FORTY\nTOMORROW MORNING WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MORE\nTO FOLLOW=\nTHE CITY OF DENVER THE RED AND WHITE STORES THE\nLINDNER PACKING & PROVISION COMPANY.\nLR.\nTHE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE\n34 JA 25 PM 6 ON OND.C. 15 D.C.\nI\nBIRCKNER, Pierre\nDetroit, Michigan,\n2-23-34. ack.\nOELRICH, Miss Agnes\nChicago, Illinois.\n2-23-34, ack.\nSends birthday greentings and drawing of the President.\nSpain\ndrawing\nbirthday\nO.O.F.S\nq-D\nSEE P.P.F. 310-0\nUNE P.P.P. 510-P\nBIRCKNER, Pierre\nDetroit, Michigan,\n2-23-34, ack.\nFINN, Stanley\nBrooklyn, N. Y.\n2-23-34, ack.\nSends drawing with birthday greetings to the President.\nP.P.F.\nP.N.F. 320-K\nq-D\nSEE P.P.F. 310-F\nBIRCKNER, Pierre\nDetroit, Michigan,\n2-23-34, ack.\nthe\nPresident.\nKEATING, Miss Dorothy\nBronx, N. Y.\n2-23-34.\nP.O.E\nSends drawing of the President with birthday greetings to the\nPresident.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-K\n9-D\nBIRCKNER, Pierre\nDetroit, Michigan,\n2-23-54, ack.\nPresident.\nSends drawing of a house with birthday greetings to the\nP.O.F.\nSEE P.P.F. 310-B\n9-D\ngreetings and an a of drawing of the President.\nASA 310-B\nStreet,\nV.K.A.\nCloveland, Ohio.\nFebruary, 8th, 1034,\nFebruary 24, 1934\nBRAHLER, George\nSt. Joe, Missouri,\n2-23-34, ack.\nyour\nLetter\nof\nSends birthday greetings and gift of drawing of the President.\nFriending\nNo IDS to tall you that he seruly spprociates\nthe send P.O.F.\nmust to indeed to you for your expressions 9-2\nSEE P.P.F. 310-B\ninterest in him his recovery program.\nSheuking you in the President's behalf for\nell the kind things that any him, I'm\nVery almorely yours,\nV. 4. Lettend\nPRIVATE GRORWPART\nCharles Disardo,\n5445 This 110th Street,\nOloveland,\nChild\nngu\nM\nStreet,\nP.P.A.\nB.b\nFebruary 24, 1934\nMy dear Mr. Dinardo:\nThe President has read your letter of\nFebruary eighth with a great deal of interest.\nHe asks me to tell you that he warmly appreciates\nthe gift which you were good enoughtto send him\nand is indeed grateful to you for your expressions\nof interest in him and his recovery program.\nThanking you in the President's behalf for\nall the kind things that you say about him, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A.LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nCharles Dinardo, Esq.,\n3446 East 116th Street,\nCleveland,\nOhio,\nngm\n3446 E. 116th Street.\nackid\nR. Throma\n2\nngm\nCleveland, Ohio.\nFebruary, 8th, 1934.\nThe Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nI am sending you herewith a portrait of\nyourself which I have done in oil. I am sending it to you as\na token of sincere appreciation for the relief I received from\nmy employment under the C.W.A. It expresses but a small measure\nof my profound gratitude. Although I have never had any instruc-\ntion in art, it is through painting that I can best express my-\nself. Under these circumstances, will you overlook its patent\ndefects?\nI am thirty-nine years old and my family consists\nof my wife, five minor children and my mother-in-law. For three\nyears I was unemployed; I was helpless to alleviate the suffering\nof my loved ones. It was not until you became our leader and in\nthe greatness of your heart found room not only for the great of\nour nation but also for the lowly that help came to me. Then,\nbecause of your high ideals; your determination to help every man,\nno matter what his station in life, work came to me. I have been\nemployed as a painter in one of our local schools.\nI am again a self-respecting person with hopes and\nideals and with, what should be every man's right, the opportunity\nto earn an honest living for himself and his loved ones.\nI and my family are most grateful to you for what\nhas, indeed, been a Godsend to us.\nRespectfully yours,\nCharles DicVardo\nCharles Dinardo.\n3446 E. 116th Street.\nsp.7.\n3\nq-9\nFebruary 26, 1934,\nMy dear Mr. Dwyer:\nThe President thanks you heartily\nfor the gift hich you were good enough to\nsend him recently. He appreciates your\nthought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nBrazo novelity\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMichael Dwyer, Rsq.,\n29 Burbank Street,\nPittsfield,\nMassachusetts,\nlbp\nsp.7.\nFith\nFebruary 26, 1954.\nMy dear Mr. De Corfu:\nThe President thanks you heartily\nfor the gift which you were good enough to\nsend him recently. He appreciates your\nthought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nChild 30\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nF. Savanti De Corfu, x\n600 Blue Island Avenue,\nChicago,\nIllinois.\nlbp\npr.7.\nFebruary as, 1906,\nA\n3.3\n9-D Lette\nFebruary 26, 1934.\nusa\nMy dear Mr. Dunnse:\nPresident\nThe President thanks you heartily\nfor the gift which you were good enough to\nsend him recently. He appreciates your\nthought of him.\nfroms\nVery sincerely yours,\nLeinada\n&\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJ. A. Dunnse, Esq.,\n677 North Dunlap Street,\nMemphis,\nTennessee.\nlbp\np.p.7.\nFebruary 26, 1934.\nMy dear Mr. Du Mont:\nYour letter of January nineteenth\nhas been received and I beg to say that the\npicture which you were good enough to send the\nPresident has been received. The President asks\nme to thank you heartily for your courtesy and to\ntell you how grateful he is to you for presenting\nit to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM, A. LeHand,\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nThomas A. Du Mont, Esq.,\nEast Street,\nLudlow,\nMassachusetts.\nes\nThomas\nEaskst.\nLudlow, mass\nRey\nJanuary 19, 1934.\nand\nLouis McH. Howe,\n&\nSec'y. to The President,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. Howe:\nIn reference to the attached letter may I say\nthat I was pleased to hear from you although disappointed\nthat you had not received the picture.\nFrom your letter I assume you expected to find\nthe picture enclosed in my letter. I trust there is some\nmisunderstanding and hasten to advise you that the picture\nwas mailed under separate cover. It required about a month's\nlabor, was framed, under glass, and shipped in a wooden con-\ntainer approximately 18\" X 24\". Extreme care was taken in\npacking and shipping to avoid mistakes. My name and address\nare inscribed on the back of the picture.\nHaving read of the tremendous amount of mail re-\nceived daily and appreciative of your difficult task, I trust\nthe picture is mislaid, not lost.\nMay I have a reply to your convenience?\nVery truly yours,\nThomas a.Dumont\ncasket\nLudlow, mass\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 9, 1934.\nMy dear Mr. Du Mont:\nYour recent letter to the President\nhas been received and you may be sure that the\nfriendly spirit in which you write is deeply\nappreciated. I regret very much to advise you\nthat the crayon picture to which you refer did\nnot accompany your letter.\nVery sincerely yours,\nLOUIS McH. HOWE\nSecretary to the President\nThomas A. Du Mont, Esq.,\nLudlow,\nMassachusetts.\nlbp\nFebruary 26, 1934.\nEarch\n1934.\nis\nMy dear Mr. Di Damaso:\nThe President asks me to thank you\nThe\nfor your kindness 1n sending him the picture,\nand to assure you of his appreciation of your\nthought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nN. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nSpicardi D1 Damaso, Esq.,\n426 East Union Street,\nTamaqua,\nPennsylvania.\nlbp\nMarch 1, 1934.\n9-D\nMy dear Mr. Drew:\nThe President received your letter\nof February twelfth and thanks you heartily\nfor sending him the portrait to which you\nrefer. He was pleased to have it and appreci-\nates your thought of him in this connection.\nVery sincerely yours,\nX13\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nRoss J. Drew, Esq.,\n106 Royal Avenue, ,\nBuffalo,\nNew York.\nlbp\nackd.\nFeb 12,1934\nRecid\n3 3- - \\ - 34\nLop\n106 Royal We\nB uffolo, N.Y.\nPresident Roosevelt.\nwhite House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. Roosevelt:-\nUnder separate cover I\nam sending a partrait of you\nmade entirely of canceled post-\nage stamps. In which over\n300 stamps were used.\nI regret that I could\nnot get it finished in time\nfor your birthday. But I was\nworking on it while we were\nlistening to you over the radio.\nI understand you are\na stamp collecter and sincerely\nhope you will like it.\nHoping I haven't taken\nup too much of your time\nI remain\nSincerely yours\nRoss J. Drew"
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