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PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE
PPF 9
Gifts J
Sept. 1935-July 1936
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September 4, 1935
My dear Boulah and Louise:
The President has received your letter
and has asked me to thank you for your thoughtful-
ness in sending the toad to him.
He sends both of you his very best
wishes.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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Boulah Jenkins and
Louise Beard,
Route 3,
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Waco,
Texas.
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Fraday 30, 1935
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Dear President
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9/4/20
Route B.
This is sent to you by
Route 3. and Louise Beard, Waco,
Beulah Ruth Lenkins Naco Teq.
Tip Route 3, boy 169
in Bosqueville all ready painted
We caught this hornet boy
red. We were excetedover
it being
seen one. Nexthought ofsyou
because your are such agreat
man. Tell mrs. Roosevelkit
is for her, too. Write to us soon
as you get it, please He are
both sc hool girls, eachofersare
7 West 44th Street,
New York, N. Y.
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Buchley
American
p.p.7.
September 4, 1935
l 9-2
Gentlemen:
The copy of the "Biographical Ency->
clopaedia of American Jews" has been received.
x76-c
Thank you very much in the President's
behalf for your thoughtful courtesy in sending
it to him.
missLe Hand
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Messrs. Maurice Jacobs
and Leo M. Glassman,
7 West 44th Street,
New York, N. Y.
LPB
noted
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Biographical Encyclopaedia
OF
American Jews
7 WEST 44 STREET
MAURICE JACOBS
NEW YORK CITY
Publisher
VANDERBILT 3-9461
]
Leo M. Glassman
Editor
ADVISORY BOARD
September 3, 1935
Franklin P. Adams
(F. P. A.)
Dr. Jacob Billikopf
Philadelphia, Pa.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hon. Bernard S. Deutsch
Hyde Park
American Jewish Congress
New York, N. Y.
Dr. Israel Goldstein
New York City
My dear Mr. President:
Dr. Joseph Jastrow
New School for Social
Research
I am taking the liberty of sending you under separate cover
Hon. Herman P. Kopplemann
by parcel post, a complimentary copy of the "Biographical
Member U. S. Congress
Encyclopaedia of American Jews" which is just off the press.
Dr. Gerson B. Levi
It has been sent to the White House,
Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Louis L. Mann
To the historian of today and the future, as well as to the
University of Chicago
sociological student, this compiliation will reveal the ex-
Hon. George Z. Medalie
tent of constructive contribution to contemporary American
New York City
life, of one racial strain among the many that form the
Dr. William Rosenau
American people.
Johns Hopkins University
Morris Rothenberg
May I suggest that an expression from you on some of the
Pres. Zionist Organization
of America
important achievements of American Jews, as revealed in the
Dr. Israel S. Wechsler
pages of this Encyclopaedia, would be an inspiration for
Columbia University
greater tolerance on the part of those who are being mis-
led by an un-American gospel of racial hate.
Such an expression would be particularly timely and heartening
to the Jewish citizens of this country in view of the
approaching high holy days.
Hoping that you may find this Encyclopaedia a useful addition
to your library, I am,
Respectfully yours,
Inc.
Publisher
MJ:LK
Reprint from
New York Evening Journal
2,536 JEWISH
LEADERS IN
U. S. LISTED
1935
The contribution of distin-
guished Jews to American
culture, their versatility in all
fields from literature to lion
taming, is brought to light in
the 1935 edition of the Bio-
graphical Encyclopaedia of
American Jews published to-
day.
The encyclopaedia contains
ag
sketches of 2,536 outstanding per-
sonalities. Not all the individuals
of
listed are Americans, but all have
made some noteworthy impression
on the American scene.
The volume sketches the his-
tories of many prominent Ameri-
cans who are not generally known
much
to be of Jewish origin. Among
these are Gerard Swope, presi-
dent of the General Electric Co.;
Karl Landsteiner, Nobel Prize
WHAT LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION SAY:
HON. ALFRED E. SMITH
porary American life."
"I am very glad to endorse your project for a presentation of the role of the Jews in contem-
PROF. JOHN DEWEY
would be of great value in forming an enlightened public opinion."
"An objective picture of the place occupied by the important Jewish citizens in American life
SENATOR CARTER GLASS
d
"an exceedingly useful publication."
TARY
HON. JAMES W. GERARD
is part of the political dogma of a great country."
"the Encyclopaedia cannot but have great value, especially at this time, when anti-semitism
REV. JOHN H. HOLMES
"The Encyclopaedia will present a noble story of achievement and public service."
PROF. RAYMOND MOLEY
"you are doing a piece of very interesting work."
hm
correspondent of the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency.
Biographical Encyclopaedia
OF
American Jews
MAURICE JACOBS
LEO M. GLASSMAN
Publisher
Editor
7 WEST 44 STREET, NEW YORK
Reprint from
New York Evening Journal
2,536 JEWISH
LEADERS IN
U. S. LISTED
L935
The contribution of distin-
guished Jews to American
culture, their versatility in all
fields from literature to lion
taming, is brought to light in
the 1935 edition of the Bio-
graphical Encyclopaedia of
American Jews published to-
day.
The encyclopaedia contains
sketches of 2,536 outstanding per-
sonalities. Not all the individuals
listed are Americans, but all have
made some noteworthy impression
on the American scene.
The volume sketches the his-
tories of many prominent Ameri-
cans who are not generally known
much
to be of Jewish origin. Among
these are Gerard Swope, presi-
dent of the General Electric Co.;
Karl Landsteiner, Nobel Prize
winner in medical research; Ser-
gei Koussevitzky, conductor of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
M. S. Agruss, first American
chemist to isolate a chemical ele-
ment (protactinium, element 91) :
Edna Ferber, novelist; Charles
Chaplin, Dorothy Parker and
Clyde Beatty.
Dr. Albert Einstein is included
among the notables. An exile
from Hitler's Germany, Dr. Ein-
stein has more and more identi-
PARY
fied himself with the United
States.
The encyclopaedia is intended
primarily as a reference work for
editors and research workers, but
its publishers point to its value
as a sociological study of the
progress of Jewish citizens in
American cultural life.
The work is issued by Maurice
Jacobs and Leo M. Glassman.
The latter, who edited the volume,
is a former editor and foreign
correspondent of the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency.
Biographical Encyclopaedia
OF
American Jews
MAURICE JACOBS
LEO M. GLASSMAN
Publisher
Editor
7 WEST 44 STREET, NEW YORK
1
p.p.7. 9-9 7.
September 4, 1935
My dear Mr. Jacques:
I am very sorry we have been so long
in acknowledging the receipt of your letter of
July eighth and the cane which you sent to the
President. He has asked me to tell you how much
he appreciates your thoughtfulness.
He sends you his very best wishes.
Very sincerely yours,
Store Rom
H. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Alex Jacques, Esq.,
238 Midway Avenue,
St. Paul,
Minnesota.
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St Paul MinnJuly 935
President toder D.S.a.
ton Franklin D O Rodrielt
White
Washington D.C.
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My dear Mirrident
I am sruding you a
gift Emider will seperate forter, wich I
hope you of
shandly work from a life long Осциостар
the welfare
offor to to to champion
This caue was horning hoops
of their cattle bought by the It was deving
my spart tidue and about the only tools
and they formished the necessary horns
I am an smeployer of Mael
bestd were a jack
that work used due making caur.
I have lived 1885
and Meason Otto and
Adolph browfriends
offine for 30
Vall that ask my my
of morning from by our
yourself bugthe caur taken only bur
a token of appreciation from a humble
I trust you on will accep this gift as
monguraline 1937.
a long and happy life
citizan, and I wish you health and
yours truly
stland Minner
238 Midway are
tain
of
this.
limb
Alex Jacques Sends Gift
year ago
ming the pro-
to President Roosevelt
(South St. Paul Plant)
Park. Through his
ng ability, twenty-eight
Several years ago, Alex Jacques, a
-six fights have been won by
local employe, broke into print when
Joe Miller, his brother, who
masters in the art of carving and sculp-
he storeroom, is his manager
ture recognized the artistically produced
objects which he had carved by hand,
ts, as do all Armour fight
he will go a long way in the
using the discarded horns and hoofs of
cattle from which he painstakingly had
carved images of animals and other fa-
Plant News
miliar subjects.
(Kansas City)
Recently, however, Alex, employed as
Vholesale: We have had some
yardman, produced his masterpiece upon
mes here the past week look-
which he had labored for eighteen
Kaw River and trying to
months and for which he once again
high it was going to get.
is honored in our columns as well as
11 was called home last Fri-
newspapers of the Twin Cities. His
brother, Clifford Campbell, of
latest creation is a set of walking canes
Mo., was kicked by a horse
made solely from cattle horns, carved to
From the appearance of this group of
st was thought to be in a
perfection and brought to a mirror-
erous condition. He has im-
like polish. We regret our inability to
healthy youngsters we feel sure that
much now and it is hoped he
properly describe the ingenuity and pa-
they will grow up to be a real credit and
in the near future.
tience embodied in Alex' latest creation,
a big help to their father.
arles spent his vacation in
or the enthusiasm which friends showed
This department extends its sincere
al, but is on the job again.
in fondling the canes.
sympathy to Sophie Gonciaz in the re-
rk visited the home of Mr.
One of these canes bears the NRA
cent loss of her beloved mother, who
Tony Kosorog Sunday, June
and "We do our part" emblem. Intri
died after a long illness.
pp7
leaving a seven-pound boy
cate, even SO far as including the Blue
IODINE BURNS
answer to the name of John
Eagle, hand carved in minutest detail.
(East St. Louis Plant)
Also, it bears the initials F. D. R. in
An employe in the plant cut his finger
Hopkins spent Sunday in
anticipation of its new owner, for the
slightly with a knife, did not report to
rg, Mo. He said he sure
cane is to be a gift to President Roose-
the doctor's office for first aid, took it
ng way around" to get there
velt with the compliments of its cre-
upon himself to treat the cut by apply-
detours.
ator and with proper representations of
ing an iodine pack, wrapped a tight
ase says he has three kinds
a grateful industry, according to Mr.
bandage around the finger, reported to
n his farm-well, cistern and
Jacques.
the doctor's office the following morning
He surely ought to raise a
The second cane bears the inscription
with a badly burned finger resulting
ckens this year.
J. H. B. which, as most of us already
from the iodine pack. Iodine is not an
Honoker is getting all set for
discovered, is for our old friend John
antiseptic, it is used to destroy infective
on. He says he is going to
Boekhoff, former plant superintendent,
germs and will destroy flesh if used as
alarm clock out of the win-
and whom Alex counts among his most
an antiseptic.
intimate friends just as most of us still
CAUTION! For first aid report to
ulations to you, George Dam-
do. We pay tribute to Alex and his
doctor's office where trained people are
to hear you are back home
craftsmanship and for his very fine
employed who have full knowledge how
creations.
all injuries should be treated.
Boy Scouts of Japan,
Tokyo.
noted
The Honorable
Marvin H. McIntyre,
Assistant Secretary to the President,
The White House.
Hyde Park, N. Y.,
Printly
ppt
September 10, 1935.
My dear Count Rutara:
1 use glad to receive your letter of
July twenty-ninth and, as Honorary Presi-
dent of the Boy Scouts of America, to 80-
cept the Satsuma vase graciously presented
xplay
by the Japanese Jamboree Delegation.
X
The vase is & thing of beauty which I
kpot.
shall treasure not only for itself but as
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a token of friendship.
Faithfully yours,
Look
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197°
Miss ZeNand
Count Yosinori Hutara,
X
Chief Director,
Imporial Headquarters,
Boy Scouts of Japan, x69 X
Tokyo.
noted
The Honorable
Marvin H. McIntyre,
Assistant Secretary to the President,
The White House.
FICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
In reply refer to
PC.
September 9, 1935
My dear Mr. McIntyre:
Having reference to your memorandum of August
thirtieth requesting that the Department prepare
an appropriate reply thanking Count Hutara of the
Japanese Boy Scouts for the gift of a Satsuma vase,
I am submitting herewith a message for the President's
consideration.
Should this reply meet with the President's
approval, I shall be glad to transmit it to our Am-
bassador in Tokyo for delivery to Count Hutara.
Sincerely yours,
R.South qaw
Richard Southgate
Chief, Division of
Protocol and Conferences.
Enclosures:
Letter from Count Hutara;
Reply for President's approval.
The Honorable
Marvin H. McIntyre,
Assistant Secretary to the President,
The White House.
Thank
The Imperial Headquarters
of Boy Scouts of Japan,
July 29th, 1935.
Mr. President:
I have the honour to present to you a Satsuma vase on
this auspicious occasion when we send four delegates of our
country to the All American Boy Scouts Jamboree to be held
in Washington, D. C.
The artisan of this vase is Mr. Chotaro Ariyama, who
was born at a lonely isolated island in Kyushu in the
Southern part of our country, and out of poverty he made
himself a veteran artisan, and is now esteemed as the
typical example of the ideal of the Boy Scouts. This vase
is for flower arrangement which is, as the President might
know well, one of the prominent arts of our country, and
the tastes characteristic of our nation are expressed in
this vase in its refinement, grace, and astringency.
The works of Mr. Ariyama have been presented and
received by our Emperor and other members of the Imperial
Family, and it is our great pleasure to have the opportunity
to present this vase, hoping that the characteristic tastes
in the vase will meet the approval of the President of the
United States, for whom we entertain great respect.
We
We are confident, Mr. President, that, through the
cooperation of the Boy Scouts, the United States and Japan
will have the honour of establishing peace in the Pacific
and of contributing toward the completion of the civiliza-
tion of the World by harmonizing the civilization of the
Orient with that of the Occident.
I remain, Mr. President,
Your obedient servant,
Yosinasi Hutara
Count Yosinori Hutara,
Chief Director.
Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Honorary President of
Boy Scouts of America,
Washington, D. C.
August 30, 1935.
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. SOUTHGATE.
Please prepare appropriate reply
for the President's signature.
M. H. McINTYRE
Assistant Secretary to the
President
em
STATE - - Let. from Count YOSINORI HUTARA, Chief Director,
The Imperial Headquarters of Boy Scouts of Japan, 7/29/35,
presenting a Satsuma vase on the occasion of the visit of
the Boy Scouts to Washington. Vase made by CHOTARO ARIYAMA,
who developed his art when poverty stricken. Vase is for
flower arrangement; tells of works of Mr. Ariyama.
Ppt
9-9
September 17, 1935
My dear Mr. Jacobs:
Your letter of September tenth and the
copy of your book, "The Pioneer", have been re-
ceived and will be laid before the President upon
his return to Washington. He will, I am sure, ap-
preciate the kindly thought which prompted you to
inscribe and send the book to him.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
sent to iørl House
Willism P. Jacobs, Esq.,
Clinton,
South Carolina.
hm
noted
ILLIAM
PLUMER
JACOBS
CLINTON
SOUTH
CAROLINA
"Ind
September 10, 1935
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
I am sending you under separate cover an
autographed copy of "The Pioneer", which has just
come off the press.
I believe it discusses a timely subject,
and one which may be interesting to you.
It is historical in that it deals with
the early history of the textile industry in the
South.
It is biographical in that it analyzes
the life of one of the pioneers of the South. It
also attempts a study of economics and a little
touch of philosophy.
I hope you will have an opportunity to
read it.
Yours sincerely,
Ween Wm.P. Jacobs Pacoles
X
October 15, 1935
Bird
My dear Mr. Jones:
Your letter of October seventh has
been received in the absence of the President
and I shall be glad to lay it before him upon
his return to the city. Please let me thank
you in his behalf for your kind thought in
sending him an advance copy of Sinclair Lewis'
new novel. I know he will be glad to have it.
Very sincerely yours,
book
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Robert Haydon Jones, / Esq.,
Doubleday, Doran and Co.,
Garden City,
New York.
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doubleday, DORAN AND COMPANY
INCORPORATED
PUBLISHERS
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Bank Your Bass Red
GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
10/75 as
October 7, 1935
Dear Mr. President:
I am taking the liberty of sending you under separate
cover an advance copy of Sinclair Lewis' new novel
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, which Doubleday, Doran & Company
will publish on October 21st.
Should you find time to read it I am sure that it will
prove of great interest to you as a work of fiction.
It deals dramatically with Lewis' vision of American
history to come. It is a furious and heartrending story
of 1936. You will certainly find it startling and perhaps
even amusing.
We would like very much to know what you think of it. If
you do express your opinion to us, please know that unless
it is accompanied by your sanction for permission to publish
it, we will keep it strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
ROBERT HAYDON JONES
Director of Publicity and
RHJ:Dxn
Advertising
The President
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
MORE OF THE STATE OF STATE
vah.
MORTON, Mrs. Nellie,
Hope Farm School,
Verbank, New York.
November 4, 1935
Writes Col. Howe asking if the President received a jar of jelly at
Christmas time, from the Marcy boys.
Also writes re the possible employment of her son and daughter, so as
to be able to continue schooling.
On November 15th, Miss Durand referred the above to Mr. Aubrey Williams,
Director of the National Youth Administration.
See Hope Farm School
P.P.7
9-8
X
THE
TODAL GRR HOLINESS A OF TO THE STATE LORD OF NEW
GRAND LODGE
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK
MASONIC HALL
CHARLES H.JOHNSON
GRAND SECRETARY
p.p.7.
NEW YORK
November 13th, 1935.
13
The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt,
cald
White House,
culling
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Mr. Johnson has been told from many sources of your fine
thought of him last Thursday evening and he greatly ap-
preciates it. I gave him your message, that he was to
call upon you the next time he was in Washington.
Under another cover we are sending you the photograph
taken in this office that evening, November 7th.
Will
you accept it from the Grand Secretary, Charles H. Johnson.
Yours sincerely,
Maihelde Jister maihilde Fisher
Secretary.
9935 AON
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Bubbey
Buckley
November 15, 1935.
ppt.
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My dear Miss Fisher:
Your note of November thirteenth has
been received.
The President asks if you will be good
enough to tell Mr. Johnson how much he appreciates
his kindness in sending the photograph to him.
Very sincerely yours,
4 Hanse
M. A. LeHAND
Private Secretary
Miss Mathilde Fisher,
Masonic Hall,
New York, N. Y.
CARTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN
KENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN.
FREDERICK HALE, MAINE
ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y.
HENRY W. KEYES, N. H.
Y
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.
GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.
ELMER THOMAS. OKLA.
FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG.
ПАК
JAMES F
States Senate
MILLA'
RICH
MARCUS
NV
November 19, 1935.
P.P.7.
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My dear Mrs. Johnson:
The unique basket which you were good
enough to make and send to the President has been
received.
Thank you very much, in his behalf, for
your thoughtfulness.
+PP7
Very sincerely yours,
9-B
Store Room
M.A. LeHAND
Private Secretary
Mrs. James Johnson,
Route 1, Box 93,
Climax,
Georgia.
Until
CARTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN
KENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN.
FREDERICK HALE, MAINE
ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y.
HENRY W. KEYES, N. H.
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.
GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK.
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.
FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG.
JAMES F. BYRNES, S. c.
PETER NORBECK, S. DAK.
MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.
L.J. DICKINSON, IOWA
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA.
United States Senate
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL.
MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS,
ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO.
ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
PATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV.
JOHN H. OVERTON, LA.
JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA.
JOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, WYO.
WILLIAM GIBBS MCADOO, CALIF,
HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK
JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK
Brockler
Winder, Georgia
p.p.7. December 2, 1935
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Honorable Marvin H. McIntyre
The Secretary to the President
Warm Springs, Georgia
Dear Marvin:
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson of this
(Barrow) County, came to see me Sunday about
their desire to present to the President per-
sonally a fruit cake. ( never received)
Mrs. Johnson has a splendid repu-
tation for this comestible.
Will you please write me a letter
which I may forward them in regard to this matter,
as I could not get out of requesting a minute for
this presentation.
Cordially yours,
X
Warm Springs, Ga.,
December 3, 1935.
My dear Senator:
I have your note of December 2nd, rela-
tive to the desire of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Johnson to present a fruit cake to the Presi-
dent.
Since the beginning of the Administration
it has been the policy for me to receive all
gifts on the President's behalf, presenting them
to him with an appropriate word of explanation.
I shall, therefore, be glad to receive the
cake, either by mail or in person, and will
suit their convenience as to time. We will
be here until Sunday, December 8th, when we
will leave for Chicago.
Sincerely yours,
M. H. McIntyre
Assistant Secretary
to the President.
Honorable Richard B. Russell, Jr.,
United States Senator,
Winder, Georgia.
and Bonstees
B,
it has never
er 12, 1935
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to wishes me to thank you
andy you sent to him at
bell you how much he ap-
senerous words of commendation.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Recid at W.S
Miss Mabel Jenkins,
Hogansville,
Georgia.
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noted
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Nich
love "
r 12, 1935
pp7, 9-g
My dear Miss Jenkins:
The President wishes me to thank you
for that delicious candy you sent to him at
Warm Springs and to tell you how much he ap-
preciates your generous words of commendation.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Recidat WS
Miss Mabel Jenkins,
Hogansville,
Georgia.
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noted
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December 12, 1935
pp7.
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My dear Miss Jenkins:
The President wishes me to thank you
for that delicious candy you sent to him at
Warm Springs and to tell you how much he ap-
preciates your generous words of commendation.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Recidat W S
Miss Mabel Jenkins,
Hogansville,
Georgia.
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noted
Love to the Nations Greatest leader.
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My dear Friends:
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been received and I want to thank you in his be-
half for your kind thought.
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My dear Mr. Jones:
The President has asked me to express
his thanks to you for the friendly motive which
prompted you to send him the novelty gift. He
appreciates your thought of him.
Very sincerely yours,
Stare Room
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
L. A. Jones, Esq.,
110 South Cleveland Street,
Albany,
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My dear Miss Jones:
The President has received the box of
pecens which you were kind enough to send him,
and deeply appreciates the friendly motive which
prompted your thought of him. He asks me to thank
you very much and to send you his best wishes for
Christmas and the New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Lettand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Miss Felda Jones,
c/o Matcher Pecan and Seed Company,
Cordele,
Georgia.
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he more than appreciates your friendly thought
in sending him the inlaid backgarmon table. He
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for the holiday season.
Very sincerely yours,
Toltouse
M. 4. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
J. W. Johnston, Esq.,
c/o Nash Furniture Company,
Statesville,
North Carolina.
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twentieth, the President wants you to know that
he more than appreciates your friendly thought
in sending him the inlaid backgammon table. He
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Toltouse
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
J. W. Johnston, Esq.,
c/o Nash Furniture Company,
Statesville,
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asks me to extend to you his cordial greetings
for the holiday season.
Very sincerely yours,
Toltouse
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
J. W. Johnston, Esq.,
c/o Nash Furniture Company,
Statesville,
North Carolina.
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My dear Mr. Johnston:
Replying to your letter of December
twentieth, the President wants you to know that
he more than appreciates your friendly thought
in sending him the inlaid backgammon table. He
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is also most grateful for your good wishes, and
asks me to extend to you his cordial greetings
for the holiday season.
Very sincerely yours,
Toltouse
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
J. W. Johnston, Esq.,
c/o Nash Furniture Company,
Statesville,
North Carolina.
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covering shipment of inlaid backgammon table to you. The
writer sincerely hopes that you will enjoy using this
table as much as he had pleasure in making it.
With best wishes for your continued
good health, happiness and success, I am,
Sincerely yours,
J.W. Johnston.
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My dear Mrs. Johnson:
The President has asked me to thank
you cordially for that delicious fruit cake
which you presented to him through the courtesy
of the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce.
He is most grateful for the spirit which prompted
your act and wishes me to convey his very best
to you for the New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
Sent 20 House
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. R. M. Johnson,
1650 Oregon Avenue,
Prescott,
Rrizona.
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My dear Mr. Williams:
Your letter of December twenty-
first has been received by the President
and he has asked me to convey his cordial
thanks to you and to members of Yavapai
County Chamber of Commerce for that fine
fruit cake. A note of appreciation is
being sent to Mrs. Johnson.
The President sends his very best
New Year's wishes to everyone concerned.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Floyd Williams, Esq.,
Yavapai County Chamber
of Commerce, Inc.,
Prescott,
Arizona.
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This Is The Great Country of Northern Arizona--- The Land of Outdoor Life
ON THE SUNKIST TRAIL, THE LOGICAL, DIRECT, YEAR-ROUND ROUTE ARIZONA-BLYTHE HIGHWAY .. FROM CALIFORNIA
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IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER
JOE HEAP, FIRST VICE-PRESIDEINT
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KENYON TRENGOVE, 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT
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JUNE 9TH, 1935
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December 21, 1935
Reid to home of next Mr
HONORABLE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
President of the United States,
White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear President Roosevelt:
It has been accorded the offices of the Yavapai
County Chamber of Commerce, the privilege, for the
second time, to send to you a marvelous "White House"
fruit cake, which has been baked by Mrs. R. M. John-
son, age seventy-seven years, of 1650 Oregon Avenue,
Prescott, Arizona.
We enclose a photograph of Mrs. Johnson taken
in the headquarters of the Yavapai County Chamber of
Commerce at Prescott. We thought you would like to
see a picture of this wonderful lady who has been so
thoughtful in sending cakes to the Presidents of the
United States.
In view of the work to which she has gone, and
the detail involved in the baking of this cake will
COUNTY CO
you kindly acknowledge receipt under your own signa-
ture, to her at the above address.
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Secretary. E M. Sparkes,
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My dear Mrs. Judkins:
The President has asked me to tell
you how much he appreciates the kindly thought
which prompted you to inscribe and send the
old volume to him.
He is indeed grateful for your friend-
ly expressions of commendation.
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Private Secretary
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67 Winter Street,
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Dear Nellie:
It was good of you to make me
that perfectly delicious jar of preserves which
I have enjoyed. Thank you ever SO much.
My best wishes to you for the
New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
Mrs. Nellie Johansen,
Hyde Park, Dutchess County,
New York.
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January 11, 1936
Dear Jesse:
I was delighted to receive that fine
citrus fruit. We are enjoying it immensely.
Thank you cordially for your kind thought,
Very sincerely yours,
ZoHans
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P.P.
The Mayflower Hotel,
703
Washington, D. C.
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January 11, 1936
Mentlemen:
This will acknowledge the receipt of
the crate of citrus fruit you forwarded to
the President at the request of Honorable
Jesse H. Jones. The fruit was received in
excellent condition and a note of thanks is
being sent to Mr. Jones,
Very sincerely yours,
to House
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Texas Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange,
Mission,
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January 22, 1936.
My dear Mr. Johnston:
The table which you recently sent to
the President has been received.
He asks me to assure you of his ap-
preciation of your thoughtful courtesy in pre-
senting the beautiful gift to him.
Very sincerely yours,
Ware
M.A. LeHAND
Private Secretary
J. W. Johnston, Esq.,
Nash Furniture Company,
Statesville,
North Carolina.
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My dear Mr. Jolley:
Your letter of December twenty-second
has been received and the President asks me
to thank you for your interest in writing.
For your information, the tie pin to
which you refer has never been received at
this office.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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Spearfish,
South Dakota.
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December 22. 1935
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and have watched with interest
your fair may of handling a situations
that very few would be able to handle
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and fair thinking people are back
of you in all your undertaking.
The tie pin will he mailed to
you by insured mail December the
twenty third
+ am sincerely yours,
D. g. Jolley
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March 10, 1936.
My dear Mr. Jolley:
The stick pin has been received and
the President is delighted with it. He asks
me to tell you how much he appreciates the kind-
ly thought which prompted you to send it to him.
Very sincerely yours,
M.A.LeHAND
Private Secretary
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T. F. Jolley, Esq.,
Spearfish,
South Dakota.
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have it fixed.
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unless it should it is unnecessarily delayed
time. reach you in due
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about not receiving this pin when
it was first expected. Thould you
please let me know if you do
not receive this again, as it is
going out by insured mail >
Hery sincerely yours,
J g. Jolley
God: BL.
Buckley
February 18, 1936
P.R.T
9-8
My dear Mrs. Johnston:
The President has received your letter
of February fourteenth and the booklet, "Light on
the Path", which you were good to send him. He
appreciates your kind thought.
Very sincerely yours,
Store Rooms
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. Harriette M. Wood Johnston,
Woodmere Fruit Farm,
Hootor,
New York.
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February 18, 1936
My dear Miss Joseph:
The advance inscribed copies of the new
novel "Rabble Rouser", by Charles Morrow Wilson,
have just been received.
The copy which you enclosed for the Pres-
ident has been presented to him and he asked me to
thank Mr. Wilson, through you, for his thoughtfulness
in remembering him. Also, I hope you will express
to him y own personal appreciation of this kindness.
As yet, I have not had a chance to "get into" the
book but am looking forward to an opportunity at an
early date.
With kindest regards,
Very sincerely yours,
SoHouse
STEPHEN EARLY
Assistant Secretary
to the President
Miss Nannine Joseph,
200 West 54th Street,
New York, N. Y.
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200 WEST 54TH STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y.
February 14th, 1936
Dear Mr. Early:
My client, Charles Morrow Wilson has written a new novel,
RABBLE ROUSER, which will be officially published on March
27th, but thinking that it might interest you I have
today mailed you an advance copy, autographed by the author.
In the same package I have taken the liberty of enclosing
another copy autographed to the President, and will be very
grateful if you will see that it reaches him.
Mr. Wilson comes from the Ozark mountains, is now farming
in Vermont, and really knows the backwoods country all
thru the United States.
Quite unofficially, I'd really like to know what you think
of the book.
Sincerely,
NJ:SA
Nanine Joyal.
Mr. Stephen Early
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February 8, 1956
My dear Flannigen:
The President has asked me to thank
you for your letter of recont date, with the
accompanying drawing. He wants you to know that
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he appreciates your thought of him.
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PRIVATE SECRETARY
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February 10, 1936
Bucklay
My dear Lorraine:
Your nice little letter of birthday
greetings and the enclosed pictures have been
received and the President has asked me to thank
you for your kind thought. He sends his very
best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
min seldam
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Lorraine Juley,
3821 North 27th Street,
Tacoma,
Washington.
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Jan 30-36
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to you. dm sending my picture out
of the paper that d had taken with your
birthday cake, dwant to thank you for
thank you for helping us children to get
wile. d to be president again. d
livewith my dunt and she said she was
going to work hard for you. d have a
sister to she live with my other arent.
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row's observance of the president's alth as result of the skillful ministra-
Bertha, age 11; Lorraine, age 7
54th birthday.
eneficiaries of Thursday night's birth-
and Robert, age 11-victims of in-
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restored to health and strength
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wester-
through the minstrations of Ta-
dale, displayed Wednesday and
coma orthopedic charitable agen-
Thursday in the show windows of
cies-pose with Mayor George A.
the Peoples Store. Sheridan F.
Smitley and Gus C. Westerdale
Jenkins of the Model plant's tech-
around a gorgeous birthday cake
nical staff designed the pastries at
which will grace Thursday night's
the instance of Tacoma Bakers' &
orthopedic benefit dancing party
Confectioners' Union No. 126.
at the Century ballroom.
The cake, on display Wednesday
and Thursday in the show windows
of The Fisher company, is the
gift or Mr. Westerdale and his
wife, owners of the Model Bakery,
to Tacoma and Pierce county's
elaborate preparations for tomor-
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hand of Gus C. Westerdale apply final decorative touches to the gorgeous birthday cake which will be spot-
lighted Thursday night at the Scottish Rite cathedral dancing party, honoring the President's 54th birthday,
as a part of Tacoma and Pierce county's 3rd annual orthopedic benefit. The three children had been stricken
down by the dread infantile paralysis and are now nearly restored to health as result of the skillful ministra-
tions of Tacoma charitable orthopedic agencies, who will be the main beneficiaries of Thursday night's birth-
day parties. The Century ballroom near Fife will also be the scene of a birthday dance.
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March 5, 1936
My dear Mr. Jones:
The President has asked me to thank
you ever so much for the cane to which you
refer in your letter of February twenty-ninth.
He deeply appreciates the friendly motive which
prompted you to present this nice gift to him.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
R. T. Jones, Esq.,
Foreman, Stanton River State Park,
Scottsburg,
Virginia.
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February 29th., 1936.
Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Washington, D. C.
Your Excellency:
I am taking the liberty of sending
you a walking cane which I hope you will accept.
This cane was cut from the dam Site
of Fairy Stone State Park, Patrick County, Virginia, was
cut and made by me while employed as foreman on construc-
tion at above park. It is of native rhododendron and
is I think rather unique.
Respectfully,
mefits
Foreman Stanton River State Park,
Scottsburg, Virginia.
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ppt.
My dear Mr. President :
I have the honor to refer to my letter
dated February the 18th, 1936, receipt of which was
acknowledged on March the 2nd. by the Department of
State.
Today I am taking the liberty of sending
Your Excellency, under separate cover, the first copy
off the presses of No. XI, Vol. III of "Grafico Inter-
nacional", corresponding to the month in course, and
of attracting Your Excellency's kind attention to the
double-page editorial entitled 11 Vecino Practico ".
As Chief Editor of the mentioned publi-
cation, I wrote this editorial, inspired by Your Ex-
cellency's recent proposal to the Presidents of the
various republics of Latin America, aimed at lasting
peace on this Continent and closer relations between
its inhabitants. As I have been informed that Your
Excellency is familiar with the Spanish language, I
deem it unnecessary to submit a translation of my
article,
"Vecino Practico" is a sequence to my
editorial "Mane-Thecel-Phares" which was published
in the January, 1936, issue of "Grafico Internacional"
and which has been very favorably commented upon by
its readers.
The present article will be read very
soon by about six thousand of the most prominent men
in Latin America - government officials, businessmen,
bankers and professionals It will also be read in
their homes, and SO the message will ultimately reach
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3969 Washington Street,
San Francisco, Calif., March 12, 1936
To H.E. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States of America,
The White House,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
ppt.
My dear Mr. President :
I have the honor to refer to my letter
dated February the 18th. 1936, receipt of which was
acknowledged on March the 2nd. by the Department of
State.
Today I am taking the liberty of sending
Your Excellency, under separate cover, the first copy
off the presses of No. XI, Vol. III of "Grafico Inter-
nacional", corresponding to the month in course, and
of attracting Your Excellency's kind attention to the
double-page editorial entitled " Vecino Practico ".
As Chief Editor of the mentioned publi-
cation, I wrote this editorial, inspired by Your Ex-
cellency's recent proposal to the Presidents of the
various republics of Latin America, aimed at lasting
peace on this Continent and closer relations between
its inhabitants. As I have been informed that Your
Excellency is familiar with the Spanish language, I
deem it unnecessary to submit a translation of my
article.
"Vecino Practico" is a sequence to my
editorial "Mane-Thecel-Phares" which was published
in the January, 1936, issue of "Grafico Internacional"
and which has been very favorably commented upon by
its readers.
The present article will be read very
soon by about six thousand of the most prominent men
in Latin America - government officials, businessmen,
bankers and professionals. It will also be read in
their homes, and so the message will ultimately reach
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not less than twenty five thousand people. I trust that it
will go straight to their heart, because it is written in
the language which they speak and in the phraseology which
they use themselves; and because they have known me since
1905 as a true and faithful friend who would never re commend
to them what he does not consider good for them.
Hoping with all my heart that my work may
meet with Your Excellency's approval, and holding myself
at Your Excellency's disposal for any service in which my
experience and connections may be useful, I beg to remain,
my dear Mr. President,
Yours faithfully and respectfully,
Louis J.Joest, Ph.D.
LOUIS J. JOEST, Ph.D.
Chief Editor, "Gráfico Internacional
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Miami, Florida
March 26, 1936
My dear Mlle. Jackowska:
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The two volumes of poetry by Edgar Allen
Poe, translated into French, which you were kind
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enough to leave with Mr. MoKenna in Washington
have been sent to me here. I shall be glad to
present them to the President when he returns
from his fishing trip and I know he will appre-
ciate your kindness in studing them to him.
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Sincerely yours,
9-B B
Zo Nouse
M. H. McINTYRE
Assistant Secretary
to the President
Mlle. Suzanne d'Olivera Jackowska,
Hotel Deuphin,
Broadway at 67th Street,
New York, New York,
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Respectfully referred to the State Depart-
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President.
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Assistant Secretary
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Letter from Mme. Suzanne d'Olivera Jackowska, Studio 209, 4 West 31st Street,
New York, N. Y. RE: Writer asks appointment to present to President in person
2 volumes of poetry by Edgar Allen Poe, translated into French. Recites triumph
in France and acknowledgment accorded her work. Dedicated broadcast of "To My
Mother" on Mother's Day to President's mother. Enclosed letters of acknowledg-
ment.
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President Fondateur:
President ondatrice:
MR. LORING P. RIXFORD
SUZANNE d'OLIVERA JACKOWSKA
Society of Beaux Arts Architects.
Member of The Society of Authors
and Composers and of la Société
des Gens de Lettres de France
HONORARY PRESIDENTS. MM. S. Charlety, Recteur de l'University de Paris Le Président
Edouard Herriot, Paul Valery, de l'Academie Française; Victor Hugo Paltsits Conservator of Manu-
scripts at the New York Public Library; Edgar Stillman Kelley, Dean of American Composers;
Richard Gimbel, President Founder and Donor of The Poe House, The Poe Club, Philadelphia;
Arthur Garfield Learned, Illustrator of the two books of Suzanne d'Olivera Jackowska, The
Rehabilitation of Edgar Poe, His Most Beautiful Poems in French Verse, English Text Opposite, and
The Raven (Le Corbeau), Elizabeth Ellicot Poe, Villa Poe Wilson, Presidents Founders of The
Memorial Poe Society, Washington, D. C.; Mary E. Phillips, Author of "Poe, The Man,"; Tora
Skarine (Science Skarine.) Vice President Nanette Gude Bayne.
THE INTERNATIONAL POE SOCIETY
President Founder, Richard Gimbel, Vice-Presidents, Suzanne d'Olivera Jackowska, Agnes
Repplier, Robert N. Nelson, Jr., of the University of Virginia, Douglas F. Freeman, President of The
Poe Society of Richmond, The Poe Society of Baltimore and The Edgar Allan Poe Fellowship of
Boston.
811- 111 Number
March 10th 1936
The Secretary of State-
My dear M-HM Intye
May wes beg you very
the Honorable and beloved wonderful
and devotion escuress our deep gratitude
kindly to with our respect to
soul the Honorable President of the
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to sent by noted The select Lady for Soraptiment lectures on love Perce-
to you a see for in My what quat reason Country of of
adoption stay since 1905 Doing counting only only
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THE FRIENDS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
President Founder
President Founder
M. Loring P. Rixford
Suzanne D'Olivera Jackowska
Member of the Society of
Special Prize, The House
Beaux-Arts Architects
of Poetry of France
THE FRIENDS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
and
THE HONORARY COMMITTEE
Have the honor to request the presence
of you and your friends at their
MARCH FESTIVAL OF PEACE
and
OPEN FORUM
under the Patronage of
MISS VERA McCREA, President of the New York League of Business and
Professional Women, MRS. HELEN DIXON, President of the Soroptimist
Club of the Bronx, N. Y. ISABELLA F. HENDERSON, Vice-President of
the New York League of Business and Professional Women and Secretary
of the Soroptimist Club of the Bronx.
on Sunday March 8th, 1936 at 3 P. M.
in the GRAND BALL ROOM OF THE DAUPHIN
Broadway at 67th Street, New York City.
First Audition in New York City of THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
GOD'S MESSAGE
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LE MESSAGE DE DIEU
The Great Message For Peace
By the Author
SUZANNE D'OLIVERA JACKOWSKA
Speakers: MRS. HELEN DIXON, ISABELLA F. HENDERSON, NANETTE GUDE BAYNE,
JOSETTA LACOSTE, ANNA GORDON, author of the translation in
Russian of God's Message.
Guest Artists: HILDA KOSTA, International Continental Prima Donna Star
AURORA MAURO COTTONE, Pianiste Virtuoso
Reserved Seats 50¢
Sustaining members reserved seats $1.00
Telephone: TRafalgar 7-2200 Studio 415
The World of Tomorrow - GOD'S MESSAGE is published in French and English,
and can be obtained at the Unity Society of Scientific Christianity,
33 West 39th Street, at the Arcane School, 11 West 42nd Street, at
Philosophical & Brotherhood Societies, the Friends of Edgar Allan Poe,
at Brentano, Fifth Avenue, at public libraries of the United States and
Universities.
Publications in Russian, Spanish and other languages will appear.
Corresponding Sec'y
Copy
2542 Grand Concourse
Bronx
February 7, 1936
Mrs. Roxana Wells
393 Seventh Avenue
New York, N. Y.
Dear Mrs. Wells;
Madamoiselle Suzanne d'Olivera Jackowska spoke at a
dinner meeting of the Soroptimist Club of Bronx County on
Tuesday evening, and one and all were thrilled with her
reading of her original poem, "God's Message." To say
the members were spellbound is putting it mildly. One,
an editor, asked her to recite in French. Or president,
a really severe business woman, was deeply moved.
It led to a marvelous discussion on "Peace" and the
"Brotherhood of Man. ft
We were SO pleased and stirred that I am writing to
the National Chairman of the Peace Committee of the Sorop-
timist Clubs of America, telling her about Madamoiselle
d'olivera Jackowska, and that she is open for booking.
This lady is Mrs. Ida Stabler, Dean of Women's College,
West Chester, Pennsylvania.
I hope this year will bring much success and
happiness to both Madamoiselle Jackowska and yourself.
Very cordially yours,
Corresponding Secretary
(Signed)
E. Henderson
IFH:ar
March 8, 1936
My dear Mr. Pixford:
Your letter of February twenty-fifth,
with the enclosed papers, in the interest of
Mile. Susanne d'Olivera Jackowska, has been re-
ceived. By the President's direction, I am
referring it for the consideration of the Secre-
tary or Labor.
Very sincerely yours,
M. H. MoInTYRE
Assistant Secretary
to the President
Loring P. Rixford, Teq.,
The International Poe Society,
415-The Deuphin,
Broadway at 67th Street,
New York, N. Y.
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LABOR: Requests intercession in cas of noted poet, composer,
now under consideration by Depts. fo State and Labor (Immigra-
tion.)
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April 4, 1936
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My dear Mrs. Jones:
Your note of recent date and the ac-
companying links and studs have been received
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in the President's absence and will be brought
to his attention upon his return to the city.
You may be sure that he will deeply
appreciate your thought of him and will wish me
to thank you most cordially for your good wishes.
Very sincerely yours,
to House
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. Ruth O'Dea Jones,
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for your friendly letter of April second and
for that beautiful tie you sent him. He wants
you to know that he more than appreciates this
evidence of your good will and asks me to convey
his very best wishes for your welfare and happi-
ness.
Very sincerely yours,
gam away
M.A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. W. H. Johnston,
Box 36,
Pocahontas,
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My dear Mr. Jones:
Your letter of April tenth has been
received and I want to thank you in the Presi-
dent's behalf for the mat which you were good
enough to send him. I can assure you that your
courtesy is indeed appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
Store Koom
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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My dear Miss Jorgensen:
The President has asked me to
thank you for that fine desk flag which you
brought to the White House today. He is
more than pleased to have it and asks me to
compliment you. on the fine workmanship you
displayed in making it.
I hope you enjoyed your visit
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Sincerely yours,
Min he Hand
M. H. McINTYRE
Assistant Secretary
to the President
Miss Yvonne Jorgensen,
5900 Roscoe Street,
Chicago,
Illinois.
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April 30, 1936
Mr. Marvin H. McIntyre, Secretary,
The White House.
My dear Mr. McIntyre:
Miss Yvonne Jorgensen, of Chicago,
Illinois, wishes to present a desk flag to
President Roosevelt, and I will appreciate the
courtesies extended to her by your offices.
Thanking you, am
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My dear Mr. Mayor:
The President has asked me to express
his sincere thanks for the beautiful silver plate
which Master Jenkins and Sergeant Gordon brought
to the White House. He wants you and the citi-
zens of Jacksonville to know how deeply he appre-
ciates this evidence of good will.
The President also wants you to know
that he was greatly interested in reading your
letter of the nineteenth.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Le Hand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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Honorable John T. Alsop, Jr.,
Mayor of Jacksonville,
Jacksonville,
Florida.
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Dear Mr. President:
Six years ago, with the aid of the American Automobile
Association, we organized the School Boy Patrol in Jacksonville
which now consists of three hundred and fifty members.
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During these six years, with an average daily atten-
dance of more than thirty thousand school children, no death,
and not even a serious accident, has occurred among any of
the children as the result of any sort of traffic violations.
This, I think, is a remarkable record, due almost entirely to
the magnificent work of the School Boy Patrol.
Fifty-four members of the Patrol, who have been se-
lected after competitive drills, will call on you at the White
House during the Sixth Annual Safety Celebration, to be held
in Washington on May 23rd.
The bearer of this letter, Master Joseph Jennings
Jenkins, age eight, will be presented to you by Sergeant Herman
Gordon, a member of our Police Department, who is in charge of
the School Boy Patrol, and Master Jenkins will deliver to you
this letter and also convey the greetings and very best wishes
from the entire citizenship of Jacksonville, together with
warm personal regards from the undersigned.
Sincerely yours,
MAYOR.
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Scale of Miles
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The Florida Gulf-Atlantic
Punta Gorda
Ship Canal
W. Palm Beach
This map shows the route of the canal as it will
cross Florida from the mouth of the St. Johns river
F1 Myers
near Mayport to Port Inglis on the Gulf of Mexico
Estimate crst of Canal, $146,000,000.
First allocation of funds by President Roosevelt
on September 3, 1935, $5,000,000.
First work begun in charge of Lt. Col. Brehon
Somervell, chief engineer of Canal on September 5,
1935.
Minimum depth of Canal, 30 feet.
Total length of waterway including dredging deep
channel 27 miles in Gulf of Mexico, 202 miles.
Length of Canal proper, 175 miles.
Miami
Width of Canal, 250 to 100 feet.
Formal beginning of excavation of Canal at a
point near Ocala occurred Thursday, September 18,
1935, when at one o'clock p. m. President Roosevelt
pushed an electric button at his Hyde Park home in
New York, setting off a heavy charge of dynamite.
Number of men employed September 19th, over
2,000.
Number to be employed by December Ist, 6,000.
Estimated maximum number of men who could be
profitably employed at one time during course of
construction, 25,000.
Estimated length of time required to complete ca-
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nal, five years Present plans contemplate a sea-
level canal, making locks and their operation un-
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This map shows the route of the canal as it will
cross Florida from the mouth of the St. Johns river
near Mayport to Port Inglis on the Gulf of Mexico
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Estimate cest of Canal, $146,000,000.
First allocation of funds by President Roosevelt
on September 3, 1935, $5,000,000.
First work begun in charge of Lt. Col. Brehon
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1935.
Minimum depth of Canal 30 feet.
Total length of waterway including dredging deep
channel 27 miles in Gulf of Mexico, 202 miles.
MEXICO
Length of Canal proper, 175 miles.
Miami
Width of Canal, 250 to 400 feet
Formal beginning of excavation of Canal at =
point near Ocala occurred Thursday, September 19,
1935 when at one o'clock p. m. President Roosevelt
pushed an electric button at his Hyde Park_home in
New York, setting off a heavy charge of dynamite.
Number of men employed September 19th, over
2,000.
Number to be employed by December 1st, 6,000.
Estimated maximum number of men who could be
profitably employed at one time during course of
construction. 25,000.
Estimated length of time required to complete ca-
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Annexed I have the pleasure to hand you my just published
book " Sozialer Individualismus".
When you realize the programme deposited in my book, any
dictatorship of industry shall be impossible.
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Read pages 40 and 41, and you shall read whole the book.
Awaiting your favourable reply
Yours very truly
or
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I want to thank you in his behalf for your kind
thought in sending it to him.
Very sincerely yours,
am Fasty
RUDOLPH FORSTER
Executive Clerk
Charles W. Johnson, Esq.,
1208 Broadway,
Houston,
Texas.
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Mm m Julys If.
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Assistant Secretary
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Frank G. Richards,
Vice President,
John B. Stetson Company,
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My dear Mrs. Johnson:
It was mighty nice of you to send
those fine souvenirs to the President and he
wants you to know that he 1s more than grateful
for your kind thought of him. He thenks you
most sincerely.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. Emma Johnson,
1510 Belzise Terrace,
Fort Worth,
Texas.
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July 10, 1936
My dear Mr. Stovall:
Your letter of July seventh, with the
accompanying supplement, has been received. The
President wants you to know that your kind thought
is very much appreciated.
X P.O 7.9-B 7.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
M. E. Stovall, Esq.,
The Oglethorpe University Press,
Oglethorpe University,
Georgia,
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Oglethorpe University, Georgia
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July 7th, 1936
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JUL THE RECEIVED 10 WHITE 1936 HOUSE
President Franklin Dr. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear President Roosevelt:
We take pleasure in sending you herewith a Supplement
to THE NEW SCEIENCE AND OLD RELIGION by President Thornwell
Jacobs, copy of which you recently received. There is no
charge for this service.
Faithfully yours,
mistakee
M. E. Stovall, Secty.
RELIGIONS
Cosmic, Psychological, Authoritarian
SUPPLEMENT TO
The New Science and The Old Religion
BY THORNWELL JACOBS
Copyright 1936, by Thornwell Jacobs
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Oglethorpe University,
Georgia, U. S. A.
CHAPTER XX-B
RELIGIONS-COSMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL
AND AUTHORITARIAN
Fear of pain and love of pleasure constitute and always
have constituted the foundations of religion. From the
beginning the supreme problem has been, how to be hap-
py. Racked and tormented by invisible, inaudible and in-
tangible pains; unable to understand or cure the tortures
of acute and chronic diseases; helpless in the hands of
agonies unbearable, the immediate and logical explanation
men,
of primitive man was that someone was punishing him for
his offenses. From pain, and fear of its recurrence,
Heaven, Divinity,
inevitably grew a search for salvation from its tortures
rose
again,
chaos,
and especially from the horrors of death. As all living
firmament,
things on earth died the appeal could only be to the im-
their
places,
mortal sun, to the eternal moon, to the never failing plan-
abodes:
ets and to the great earth-mother, conceived of from the
beginning as persons. Thus the hope of immortality was
warmth and power,
identified with the analogies of nature. As the earth died
and was born again; as the weakening winter sun return-
river;
ed in his strength; as bright day sprung from all-conquer-
joy,
ing night; so might man return:
knows,
wered meadow spreads,
"Exalted, aglow, resurrected:
rainbow of Ishtar,
As after the storm shines the sun forth;
loved,
As after the darkness comes morning;
As after the winter the spring wakes."
Obviously the one sure way to obtain this immortality was
to change one's nature and become as the gods who dif-
fered from human beings only in that one point. Swept
by the vast tides of the primal instincts of fear of pain,
the
great
rivers;
of longing for happiness, of self preservation; and by those
later developments of conscience, duty and love, men every-
where turned toward any and all faiths that offered div-
inity, immortality, salvation and eternal happiness.
All of the multitudinous religions of the world may be
divided into three types. The first and likewise the oldest
are the Cosmic religions which consist of the thoughts
feelings and deeds which spring from the contemplation
of the cosmos, the sun, the moon, the planets, the earth
itself, with its rivers, its restless oceans, its deserts, its
forests, its volcanoes. By a process of empathy early man
interpreted the lives of all moving things in nature in
terms of personality. He watched them closely. He stu-
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NEW SCIENCE AND THE OLD RELIGION
THREE TYPES OF RELIGION
5
their habits. He codified their conduct. He wonder-
During the six and a half centuries between the days of
He feared. He worshipped. After a while the many
Alexander the Great and the reign of Constantine the
of his reverence became one,-God, whose revela-
Great, the then civilized world was one vast religious melt-
is
all
nature.
ing pot. The first appearance of the doctrine of salvation
for the individual soul, associated with the practice of the
"The sun, the moon, the stars, the hills, the seas, the
sacraments and the consciousness of sin and the necessity
plains,
of redemption, had already been introduced to our modern
Are not these, 0 soul, the vision of Him who reigns?"
civilizations by Orphism. Orphism preceded Christianity
second type of religion is the Psychological, the per-
and all of the many Mystery-religions. Its deity was
the individual. The worshipper looks within for the
Dionysos with whom was associated a complete theology
light, listens for the inner voice, meditates as the
of redemption. His worship included faith in "a doctrine
fire burns. Such were Confucius and Laotze, and
of incarnation, divine passion and sacramental grace and
and Jesus and Mohammed. These men, in the
had found entry into the Greek peninsula about the tenth
silence of spiritual contemplation saw God for them-
century, B. C." He was the first Savior-God. After him
and with SO true an insight that millions accepted
followed many others until the day when even Julius Cae-
descriptions of their visions. Even today there are
sar was acclaimed by the public as "God manifest," "the
millions who have created for themselves their own
common Savior of human life" and Augustus as "Savior
The mystics, the Quakers, the early Methodists,
of the universal human race," and Nero as "God, the de-
present day Oxford group look within for guidance.
liverer forever."
counsel
is:
Such terms as mediator, and redeemer, and sin, and re-
"Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and spirit with
demption, and baptism, and the supper of the Lord, and
Spirit can meet.
miraculous birth, and ascent to heaven, and the return to
Nearer is He than breathing and closer than hands
earth of the Savior, and salvation, and immortality, and
and feet."
ecstacy, and identification with the Savior-God, were the
third religious type is the Authoritarian. The great
common properties of all the Mystery-religions and of
of human beings either have no power or no time
Christianity. The partition between humanity and divin-
deep of religious thought. Inevitably, therefore,
ity was worn thin and all of the Mystery-religions pro-
trust others for their religion just as they trust others
vided a way whereby their devotees could identify them-
medicine. Their descendants go by the faith they
salves with their Savior-God. In the liturgy of Mithra
occur interesting words: From the Hymn of Regenera-
born by. Unable themselves to weigh the evidence
tion: "Lord, having been regenerated we depart in exal-
the truth they follow the faith of their fathers.
tation
Thou of that life-producing birth." "Abide
first reverence and then deify the great soul whose
with me in my soul; leave me not" and "that I may be
of God they devotedly follow. This type reaches its
initiated and that the holy Spirit may breathe within me."
in such doctrines as the infallibility of the pope,
"I am Thou and Thou art I." As Dr. Hatch says: "The
the Koran, or of the Bible.
majority of them had the same aims as Christianity itself
three types of religion, which embrace all faiths,
-the aim of worshipping a pure God, the aim of living a
curiously mingled but usually one type definite-
pure life, the aim of cultivating the spirit of brotherhood."
edominates over the others. Sometimes, as in the
of Christianity, the beginnings are cosmic; later, a
Oddly enough there was also in the Mystery-religions a
seer of all known facts gives an individual in-
profound faith in the "name" of their Savior-Gods, the
of incomparable perfection; and then the les-
same sort of belief which SO frequently occurs in the New
follow his guidance with a reverence which
Testament: "If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will
to his deification.
do it," and "in thy name done many wonderful works,"
etc. Over these religions Christianity had the same ad-
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vantage in deifying the living Jesus that Judaism had in
In their cult-meals, their Lord's suppers, the followers
exalting Moses and that Zoroastrianism had in Zoroaster
of the Mystery-religions communed with their Savior-
and that Islam had in Mohammed and that Buddhism had
Gods; in the bloody bath of their baptisms they were re-
in Gautama, and to these was added the treasure of the
born for eternity. The followers of Attis, at the time of
pure and beautiful life and ethics of Jesus. Another
the spring festival of the Great Mother took part in a
curious resemblance to Christianity to be found in the
passion-play during which they carved the trunk of a tree
Mystery-religions was their doctrine of asceticism, a doc-
into the shape of a human body, and carried it to their
trine which has appealed to all of the great religious teach-
sanctuary with a statue of their God. Fasting and wail-
ers from Plato to Plotinus and that is especially illustrated
ing over the death of Attis followed. Came the Day of
in the teaching of John the Baptist and Paul. Jesus, him-
Blood when they buried the tree, cutting themselves with
self, rejected asceticism completely. He alone, of the great
knives as they identified themselves with the passion of
religious teachers "came both eating and drinking."*
God. On the third day the resurrection of Attis was sig-
Yet we cannot but stand in amazement at the perfection
nalized by the opening of his grave. His followers gath-
with which mankind had developed these religions of sav-
ered around the tomb and a priest comforted them, saying:
ing grace and redemption from their interpretation of the
"Be of good cheer ye mystae of the God who has been
meaning of the Cosmos. Their argument was that of an-
saved; to you, likewise, there shall come salvation."
alogy, of allegory, just the same method as that used by
The followers of the Mystery-religions had thus identi-
Jesus in his parables and by the first master minds who
fied the knowledge of God with the knowledge of his deeds
interpreted the deeds of the sun and the moon and the
in nature and therefrom had worked out a complete relig-
planets in terms of personalities. The resurrection of
ion of redemption. All of these Savior-Gods were, in es-
Osiris, for example, taught his followers that he also would
sence, sun-gods. During the age which we are describing,
vanquish death. "As truly as Osiris lives shall he live; as
there took place an almost complete theocrasia. Each of
truly as Osiris is not dead shall he not die." Of the wor-
the Mystery-religions borrowed from the others such doc-
shippers of Osiris, Robert Hillyer says: "Their theology,
trines and faiths as seemed attractive to their followers.
their sacraments, their conception of the after life are
Zeus, Helios, Osiris, Mithra-each was the counterpart
based on a simple doctrine; eternal life manifested through
of the other and the doctrines of one were accepted by the
eternal living forms." The departed soul sings:
followers of the others. For example, Adonis, "The Lord,"
"I am a Prince in the Field,
was worshipped in Antioch. He also was a Savior-God and
I am Osiris.
gave immortality to those who believed in him. At the
I am Horus and Ra,
vernal equinox each year his followers also presented a
One with Osiris.
passion-play which included bitter expressions of anguish
All that is offered to him
and terror on the first day, the day on which Adonis died.
Decketh my altar.
On the second day he was, like Attis, buried with reverence
He who hath risen from Death
and sorrow, but on the third day he rose again from the
Beareth me with him."
dead and with gladness and singing his resurrection was
proclaimed. "His image was made to rise in the air as
As he came onward in his celestial journey, he cries:
though ascending into heaven and the people abandoned
"For I am setting forth to the temple of the Gods,
themselves to rejoicing." All this was long before the
And I sail in a boat named the Assembler of
birth of Jesus.
Souls."
King Khu En Aten adores the sun:
"There can be no salvation without regeneration" was
"And lo, I find thee also in my heart,
the teaching of the Mystery-religions, and the forgiveness
I, Khu en Aten, find thee and adore.
of sins was dependent upon this regeneration. The most
0 thou, whose dawn is life, whose setting, death,
intimate of communions, a communion SO close that the
In the great dawn, then lift up me, thy son."
believer became identified with his Savior-God, was prac-
* A fine and conservative discussion of this subject may be found
in Angus' MYSTERY-RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY-Scribners.
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ticed. "I am thou and thou art I" is a close parallel to
Finally, A. D. 307, the Emperor Diocletian proclaimed
"I am the vine and ye are the branches." Some queer doc-
Mithra as Sol Invictus, the patron god of the empire and
trines are included also among others with which the mod-
the worship of the sun became the state religion. All of
ern public is not SO familiar. The Egyptians, for example,
the Mystery-Gods such as Serapis and Attis and Osiris
believed in immaculate conceptions and virgin births, hold-
had, by this time, been identified with him.
ing that "It is not impossible for the spirit of God to have
intercourse with a woman." The wife of the King of
It is a striking fact that Christianity, even the most
Athens was ritually married to Dionysos. Another inter-
modernistic type, is dependent upon these age-old doc-
esting connection with Christianity is discovered in the
trines, summarized in the Mystery-religions, for its full
most important of all the festivals of the Mithraic calendar
expression. The fine life and ethics of Jesus were added
which fell on December 25th, Natalis invicti, the birthday
to the wisdom of the preceding ages which had taught
of the Invincible One, four days after the winter solstice.
men that all nature and the entire universe was a revela-
By that day the rebirth of the dying winter sun could be
tion of the will and character of God. Combining his
discerned clearly. Similarly Christianity appropriated to
sense of shortcoming which sprang from his inner con-
its own uses the Mystery-religion festivals of the vernal
sciousness with the analogy of the great primal myths,
equinox, even the name of our Easter celebration being of
mankind worked out a system of redemptive theology
heathen origin (Anglo-Saxon Eastre, light or spring-god-
which included many of the great Christian doctrines. Al-
dess). Its date, the first Sunday after the first full moon
most at the beginning they found that:
following the vernal equinox also identifies its origin. The
"All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
first day of the week, Sunday, was holy to the sun and
Whose body nature is, and God the soul."
therefore naturally substituted for the Sabbath, and morn-
ing, noon and evening prayers were offered to him.
When the brilliant young Jewish teacher hurled him-
self devotedly against the orthodox faith of his day, he
The followers of the cult of Mithra regularly partook
suffered the inevitable consequence upon the cross. His
of their holy sacramant in which they mixed wine with
death for humanity became the rallying point which lifted
bread and water and comforted each other with the thought
him in a maze of glory higher than Serapis or Attis or
that "Mithra would come again from Heaven to bring
Adonis or Mithra. In him the agonies and ambitions and
forth the dead from their graves for judgement and that
their Mediator would be the advocate of the initiated soul
ideals of all suffering humanity were expressed as he hung
upon the shameful cross on Golgotha, because he had dar-
which, purified through his rites would ascend through
the seven planetary spheres to Paradise" (Cumont). These
ed to describe the theologians of his day in words like
cult-meals were common to most Mystery-religions, their
these: "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
principle being: "I will come in and sup with him and he
crites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven against
with me." "They were sometimes called the 'table of
men; for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them
God'." In the beginning of these meals there was a com-
who are entering in to enter; Woe unto you scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites, for you compass sea and land to
plete identification of the food and drink with the body
of the God which his followers ate, thereby obtaining iden-
make one proselyte and, when he has become so, ye make
tification with him and a part of the essence of his divin-
him two fold more a son of hell than yourselves; Ye fools
and blind
ity. An almost complete parallel is the Catholic doctrine
woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
of trans-substantiation according to which the wine be-
crites, for ye are like unto whited sepulchers which out-
comes the blood of Jesus and the bread his actual flesh.
wardly appear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead
Later they became the expression of the outward means
men's bones and all uncleanness. Even so, ye also out-
whereby an initiate obtains union with the Savior-God.
wardly appear righteous unto men but inwardly ye are
Doubtless the cult-meals go back to that ancient and bar-
full of hypocrisy and iniquity
ye serpents, ye off-
baric faith, according to which the strength and power
springs of vipers. How shall ye escape the judgement of
of an adversary became that of his conqueror upon his
hell?" In the Jerusalem of that day no man could use
words like those and live. So this seer of the invisible
partaking of the flesh of the fallen.
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secrets of the human heart, who taught his disciples that
Happiness and songs, laughter and love, fruits, flowers,
all men are sons of God, that they all have come from
food-all these the dying bull afforded. (Compare the
the Father and will return to the Father, who taught the
struggle of Gilgamish with the bull-man-Eabani) This,
love of God to man and the love of each man to the other,
of course, is the interpretation in terms of personality of
who taught faith and trust in providence, and the assur-
the dimming of the stars of Taurus, the Bull, when the
ance of the kindness of God, flung himself vainly against
Sun enters that constellation at the vernal equinox and
the mountain of ignorance and stupidity and priest-craft.
all the blessedness of spring is born. Mithra, who repre-
Hence, also, the cross has been from that day to this a
sents the ineffable effulgence of light, becomes thus, the
symbol of all those who are willing and able to die for
benefactor of mankind and the mediator between the heav-
their fellowmen.
ens and the world. (Compare the creation of light in Gen-
Than the story of Christianity, there is no more intrigu-
esis I, before that of the Sun). He loosed "the sweet in-
ing study. It begins at least a million years ago with the
fluences of the Pleiades," a star group in the constellation
dawning of the splendor of the sun upon the consciousness
of the Bull. He brought resurrection and life to earth each
of primitive man. As to the child of today, SO to man-
spring, showering mankind with flowers and bird songs;
kind in his boyhood, the dazzling glory of the day-star,
with warmth and fruits and foods. Those who worship-
his evident control over warmth and light and life and
ped him might become one with him by a mystic partici-
death, were the overwhelming evidence of unapproachable
pation in certain rites. These included baptism in the
power and goodness and mercy. We know that 50,000
blood of a bull and eating his flesh and drinking his blood
years ago early men were burying their dead in an east-
at holy feasts. (Compare "What can wash away my sins?
and-west direction. This first religious act known to an-
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!" "There is a fountain
thropology abides as a custom to this day and as the old-
filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins." Com-
est evidence of the beginning of that Cosmic religion
pare also the Catholic doctrine of Transsubstantiation.)
which forms SO large a part of Christianity. From the
Included also were a beautific vision of the face of the div-
very beginning the devious journey of the sun through
inity usually in the form of a flash of insufferably bril-
the heavens was studied. The men of Stonehenge built
liant light (Compare St. Paul on the way to Damascus),
their temple to mark the dates of his arrival at the sum-
and a communion with him SO intimate as to guarantee
mer and winter solstices. The men of Babylonia traced
salvation from sin on earth and unending happiness in
heaven.
with meticulous exactitude his pathway through the con-
stellations. The story of Gilgamish reveals the steady
Centuries before the birth of Jesus, and during his life,
growth in beauty and meaning of his myth, the interpre-
and for centuries thereafter the Roman Empire offered
tation of his majesty's doings in terms of personality.
in Mithraism and other Mystery-religions: a god immac-
Followed Tammuz, and Adonis, and Attis; Oedipous and
ulately born, who performed many prodigies on earth,
Bellerophon and Perseus and Theseus and-most impor-
supped at its conclusion with his followers, and ascended
tant of all to this study-Mithra; Light in all its benef-
into heaven where he abides as savior and judge. The
icent and conquering power.
mystic rites of Orphism conferred salvation, and the eat-
Born of a rock, the crystal firmament, his birth witness-
ing of his flesh and drinking of his blood supplied power
ed only by shepherds, this mighty God, who was worship-
over death, disease and disaster. Followers of the Savior-
ped devotedly by millions during a thousand years, after
gods abstained from evil, practiced rigid continence and
a long while on earth, during which he overcame in many
renounced all evil indulgencies by disciplined self-control.
battles, and after a last supper with the Sun and his fol-
They believed in heaven and hell, in an original flood, in
lowers, ascended into heaven where he continues to watch
the immortality of the soul. in a last judgement and in
over and aid his own. Chief among his exploits was the
a sacrificial redemption. They celebrated Easter and the
slaying of a mighty bull from the beneficent sacrifice of
re-birthdav of their invincible God on the winter solstice,
whose body sprang all good things and lovely upon earth.
December 25th, our Christmas, with sacred festivities. In
short. excepting the ethics of Jesus and his teaching of the
* "The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin."
John I:7.
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fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man and of faith-
FAITH-FAITH, these religions contained the complete story
by the millions of Mithraists and believers in Attis and
of the Gospel about Christ. Thus modern Christianity de-
Adonis and the other Mystery-religions who joined "the
rived its creed not only from Babylonia and Judaea and
Way." Christ taught men to believe in God; in His in-
Egypt but also from Persia and Greece and Rome. The
finite, tender kindness, like that of a father, and to love
Great Analogy between God's work in nature and his work
Him; to believe in man and to call all men neighbors,
in the soul constitutes the bedrock of Christian theology.
loving each one of them as oneself; to believe in life, to
It is not generally known, that millions of people had
trust and hope and know that the Father who fed the
accepted and believed and devotedly trusted these religious
sparrows and raimented the lilies would provide even for
developments of the great primal myths before Saul of
those of little faith. "Be not fearful, only believe," he
Tarsus began his epoch-making career. As long as the
kept saying, for he knew, long before modern psycho-
apostles of Jesus went "not unto the heathen nor unto
therapy taught us, that "A courageous heart is the very
any city of the Samaritans," there was no mixture of their
best medicine," a medicine which would cast out all the
religion with the new faith, but when Paul turned unto
devils of fear and anxiety and nerve-shattering despair.
the Gentiles and multitudes of Hellenists joined the
This young Jewish prophet who died at thirty-three and
Christian churches, in came these old faiths, these ancient
whose career was actually only of three years' duration,
and dependable ways of seeing God in the Sun, and in his
knew the secret of irresistible power, the power of confi-
warm light the amazing manifestation of his loving care
dence, courage, faith. If he could only get his hearers to
and resurrective power, and with them came the Gospel
believe, all things were possible for them. Sometimes he
about Christ.
could do no mighty works because of their unbelief. He
When all the evidence is weighed we cannot be absolute-
taught his disciples the secret assuring them that "greater
ly certain that any of the words of Jesus as recounted in
things than these shall ye do." He tried to make them
the New Testament are exactly His. The reasons for this
believe that they were divine, sons of their Father in
are obvious. The oldest manuscripts of the Gospels were
Heaven, from whom they had come and to whom they
written at least 250 to 350 years after the death of Christ,
would return, and they only understood it as of him. He
in a period as distant from their subject matter as we of
spoke of establishing the kingdom of God on earth with
today are removed from the landing of the Pilgrims at
all men brothers, and God, Father of all, and they thought
Plymouth Rock. Furthermore-and this is of great im-
he meant an earthly kingdom in which they zealously
portance-we know from internal and other evidence that
strove to sit, on his right hand or on his left. In short,
the earliest of the Gospels was that of Mark and that it
with every ounce of his wonderful power he taught his
was written at least thirty-five years after the death of
followers to believe in God and man and themselves, and
Christ. Matthew was not written until forty-five years,
to abandon the desiccated theology of the day. Yet, he
Luke not until fifty or sixty years and John not until
had scarcely died for his own faith before his followers
eighty or ninety years after the crucifixion. While the
shifted entirely the basis of theirs. Belief in God and His
early Christians may have had a memorized oral story of
goodness, in man and his divinity, in life and its heaven-
the acts and teachings of Jesus, it is probable that the
ly guidance, quickly passed into a theological system of
gospels were written to supplement not to displace or dup-
justification by faith in the deity of Jesus, in his vicarious
licate that story. It is impossible, therefore, to be sure
atonement, in baptism for the remission of sins, in a com-
that any single utterance of Jesus is reported in the Gos-
munion in which "unless you eat my flesh and drink my
pels exactly as he said it. Any one who will try to repro-
blood you have no part in me," in the immaculate concep-
duce a conversation of thirty-five years ago will under-
tion and the virgin birth, in the resurrection and ascension
stand why.
of their Lord, and in His return during the lifetime of
that generation to judge the quick and the dead. Thus
It may be safely added that Jesus was not a Christian.
Paul writes to the Romans: "The word of faith which
Christianity was founded by Saul of Tarsus and modified
we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath
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raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." "Being
As the milleniums pass and speculative light dawns into
justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath
day authoritarian religion will doubtless give way to the
through Him." And the author of Hebrews adds: "Ye
cosmic and psychological types, except for the masses who
are
come to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant
always prefer to believe rather than to know. That most
and to the blood of sprinkling." Thus "the lamb for sin-
amazing phenomenon, the spiritual sense of moral direc-
ners slain," paralleled and finally supplanted the bull,
tion which we sometimes call the right, or duty, or con-
slain by Mithra.
science, or the good, the true and the beautiful will doubt-
As has often been said, man is, by nature, a religious an-
less become more and more powerful and clear. Interpre-
imal. All that is outside of him he sees by the light that
tation of the ever growing mass of scientific facts will
is within. Through the five semi-translucent windows
more plainly reveal the dwelling place of the Most High.
of his soul he contacts his environment and through his
For as man marches forward the darkness will disap-
brain and body he interprets it. From the phenomena
pear and the road become clearer. Superstitions, fear,
around him he deduces order and apparent plan. He comes
priestcraft, will be dispelled as the fog lifts before the ris-
to believe that knowledge of the causes of things (cog-
ing sun. The voice within will be heard as plainly as the
noscere causas rerum) is knowledge of God (gnosis
voices without.
Theou). Earliest science, which it should never be for-
gotten was earliest religion, found God in visible changes;
Five little panes of dusty glass
spring from winter, life from death; in the solar splen-
And an unmeasured universe await!
dour; in the flash and roar of the storm. Modern science
Yet, beautiful, 0 ye lovely forms I see,
seeks Him in the electron and proton, in the quantum and
And charméd voices, rapturing words, I hear,
the cell, as well as in star-clouds and galaxies. It wor-
And odors borne of heaven's breath I smell,
ships with Tennyson, saying:
And touch! O God what wondrous things are
these I touch?
"Flower in the crannied wall,
Five little panes of dusty glass.
I pluck you out of the crannies,
0 mist, 0 mystery!
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower-but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I crave one pane the more,
I should know what God and man is."
One crystal pane and then-
But modern science is introspective as well. Having dis-
0 worlds, 0 infinite, O God!
covered that the mind of man is the most wonderful of all
Earliest religion and earliest science were one and the
things in the knowable universe, it studies its processes,
explores the finger-prints left upon it by its creator and
same thing. In the beginning the scientist was the priest
and the priest was the scientist. The seer whose vision
utilizes its delicate powers of spiritual reception and trans-
mission.' The very pursuit of science is a search for God:
was farthest of all men of the tribe was also the prophet,
he who "spoke for God." Knowing more than other men,
I told my soul I would search for God,
observing more closely, thinking more deeply, he, the lead-
And she bade me sadly try.
ing scientist of his day, taught and persuaded the others.
So I sought through the Book and the brook and
His superior knowledge, his science, enabled him to speak
the clod
with authority. In a time when no one was able to proper-
For the hand of Him most high;
ly relate cause and effect, he made a beginning of it. The
Nor voice, nor word, nor cry.
silent majesty of the heavens, the mysterious movements
But the infinite longing that bade me plod
of the shining ones, the inexplicable happenings on the
Whispered: "I am God."
earth, the unending hurry of the river, the restless might
*
The reader will find a full discussion of this subject in NOT
of the sea, the cunning power of the wild beast, the inimi-
KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT-Jacobs, Oglethorpe University Press.
table skill of the swift-flying birds, the amazing birth of
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life from death, the astounding metamorphosis of the
spring-awakened earth following upon the resurrection of
the weakening winter sun, and the mysterious voice that
compelled him from within-all these and many more fas-
cinating problems were the subject matter of the first
science, the first religion and the first theology. After
a while the three separated. The one Patesi-the priest-
king-scientist became three: priest, king and scientist and
unfortunately remains SO to this day. Yet what we know
of that which is without and of that which is within should
rule as king and guide as priest. To know the cause of
things (cognoscere causas rerum) is in essence knowledge
of God (gnosis Theou.) In short, knowledge of the truth,
which is science, is knowledge of God, who is the Truth.
"For truth is only in is living,
Truth only is whole,
And the love of his giving
Man's pole-star and pole;
Man, pulse of my center, and fruit of my body,
and seed of my soul."