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    "ocrText": "PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE\nPPF 9\nGifts P\nAug. -Nov. 1941\newr\nPPF900615\nrin\nAugust 71 1941.\nPegpactfully referred by memorandum for consideration and acknowledgment.\nvah.\nLAKEY, BOOKER\nGeneral Org. Secy.,\nCape Province Non-Buropean Ambulance, Visiting\nTroops and Seamen's Entertainment Fund,\nCape Town, South Africa\nAugust 23, 1941.\nWrote to the President saying that sending, under separate\ncover, a \"Victory\" photograph, with compliments of his Comm. and their best wishes.\n(Not recei ved 10/23/41)\nSee PPF-9-L\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nrin\nAugust 7, 1941.\nPOP\nRespectfully referred by memorandum for consideration and acknowledgment.\nvah.\nMILLER, Mrs. Geraldine M.,\nP.P.A.\nWashington, D. C.\nJuly 29, 1941\nq-P\nWrites to the President stating that she is sending pictures of the old Meriwether\nInn at Warm Springs, - post card pictures.\nSee P.P;F. 76\nrin\nAugust 7, 1941.\nP.P.A\nRespectfully referred by memorandum for consideration and acknowledgment.\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President.\nTed NEWCOM, President United Construction Workers Organizing Committee,\nLocal No. 111. East Chicago, Ill. 8/6/41 Telegram. Protests the\nplan of the OPM to curtail the production of the automobile industry.\nUrge adoption.of the plan as proposed by Mr. Philip Murray, President\nCIO to set up a council of industry to handle such matters. Sent to\nOPM\nSELL, Anna Clara Ortmann 2103 S. Meridian Indianapolis, Ind. 8/7/41\nTelegram. Oppose extending service of draftees Oppose aid to Godless\nRussia. Keep your pre election pledges. Sent to War Dept.\nGOULD, Mrs. 1001 Beaconsfield, Detroit, Michigan 8/6/41 Telegram. Preserve\nthe trust of our American youth in arms your promised of one year\nmust be kept. Sent to War Dept.\nPHILADELPHIA RETAIL SHOE WORKERS UNION, 1227 Walnut St. Phila. Pa. 8/6/41\nTelegram. Policy of all out aid to all victims of Fascist Aggression\nSent to State Dept.\nGREEK CATHOLIC CARPATHY-RUSSIAN BENEVELENT ASSN LIBERTY. Perth Amboy, N.J.\n8/6/41 Telegram Resolutions Please their loyalty and obedience to t\ntheir country its constitution and it President Franklin D. Roosevelt\nSent to State Dept.\nRANDOLPH, Julian 1039 \"\"erced St. Berkley, Calif 8/6/41 Approve of action\nordering widespread Japanese export-import embargoes etc., Sent to\nState Dept.\nPALUMBO, John 547 Protectory Place, Pittsburgh. Pa. 7/31/41 Writes\nMrs. Roosevelt. Registered letter Booklet \"The Blessed Event\"\nand The Best Way for World Peace Manifesto by John Palumbo\nMay 1941 Sent to State Dept. hot by memo\nWALSH, \"rs. John J. 420 Riverside Drive, N.Y.C. 8/4/41 Realizing\nthe CURB ON PRICES, INCLUDING RENTS, DEEPLT DISTURBed at the\nprospect of a too drqstic regulation of the latter that woul\namount to a confiscation of her property. Seht to Office of\nEmergency Management.\nnot by memo\nKAUFMAN,\nH. M. 66 Thompson 66 Thompson St. Amesbury, Mass. 8/3/41\nRegarding Civil Service Positions Sent to Civil Service Comm.\nnot sent by memo\nmpk\nKLINCK, Jacob Charles\nBrooklyn, New York\nJuly 24, 1941\nWrote to the President enclosing a copy of the picutre that is being published in Berlin.\nPicture is of a group of Masons, and names these Masons in order. -- Gen. Watson replied\non July 31, 1941, expressing thanks on behalf of the President. Says the President is\ndelighted to have the picture, as it has now been made a great international episode.\nPencil notation: \"Original correspondence sent to Mrss Eben for Hyde Park Library. \" --\nAttached is President's memo of July 29, 1941, to Gen. Watson re reply.\nSEE - P.P.F. F. 7679\nP.P.F. F.\n9-p\nOCRINGLIARO, Salvatore,\nDhdl-\nHARRIS, Mr. G.R.,\nJohnson, Dr. J.A.,\nManchester, Ga.\n8-6-41.\nSends President a basket of Georgia peaches.\nI\nSee P.P.F.9-J\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nOCRINGLIARO, Salvatore,\nDhdla The\nWORKMAN, Dr. B.J.,\nWoodruff, S.C.\n8-4-41.\nWrites he is sending the President a bushel of \"Country Doctor\" peaches.\nSee P.P.F.9-W\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nOCRINGLIARO Sol\nBINDLE, Hon. Anthony J., Jr.,\nLondon, W.T. England\n8-21-41.\nWrites to President that at the request of the authors, Messrs. W.W. Coole end\nM.F. Poster, he is enclosing copy of book titled, \"Thus Spake Germany\". Authors of\nbook are both long-standing officials of the Polish Government, and started work on this\nopus in Nardew. This book, with n Foreword by Lord Vensittart is based upon the works of\nGerman statemen, politicians, philosophers, etc. Also letter to President from\nMr. Coole and Mr. Potter presenting this book as a token of their high regard and\nadmiration for his leadership.\n(Original correspondence held by Mrs. Eben, and book in President's study.)\nSee P.P.F.9-C\nThank P.P.7\nbr\nfor only of Baroper\n1 — assure your that Ive 9-P your\ncourtesy\n$\nconding\nthe\nto\nVery classely yours,\nGRACE C. TOLLY\na. 2. Putass's Sans,\n2 Wast 45th Street,\nBow York, E. E.\nOCRINGLIARO, Salvatore,\nPhila., Pa.\n8-13-41. (ack.)\n** has Study\nTHE\nCOMPLIMENTS\nAugust 4, 1941\nP.P.T.\nG P. PUTNAM SONS\n2\nWEST\nYORK\nq-p\nGentlemen:\nAUG 29 1941\nThank you in the President's behalf\nXP.P.7.9-B\nfor the copy of \"The Reconstruction of Europe\".\nI can assure you that he appreciates your\ncourtesy in sending the book to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nX\nG. P. Putnam's Sons,\n2 West 45th Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nmms\nvatore,\n12\nachigd 8/4/41\nEditorial Copy mms\nWITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF\nG. P. PUTNAM'S SONS\n2 WEST 45th STREET : NEW YORK\nbr\nPublication Date\nAUG 29 1941\nIncluding the publications of Minton, Balch & Co.\nMrs. Morton H. Tompkins, 57 W. 8 St., Chester, Pa., 8-13. ASKS 1 01 in\nlease of son, Vincent J. Tompkins, in order that he may\nhelp support the family. Referred to War Dept.\nOCRINGLIARO, Salvatore,\nPhila., Pa.\n8-13-41. (ack.)\nSends a carved plaque to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-0\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nMrs. Morton H. Tompkins, 57 W. 8 St., Chester, Pa., 8-13. ASKS TOT in\nlease of son, Vincent J. Tompkins, in order that he may\nhelp support the family. Referred to War Dept.\nher\nP.P.7.\nER/\nAugust 18, 1941\n9-P\nRespectfully referred for consideration and acknowledgment.\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President.\nMrs. H. Tate, Downshill Road, Epsom, Surrey, England. 7/21/41. Sends\nBook forwarded by Truslove & Hanson, 6 B Sloane St.,\nLondon, England. BOOK - \"We have been evil\" by\nRom Landau. Referred to State Dept.\nLady Hannah Bell (?) England. Book - \"Nicholas Nickleby\" by Chas.\nDickens. Referred to State Dept.\nAvreliano Leite, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Author sends in his book \"Pequena\nHistoria da Casa-Verde\". Referred to State Dept.\nJohn D. Higinbotham, 95 Delhi St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Author\nsends President his book - \"When The West Was Young\".\nReferred to State Dept.\nJ. E. Paynter, 2221 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver, B. C., Sends small book -\nX\n\"The New World Order and How it will be Established\",\nReferred to State Dept.\nBOOK - \"Un Ano de Gobierno\" Discursos de Manuel Prado. No letter.\nReferred to State Dept.\nFollowing letters have been acknowledged.\nMiss Marie A. Bell, 31 East Crystal Lake Ave., Westmont, N.J., 8-14-41\nAsks for release of brother, Ernest Bell from Army.\nAck'd. 8-15. Referred to War Dept.\nMiss Betty Finnerty, 203 Edgewood Ave., Pleasantville, N.Y., 8/12.\nAsks that uncle, Herbert Hogle, 1612a Linden Ave., Long\nBeach, Calif., not be recalled into active service in\nthe Navy. Ack'd. 8/15. Referred to Navy Dept.\nMrs. Arthur Rader, R#2, McComb, Ohio. 8/11. Asks release of son, Pvt.\nChas. N. Rader, from the Army. Ack'd. 8-15. Sent to War.\nMrs. Morton H. Tompkins, 57 W. 8 St., Chester, Pa., 8-13. Asks for re-\nlease of son, Vincent J. Tompkins, in order that he may\nhelp support the family. Referred to War Dept.\n0\nben\nLOWICK, c. E.\nLittle Rock, Ark.\nAug. 23, 1941.\nWrote to the President saying that is sending by express,\nframed reproduction of the American Flag, \"Sentinel of Freedom\", by Adrian Brewer---\nsays original of this painting has been in his possession for some time and it has\nbeen acclaimed one of the most outstanding pictures of the Flag. Hopes the President\nwill enjoy it. (framed photo given to GOT.)\nr\nSee PPF-9-L\nour\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nJohn\n0\nX\nvah.\nTAYLOR, W.T.,\nClaremore, Okla.\nAugust 27, 1941\nWrites to the President enclosing some souvenirs for him.\nNOTE:- Penciled notation on back of letter indicates that pencils were amont the\n\"souvenirs\" enclosed.\nSee P.P.F. 9-T\nPP.7.\nr\n9-P\nJohn\nMOXLEY, Miss Ruth E.\nHuntington Park, Calif.\n8/10/41.\nWrote to the President enclèsing two victory pins,\none for the President and one for Mrs. R. Penciled note: Mrs. Bonsteel - File -\nFins given to Miss Tully. M. E.\nSee PPF-9-M\newr\nP.P.F.\nr\n9-P\nJolien\nDANIELS, H.C.,\n11.8 a\nTO:\nMcCARTHY, Hon. Leighton\nCanadian Minister to the United States\n9-P\n9-12-41\nMiss Tully acknowledged copy of Mr. McCarthy's memo dated 8-19-41 to the\nSecretary of State in regard to the desire of the Mayor and Council of Vancouver\nto present to the President an oil portrait of the Right Honorable Winston Churchill\nby Hal Denton. Miss Tully said the President would like to know if Mr. McCarthy\nhas seen the portrait and what he thinks of it. She said if it is a good likeness,\nthe President would be delighted to have it to put in the Hyde Park Library. - -\nAttached is letter to General Watson, 8-28-41 from George T. Summerlin in this\nregard, in which he enclosed copy of a note dated 8-19 from the Canadian Minister.\nr\nSee PPF 7853\nmp\nTelien\nX\n>\nDANIELS, H.C.,\nU.S.S. DRAYTON,\nSan Francisco, Cal.\nFiled 8-23-41.\nEncloses fishing lures and a picture to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-D\n1\nr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nPhase ad\nkhen\nreview\ncopies.\ncompliments:\nF\nHUNTER, John B.,\nKYLE, Leonard,\nZanesville, 0.\n8-4-41.\nSends gift of a photograph to the President.\n»\nSee P.P.F.9-K\nwr\nbr\nP.P.7.\n9-P\nwhen\nreview\ncompliments:\nF\nKREHA, Joseph,\nBrooklyn, N.Y.\n8-20-41 (ack.)\nSends oil painting to the President.\nDII\nSee P.P.F.9-K\nwr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nwhen\nreview\ncopies.\ncompliments:\nF 11 mg\nGoorge\nHAUSMANN, Jr., Gabe,\nNew Orleans, La.\n8-15-41.\nto\nshe\nSends a little pin for the President. Asks for President's autograph.\nSee P.P.F.9-H\nPM\nwr\nbr\nPP7\n9-p\nwhen\nF name\nTOFIAS, George I.,\nMedfield, Mass.\n8-23-41.\nSends copy of their publication to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-T\nPM\nWI'\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nmis when\nto\np.p.7 q-P\nAugust 23, 1941\nP\"\nGentlemen:\nwr\nMany thanks for the two booklets you\nsent to the President recently. I can assure\nyou that he much appreciates your courtesy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nyou\nGRACE G. TULLY\nPocket BOOKS, Inc.,\n1230 Sixth Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\ncd\nxppy\nBooks titled \" We are Not Alone\" and \"H.G. Wells\" Pocket History of the\n9.3\nWorld\" at red. to Mrs. Eben.\naccept these review\nopies, with our compliments:\nasha\nP.P.F.\n23R\n9-P\nate times - two pictures of the young recruits\nPockethistorylone\none of which is entitled \"America's Security.\"\nPM\nI\nthe !7or ld\nwr\nWould you kindly send us\na clipping of your comments?\n- thank you\nPocketBOOKS,1 INC.\n1230 6th Ave. . N.Y.\nvah.\nDOWNES, Rear Admiral John,\nCommandant, Ninth Naval District,\nP.P.F.\nUnited States Navy,\nGreat Lakes, Ill.\n9-P\nAugust 14, 1941 & Aug. 8, 1941\nthe President - - at two separate times - two pictures of the young recruits\nof the Sends U. S. Navy at Great Lakes, Ill., one of which is entitled \"America's Security.\"\nPM\nwr\nSee P.P.F. 9-D\nKELLER, Jr., Kent E.,\nAva, Ill.\n8-24-41\nSends a basket of Southern Illinois peaches to the President.\n(acknowledged by President.)\nSee P.P.F.9-K\nP\"\nwr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nO'HARA, Francis J.,\nUnion Wharf,\nPortland, Maine\n8-23-41\nEncloses two photographs taken at the launching of the \"Queen of Peace\".\nAsks if President will sign one of the photographs and return to them. (Photo\nreturned unsigned.)\nPM\nSee P.P.F.9-0\nWI°\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nMEMORANDUM\n9-10-41.\nMemo from Mr. Simmons to Gen. Watson that Dr. Richard Fried, Chicago, Ill.\ncalled this morning and left a pipe for the President as a gift from Dr. R. Nessel of\nPrague, Czechoslovakia. Dr. Nessel is the inventor of this pipe, which was especially\nconstructed for the President, and which may be used as a cigar holder by the attachment\nwithin the bowl being placed on the stem.\nSee P.P.F.9-N\nP\"\nwr\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nOn 9-10-41, Miss Tully sent above memo to Mr. Summerlin, State Dept., requesting\nthey have an appropriate acknowledgment made of this pipe, and return gift to\nher.\nNIGH, Mr. & Mrs. O.I.,\nWest Falls Church, Va.\n9-3-41 (ack.)\nSends gift of peaches to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-N\n\"P\"\newr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nROGERS, M. Robert - Editor, Click\n551 Fifth Ave.,\nNew York, N. Y.\n9/9/41.\nWrote to the President enclosing 2 pictures of the\nPresident's Mother, which feels the President may wish to keep since they were\nmade recently by one of their photographers. Pencil notation: 2 pictures given to \"P\"\nSee PPF-9-R\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nMOORE, WILLIAM W.\nSandy Springs, Md.\n9/15/41 ackd.\nMiss Tully thanked Mr. Moore 9/15/41 and stated they President appreciated his\nSent in for the President basket of peaches.\nfriendly thought. (Peachess ent to House).\nSee PPF-9-M\newr\nP.P.F.\n9_P\nMcSHAIN, John\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\n9/12/41.\nWrote to Mr. Qualters (Thomas Qualters) enclosing\npicture which he took when was at Hyde Park last, with vest pocket camera--promised\nwould forward President a copy of results as believes he was dubious as to success of\nsnap shot. (Photo given to Mrs. Eben)\nSee PPF-7592\newr\nP.P.F.\nN2°\n9-P\nMCB\nSeptember 17, 1941.\nRespectfully referred for consideration and acknowledgment.\nPPF-9\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President\n\"P\"\nLetters to the President, referred to State Department.\nWILSON, Anne Elizabeth (Mrs. Victor Blochin), Silverdale Farm,\nAurora, Ontario, Canada, 9/7/41. Sends condolences and\nthe \"Private Meditations and Prayers\" of the right Rev.\nThomas Wilson, D. D.\nBOOK\nSTEWART, Rose F., (Widow of an American Soldier), Calle 2a No.\n647, Tijuana, B. C., Mexico, undated. Sends package con-\ntaining statuette of the President and small leather shoe.\nGIFT\nANONYMOUS (Australian Admirer), \"Mr. Campion, Criminologist\" by\nMargery Allingham.\nBOOK\nKING, Mrs. Rose E., Salazae #3, Suernavcca, Mexico. Sends book,\n\"Tempest Over Mexico\" by Rosa E. King.\nBOOK\nPour la Patrie, by Paul Verdun. Sender does not give name.\nBOOK\nBAUDON, Hector P., sends copy of his book \"Democracia\". Libreria\n01 Ateneo\", Florida 240 - Cordoba 2099, Buenos Aires, 1941.\nBOOK\nMEE, Arthur - \"Nineteen-Forty\" our finest hour. London, Hodder\n& Stoughton Ltd., publishers.\nBOOK\nPERNANDEZ, Dr. Julio, Director, \"Ilvstracionde Cuba\", Cuba 316,\nHavana, 8/29/41. Sends picture of the President (in some\nkind of metal) mounted on block of wood.\nGIFT\nPICON, Alirio Gomez, \"El Tratado Colombo-Venezolano Sus Antece-\ndentes Historicos\". Quito, Ecuador, July, 1941.\nBOOK\nADDY, T., 39 Chester Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada Framed testi-\nmonial from Loyal Orange County Lodge of Toronto, 7/12/41,\nexpressing appreciation of outstanding leadership in the\ncause of freedom and Christian Civilization.\nmpk\nHAMMOND, Lt. Commander Paul\nAmerican limbassy\nOffice of the Naval Attache\nLondon, England\nFiled: September 19, 1941\nWrote to the President referring to posters by Capt. Jack Broome of the Royal Navy.\nAsks that one set of the posters be sent to Admiral Nimits. - The President replied on\nSept. 15, 1941, that Harry Hopkins brought the posters to the President, and that the\n1\nPresident enjoyed them. will have a set sent over to Admiral Nimits. - Attached is\nPresident's memo of Sept. 12, 1941, to Harry Hopkins re reply.\nSHE - PIP.F. 7552\nv2\"\nP. P. F.\n9-P\nHAMMOND, Lieut. Paul Lyman,\nU.S. Naval Attache's Office,\nAmerican Embassy, England.\n9-18-41 (ack.)\nSent to the President 2 rolls of 6 prints from watercolors re the war.\nHis card says \"To cheer the President on with his good work.\" (Prints sent to\nMr. Shipman, Hyde Park.)\n1\nSee P.P.F.5720\nvz\"\nPP7\nbr\n9-P\npl.t 9-P\nSeptember 18, 1941\n1\nMy dear Mrs. Pierson:\nW2\"\nThe President is glad indeed to have\nthe copy of your book and wants me to express\nhis cordial thanks to you for your friendly\nthought in sending 1t to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nthe\nPresident,\n+\nGRACE G. TULLY\nX#971\nMrs. Warren Lee Pierson,\nShoreham Hotel,\nWashington, D.C.\nes\nWaters\nMilitary\nto\nthe\nProsident\nThe White House\nEXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON\n9-18-41\nsl\nWASHINGTON\nWARREN Shank PRESIDENT LEE PIERSON thok GG., GG. sptudy &\nCABLE ADDRESS\n\"EXIMBANK\"\nAugust 21, 1941\nDear General Watson:\nMrs. Pierson wondered if you would\nlike to give the accompanying book to the\nPresident.\nSincerely yours,\nGeneral Edwin M. Watson\nMilitary Aide to the President\nThe White House\n=\nWEBER, Harry A.\nBlenheim, N. J.\n9/15/41.\nWrote to the President sending a picture of his garden\nwith American flag of stones. Filed.\nen\nSee PPF-9-W\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nwr\nHOWARD, Mrs. Daisy\nNorth Leeds, Maine\n9/22/41. ackd.\nSent in to the President a hand made pillow.\nSee PPF-9-P\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nwr\nTAIT, Mrs. James\nW. Phila. Pa.\n9/12/41.\nWrote to the President sending him a prayer book.\nSee PPF-9-T\newr\nP.P.F. 9-P\nBW2\"\n=\nLUFCY, Earl\nFlint, Mich.\n9/6/41.\nWrote to the President sending little boat and plane\nwhich he made by hand. (Pencil notation: it came in broken)\nSee PPF-9-L\n1,082\newr\nthe\nNo.\nFoags\nP.P.F. a-t\nBW2\"\nVery\nTULLI\n18., Paid Rug.,\n700 Ellantro,\nThe Ehen\nSeptember 18, 1941\npl.t\nqpp\nMy dear Mr. Poag:\nBW2\"\nIt was good of you to send the Presi-\ndent those two little booklets and I want to as-\nsure you that he appreciates your thoughtful\nkindness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE 0. TULLY\nH. M. Poag, Esq.,\n700 Ellentro,\nSouth Pasadena,\nCalifornia.\nget\n40.en\nvah.\nWARNER, Jack L.,\nBurbank, Calif.\nSeptember 30, 1941\nWrites to the President enclosing some photographs of two Spitfire planes which\nhis brothers and himself, through charitable donations, have given to the Royal Air\nForce of England. Tells how he has named these planes \"President Roosevelt\" and\n\"Cordell Hull\", in honor of the President and Secretary of State.\nPPF\nBW2\"\nSee P.P.F. 1050\n9-P\n11\n40.en\nvalue\nBIDDLE, Hon. Anthony J. Drezel, Jr.,\nP.P.7\nLondon, 11. Io,\nEngland.\nAugust 21, 1941\n9-P\nWrites to the President stating that at the request of Messre. W. W. Coole\nand M. F. Potter, co-authors of the enclosed book, and \"both long-standing officials\nof the Polish Government,\" he is enclosing a copy of \"Thus Spake Germany\". -\ntached is copy of letter to the President, 8/6/41 from W.W. Coole and N.Y. Potter\nregarding the a ove-mentioned book, containing a Foreword by Lord Vensittart, which\nowr\nthey are sending.-Also attached is 8 Presidential namo, 8/30/41, to Mr. Early, and\ncopy of the Intter's letter to imbassedor Biddle, of 9/2/41.\nTrank\nSee P.P.F. 554\nTOTAL\n40.en\nP.P.7.\nq-P\nSeptember 22, 1941\nowr\nMy dear Miss Lustig:\nThank you, in the President's behalf,\nXP.P.7.9-18\nfor the booklets received recently. It was\nmost thoughtful of you to send them to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nX\nMiss Lillian Lustig,\nPocket Books, Inc.,\nX\n139 West 54th Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nget\n\\\n4 0 en\nSULLIVAN, HENRY R.\nProvidence, R. I.\nSept. 6, 1941.\nWrote to the President that he has delivered to U. S.\nSenator Theodore Francis Green at his home, a picture of the old steamboat \"President\",\ntogether with certain pieces of literature explaining the history of the boat, thinking\nperhaps the President might like to place it among his other marine effects in Marine\nMuseum at Hyde Park. Says Senator Green will deliver the picture. (Not received\n10/23/41)\nour\nSee PPF-223\nour\nFiled 10/24/41\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nElen\nCASH, JACOB\nUnited States Patriotic Society,\nNew York, N. Y.\n9/12/41.\nEben)\nWrote to the President sending him a plaque. (To Mrs.\nSee PPF-9-U\newr\np.P.F.P\nElen\n\"\nplt a-p\nMy\nSeptember 20, 1941\nMy dear Mr. Trippe:\nThe President has noted with a great\ndeal of interest all that you say in your letter\nof August twenty-second. He is delighted to have\nthe souvenir ash tray and thanks you ever so much\nfor your kindness in sending it to him.\nX\nThe President wants you to know that he\nis deeply impressed by the sincerity of your\nwholehearted assurance of cooperation during these\ndays of extreme national emergency,\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE 0. TULLY\nJuan Trippe, Esq.,\nPresident, Pen American\nAirways System,\nChrysler Building,\n135 East 42nd Street,\nx\n#\n2875\nmgs\nNew York, N. Y.\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nPAA\nPAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM\nGENERAL OFFICES, CHRYSLER BUILDING, 135 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.\nOFFICE PRESIDENT ask- OF THE G.A to est)\nAugust 22, 1941\nMy dear Mr. President:\nWe hope very soon to inaugurate an American air\nservice to Lagos, Nigeria, on the West Coast of Africa\nwhere connection will be made with the African service we\nX 249\nare now organizing under your direction.\nThe latest Clipper, NC-18612, recently delivered\nby the manufacturer, is being transferred to Government\nownership for service on this South Atlantic route. In\nview of your personal interest in this program, which we\nhope will be of real value in maintaining communications\nand delivering aircraft so urgently needed in the Near\nEast, I thought you might possibly wish to have for your\ndesk a small ash tray embodying a model of this latest\nClipper.\nAs a result of recent engine and aerodynamic im-\nprovements, she will be capable of carrying forty-five\npassengers in addition to her flight crew of eleven across\nthe South Atlantic.\nAssuring you of our desire to assist in any way\npossible in the grand fight for democracy being carried on\nunder your leadership and guidance, I remain\nRespectfully,\nJuan Tripper\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nP.P.7\nSeptember 26, 1941\nL\nF\nMy dear John:\nPermit me, please, to acknowledge\nyour friendly letter to the President and to\nassure you that your generous thought in\nwanting to present a turkey to him for Thanks-\ngiving is more than appreciated. Instead of\ncoming, may I suggest that you send it to the\nWhite House. We will then be glad to see\nthat it is given to the President with your\ncompliments.\nVery sincerely yours,\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President\nJohn Pappas,\n125 Oak Place,\nHouston,\nTexas.\nada\nachyd, 26\nJohn Pappas\n125 Oak Place\nHouston Jed\nmr Roosevelt;\nactid\n9/252\nading him one of first V\nmetal, says has made 10\nin Air Service.\nbring a turkey to\nl been wanting to\nyou for Thanksgiving\nfor the last two\nyears. my mother\nP.P.F. 9-P\nwon't let me hitch\nhike to Washington\nHow could l bring\nfor\nthe turkey to you\nand tell me how,\nCould you write\nyour, Iriend\nJohn Pappas\n11\nTURNER, RAY H.\nDallas, Texas\n9/19/41.\nWrote to the President sending him one of first Victory\nPlates, \"Keep 'Em Flying\", which he made from scrap metal, says has made 10,000 of\nthem. Writer disabeled World War Veteran, served in Air Service.\newr\nSee PP7-9-T\nP.P.F.\nr\n9-P\nMCB\nSeptember 29, 1941.\nRespoctfully referred for consideration and acknowledgment.\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nb-add\nSecretary to the President\nLetters to the President\n\"P\"\nHAIGHT, Dr. H. W., 118 Raritan ave., Highland Park, New Brunswick,\nN. J., 9/26/41. Re: Mr. Morgenthau's 6% idea. Referred to\nTreasury Department.\nANONYMOUS, Colored employees of Feazel Motor Co. of Ruston, La., 9/25/41.\nAsks that something be done to raise the wages of ell colored\nemployees at this plant. Requests that contents of this letter\nbe kept confidential and not turned over to the company. Referred\nto National Mediation Board.\nCONWAY, Hubert R., 8236 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, Ill., 9/25/41. Re-\nquests investigation into Chicago Post Office Canteen. Referred\nto Post Office Department.\nBOLES, Arthur and APOLLO, John, 3904a Sullivan Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,\n9/22/41. Aid requested in obtaining enlistment in Navy - refer\nprevious correspondence. Referred to Navy Department.\nDECATOR, Frank, and HOOPER, Robert, 1342 Bennett Ave., Flint, Mich.,\n9/23/41. Letter relative imitation submarine periscope received\nby Robert Hooper - requests similar letter be mailed Frank Decator.\nReferred to Navy Department.\nBOSOO, Profoollau Koomar, 77 Gurpar Road, Calcutta, India, undated.\nSends words for war songs and four booklets. Referred to\nState Department.\nGILLIES, R. A., 305 6th St., South, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada,\npostmarked 9/20/41. Sends American dollar made into a locket.\nReferred to State Department. Reg.\nGIFT\nLAMBERT, F. Melville, Managing Director, Photochrom Co., Ltd.,\nGraphic Works, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 8/21/41.\nSends two cut-outs and a new photograph of Prime Minister\nChurchill. Referred to State Department.\nGIFT\nLEITCH, Sir Walter, Charter House, Bank Place, Melbourne, C.l,\nAustralia, 7/26/41. Sends book on \"The English Spirit\" by\nJames Crockett and quotation from R. W. Emerson.\nBOOK\nReferred to State Department.\nFREEDMAN, Sidney I.\nno address given,\nSept. 20, 1941\nfiled 10-23-41\nSent the President an original pen and ink portrait. t.\n(Dands\nAeross\nthe\nHistoric\nSee P.P.F. 9-F\nP.P.7.\nact I\n9-P\nr\nMOUNT SINAI LODGE,\nMiami, Fla.\n9/30/41 ackd.\nSent in a picture to the President. Picture titled:\n(Hands across the Sea - Historic Meeting 1941\") Picture filed.\nSee PPF-9-M\news\nr\nP.P.F. 9-P\n11\nn1,\nHAECKER, GEORGE F.\nChairman,\nPublicity Comm.,\nEureka Community Association,\nEureka, n.\n9/19/41.\nWrote to the President that they are shipping by air\na Giant Custard Pumpkin, hopes President will receive pumpkin in the spirit which\nwas sent. (Pumpkin sent to House).\nSee PPF-9-E\nour\nP.P. F.\n9_P\nnn7\nCHAUNCEY, Miss N.M.,\nOffice of the Secretary,\nTreasury Dept.,\nWash., D.C.\n10-3-41 (ack.)\nEncloses two photographs of the President and the Sec. of the Treasury, asking\nif President will sign one for the Secretary and one for Mr. Michael R. Hanna.\nAlso encloses one picture for the President. (Two signed photos returned to\nMiss Chauncey.) - (Picture taken Aug. 1931 while the Pres., then Gov. Roosevelt was\nspeaking to the American Country Life Conference at Cornell. - Mrs. Eben is keeping the\ncorrespondence and photo for the print case.)\nsee P.P.F.9-M\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nnn7\nMURPHY, PAUL W.\nPan American Union,\nWashington, D. C.\n9/19/41.\nWrote to the President sending him a photograph of\nhis Mother that was made on her birthday in 1939. (Pencil notation: - Betty Bonsteel -\nPhoto to North Hall - Mary.)\nSee PPF-9-M\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nnn7\nMEMORANDUM\n10-4-41.\nMemo from Mrs. Dennison to Gen. Watson, saying she accepted the\nattached picture for the President, which was presented by Mr. & Mrs. Jules Hilborn,\nNew York, N.Y. (Picture and memo sent to Mary Eben.)\nSee P.P.F.9-H\nbr\nP.P.7.\n9-P\n=\nnn7\nLEE, P.W.\nShreveport, La.\n10/1/41.\nWrote to the President enclosing two prints of a cloud\npicture. (To Print Case - Mary E.)\nSee PPF-9-L\newi\nP.P.F.\n9_P\n11\nnn7.\nCOTTON, Mariette Leslie\nHotel Wentworth,\n59 W. 46th St.,\nNew York, N. Y.\n9/25/41.\nWrote to the President sending photograph of Hon.\nWinston Chruchill, (2 others enclosed) - (Says photograph of Mr. Churchill's\nportrait that she has just made) - Expresses sympathy in loss of President's\nMother---writes as she knew her well. Notes attached: Mr. President - Do\nyou know. - G. Grace: I remember the name but do not know the lady. F.D.R.\n(Pictures to Print Case).\nSee PPF-9-C\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nnn7.\nvah.\nAARONS, Leo,\nNew York; N.Y.\nSeptember 10, 1941\nWrites to the President as follows: \"May I presume that the attached picture,\nwhich I just made expresses how most of us feel about the American attitude today.\nIf you like it, may I hear from you?\"\nSee P.P.F. 9-A\nNOTE: - Penciled memo attached to above indicates that the Picture was\nsent to the Secretary of the Treasury \"because he liked it.\"\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nnn7.\nPRATT, Capt. Harry C.\nJules\nLatham, N.Y.\n9-5-41\nack'd 10-7-41\nSent the President a souvenir (anchor) taken from the\nold \"Inspector I\". - On Oct. 7th, 1941, the President wrote to Capt. Pratt,\nthanking him for the souvenir and on same date sent Capt. Pratt's letter and\nthe souvenir to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. with the request that he have engraved\non the base where the souvenir came from.\nSee P.P.F. 1525\nP.A.F.\nact\n9-P\nnn7.\nHILBORN, Mr. and Mrs. Jules\nNew York City\n10-4-41\nLeft at the White House Office, a composite picture for\nthe President. Attached is a card of Mr. John J. Farley, with the notation - \"\n\"Presented by Jules Hilborn\".\nSee P.P.F. 9-H\nact\nT.P.7.\n9-P\n=\nnn7.\nFRANKSTON, Miss Roberta,\nPasadena, Calif.\n10-1-41.\nSends to President a little book entitled, \"Pearls of Prayer\", prayer book\nof the Roman Catholic Church.\nSee P.P.F.9-F\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nnn7.\nPOPADICS, Victor\nNYC., N.Y.,\nSept. 28, 1941.\nWrites the President that he is ill. Sends the President a cane\nwhich he hopes the President will accept.--The President, Oct. 8th, wrote\nMr. Popadics thanking him for the cane and extending best wishes for his health.\nP.P.F.\nSEE P.P.F. 7762\n9-P\n=\n1.7.7. q-P\nOctober 14, 1941\nMy dear Mr. Howe:\nSecretary Early has presented to the\nPresident those copies of THE POCKET BOOK OF THE\nWAR, which you so thoughtfully sent him.\nI have pleasure in conveying to you an\nexpression of the President's appreciation of your\nkind courtesy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nX\nQuincy Howe, Esq.,\nPocket Books, Incorporated,\nRockefeller Center,\n1230 Sixth Avenue,\nNew York, N. Y.\noh\n=\nPocketBOOKS, INC.\n1230 SIXTH AVENUE, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK\nCIRCLE 5-6838\n5.5.7.\nOctober 8, 1941\nStephen Early, Esq.\nSecretary to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. Early:\nJust for the sake of the record, SO to speak, I am\nsending separately in your care three copies of THE\nPOCKET BOOK OF THE WAR containing the President's\nArsenal of Democracy Speech and the statement about\nThe Eight Points. It may be that some collection is\nbeing kept of all the President's published works and\nthis, therefore, would belong there.\nSincerely\nduir 1 true\nQuincy Howe\nH/W\nThe Wagner\nReturn hooles to\nMe please M. Shen\nthe picture made on the occasion of\nhe Supreme Court.\nthe\nSee P.P.F.2816\nwr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nBYRNES, James F.,\nSupreme Court of the U.S.,\nWash., D.C.\n10-7-41.\nForwards for the President a copy of the picture made on the occasion of\nhis taking the oath As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.\nSee P.P.F.2816\nwr\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nMORGENTHAU, HON. HENRY, JR.,\nThe Secretary of the Treasury,\nOcto. 14, 1941.\nWrote to the President sending him a copy of the picture\nof the Norwegian Steamer BUSKOE, which was seized in Northeast Greenland waters.\nThe President thanked Secretary Morgenthau for the picture 10/15/41.\nSee 21\newr\n(Sent to Print case)\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nOctober 21, 1941\npr7.\nGentlement\nPericies:\nThe President has received the box\nof apples which you forwarded to him with the\ncompliments of Captain Lewis B. Perkins. He\nasks me to thank you for your courtesy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nVery\nGRACE G. TULLY\nBonham Brothers,\nChilhowie,\nVirginia.\nada\nBonham Brothers\nOctober 21, 1941\nMy dear Captain Perkins:\nThe President asks me to send you\nthis little personal note to thank you for\nsending him that box of delicious apples from\nChilhowie, Virginia. He much appreciates your\nnice thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nCaptain Lewis B. Perkins,\nNational Press Building,\nWashington, D. C.\nada\nBonham\nS. L. Bonham\nThank Ther E. B. Bonham\nProducers Bonham and Apples Packers that have of juice Bonson and Chilhowie, Successors flavor. to Grown H.L. Brothers Brand in Bonham Va. the mountain section of\nackg'd\n10-21-41\nasa\nVirginia\nOct. 15, 1941\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nWe are today sending you by prepaid express with the com-\npliments of:\nCapt. Lewis B. Perkins\nEmergency Officer, U. S. A., retired,\nNational Press Building\nWashington, D. C.\na box of Virginia Beauty apples which we trust will arrive in\ngood condition and hope that you will enjoy them.\nRespectfully yours,\nJ\nBONHAM BROTHERS\nALL OFFERINGS SUBJECT TO PREVIOUS SALE\nVan VALKENBERG, Mrs. Frank,\nGloversville T V\nq.p\nOctober 21, 1941\nx20 X 20\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE:\nX\nThe President has received from\nThe Greystone Press, Inc., 40 East Forty-\nninth Street, New York, N. Y., a copy of\nthe book \"Free Yugoslavia Calling\", in-\nX PP.7\nscribed by the author, Dr. Svetislav-Sveta\n9-B\nPetrovitch. Will you not be good enough\nto see that appropriate acknowledgment is\nx364-A x\nmade of this volume.\nThe book has been retained in\nthis office.\nGRACE G. TULLY\navb\nTOLLY\nH'nank\nP.P.7.\nq-p P\nOctober 21, 1941\nxp.P.7\n9-T\nMy dear Mr. Lorimier:\nThe President has received the trowel\nwhich you were good enough to forward to him on\nbehalf of the Pyramid Lodge No. 180, A. F.& X251\nA. M. He is pleased to have this souvenir of\nthe silver anniversary of the Lodge and asks\nif you will express to the members his thanks\nand appreciation.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nX\nR. S. Lorimier, Esq.,\nPyramid Lodge No. 180, A. F. & A. M.,\n4231 Labadie Avenue,\nSaint Louis,\nMissouri.\nada\nVan VALKENBERG, Mrs. Frank,\nMEL\nOctober 21, 1941.\nPPF-9)\nRespectfully referred for consideration and acknowledgment.\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President\nLAMB, Charles L. 21 Ashdale Rd., Waterloo, Liverpool, Eng., 9/9/41.\nSends book entitled \"The Story of Liverpool\", by Charles L.Lamb,\nand E. Smallpage. Feels it will be of interest as Pres. visited\nthere. Referred to the State Department.\nBOOK\nSCOTT, F.W. Robertson, Idbury, Kingham, Eng., undated. Sends two copies\nof \"The Countryman\". Referred to the State Department.\nBOOK\nNo covering letter.\nPARSON, Alfred Lauck, Hill Croft, Allonby, Maryport, Cumberland, Eng.,\n9/25/41. Sends copy of book entitled \"Realities of 'the Latter\nDays'\", by himself. Discusses world situation in letter. Referred\nto the State Department.\nREED, Walter Normanton, Normanton Villa, 18 Stackpool Rd., Southville,\nBristol, Eng., undated. Discusses world situation, asks wire from\nPres. assuring him that he wants war stopped. Sends book by him-\nself entitled \"Something New Under the Sun\". Referred to the\nState Department.\nPUJOL, Nicolas, Lanuza y Dias #24 HB 15, Almendares, Havana, Cuba,\nSends picture of the President. No covering letter. Referred to\nthe State Department.\nDE SOUZA, Claude, Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I., 9/25/41. Asks Pres. to\naccept enclosed design drawn by him as an Anglo-American Flag\nof Unity. It commemorates the historic Atlantic meeting. Encl. (1).\nReferred to the State Department.\nDEMING, Sylvia, 670 Linden St., Rochester, N.Y., 10/16/41. Asks views\non what does American Democracy mean to the Pres. Referred to the\nFSA, Office of Education.\nSARABIA, Hector, Charcas 1542, R.Argentina, undated. Sends picture.\nLetter referred for translation. Referred to the State Depart-\nment.\nSCHNABEL, Clarence, Cashier, Bank of Ionia, Ionia, Mo., 10/16/41.\nBuilt home on condition that he could receive light from REQ\nlines, now lines have not been put up because of defense. Asks\nthat line be granted. Referred to the Department of Agriculture,\nREA.\nVan VALKENBERG, Mrs. Frank,\nGloversville, N.Y.\nlook \\\nSEVERANCE, Mrs. Frank H.,\nBuffalo, N.Y.\n10-21-41 (ack.)\nSends gift of a paper weight to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-S\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nVan VALKENBERG, Mrs. Frank,\nGloversville, N.Y.\n10-21-41 (ack.)\nSends President pennants with pictures of George and Martha Washington.\n(Placed in the Library at Hyde Park.)\nSee P.P.\".9-V\nbr\nP.P.7,\nG-P\nvah.\nBATTY, Lionel, Jr.,\nP.P.7.\nAtlanta, Ga.\nOctober 18, 1941\n9-P\nPresident saying that he has been making V Defense for Victory Saving pins\nfor Stamp only Book. a short Encloses time, a newspaper clipping in reference to this, encloses\nWrites to the but he has filled out a good deal of a and also\none of the pins for the President.\nSee P.P.F. 9-B\nP.Pt\nPt\n-q-P\nOctober 21, 1941\nMy dear Mr. and Mrs. Prevost:\nThe President wants you to know that he\nsincerely appreciates your friendly thought in\nsending that little ashtray. It was very nice of\nyou to remember him with this gift.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nMr. and Mrs. Arthur Prevost,\nRoute 1, Box 107,\nMcDonald,\nPennsylvania.\nmgs\nTo the President\nSoftray T.A. actionman Sept. 15,1941 5\nFrom Mr. and Mrs aH Prevast\nand children whose only\nwish is to meet you\npersonally and shaking\nthe hands of the Resident\nand the First Lady\nIf you receive it please\nlet me know\nMr and Mes arthur Prevash\nRDI Boy 107\nm donald, Pa\nPS I have sein where\nyou like habbies. So heres\nhoping this little novelty\nmakes your Wings and\nDominos more enjoyable.\nppt\nOctober 21, 1941\nMy dear Mrs. Powell:\nThe President has noted your kind\nletter with the deepest interest and appreci-\nation. It is helpful to him, in these trying\ndays, to receive such generous expressions of\napproval.\nIt was good of you to present to\nthe President the crocheted flag, and he asks\nme to thank you for this gift of your handi-\nwork.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nMrs. Lillian May Powell,\nToms River,\nNew Jersey.\nbk\na\nsept. 29. 1941.\nToms Riner\nn.d. b nelt.\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt.\nvidow\nDear mr. Roosevelt.\nst.\nBK7.\nI just sent you an American\nFor lag. Old Glory.\nenedt.\nI Chrocheted it all myself.\nrue\nThe first one l ever chrocheted. l\nEveryone that has seen it\nbr\n\\\nthought it was beautiful\nand l hope you like it too\nwell.\nI was about 2 weeks making\nit in my share time.\nI made it last month august.\nand I made uh my mind\nWhen l finished it I would\nsend it to you mr. Roosevelt.\nas I like you Very much.\nSo\n2.\nmr. Roosenelt. I have Chrocheted\nthe Liberty Bell. with the\nI think you are a wonderful\nand President, and my family\nWords. God bless america:\nfriends to also. like you.\nand. l chrocheled the american\nWe always listen to you\nEagle also. l wish you\nWhen the you are talking on\nCould see them.\nradio.\nwell l am surely glad\nI am a World war Vetrand\nmy children and I are\nwidow. my Husband died\nAmericans. God Bless\nJen years ago this Coming\nunited states of america our\na boy 12 yrs and a girl 16.\nDecember, I have 2 children\nand God Bless you mr.\nPresident Roosevelt.\nmy boy Eduard likes to\nbuild model Planis.\nyours truly\nand That l seems to be his hobby.\nmrs Lillian m Powell\nI have am glad he likes it:\nPlease\nl love enother Flag started\nexcuse writing this Toms Riner\nto make them.\nnd.\nDear President Franklin D. Roosenelt.\nl am adworld war Vetran's widow\nI have just chracheded my first.\n70 lag. and I am so hroud of it.\nI am sending it to you\nmr. President Franklin 29 Roosened\nfor a present. as We all love\nyou. and we think you are\na Wonderful President and a\nwonderful man.\nmrs. Lillian may Powell.\nToms Riner\nn.d.\nQuentin.\nMIDDLETON, Miss Merrell May,\nAlliance, Ohio.\n10-22-41 (ack.)\nSent a framed poem to the President.\nSee P.P.\".9-M\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nBOGGESS, Quentin,\nCleveland, Ohio.\n10-22-41 (ack.)\nSends a painting to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-B\nDeC.\nPresident or\nbr\n9-M\nP.P.7\n9-P\nHAIMOWICZ, Sidney J.\nWashington, D.C.\nSept. 28, 1941\nack'd 10-21-41\nSent the President an album of phtographs.\nSee P.P.F. 9-H\nact\nP.P.7\n9-P\nVery\nINSURED\nCLARK, Dr. W.G.,\nOak Lodge, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia\n10-9-41.\n\"t'II\n9-P\nOctober 24, 1941\nIs\nDear Mr. Loving:\nThis acknowledges your letter of\nOctober seventeenth and I desire to thank you\nin the President's name for your courtesy in\nx 1.11.7.9-13\nforwarding him an advance copy of Pastor\nNiemoeller's book of sermons entitled \"God Is\nX\nMy Fuehrer\". The President was delighted to\nreceive the volume. Your action in informing\nX198-a\nthis office of the broadcast on November\nsecond at 5:00 P.M. is also appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nSTEPHEN EARLY\nSecretary to the President\nY\nMr. Pierre Loving,\nEditorial Department,\nPhilosophical Library, Inc.,\ny\n15 East 40th Street,\nwdh-mms\nNew York, N. Y.\nachid\n10/24/41\nPHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY, INC.\nmas\nPUBLISHERS\n15 EAST 40TH STREET\nNEW YORK, N. Y.\n-\nTEL. MURRAY HILL 5-1827\nOctober 17, 1941\nn loss of his mother.\nonally acknowledged by\nMr. Stephen Early,\nOffice of the President,\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. Early:\nUnder separate cover we are sending\nthe President a copy of Pastor Martin Niemoeller's\nlast book of twenty eight sermons entitled \" God\nis my Fuehrer\", with an introduction by Thomas\nMann, which we are publishing on October 31st.\nThe struggle for religion, in its\nhighest manifestation, to survive in a land of\nbarbarism and intellectual blight is symbolized\nby the person of Martin Niemoeller and his fellow\nsufferer, the Catholic priest Father Ruper Mayer,\nwho were both haled to a concetration camp.\nIn his preface Thomas Mann says in\none place: \"A mere fraction of this terrible and\narbitrary miscarriage of justice ( Pastor Niemoeller's\narrest and incarceration) would ordinarily have arous-\ned the indignation of the civilized world and caused\nit to break relations with the regime that had per-\npretrated such a crime, isolating it and shaming\nit in the eyes of its own people, and so bringing\nabout its downfall. Feeble and fearful, blind and\nimperturbable civilized world!\"\nPHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY, INC.\nPUBLISHERS\n15 EAST 40TH STREET\nNEW YORK, N. Y,\n-\nTEL. MURRAY HILL 5-1827\n(2\nin loss of his mother.\nsonally acknowledged by\nThe sermons declare in impassioned speech\nthat the realm of the spirit, of God, is not the\nrealm of Nazi and Hitler Germany.\nYou will also find in Pastor Niemoeller's\nsermons a fiery excoriation of the Nazi race\ntheories and the persecution of the Jewish people.\n\" God is my Fuehrer\" will be discussed by\nbr\nthree distinguished clergymen over the air on\nNovember 2nd at 5 pm. The book has been approved\nby them--Dr. Charles S. Mac Barland, Secretary\nEmeritus of the Federal Council of the Churches\nof Christ, Father Francis X. Talbot, editor of\nAmerica, and Rabbi Louis I Newman.\nMy purpose in writing you is to call your\nattention at this time to the appositeness of the\nperson of Pastor Niemoeller and his writings to\nthe current crisis, to the President's noble effort\nto defend and liberate religion, to further toler-\nance and justice. The three clergymen mentioned\nabove the challenge to civilization launched by\nThomas Mann in the preface to the book.\nI trust you will Find the book helpful\nin your efforts to combat the forces of darkness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nRaie Pierre Loving\nEditorial epartment\nCLARK, Dr. W.G.,\nOak Lodge, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia\n10-9-41.\nLetter to President from his cousin, expressing sympathy in loss of his mother.\nEncloses a postcard picture of his family group. (Letter personally acknowledged by\nPresident.)\nSee P.P.F.3112\nP.P.7\nbr\nr\nG-P\nDORSA, JOSEPHINE C.\nSacramento, Calif.\nOctober 17, 1941.\nWrote to the President saying she is mailing under separate\ncover a photograph that Mr. W. J. Seibel and the writer have a copyright on entitled,\n\"God Bless America\", and wants the President to accept it as gift, says it is being\nmailed from the John Breuner Co. Asks the President's consent re placing it on the\nmarket for sale. (Framed motto put in store room M. Eben)\nSee PPF-9-D\newr\nr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nGRAYBEAL, K. W.\nC. R. CRAYBEAL & SONS,\nRoan Mountain, Tenn.\nOct. 27, 1941.\nWrote to Mr. Early that would like to present to the\nPresident a very fine pipe made from American Briar would be very glad if Mr.\nEarly would make the presentation for them or writer would bring pipe if thinks that\nwould be necessary. Since supply of imported Bruyere cut off above company is\nfurnishing to the pipe industry an American Briar which thinks is going far to re-\nplace the imported wood. Mr. Early referred above to General Watson, and in his re-\nply of 10/28/41 General Watson said the President will be very glad to have pipe\nand may bring it in, or mail it, andGeneral Watson will be glad to accept.\nSee PPF-9-G\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nCARSON Mr. 2. Mrs. T.T..\nSEYMOUR, GEORGE WILLIAM\nPhilipstown, N. Y.\nOct. 29, 1941 Ackd.\nSent to the President a plaque, through the courtesy of\nHon. Robert P. Patterson. (Series B - Hyde Park Library)\newr\nSee PPF-9-S\nP.P.F.\n9_P\nCARSON, Mr. & Mrs. J.L.,\nCharlotte, N.C.\n10-27-41.\nSends ships' paper/of the Liner Geo. Washington, which lists ex-President\n\"The Hatchet\".\nWilson and Mr. Roosevelt as passengers. This was a keepsake of their son, a\nWorld War Veteren, long since dead.\nSee P.P.F.9-C\nPP.7\nbr\n9-P\nppt)\nPress\nrvs\nP.P.F.\nPRESIDENTIAL MEA ORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN BEARDALL,\n11-1-41\n9-0\nThe President said \"Will you be good enough to reply to the enclosed\nfrom Mrs. Charles E. Greenough?\" President forwarded (as per brief): Letter\nfrom Enid S. (Mrs. Charles E.) Greenough, 1212 Fifth Ave., NYC, 10/28/41 to the\nPresident. Asks appt. in connection with the defense program for Nathanial B. Wales,\nSouthampton, Long Island. Encloses photograph of Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt and\nCapt. Franck Taylor Evans, taken in France in 1917.\nSEE 463-C War Executive (Official File)\nPearman\npr7.\nNovember 4, 1941\nq-P\nMy dear Mr. Pearson:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor the copy of your book. You may be sure that\nhe is most appreciative of your friendly thought\nin sending it to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. H. McINTYRE\nSecretary to the President\nR. B. Pearson, Esq.,\nHealth, Inc.,\n817 17th Street,\nDenver,\nColorado.\nmgs\nmpk\nTABER, Louis J.\nMaster\nThe National Grange\nColumbus, Ohio\nOctober 27, 1941\nWrote to Mr. Early stating that he understands the many burdens on the President\nwhich prevent him being present at the Worcester Session of the National Grange. Says\none of the reasons they desired the President there for the ceremony was that they\nhoped to present him with his Twenty-Five-Year Membership Pin, prepared especially\nfor the occasion. Inquires whether it would be in proper form to announce the presenta-\ntion at that time, and later present the pin and Silver Star Certificate in Washing-\nton. Expresses appreciation for the President's letter of greetings to be read at\nthe Session. Attached is a pamphlet entitled \"Honoring Grange Founders\". - Mr.\nEarly replied on Oct. 31, 1941, assuring Mr. Taber that the President is proud of\nhis long membership in the National Grange, and stating that he would be greatly\npleased if it were possible for him to attend the meeting. However, since it is not\npossible for him to attend, says it would be entirely proper to announce the award\nof the pin at that thime. States that the Silver Star Certificate could be presented\nhere later. Expresses appreciation on behalf of the President.\nSEE - P.P.F. 736\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nP.P.7\n+\nNovember 5, 1941\nMy dear Mr. Palmer:\nThe President is glad indeed to have\nthe copy of Charles Edwin Hewes' book, THE\nAMERICA. He is most appreciative of your cour-\ntesy in sending the book to him and asks if you\nwill be good enough to convey his thanks to Mr.\nHewes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nW. John E. Palmer, Esq.,\nc/o The Egerton-Palmer Press,\nAllens Park,\nColorado.\nmdp\nactuby\nThe Egerton-Palmer Press\nHewes-Kirkwood\nALLENS PARK, COLORADO\nCukd 11-mmH the\nOct-23-1941\nDear Miss Lehard\nHe are mailing President Roosevalt a copy\nof the first grand afie of the U.S.A. called\nThe America, by Charles Edwin Haurs\newr\nIt might interest you to know that ner.\nHawas is non working on a second grand\nafie which will include President Roose-\ncarrer as the Chief Executive of our\ncountry.\nthe Presedent.\nPlease pay Mr. Kewas' fordest regards to\nyours truly\nTHE EGERTON-PALMER PRESS\nW John E Palman\nSUMMERLIN, G.T.,\nChief of Protocol,\nDept. of State,\nDe STRETECKI, JEAN\nVilla Strella,\nAgoura, Calif.\nOct. 29, 1941\nWrote to the President sending him a copy of a portrait\nwhich he painted in 1925 of the late Thomas A. Edison, unveiled by Mrs. Edison at\nExhibit in Paris Independent Salon 1933. (Put in Print case) Miss Tully thanked\nfor picture 11/6/41.\nSee PPF-9-D\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nThe\nSUMMERLIN, G.T.,\nChief of Protocol,\nDept. of State,\nWash., D.C.\nC\n0\nP\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nY\nWashington\nIn reply refer to\nNovember 6, 1941\nPR\n9.7 Tr.7.\nMy dear General Watson:\nI am transmitting herewith, at the request of\nMr. Welles, a package containing \"the wardroom plate PR.7.9-P\nx\nfrom the old Memphis which was washed up on the shores\nof Santo Domingo many years ago, and a pair of book\np.p.7.9-13\nends made from armour backing on the boat\". These\narticles were brought to the United States for the\nX\nPresident by Mr. William E. Pulliam when he retired as\nReceiver of Dominican Customs several years ago.\nSincerely yours,\n/sgd/ G. T. SUMMERLIN X 20\nChief of Protocol\nEnclosure:\nPackage.\nMajor General Edwin M. Watson,\nSecretary to the President,\nThe White House.\n(letter)\nNOTE:- Articles and original/sent to Mrs. Eben for Hyde Park.\nSUMMERLIN, G.T.,\nChief of Protocol,\nDept. of State,\nWash., D.C.\n11-6-41.\nWrites to Gen. Watson, he is transmitting, a package containing, \"the\nwardroom plate from the old Memphis which was washed up on the shores of Sento\nDomingto many years ago, and a pair of book ends made from armour becking on the\nboat.\" These articles were brought to the UnitedStates for the President by\nMr. William E. Pulliam when he retired as Receiver of Dominican Customs several\nyears ago. (Articles and original letter sent to Mrs. Eben for Hyde Park.)\nSee P.P.F.9-P\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nTEAGLE, Walter,\n\"Fernwood\",\nMillbrook, N.Y.\n11-7-41. (ack.)\nSent President a gift of pheasants. (Acknowledged by President.)\nSee P.P.F. 5316\n!\nbr\n!WI\"\nPP7\nVery G-P\nORACE a. TULLY\nStreet,\nNovember 10, 1941\npp q-P 7.\nMy dear Mr. Panagiotopoulos:\nS\nIt was kind of you to send the President\nthe candy to which you refer in your letter of\newr\nOctober nineteenth. I want to assure you that he\nappreciates your friendly thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nGeorge I. Panagiotopoulos, Esq.,\n3017 Mission Street,\nOlympia Candy Store,\nSan Francisco,\nCalifornia.\nget\nGlympia Caudy 57076\nCalifornia\n12\nA. DDT\n9-4-1\nTo. Mr. Dus fonarable.\nand Our. President. of The\nDorg/E. cl. Paragiotopoulos\nUnited States of Querica\n3017. Mission S?\nSlympia Carcely store.\nclear\nMr. gud. Honorable.\nDaw Francisco California\nUnited States of Omerica\nFranklin D. Roosevell\nDennica\ngift.\nHashington D.C. \"Capital City:'\nOctober The 19th\nTo. The White House.\nMachington D.C.\nHashington.\nUnited States ey. @merica\newr\n\"Ginerica\" em\nOctober The 19th. 1941\nDear. Sir. esterolay. October, The 18th Thinking that\nNE, were, about, to Send, you, Q. Box of Candies. Our\nCandiEs out, The Best in Evality. so, we Pactrol\n.9. Box. 07. Caudies. and NO Have Seut, to. you\ntable to srind, 9. Box to Que, Perident, of The Caudies\n@pperciating your Honor, ONCE, in. .0. while it But is Pumi\nThey arE. Very, Very mer $ Qu Account The war anounooming Box.\nin The news Papers: I Enclosk. This Detter, with in. The\nof. with The Candics, also. wê, Have, not Received any\nCoundry, Preece. since, Last February of the years. '1941'.\nLetters from my. Mother. that Shr, is Dring, in The Old\nThank you. incomely for.\nall Previous, Quevers. to. mgy Setters\nI. Remain yours, and Faithfuly\nto Que, sub tor Dell Konorable President\nSfr. Franklin is. RossrvelT\nDeorgE yours d. Ponogiotaboulas\n3017. Vision 57\nOlympia Caudy 570.6\nCalifornia\nmpk\nVEDI\nTROCK, WALTER A.\nMattituck,\nLong Island, N. Y.\nNovember 6, 1941\nOn above date RR wrote in absence of Mr. Early, ltr. to\nSTE of recent date, requesting assistance in securing Govt. employment for his son.\nRR explained to Mr. Trock that almost everything is now under civil service and\nsubject to appt. upon passing competitive examination and referred his ltr. to\nMr. McREYNOLDS 11/6/41 - (Mr. Trock sent to the President picture of the President's\nHappy Day cruise - placed in the storeroom by Mr. Norris).\nSee PPF-9-T\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nmpk\nKERN, Ben Franklin\nElmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.\np.p.7\nq-P\nNovember 12, 1941\nGentlemen:\nPermit me, please, to acknowledge the\nreceipt of the copy of THE BOMB THAT WOULDN'T\nGO OFF, which you forwarded recently at the re-\nXP.P.7.\nquest of the author, Mr. John Phillips. Will\nyou please be good enough to convey an expres-\n9-B\nsion of the President's thanks to Mr. Phillips\nfor his kind thought.\nYour courtesy in the matter is much\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nx\nBruce Humphries, Inc.,\n30 Winchester Street,\nBoston,\nmdp\nMassachusetts.\nmpk\nKERN, Ben Franklin\nElmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.\n10-27-41\nERFURTH, Mrs. William\nSan Antonio, Tex.\n10-30-41.\nSends a hand crocheted piece to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-E\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nmpk\nKERN, Ben Franklin\nElmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.\n10-27-41\nack'd 12-3-41\nSent the President a poster.\nC.P.7,\nact\nSee P.P.F. 9-K\nG-P\nmpk\nSPEIDEL, Merritt C.\nPresident\nHASTINGS, Charles B.,\nBronx, New York, N.Y.\n10-23-41\nSends an old picture to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-H\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nmpk\nSPEIDEL, Merritt C.\nPresident\nSpeidel Newspapers, Inc.\nPalo Alto. California\nvah.\nHANSEN, Valdemar I.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nPPF\nOctober 10, 1941\n9-P\nSigns note to the President, signed also by Miss Bertha J. Hansen, sending him\na plaque and a pin.\nSee P.P.F. 9-H\nmpk\nSPEIDEL, Merritt C.\nPresident\nSpeidel Newspapers, Inc.\nPalo Alto, California\nOctober 21, 1941\nWrote to the President stating that he is sending the President a rendering in color of\ntheir new Poughkeepsie newspaper building. Asks to be advised when the President receives\nthe rendering and if it arrived in good condition. -- Miss Tully wrote to Mr. Speidel on\nOct. 27,1941, stating that since the rendering was sent to Hyde Park, the President will\nnot have an opportunity to see it until he is at home. Expresses appreciation on behalf\nof the President. - The President wrote to Mr. Speidel on Nov. 6, 1941, expressing thanks\nfor the rendering, and stating that he has given it to Mr. Shipman to be displayed in the\nLibrary.at Hyde Park.\nSEE - P.P.F. 4597\nP.P.T. III a:\n9-P\nFARMERS\nUNGAR, SIDNEY D.\nP.P.F.\nHARRY A UNGAR, INC.\n9-P\nLos Angeles, Calif.\nNov. 15, 1941\nWrote to the President sending under separate cover, a wood->\nburned portrait of the President. (To the Storeroom.)\nSee PPF-9-H\newr\nFARMERS\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nARNHOLD, JOHN\nChicago, Ill.\nNov. 4, 1941\nWrote to the President sending a portrait of the President's\nMother that he painted from a photograph.\newr\nSee PPF-9-A\nSex\nPARMERS UNION\nKHOURI, E. N.\nP.P.F.\nVice President,\nThe Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Inc.\n9-P\nNewYork, N. Y.\nNov. 24, 1941\nWrote to the President sending a pair of Characteristic\nPortrait Jugs of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the President. - Says it has\nbeen one of their traditions to create ceramic objects commemorating events and\npersonages of historic importance. Miss Tully thanked for the Jugs 12/4/41. (Library -\nSeries \"B\".)\nSee PPF-9-W\newr\nO'KEEFE, John #.,\nSpecial Asst: to the Secretary,\nDept. of the Navy,\nWash., D.C.\n11-5-41.\nWrites to Miss Tully that Mr. George W. Seymour, Col Spring-on-Hudson,\nPutnam County, New York, sent three copies of the plaque \"A Toast to the U.S.N.\" to\nSec. Knox. Inasmuch as one of these was inscribed for the President, he is forwarding\nthis copy. Acknowledgments sent to Mr. Seymour and Mr. O'Keefe 11-10-41.\nSee P.P.F.9-S\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nMERS\nNION\nhertz, John D.,\nWash., D.C.\n11-11-41 (ack.)\nPresidential acknowledgment sent to above for print which he sent to the\nPresident.\nSee P.P.F.9-H\nbr\nLe\nP.P.\n9-P\nUnion\nN'\n2\nMERS UNION\npptp qp\nPage\nLife November 12, 1941\nCOMPANY\nDES MOINES IOWA\nMy dear Mr. Peet:\nIt was kind indeed of you to send the\nPresident a copy of the book \"Milo Reno\", to\nX p.pt\nwhich you refer in your letter of November first.\nq-B\nYou may be sure that your friendly thought is\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nL. M. Peet, Esq.,\nVice President, Farmers Union\nLife Insurance Company,\nDes Moines,\nIowa.\nmgs\n5042 Grand aoz\nack'd\nMack\nFARMERS UNION Life\nNED B. CURTIS, PRES.\nLM PEET. VICE-PRESIDENT\nE.E. KINSINGER, SEC.-TRES\nINSURANCE COMPANY\nDES MOINES, IOWA\n(Study)\nNovember 1, 1941\n9.9.77\nHonorable F. D. .Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:-\nBelieving that you would be interested\nin a book dedicated to the life of Milo Reno\nFounder of the Farmers Union Life Insurance\nCompany, we are sending you one, under\nseparate cover, with the compliments of this\ncompany\nYours very truly\nL.M.Pect\nCH.\nVice-President\n5042 Grand aoz\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nSIMON, Morris,\nWash., D.C.\n11-10-41.\nSends gift of a plate to the President.\nSee P.P.F.9-S\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nMEMORANDUM\n11-15-41\nMomo from Miss Tully to Mr. Shipmen forwarding letter from Morths Swale\n(Mrs. Charles W. Smith), Glen Head, L.I., N.Y., 5/30/41 to Mrs. Roosevelt, referring\nto a portrait of the President, executed in glass, which was done by her son,\nOliver Smith, designed in stained glass, of Bryn Athyn, Pa.\nMiss Tully thinks this portrait may have been sent to the Library.\nSee P.P.V.5720\nbr\nP.P.7\n9-P\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nCOPY\nNovember 13, 1941.\nMEMORANDUM FOR M.L.S.\nThis letter to my Mother\nshould go with the file which I\nsent to the Library with the cake\nknife of Susan Bard Johnstone.\nF. D. R.\nLetter from Katharine J. Ashe, C/O Mr. Joseph Sampson,\nSymes Building, Denver, Colorado, 9/2/41, to Mrs.\nRoosevelt. States that she received letter from the\nPresident advising that he would be glad to receive\nthe cake knife of Susan Bard Johnstone and stating that\nshe sent the knife to the Roosevelt Library. She\nalso states that she plans to come east in the autumn\nand that her cousin Col. Sidney \"would bring her to (*Col. Sidney Haight)\nHyde Pride. She will bring with her a copy of her\nportrait of Doctor John Bard for the Roosevelt\nLibrary.\nSEE P.P.F. 7476--for first carbon\nAS\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nVali.\nSTRONG, John L.,\nNew York, N.Y.\nP.P.7.\nNovember 14, 1941 (date acknowledged)\n9-P\nWrites the President stating that he is sending him a memorandum ped.\nSee P.P.F. 9-S\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nBOWERS, Claude G.,\ngentiago, Chile,\nNov. 18, 1941.\nWrites to the President that sometime ago, a Columbian student of art in the University\nof Chile brought to him a most remarkable portrait of the President made from the\nspacing of the Spanish version of his speech opening Congress. He is now sending this\npicture to the President through Mr. Woolf, and hopes that he receives it in good condition.\nSee 303\nOutlementa\nbr\nand Shank you/for I www.in for to the note P.P.7 two nome of to\nthe President House 9-P da ap-\nprevided.\nVery sincurely yours,\nGRACE a. TULLY\nPooket Banks, Incorporated,\n139 West birth Street,\nNew York,\nNew York.\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nNovember 14, 1941\npr7.\nq-P\nGentlemen:\nI want to acknowledge the receipt of\nand thank you for the two booklets you sent to\nthe President recently. Your courtesy is ap-\npreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nPocket Books, Incorporated,\n139 West 54th Street,\nNew York,\nNew York.\ncmr\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nvah.\nSAMUEL, Bernard,\nP.P.7\nActing Mayor of Philadelphia,\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\nNovember 25, 1941\n9 - P\nWrites to the President presenting him with a baton. Says that on Oct. 31st,\nat Erie, Pennsylvania, and continuing daily. - except Sundays - through several hundred\ncities and towns in the State of Pennsylvania - finishing on Armistice Day at Inde-\npendence Hall, Philadelphia, 2600 school boys carried this baton which contains a\npledge of allegiance to the United States with a promise to keep themselves physi-\ncally fit. Says further that this event was conceived by Mr. C. L. Walsh of the\nPittsburgh Public Schools, conducted by Mr. Edmund Wicht of the Pennsylvania Inter-\nScholastic Athletic Association, and sponsored by the Division of Physical Fitness\nof the Office of Civilian Defense. The purpose of the above was to attract attention\nof the people of the Nation and particularly so, those in the State of Pennsylvania,\nto the vital importance of sports and athletics in the development of Physical Fitness.-\nAttached memo of telephone calls for Gen.Watson, 11/26/41, indicates that a Mr.\nRosenberg, in Mayor Samuel's office called from Philadelphia re this baton; and an\noffice memo for Gen. Watson, 11/28/41, signed \"W.D.S.\" indicates that the Mayor of\nPhiladelphia, sent in by a Philadelphia police officer the attached baton, and that\nMr. Simmons accepted the above letter from Mayor Samuel and the baton, \"as the\nGeneral was busy with the President.\"\nSee 4422-Miscel.\nPACH, Alfred\nNYC., N .Y.,\nNov. 10, 1941.\ning\nWrites the President send/an album of photographs of the President's mother.-\nThe President, Nov.17th, S ent note of appreciation.\nSEE P.P.F. 793\nP.P.F.\nAS\npp\nUIHLEIN, Robert A.,\nMilwaukee, Wisc.\n11-18-41. (ack.)\nOn above date Mr. McIntyre wrote to Mr. Uihlein, thanking him on behalf of the\nPresident for the gift of pheasants and ducks. Also thanks him for the ones sent\nto him.\nSee P.P.F.9-U\nP.P.7\nbr\n9-P\nP.P.F\nupk\nMATER, Alexander\nNew York, New York\nOctober 27, 1941\nWrote to Mrs. Roosevelt asking what was done with a framed copper plaque. on which was\nembossed a copy of the Declaration of Independence, which Mr. Mayer sent to the President\nin 1933. -- Miss Tully wrote to Mr. Mayer on Nov. 17. 1941, stating that the plaque was\nplaced with the President's menentos and no doubt 1t will eventually reach the collection\nat the Library at Hyde Park. -- (Miss Tully's letter in as per information received from\nFred T. Shipman, Director, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y., Hov. 12,\n1941, in response to Miss fully's request of Nov. 10, 1941.)\nSEE - P.P.F. 7830\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nPURCELL, MRS. DANIEL\nPottsville, Pa.\nNov. 21, 1941 Ackd.\nWrote to the President sending him a medal - Sacred\nHeart Badge.\nSee PPF-9-M\newr\nP.P.F.\n9.P\nHANSEN, Valdemar I.\nHANSEN, Miss Bertha J.\nNew York City\n11-15-41\nSent the President a plaque, with nameplate.\nBend\nthe\nPresident\nSee P.P.F. 9-H\nP.M.7.\nact\nP.P. 84\n9-P\n031\nCANTOR, Mrs. Mildred\nFort Dix, N.J.\n11-4-41\nSent the President two photographs of his Mother.\nSee P.P.F. 9-C\nP.P.7.\nact\n9-P\nde ALMEIDA, Alvaro Gil\nBoston, Mass.\n11-4-41\nSent the President books and photographs relating to Portugal\nand her possessions.\nSee P.P.F. 9-D\nP.P.F.\nact\n9-P\nMORGAN, KEITH\nNew York, N. Y.\nNovember 21, 1941\nThe President wrote thanking Mr. Morgan, and stated the\nwhole family was thrilled by the ham, the cheese and the plum pudding. Attached\nis note from Mr. Morgan, undated, evidently came in with the gifts. (Sent to the\nHouse).\nSee PPF-4928\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nR.P.F.\n9-P\nNn.\nDeMERS, MRS. CONSTANCE B.\nPortland, Oregon\nNov. 15, 1941\nWrote to the President sending him a picture, and a poem\nthat she composed, expressed hope that the President would broadcast the poem\nsometime. (Filed in cupboard. E.B.)\nSee PPF-9-D\newr\nP.P.F.\n9-P\npp7,\na-P,\nNovember 19, 1941\nMr. Eben\nMy dear Mr. Pond:\nI have for acknowledgment your\nfriendly letter of November fourteenth to the\nPresident. Please be assured that your kind\nthought in sending the calendars which accom-\npanied it is sincerely appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGRACE G. TULLY\nRobert W. Pond, Esq.,\n1809 Broadway,\nSan Francisco,\nCalifornia.\nmdp\n10\n3\nmAp\nthe President,\n1809 Broadway,\nWashington, D.C.\nSan Francisco, Calif.\nNovember 14,1941.\nportunity of Harry Hopkins' return\nan still enjoy. Hopes it will\nance of the front in Russia and\n3 already been and will be in the\nmy clear Mr. President:\nressing thanks for the \"produce\"\nPrime Minister but brought it\n2 am sending some magin Calend-\nsince then many things have hap-\nand the fact that the German\nsending Mrs. Roosevelt and your secretary. 2 am\none are, to also called perpetual calendars. Plesargine\ney can win the war.\nSprings you will when all you go Thanksguing. 2 hope Warm that\nsome for your cripples friends at\nenjoy the Calendare\n2 am a disabled american Veterum,\nGeneral 8th Infantry at Coblenty, pension.\nwith peace the time service and receiving a served\n1919. allen commanisting about months Germany, in\n2 have the honor to remain most\nsincerely yours,\nRobert W. Bond.\nBetty- - non may\nkeep the magic collended\nIdontivant to ker The\npportunity of Harry Hopkins' return\ndate until Dec 26th\ncan still enjoy. Hopes it will\nm\ntance of the front in Russia and\nS already been and will be in the\nM\nressing thanks for the \"produce\"\nhome to enjoy with very few people present. Says that since then many things have hap-\nand stating that he did not even give any of it to the Prime Minister but brought it\npened and we are much heartened by the Russian defense and the fact that the German\npeople are at last beginning to wonder how and when they can win the war.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2987\nP.P.T. I: ai\n9-P\n1\n140-YEAR MAGIC CALENDAR\n33\n39\n34\n40\n29\n35\n36\n41\n37\n43\n27\n38\n31\n42\nI Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su\n50\n56\n45\n51\n46\n52\n47\n58\n54\n60\n44\n55\n48\n53\n2 Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo\n18\n61\n67\n62\n68\n57\n63\n64\n69\n65\n71\n49\n66\n59\n70\n3 We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu\n78\n84\n73\n79\n74\n80\n75\n86\n82\n88\n72\n77\n76\n81\n4 Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We\n89\n95\n90\n96\n85\n91\n92\n97\n93\n99\n83 94\n87 98\n5 Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th\n01\n07\n02\n08\n03\n14\n04\n09\n05\n11\n00\n06\n10\n16\n6 Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr\n19\n1\n18\n24\n13\n19\n20\n25\n15\n26\n22\n28\n12\n17\n21\n27\n7 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa\n29\n35\n30\n36\n31\n42\n32\n37\n33\n39\n23\n34\n38\n44\n46 52\n41\n47\n48\n53\n43\n54\n50\n56\n40\n45\n49\n55\nI\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n57\n63\n58\n64\n59\n70\n60\n65\n61\n67\n51\n62\n66\n72\n8\n9\n10\nII\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\nJan.\n2\n3.\n4.\n5\n7.\nI\n6.\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\nFeb.\n5\n6.\n7\nI\n3.\n4.\n2\n29 30 31\nMar.\n5\n6.\n7.\nI\n3.\n4\n2\nApr.\nI\n2\n3\n4.\n6.\n7.\n5\nTo Find Day of Week of Any\nMay\n3.\n4\n5.\n6\nI\n2\n7.\nDate Covered: Find year,\nJune\n6\n7\nI\n2\n4.\n5.\n3.\ndrop down column to num-\nJuly\nI\n2\n3.\n4.\n6.\n7.\n5.\nber opposite month, which\nAug.\n4.\n5\n6\n7.\n2\n3\nI\nis key number. Find day of\nSept.\n7.\nI\n2\n3\n5\n6.\n4.\nmonth on 31 day calendar,\nOct.\n2\n3.\n4.\n5\n7.\nI\n6\ncenter, right side of Magic\nNov.\n5\n6.\n7.\nI\n3.\n4.\n2\nCalendar; move up column\nDec.\n7.\nI\n2\n3\n5.\n6.\n4.\n(Continued on Reverse Side)\ntaking the opportunity of Harry Hopkins' return\nto send the gratitude President of some those OF who appreciate the importance of the front will in be in and the\nproduce\" 3 that they can still enjoy. Hopes Russia it will\nwho recognize - The President replied on Nov. 21, 1941, expressing thanks for the it\nconvey the the help that the President's support has already been and \"produce\"\nfuture. that he did not even give any of it to the Prime Minister but brought have\nand stating to enjoy with very few people present. Says that since then many things German hap-\nhome pened and we are much heartened by the Russian defense and the fact the that the\npeople are at last beginning to wonder how and when they can win war.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2987\nP.P.I. Pi\n9-P\nto day on line opposite key number. Add I day for all months coming after\nFebruary in Leap Years, which are indicated by bold figures.\nExample for Finding Day of Week of March 4, 1940, a Leap\nYear: Find year, drop down column to key number opposite\nMarch, which is 4. Find day of month on 31 day calendar, cen-\nter, right side of Magic Calendar; move up column to day on\nline opposite key number, which is Sunday. Add I day for\nLeap Year, which is Monday. Use same method for years other\nthan Leap Years, except do not add I day.\nSuggested use of Magic Calendar: Find day of week of births. To prove accu-\nracy of Magic Calendar, use present day.\nWrote to the President stating that he is taking the opportunity of Harry Hopkins' return\nto send the President some of the \"produce\" that they can still enjoy. Hopes it will\nconvey the gratitude of those who appreciate the importance of the front in Russia and\nwho recognize the help that the President's support has already been and will be in the\nfuture. - The President replied on Nov. 21, 1941, expressing thanks for the \"produce\"\nand stating that he did not even give any of it to the Prime Minister but brought it\nhome to enjoy with very few people present. Says that since then many things have hap-\npened and we are much heartened by the Russian defense and the fact that the German\npeople are at last beginning to wonder how and when they can win the war.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2987\nP.P.F. F.\n9-P\nSUMMERLIN, G.T.,\nChief of Protocol,\nDept. of State,\nmpk\nCRIPPS, Sir Stafford\nBritish Embassy\nMoscow, U.S.S.R.\nAugust 1, 1941\nWrote to the President stating that he is taking the opportunity of Harry Hopkins' return\nto send the President some of the \"produce\" that they can still enjoy. Hopes it will\nconvey the gratitude of those who appreciate the importance of the front in Russia and\nwho recognize the help that the President's support has already been and will be in the\nfuture. - The President replied on Nov. 21, 1941, expressing thanks for the \"produce\"\nand stating that he did not even give any of it to the Prime Minister but brought it\nhome to enjoy with very few people present. Says that since then many things have hap-\npened and we are much heartened by the Russian defense and the fact that the German\npeople are at last beginning to wonder how and when they can win the war.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2987\nP.P. IF. Pi\n9-P\nSUMMERLIN, G.T.,\nChief of Protocol,\nDept. of State,\nNov. 8, 1941.\nEncloss letter addressed to the President by Mr. John G. Winant, our\nAmbassador in London, together with a copy of communication from James A. Malcolm\nto Ambassador Winant, transmitting a portrait of Prime Minister Churchill painted by\nthe late Sir Leslie Ward in the year 1900 when Mr. Churchill first entered Parliament.\nThis portrait is a gift from a group of friends of the United States who wish to\nremain anonymous, and hopes President will accept this gift as a token of their\nesteem and admiration.\n(correspondence given to Mrs. Shen to go to Hyde Park, together with portrait. -\ncopies of correspondence filed.)\nSee P.P.F.7683\nP.P.7\n9-P\nO'HARA, HOST REVENSED JOHN F. (n.s.o.)\nvah.\nSUBMEIDER, Miss-Ruth, (President)\nMANN, George Seg (Director)\nP.P.F.\nUnity Club of America,\nMilwankee, Wise.\n9-P\nNovember 22, 1941\nSends the President a \"beautifully engrossed\" pledge of the Unity Club of\nAmerica, expressing their loyalty, etc.\nSee P.P.F. 9-U\nO'HARA, HOST REVENSED JOHN F. (n.s.o)\nTEAGLE, Walter\nMillbrook, N.Y.\nack'd 11-25-41\nSent the President some pheasants. - On Nov. 25th, the\nPresident thanked Mr. Teagle.\nP.P.7.\nSee P.P.F. 5316\nact\n9-P\nO'HARA, HOST REVENUED JOHN F. (C.S.C.)\nNew York, II. Y.\nNovember 25, 1941 $ Ackd.\nMine Tully wrote saying the President is especially pleased\nto have the photograph of the babies, Pranklin and Bliner Ocycooles de Von--the photo\nsent to the President from Anbassador Claude C. Bowers through Bishop O'Hara. (Official\ncorres. dated August a, 1941 from Ambassador Bowers nakes mention of the Christening\nof these babios). Photo sent to liyde Park Series B. Attached was Bishop O'Hora's card\nthru courtesy of Ambansador Claude 0. Bowers. Miss fully does not want a note of thanks\nto go to Ambansador Bowars. E.D. I\nSee PPF-9-0\nour\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nFACTURE, Worksheet\nInternation XE\nat\n1000 1841.\nPPF\nThe President 56 betwie\nSWEE\nWas\nthe\nMarangh Enylor. Se\nDate to & Court.\n9-P\nWSSS\nvalid\nIRELAND, Engineer Captain J. H.H.\nSouthsea, England\nNov. 25, 1941. File date: July 21, 1943.\nWie 1848\nLet. to the President, enclosing print of 2. drawing of Winston Churchill.\nSent to State Dept. for reply or preparation of reply, 12/18/41. No\ndraft of reply to file, 7/21/43.\nSEE: PPF 9-I\nilo\n9-P\nPACHECO, Doutor Antonio Carneiro\nAmbassador of Portugal,\nState of the Vatican City,\nNov. 25, 1941.\nThe President wrote thanking him for a bottle of port which was sent to the\nPresident through Mr. Myron Taylor. The President said he was keeping the wine until\nChristmas Time to drink a teast.\nSEE P.P.F. 7843\nAS\nP.P.F.\n9-P\nAVILA CAMACHO, Major Gen. Maximino\nP.P.F.\nSecretary of Communications and Public Works\nMexico, D.F.\n9-P\n11-6-41\nWrote to the President extending personal greetings and said he was sending\nby Mr. Josephus Daniels, a box containing two serapes of the kind made in Mexico,\none with 8. portrait of the President and another with that of his brother, Manual\nAvila Camacho. Letter written in Spanish. - - - The President replied 11-27. He\nsaid he deeply appreciates the lovely gifts and assured Major Gen. Avila Camacho\nthat these tokens shall have an honored place in his home. (President's letter is\nas per draft supplied 11-25 by George T. Summerlin in response to President's\nrequest 11-21-41.)\nSee PPF 7848\nmp\nvah.\nHIRSCHFELD, A. B.,\nP.P.F.\nDenver, Colo.\nNovember 11, 1941\n9-P\nSends the President a framed copy of a patriotic poster.\nSee P.P.F. 9-H"
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