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    "ocrText": "PPF 5962\nCRUMP, EDWARD H.\nP.P.B.\nMay 3, 1939\n5962\nMy dear Mr. Crump:\nI have heard with sincere sorrow of\nthe tragedy which has taken your son in the\nnoontide of his day. To you and to all who\nmourn with you I offer an assurance of sincere\nsympathy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT\nHonorable E. H. Crump,\nMemphis,\n*\nPennessee.\nwdh-mw\nxPP755\nP P E.\nThe family 5962 of\nJohn Crump\nx\ntuish to express their heartfelt appreciation\nfor your sumpathy and kindness\nin their great surroir\nCorrespåndence to be given to\nGeneral Watson for his information.\nG. G. T.\nJan 21\nWrited States Swoods\n11.30\nPOTT\nOFFICER\n8.59.47\n364.17\nSEREIV\nJanuary 18, 1944.\nP. fele P. P.F.\nDear Kenneth:-\n5962\nI shall be delighted to see Ed\nCrump with you on Friday, the twenty-first.\n#\nI am asking Pa Watson to arrange the time\nwith you.\nHonse,\nAs ever yours,\nThe\nFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT\nCommo\nTeams\nXPP73715\nx\nHonorable Kenneth McKellar, xren\nUnited States Senate,\nWashington, D. C.\nshis appointment arranged for\n11:30 Jan. 21 at butcancelled us\nEd. Crimp could not come and\nSenator had \"flu\".\nKENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN., CHAIRMAN\nHAYDEN, ARIZ.\nCLYDE M. REED, KANS.\nOSIAH W. BAILEY, N. c.\nWILLIAM LANGER, N. DAK.\nDENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX.\nc. DOUGLASS BUCK, DEL.\nALLEN J. ELLENDER, LA.\nHARLAN J. BUSHFIELD, S. DAK.\nJAMES M. MEAD, N. Y.\nHOMER FERGUSON, MICH.\nSHERIDAN DOWNEY, CALIF.\nE. H. MOORE, OKLA.\nUnited States\nW. LEE O'DANIEL, TEX.\nEDWARD V. ROBERTSON, WYO.\nJAMES G. SCRUGHAM, NEV.\nGEORGE A. WILSON, IOWA\nSenatement MOUSE\nJAMES o. EASTLAND, MISS.\nCOMMITTEE ON\nJOHN L. MC CLELLAN, ARK.\nPOST OFFICES AND POST ROADS\nJanuary 15, 1944\n⑈ JAN 17 RECEIVED AM.'44 AM\nThe President,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nThe Honorable Edward H. Crump of Memphis will be\nhere next Friday, the 21st, to attend the meeting of the\nX 300\nNational Committee of which he is a member from Tennessee,\nas you know.\nI think Mr. Crump is the greatest Democratic leader\nthat we have had in Tennessee certainly since the days of\nAndrew Jackson.\nI would like to bring him to call on you sometime\nFriday the call to be not more than about three minutes.\nWith kindest regards,\nSincerely your friend,\nthink\nSTANDARD FORM No. 14A\nAPPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT\nFROM\nThe White House\nMARCH 78 1926\nMashington\nTELEGRAM\nMarch 14, 1945. fire\nOFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES\nGPO\n't'y\nHon. Edward H. Crump\nMemphis, Tennessee.\n5962\nRe your telegram March fourteenth Wednesday\nMarch twenty-first will be all right with the Presi-\ndent. Please 'phone my office ten-thirty Wednesday\nmorning for confirmation of hour.\nWILLIAM D. HASSETT\nSecretary to the President.\nsaw we marchal, President 1945-\nThe Mouse\nHashington\nMAR 14 12 32 AM 1945\nWB9 NL PD\nMEMPHIS TENN MAR 13 1945\nWILLIAM D HASSETT, SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT\nWHITE HOUSE WASHDC\nBEG TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR TELEGRAM. INASMUCH\nAS I HAVE MADE ALL PLANS TO ACCOMPANY MRS CRUMP TO BATTLE\nCREEK I CAN BE IN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY FIRST\nIF THAT WILL SUIT THE PRESIDENT. OR IF THAT IS TOO\nLATE I WILL ARRANGE TO BE THERE EARLIER\nE H CRUMP.\nSTANDARD FORM No. 14A\nAPPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT\nFROM\nMARCH 10. 1926\nThe White house\nMashington\nTELEGRAM\nMarch 13 1945\nOFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES\nGPO\nHon. Edward Crump\nMemphis, Tennessee\nThe President is desirous of seeing you and\nwould greatly appreciate it if you could come to\nWashington the first of next week. Will you kindly\nadvise if this is convenient and I will arrange an\nappointment.\nWILLIAM D. HASSETT\nSecretary to the President\nP.P.7.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nfile\nWASHINGTON\n0.5962\nMarch 20, 1945.\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT:\nIn connection with Mr. Crump's #\nvisit, the President desired to be\nreminded of Director Harold Smith's\ntroubles because of Senator McKellar's\nopposition to appropriations for the\nsupport of the Bureau of the Budget\nitself. The bill has now gone to\nconference from the Senate with 25%\ncut below appropriations embodied\nin the bill as passed by the House.\nThe Director fears that such a\ncut will seriously hamper essential\nactivities of his office.\nW. D. H.\nSEE 2546\nfor the President's memo. of Dec. 23,1940, to\nSen. Kenneth McKellar. The President asked him\n(Official File)\nto talk with Ed. Crump in re the CIO im Memphis.\nThe President made certain comments re the CIO and\nthe AFL. ---- copy and 10 tter of Lucy R. Mason\nsent to Mrs. Roosevelt.\nP.P.F.\n3-960\nmcg\nMcKELLAR, Hon. Kenneth\nU. S. Senate\n5962\nAug. 30, 1943.\nWrote the President enclosing an interview given out by Mr. Edward\nH. Crump to the Commercial Appeal, Aug. 29th, says that Mr. Crump is one of the Presi-\ndent's tried and true friends. The title of the newspaper article is \"Crump Predicts\nFDR VS. Dewey - Praises Record of President. 11 - - -The President wrote Sen. McKellar,\nSept. 14, 1943, expressing his thanks for his recent letter and enclosure. Says that\nMr. Crumps interview was typical and that he got a chuckle out of it. - - Let. to the\nPresident from Sen. McKellar, 9/15/43, thanking the President for his letter of 9/14/43.\nSee - PPF 3715\nGATES, Mr. Robert\nWashington 25, D.C.\nP.P.7. 5962\nAugust 10, 1944 - (ack. 8/16/44)\nNote to Mr. Early enclosing clipping from Memphis Commercial Appeal, an\ninterview with Ed Crump re casting of electoral votes in Tennessee next November.\nSEE 300-Tennessee \"G\"\nemc"
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