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My dear Mr. Cole:
Your letter has been received and
I want to thank you in the President's behalf
for the pamphlet to which you refer. You may
be assured that your kindness in sending it is
appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Myrl Cole, Esq.,
1753 E. Florence Avenue,
Los Angeles,
California.
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November 18, 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear President Roosevelt,
I am sending, under separate cover, a small
pamphlet entitled, "Two Kinds of Knowledge" by
Dr. E. W. Kenyon. I am sure you will find its
contents extremely interesting, opening a window
to a new field of thinking.
I would be very happy to hear of your
reactions.
Yours sincerely,
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My dear Mr. Coxon:
The President is delighted to have the
cane, a product of your own workmanship, and has
noted with a great deal of interest the letter
of November eighteenth signed by yourself and
others. He is deeply grateful for your friendly
thought of him and asks me to convey his sincere
good wishes to all of you for your happiness and
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health.
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Very sincerely yours,
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M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
George W. Coxon, Esq.,
Volunteer Firemen's Home,
Hudson,
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November 18, 1940.
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:-
This is the first attempt on my part to write a letter to
any person placed in the excelled position you have and now hold.
I hope and pray that you will condescend reading the same.
My real motive is to tell you, in the best way at my com-
mand, how happy and grateful our Little Roosevelt Club of Edight
"Old Timers" are at the Volunteer Firemen's Home, Hudson, N.Y.
One of my favorite hobbys is making Walking Sticks. So
with the assistance and cooperation of the undersigned, we made
a diligent exploration which made it possible to locate a suit-
able young sapling available to myself to manufacture the stick
or Walking Cane. The said cane at the present time is at the
Post Office in the City of Hudson, N.Y. And now, we hope and
pray that it will reach you personally in due and reasonable time
This proposition originated and went into effect as soon
as the result and good news was broadcasted of your acceptance
of the popular demand to remain captain of the "Great Ship", that
you so successfully guided and landed safely through eight stormy
years.
And now, due to the fact that your physical condition
requires the necessary support, suggested to us this motive or
idea as appropriate.
We unanimously pray that you will accept this Walking Stick
and will conclude with an added prayer: that in the near future
your physical condition will so improve that it will be absolutely
unnecessary for you to have any further use for a Walking Stick.
Respectfully yours,
MartinKlurns Jer W. Oryan
Juseph Price
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My dear Mr. Moger:
Thank you in the President's behalf for
your kind letter and for the game which you were
good enough to send him on behalf of Messrs. michael
Vernon
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your friendly good wishes.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Art. Moger, Esq.,
General Manager, Celebrated
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4 Carlisle Street,
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Your Excellency,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
White House,
Washington, D.C.
Dear President Roosevelt:
As an ardent Democrat and staunch supporter
of the New Deal, the writer wishes you every best wish
for continued good health and a most successful adminis-
tration.
Although I doubt it very much if you'll have the
time to play the enclosed game, I am sending it to you on
behalf of two newspapermen, like myself, who have originated
it, i.e.: Messrs. Michael Fielding and Vernon Calhoun, of
Chicago.
"Tactics" is based on current newspaper headlines,
requesting players to assume the roles of heads of neutral
or belligerent nations. It's certainly as timely as today's
headlines.
Therefore, on behalf of two loyal newspapermen,
Messrs. Fielding and Calhoun, and the writer, for many years
Contest Editor for the New England Hearst Newspapers, we
send you the first edition of "Tactics", in its newest
package.
Best personal regards.
Very cordially,
THE CELEBRATED CARTOONS SERVICE
Art. Moger
General Manager
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My dear Mrs. Cowger:
The President has received your kind
letter of congratulations and thanks you very
much indeed for the framed pictures. He wants
you to know that he is deeply grateful for the
friendliness which you expressed in such a gra-
cious way and has asked me to convey his cordial
good wishes to you and to the members of your
family for your welfare and happiness.
Very sincerely yours,
H. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Mrs. R. E. Cowger,
437 South 5th Street,
Atchison,
Kansas.
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PAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OF THE
Atchison Kansas
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEX
November 17,1940 GRESS
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THE CORONADO CUARTO CENTENNIAL
MULLINAX, R. G.
Gaffney, South Carolina
Nov. 14, 1940
Sends President walking cane that he carved from a Sourwood tree grown
in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
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November 25, 1940
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HISTORY
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FINE ARTS
The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Roosevelt:
Again I have the privilege of advising you that
another volume of the Coronado Historical Series has
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been published and sent to you. Please accept this
book with the compliments of the author and the
Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission.
Very sincerely yours,
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University of New Mexico
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My dear Mr. Cummings:
The President was delighted to receive
those fine quail. He has asked me to express his
appreciation of your friendly thought of him and
to convey his most cordial good wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
H. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Honorable Will Cummings,
Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
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194 Broadway,
Pleasant Hills,
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to refer.. He has asked me to convey his
most cordial good wishes to you for a
happy, active and useful life.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Billy Jim Comensky,
194 Broadway,
Pleasant Hills,
Pennsylvania.
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The President thanks you very
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1940,
ber sixteenth and for the token to which
to refer. He has asked me to convey his
most cordial good wishes to you for a
happy, active and useful life.
Very sincerely yours,
M.A. LeHaux
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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194 Broadway,
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ly. I can Bahia Blanca. that your courtesy is
appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
A notebook with an inscription to the
President by the sender.
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PRIVATE SECRETARY
Asia L. Carter, ESQ.,
325 Ashland The Officer in charge of the consular section
Pittsburgh,
is requested to return the notebook to the
Pennsylvania.
sender, with an expression of appreciation
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My dear Mr. Carter:
Permit me, please, to thank you,
in the President's behalf, for the manu-
scripts and book which you forwarded recent-
ly. I can assure you that your courtesy is
appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Lelland
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Asa L. Carter, Esq.,
325 Ashland Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
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Pennsylvania.
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December 16, 1940
My dear Mr. Carter:
Permit me, please, to thank you,
in the President's behalf, for the manu-
scripts and book which you forwarded recent-
ly. I can assure you that your courtesy is
appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Asa L. Carter, Esq.,
325 Ashland Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
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My dear Mr. Cornell:
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Thank you in the President's behalf for
the lamp to which you refer in your letter of
November twenty-fifth. I want to assure you that
he deeply appreciates the friendly thought which
prompted you to send him this product of your own
workmanship.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Adolph Cornell, Esq.,
108-1st Street North,
Virgnia,
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Minnesota.
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behalf, for the souvenir paper weight. 1 want
to assure you that he appreciates the friendly
thought which prompted you to send it to him.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
0. B. Canny, Esq..
119 last First Street,
Mound Valley,
Kansas.
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Resources" to which you refer in your letter
of November twenty-sixth. He much appreciates
your courtesy in sending the book to him.
Very sincerely yours,
H. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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The University of Georgia,
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My dear Dean Chapmant
The President asks me to thank you
for the copy of "Conservation of American
Resources" to which you refer in your letter
of November twenty-sixth. He much appreciates
your courtesy in sending the book to him.
Very sincerely yours,
H. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Dean Paul W. Chapman,
The University of Georgia,
Athens,
Georgia.
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November 26, 1940
The President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
Mr. President:
The publishers, Turner E. Smith & Co., Atlanta,
are mailing you today a copy of their new text, CONSERVATION
OF AMERICAN RESOURCES, written by Charles N. Elliott. This
book, which is designed for use in the nation's public schools,
attempts to present the conservation activities of the federal
government, which you have inaugurated.
The heading of that division of the book beginning
on page 48, entitled Conservation Goes Forward, was inspired by
the contribution made through the New Deal, and the spirit of
the book is to carry forward the fundamentals of your message
which appears on page 60.
Naturally, we would feel highly honored to have
you examine this book, which we hope will contribute in a small
way to an appreciation of the conservation of our nation's
natural resources.
Most respectfully yours,
Paul W. Chopsen
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My dear Mr. Camphuis:
Dear
I have received your letter of
November eleventh with the enclosed communi-
cation, as well as the copy of the book to
which you refer. You may be assured that
it will be made available to the President
at a favorable opportunity.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
William D. Camphuis, Esq.,
4245 Van Buren Place,
Los Angeles,
California.
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November 11, 1940
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The White House
Washington, District of Columbia
Dear Miss Le Hand:
You will find enclosed a. letter to President
Roosevelt which, I think, is self-explanatory. Also here-
with is a book.
I know how difficult it is to get a letter to the
attention of the President, as he is so busy, and so many
thousands of letters come to him. Therefore I am asking you
to be good enough to read the letter and then, if you will,
please try to find a time for the President to read it, and
show him the book.
I have no ax to grind and neither has the author of
the book, who is quite unaware that I am sending it. The book
came to my attention and, as you can see, it has profoundly im-
pressed me, as I think it would anyone. I sincerely hope that
you will consider it worthy of the President's attention.
Thank you for your kindness.
Sincerely yours,
William D. Camphuis
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William D. Camphuis
Enc.
4245 Van Buren Place
Los Angeles, California
November 11, 1940
Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, District of Columbia
Dear Mr. President:
You are tremendously busy with other things and you receive
countless matters in the mail which people think you should consider
above all else, yet please believe me that this matter is worthy of your
consideration:
With this letter I am sending you a copy of "Think Fast
America" by Lambert Schuyler, which, Mr. Roosevelt, please try to read
if you can possibly find the time. I do not know Mr. Schuyler from Adam,
but his book would indicate that he must be a very intelligent and patient
man who is trying to give something to the world without getting anything
in return. We all know that we do not want socialism or Naziism or "Ham
and Eggs, " yet we know that something is wrong with things as they are,
and we must find the solution before it is too late. Who really knows
what is wrong? The Republicans certainly do not; the Democrats do not;
the socialists think they do, but do not; even you, Mr. President, I ven-
ture to say, do not know what is wrong with our economic system.
Here is the astonishing thing, Mr. Roosevelt: Mr. Schuyler
does know, I am positive, and proves it in his book by referring to his-
tory to show that the same seemingly simple thing is destroying us which
destroyed in turn Babylon, Greece, and Rome.
To show that his book is not just another quack suggestion, let
me, without, I hope, spoiling the book, briefly point out his thesis:
Trade amongst men built civilization.
When trade dies, civilization dies.
Trade on a scale to support a civilization
must be by means of a valuable medium of exchange.
Anything which removes the medium of ex-
change therefore destroys trade, and hense civilization.
There is a practice which does this -- the
lending of money at interest. It is this which is de-
stroying us and not profits and rents and individual
initiative, as the communists would have us believe.
Why does the lending of money eventually
remove it from circulation and pile it up in the hands
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of the lenders, thereby depriving people of a method
of trading with each other, which is their very existence?
Even so, how could we finance without the lending business?
The lending of money is the only business in
the world which cannot lose. Obey established lending
practice and there is no possibility of loss. In any
other line of business there are losses if the product or
service is not in demand. Not so with lending. If the en-
terprise fails for which the money was loaned, the lender
is not embarrassed -- he has his pledged security of one
kind or another, usually well above the amount of the loan.
No pledge of property in one form or another -- no loan.
Ask any banker. Is it not logical then that lenders, with
foreclosure and lien laws behind them and engaged in a busi-
ness which cannot lose, need only time to gain title to most
of the medium of exchange? In Babylon with the interest
rate at 30%, it did not take long for the temple banking
house to find itself in possession of all the gold, later
all the silver, then all of the copper and lead!
For a time it does not matter that the lenders
have title to the medium of exchange because people can
borrow it back, in order to have a means of trading, as
long as they can mortgage or pledge some property for it.
Now property is finite. Were it not so, lending could go
on forever. Eventually nearly all property, real and per-
sonal, becomes pledged (especially when there is no frontier)
and people can no longer borrow. Then, indeed, there is
no way for people to trade with each other. They own no
money and they cannot even borrow it. Lenders find money
piling up in their vaults -- they cannot seem to find any-
body to whom to lend it safely. Those who cannot repay
money borrowed are foreclosed on, and if the process could
be carried to completion, the lenders would in the end gain
title to all money and all property of every kind -- quite
a little achievement.
Long before the end point is reached, however,
the people, deprived of a way of trading with each other,
are involuntarily idle -- there is widespread suffering
and want amidst great wealth -- as it was in Greece and
Rome before the end came. As more and more people become
idle the government has to take care of them, but taxes do
not seem to cover the cost. There is one last thing that
can be pledged to the lenders to get money to give to the
people, and that is the taxing power. So the government
sells bonds to the lenders, the taxing power being the se-
curity. This money is turned over to the people by a
spending program, but it gets back into the lenders' vaults
before long, just as it got there in the first place!
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Under such conditions of want and suffering,
violence gains the upper hand. Civilization as it then
exists is destroyed. Each individual desperately seeks
to produce all his own wants, since he cannot trade.
This is primitive savagery. History has shown how a
very advanced state can quickly revert to savagery. Fam-
ine, pestilence, and plague reduced the population of
Rome to one-tenth in the span of a few years, and man
entered the dark period of history known as the Middle
Ages. How long a dark age would follow our civilization
with the whole world involved?
That we must act and act quickly is obvious,
hence the title of Mr. Schuyler's book, "Think Fast America."
It all seems so infernally simple -- do away with the lend-
ing business which is destroying us. But how? And what
would take its place?
The author suggests that we could abolish lien
rights as security for loans. That is, not prohibit lend-
ing, but take the props out from under it. The financing
which has been done by lending could be handled by the
stock system of financing, which is sound for the reason
that the investor gets a return proportionate to the suc-
cess of the enterprise, or he may even lose all. Thus he
does not tend to get title to all wealth. As a matter of
fact, stock companies and partnerships tend to distribute
wealth because many can own a share. As for very small
loans, the author suggests more buying for cash, which
would be more possible were the wealth more evenly distrib-
uted; although it seems to me that such a thing as the buy-
ing of a house could be worked out on a partnership basis
with those who invest in this field. As for the method of
making the change, the author suggests a method which would
bring it about without great disturbance. It seems to me,
however, that a bit more drastic means would be necessary.
The change over could certainly be worked out. It would
require a good deal of care and a dash of courage.
May I emphasize, Mr. Roosevelt, that the above does not approach
the complete presentation of Mr. Schuyler's book. It is only an attempt
to give an idea of its contents.
You, Mr. President, are the only man who could, if you believe
this book has merit, act in time to bring about this change and set the
world on the road to an undreamed of happiness and peace. We can keep
our freedom of enterprise, our wages and profits, our democracy, our cars
and radios, Mr. Schuyler maintains, if we will destroy that which is sap-
ping the strength from within us. Later the rest of the world could fol-
low suit. No individual or group of individuals is to blame for our
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November 11, 1940
troubles, only a false principle. It is interesting, yet disquieting, to
note that when Babylon, Greece, and Rome passed into oblivion and were
overrun, they were mortgaged to the limit. Interest rates and time brought
about the want that caused them to disintegrate from within.
Please, Mr. Roosevelt, read this book.
Sincerely yours,
William D. Camphuis
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and her reply re a COW for the President's farm at Warm Springs, Georgia. Advises that
Mr. Glenn Keating of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, presented the animal, which has been
delivered, to the President's farm. - Miss LeHand wrote to Mr. Bennett on Dec. 16, 1940,
advising that a note of thanks has been sent to Mr. Keating, and expressing appreciation
for Mr. Bennett's kindness in the matter. -- The President wrote to Mr. Keating on
Dec. 16, 1940, expressing appreciation.
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My dear Friend:
The President was delighted to receive
those beautiful flowers which you put aboard his
train on behalf of the citizens of Augusta. He
wants everyone concerned to know that he is deeply
grateful for the friendly spirit which prompted
this presentation.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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rest aboard the Tuscaloosa. Extends best wishes for a Merry Christmas.
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M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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M. A. Lelland
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for the candy which you put aboard his train at
Augusta. He wants you to know how much he ap-
preciates your kind thought of him.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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thought of them and ask me to convey their
best wishes to you for the holiday season.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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Dec. 23, 1940.
December 20, 1940
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for Christmas. Memo from Mrs. Dennkson to Gen. Watson with above attached letter, saying
this is the card table Sen. Alben W. Barkley spoke about.
by Bear Mr.
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December 20, 1940
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My dear Mr. Congressman:
Mr. Early has refer ed to me your letter
of December seventeenth and the papers attached
thereto.
Thank you very much for sending this in-
formation about young Keyes Carson and the turkey
P.P.7.9-T
for the President. You may be sure we will do
everything that is possible.
In accordance with your request, the
papers which you enclosed are returned herewith.
With best wishes for & happy Holiday
Season, I am
Very sincerely yours,
EDWIN N. WATSON
Secretary to the President
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MEMBER
WILLIAM P. ELLIOTT
4TH DIST. TEXAS
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY
Congress of the United States
LEE LUNDELL
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
house of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Gentratem
Corpus Christi, Texas,
December 17, 1940.
Honorable Stephen Early,
Secretary of the President,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Steve:
The enclosed file concerning my fine, young
friend, Keyes Carson of Cuero, Texas, will explain it-
self.
Keyes is truly a grand boy, ingenious as you
will note from the enclosures, and there is no doubt
whatsoever in my mind that he won't arrive in Washing-
ton as per his schedule.
I will personally appreciate any courtesies
and favors extended to him and likewise your return of
the enclosures for my files.
With sincere best wishes and regards,
Your friend,
DICIA
Richard M. Kleberg
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Box 2291
College Station, Texas
December 11, 1940.
Dear Mr. Kleberg:
The turkey I will take to President Roosevelt is the
grand champion turkey of 1940, coming from the turkey capitol of
the world, Cuero, Texas. The turkey weighs 35 pounds and is a
very pretty bird. My plan is to take the turkey alive because
I think it will mean much more. I will leave Cuero Friday morning
at eight, December 20 and will arrive in Washington, D.C. before
Monday noon.
Very truly yours,
/s/ KEYES CARSON
(Original returned to Congr. Kleberg, together with magazine article
on Keyes Carson and his kitch-hiking scheme for the college boys.
Sint to house top DP
GRAGGEN, Mr. & Mrs. J. J.
Dumont, Now Jersey
Ack. Dec. 26, 1940
December 27, 1940
Sends President 2 neckties, 1 apron and a box of cookies for Christmas.
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Blue Margaret N. Crons
Publicaciones Fischgrund,
Madero no. 6,
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& copy of the publication Touring Mexico. and
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December 27, 1940
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Dec. 26, 1940
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thank the sender on behalf of the President.
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to the President, November 27, 1940.
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December 27, 1940
BARKLEY, Hon. Alben W.
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dec. 26, 1940
Sends President card table with compliments of Frank C. Anderson of the
Anderson Woodworking Company, Louisville, entucky.
Presidential acknowledgment to both men Dec. 27th.
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SWOPE, Nerbert Bayard
New York, N. Y.
Dec. 19, 1940
and Russien caviar. Also sends three bottles
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SAID, Boris
New York, N. Y.
Dec. 23, 1940
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of Russian cologne for Miss LeHand and the Tully sisters.
Presidential ack. Dec. 27th.
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Dear Amon:
Many thanks for your letters and
message of Holiday Greetings. I do appre-
tubings nuts
ciate your kindness in sending me those smoked
turkeys as well as the other good things from
Shady Oak Farm.
Mrs. Roosevelt joins with me in ex-
tending best wishes to you and yours for a Bright
and Happy New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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Fort Worth Star Telegram,
Fort Worth,
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FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
MORNING
EVENING
SUNDAY
AMON G. CARTER, PRESIDENT
FORT WORTH
December 18, 1940.
RECEIVED TEXAS 9 : THE MITTE 07 HOUSE
Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
The White House,
Washington, D. C,
Dear Mr. President:
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The attached is the regular letter
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we are sending out to about 600 of our friends through-
S
out the country, so I am sending it along to you to-
gether with two smoked turkeys, a basket and a box of
ing
Texas pink meated grapefruit. I have, also, asked the
Hired Hand at the farm to send you a sack of soft shell
pecans and two boxes of Mahans, shelled and unshelled.
I want you to get a full opportunity to enjoy some of
the products of our great state.
I realize in these trying times that
you are confronted with many difficult problems - in
fact, no President in the history of our country has had
the burden to carry that is now on your shoulders. In
this you have our sympathy and 100% plus support. No one
else could stand up under this burden and still keep
the same cheerful disposition and broad viewpoint that
you maintain.
It is my wish that you, Mrs. Roosevelt
and your loved ones have a good Christmas and that the
New Year will clear up some of our troubles.
Tharus Most sincerely,
AGC.KD
Dhank
SHADY OAK FARM
AMON CARTER
FORT WORTH
TELEPHONE
TEXAS
6-1766
December 18, 1940.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
A fellow told me during the recent Campaign that if things did not
turn out just so-so, Christmas would be discontinued. I see where they are
going to have Christmas, so everything must have turned out all right. Another
thing, Mr. Carter came out to the Farm the other day (in a good humor) and said
"gather up some of those special Shady Oak Pecans and ship them to these folks
and be sure and send the President a special sack of Soft Shelled Schleys, as
well as a box of Mahans". Now, I know Christmas will be around and I am sending
you the nuts.
We have had a big year out on the Farm and all the other Hired Hands
in Texas had good crops too. I never saw cattle grow as fast, and pigs just
naturally seem to bust out of the pen. Honestly, livestock on the place acts
as if it had to hurry and do its part in the Defense Program. There isn't any
danger of anyone going hungry if we can get the stuff we raise in West Texas to
them. Shady Oaks is one of the few farms (without a Government subsidy) which
continues to lose money. Still, we are happy.
They tell me we are going to have a lot of Soldiers, maybe over one
hundred thousand, around Fort Worth this Winter. All I can say is that Uncle
Sam is sure sending them to the right spot. We have the grub, the water, the
climate and the exercise ground. Some of our parade grounds are so big that
by the time a Private walks to the far side, he is a General. Some of these
Texas Army maneuver spots would be a good place for Mussolini. He could cut
out Cooks Tours--I'll bet he will never eat in a Greek restaurant again.
In town they tell me the STAR-TELEGRAM has had a big year. They are
printing more than 175,000 papers daily--the largest circulation in Texas.
Following a plow isn't as thrilling as being with the RAF, but if
those courageous chaps over there will continue to knock 'em off, "us" boys
on the Farms will do our part to keep the victuals flowing. Peeling potatoes
is necessary, but you have to grow them first. We are ready to do both.
Trusting you are the same, I am
HindLend
Sincerely,
Keep the pecans in a cool
place and they will retain
their freshness.
THE HIRED HAND.
SHADY OAK FARM
AMON CARTER
FORT WORTH
TEXAS
TELEPHONE
6-1766
December 16, 1940.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Well, here we are again! Another Christmas has rolled around
quickly. The world is in a turmoil - still, we in America have lots for
which to be thankful.
Seventeen thousand pounds of Texas turkeys (not Smoked) are to be
served Christmas Day to the some thirty thousand Soldiers in training at
nearby Brownwood, Texas, which Camp is the first of a series of Training
Camps located in Fort Worth's very front yard. The training grounds of these
Camps are larger than many of the "gobbled" European countries. All of these
meny years, we have been saving our wide open spaces for some emergency like
this; thus, Fort Worth will soon be week-end host to more than one-hundred
thousand of Uncle Sam's finest.
It's getting to be an old custom to announce that Texas, Fort Worth
and West Texas, as usual, are happy and prosperous. And, of course, we are
anxious to do our part as all good Americans are. We think we can help some
too, because we have the requirements. Our oil fields were never in better
condition to take care of the National Emergency confronting us at this time.
There will be PLENTY of oil and it is the best there is. It's ready and will
be delivered without fuss or feathers when Uncle Sam asks for it.
Our cattle herds have been rebuilt, and we can now supply these
steaks which, after all, is what it takes.
About the Smoked Turkey, which is really the object of this letter,
he is ready for immediate serving. Keep the old boy in a cool place. You
will find him & little rich for a regular diet, but he is dandy to nibble on.
I know you would prefer that I send this bird to the RAF. I wish it were
possible but America is sending them the sort of birds they need to use on
the sort of birds the world doesn't need.
THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM today enjoys the largest circulation
in its history (over 175,000 daily); WBAP and KGKO, the Star-Telegram Radio
Stations, have their greatest all-time audiences, and the staffs of all join
me in wishing you and yours again a Dandy Christmas and a Swell New Year.
Sincerely,
AGC.KD
Where the West Begins.
CLASS OF SERVICE
WESTERN
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DEAR MISTER PRESIDENT I DO HOPE THAT DESPITE THE TRYING TIMES
AND HEAVY BURDEN THAT RESTS UPON YOU YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF
YOUR FAMILY HAVE HAD AN ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS I SINCERELY WISH
THAT IN THE NEW YEAR CONDITIONS WILL SO IMPROVE THAT YOU MAY
BE ABLE TO OBTAIN MORE REST AND RELAXTION AND ENJOY MORE OF
THE PLEASURES OF LIFE WHICH YOU SO RICHLY DESERVE. YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN HEAVIER AND MORE NUMEROUS THAN
THOSE OF ANY PRESIDENT OF OUR TIME AND YOU HAVE DONE A
MAGNIFICIENT JOB. AGAIN SINCEREST BEST WISHES TO YOU AND THE
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December 30, 1940
My dear Henrietta:
Your kind thought in sending the greeting
card and your sketch to the President is appreciated.
He asks me to thank you and to extend to you his
best wishes for a New Year of health and happiness.
Very sincerely yours,
N. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Henrietta Coleman,
Star Route Box 16,
South Boston,
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Virginia.
Dec. 23, 1940
Star Route Box 16
South Boston, Va.
Dear President,
here is a scketch of your picture
on a small paper.
I am a junior High School girl the
age of 15. I am a poor fatherless girl, &
made Christmas Cards to sell, trying to
make a little changes for Christmas.
I made 154, sold them 54 each. Here is one
of them. The scketch of your picture and
the card is some of my hand work.
d through you would enjoy looking
at some of it. my name is Dorothy
Hearietta Coleman
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the President is to receive 8 painting by the noted Chinese artist, Chang Shu-Ching,
entitled "Doves of Peace". Says the above company, "well known in the graphic arts,"
would like to reproduce this painting and to present 1600 copies to the President,
which at the latter's discretion could be sold to the public,- the proceeds to go
to the Chinese Government, or, should the President choose, Chinese Nex Relief.
Adds that they have recently made lithogrephs for the San Francisco Museum of Art
of Millet's "Man with The Hoe", and Diego Rivera's "Flower Vendor",- copies of both
of which are being forwarded to the President, under separate cover.
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The President thanks you ever so much
for that interesting booklet. He wants you to
know that he appreciates your kind thought in
sending it to him and asks me to extend his most
cordial good wishes to you for a Bright and
Happy New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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you for your kindness in sending him the gift
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friendly thought of him and wants me to ex-
tend his best wishes to you for the New Year.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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My dear Jean:
Your friendly letter has been received
and the President has noted with a great deal of
interest all that you say. He is delighted to
learn that you will soon walk again and sends you
his most cordial good wishes for the Happiest New
Year ever.
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enjoy. You have a grand idea in making these fine
books for other sick children to enjoy.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
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QUEZON, Hon. Manuel L.,
Pres. of the Philippines,
Manila, Philippine Islands MEETS EVERY
Dec. 31, 1940. (Ack.)
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Deb.
24th
Sent box of cigars to the President. (Personally acknowledged by
President.)
Roosevelt
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Dear Brother Rocsovelt:
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Enclosed you will find a letter sent to Park Lodge
from California 9-C -
Our Noble Cecil Helpin suggested that we
write you and 800 if you will Total at were time in
the near future and would allow THE Cow minutes of your
time to make this presentation.
We realize these are trying and busy Times for you
but 11 you oan make this possiable we would appreciate
sending us oformation sgarding time and date.
A date with U.S. mans & box of dates.
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Recording Sebretary.
Park Lodge No. 203 J. D. 1. F.
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Dear Brother Roosevelt:
Enclosed you will find a letter sent to Park Lodge
from California.
Our Noble Grand, Cecil Halpin, suggested that we
write you and see if you will be at home at any time in
the near future and would allow us a few minutes of your
time to make this presentation.
We realize these are trying and busy times for you
but if you can make this possiable we would appreciate
sending us information regarding time and date.
A date with us means a box of dates.
Fraternally Haltu Hot yours
X
Recording Secretary.
THEM 8 PARK STREET IDENTITY STATE
Coachella Lodge #45 I.O.O.F.
Park Lodge #203
Hyde Park N.Y.
Coachella, Calif.
Dec. 13th I940.
Our Lodge wishes to present President Roosevelt with a box
of Coachella Valley dates.
We would like to have as much publicity from it as possiable
as we feel that much good can be accomplished by it for the order.
We got the idea of this from the publicity you received in
the newspaper and the newsreel presenting him the jewel.
To accomplish the desired publicity and to be sure that the
president receives the box our Lodge askes you to present it to him
in our behalf.
Our Noble Grand made the box out of mesquite wood so that box
and contents are from our valley. Our Grand Master made his official
visit to our Lodge Dec. II and he claimed it the most beautiful thing
he ever saw.
My wife (of course a Rebeckah) packed the box with thirty
three pounds of dates useing four varieties.
Hoping to receive a favorable reply I am
Sincerely and fraternally yours
Fred Kelsey
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Chairman of Committee
P.O.Box 45I Indio Calif.
December 28, 1940
My dear Mr. Nott:
The President has received your letter
of December 24, and the enclosure.
I am afraid that it will be impossible
to arrange for you to present the box of Coachella
Valley dates to the President in person. Quite
frankly the situation is this: Since the inter-
national situation became so acute we have found it
necessary to ask all persons desiring to bring in
personal gifts for the President to leave them with me
in my capacity as Appointment Secretary. I receive them
for the President and pass them along to him with & word
of explanation. I will, therefore, be glad to receive
the dates from you either in person or by mail, and
will await your further advice.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely yours,
EDWIN M. WATSON
Secretary to the President
Walter E. Nott, Esq.
Park Lodge No. 203, I.O.O.F.
Hyde Park, New York
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Lighton Leighton Yours very Wilkie truly Wilhie
Siot received
CONTINENTAL MACHINES, INC.
MACHINE TOOLS
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OFFICE OF PRESIDENT
December 10, 1940
1201 Thacker St. - DES PLAINES, ILL.
Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Under separate cover, I am sending you a copy of a
comprehensive study I have just completed -- 12 EASY LESSONS IN
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE -- in my endeavor to
interest more young men in training for the jobs that must be
filled in meeting our Defense Program needs.
To give this study longer life, it is presented in
calendar form, so that it can be posted in schools, shops and in
places where students, metal workers and the unemployed congregate.
American supremacy is based on production and we
all recognize the serious fault in our educational and industrial
systems, whereby too few young men are trained to work with their
hands.
According to the best statistics, there are thirteen
men and boys being educated for every existing professional job.
But, for every seven mechanics at work, only one apprentice is in
training.
Educators recognize the seriousness of this dis-
crepancy and realize that men who can actively contribute toward
production are more useful to society than the impractical who
seek white collar jobs. Opportunities are legion for the young
fellow who masters craftsmanship.
We have mailed one of these calendars to each of the
1045 Y.M.C.A.'s, the 1467 C.C.C. Camps and to 1600 trade schools
and universities, as well as to a number of industrial plants. If
you can use additional copies of our visual educational calendar,
let us know how many so we may be guided accordingly in arranging
the re-run.
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Lighton Leighton Yours very Wilkie truly, Wilhie
from LEIGHTON A. WILKIE, 1201 Thacker St., Des Plaines, III., Telephone 502
Concerning EDUCATIONAL CALENDAR
Date December 10, 1940
FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE
IN 12 EASY LESSONS
This series of twelve posters outlines the basic principles of machine
tools and metalworking. The aim is to form a clear foundation for apprentices. By
simplifying the principles, the student is better able to carry on his actual train-
ing of metalworking. "Get right on the principles, and the rest is a matter of
detail" is an adage that applies especially to becoming a skilled craftsman.
SHORTAGE OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN
So few machinists have been trained in recent years and so many new
mechanical fields have opened up that there is a world-wide shortage of skilled
men. Ambitious young men can partake of golden opportunities through mastering
metalworking craftsmanship. Today as always, it is the men who have had practical
shop training, like Henry Ford and William Knutsen, who become most valuable
executives. Everyone, whether he learns the machinist trade or not, should
comprehend the fundamentals of production to be able to compete in the mechanical
world in which we live.
HOW THE STUDY IS TO BE USED
The aim of the series of twelve posters is to present an outline of the
basic principles of machine tools in "12 Easy Lessons." Since it is in the form
of a calendar, each lesson is automatically displayed for one month. In that
space of time, the facts presented can be absorbed by all who take a little time
to study it. Each month a new step is presented in a comprehensive manner so
that at the end of the twelfth lesson, one learns the principles of metal cutting
with machine tools. These lessons should of course be supplemented with actual
shop practice. It is very effective to let learners work on the machine that is
illustrated each month.
SUPPLEMENTARY POSTER
Accompanying the calendar is an illustrated diagram to show the great need
that exists for trained craftsmen. This diagram shows graphically that thirteen
men are being trained for professional jobs for each man working in a profession.
It shows how only one boy is being trained as a craftsman for every seven working
at a trade. In order to show those who see the calendar what its purpose is, it
is important to leave this poster on the wall right near the calendar.
WHAT IS A MACHINE TOOL?
A machine tool is a power driven machine that removes metal in chip form.
They are the bedrock foundation of our whole industrial pattern. Machine tools
are the most essential tools of industry because they make our everyday necessities
and luxuries either directly or indirectly. The machine tool industry is more
basic than the steel industry because the steel making machines are made with them.
Only machine tools can make another of its kind. The eleven machines shown in
this study include all the primary forms of machine tools.
page two
OUTLINE OF THE TWELVE LESSONS
THE LATHE
The lathe is the first machine tool ever invented and is
January No. 1
today the one most broadly used. The names of the parts of
the lathe, a study about its operating principles, and more
about chip production is presented here.
CHIP PRODUCTION
Since all machine tools remove metal in chip form, it is
February No. 2
essential to understand what happens at the actual point of
work of 8. machine tool, as covered in the study.
THE SHAPER
This gives an interesting study of chip production, with
March No. 3
greatly enlarged photos of the formation of the built-up
wedge on the cutting tool.
THE MILLING MACHINE Although there are hundreds of styles of milling machines,
April No. 4
the universal plane miller shown gives a good idea of the
principles that apply to all.
THE DRILL
This classification includes machines of many sizes and
May No. 5
types, but the basic principles of all of them are the same
as those in the drilling machine shown.
THE SAW
This includes all metal cutting saws with special attention
June No. 6
to one of the newest and most interesting of machine tools.
Its chip production is the result of latest studies.
THE FILE
Mankind's first tools were abrasive stones used like a file.
July No. 7
The file machine elevates hand filing to a continuous cutting
operation.
THE BROACH
The broaching machine is defined as the evolution of the
August No. 8
jig filing machine.
THE VERTICAL MILL
Profile and contour milling functions are presented with
September No. 9
this machine. Of special interest is the new electric
duplicating device.
THE GRINDER
This study encompasses a vast number of types of machine
October No. 10
tools which use high speed abrasive wheels for their cutting
edge. They are a most interesting class of machine tools.
THE HONING
This includes refined grinding with slower moving wheels.
November No. 11
THE SUPERFINISHING
This is the most recent contribution to machine tool art.
December No. 12
New horizons of achievement are at hand through its adoption
by industry.
ADOPTED IN VARIOUS WAYS
Some instructors have decided to present the whole twelve posters in a
much briefer time than a year, and, in certain instances, the whole twelve of the
series are displayed at once. Enlargements of the top half of this calendar are
to be used to form a long mural in the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago.
We should like to hear the manner in which you propose to employ the series.
December 18, 1940
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Respectfully referred to the De-
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partment of State for appropriate acknowl-
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edgment. Please return the enclosures to
this office after they have served their
purpose.
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Ltr. to the Pres. 11/27/40:
Booklet sent to the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
"Touring Mexico and Pictorial Map of Mexico"
by Mr. Henry Wallace.
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by Margaret M. Crane,
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Publications Fischgrund
Madero No. 6,
Mexico, D.F.
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The White House.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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In reply refer to
PR 811. 001 Roosevelt Publications
December 27, 1940
(Crane, Margaret M.
SB.
My dear Miss LeHand:
In compliance with. your memorandum of December 18
1940, I am returning herewith the copy of Touring
Mexico, and the pictorial map of Mexico sent to the
President by Miss Margaret M. Crane of Publicaciones
Fischgrund, Madero no. 6, Mexico, D.F.
The American Consular Officer in charge at Mexico,
D.F., has been requested to thank the sender on behalf
of the President.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol.
Enclosures:
Touring Mexico;
Map.
Miss Marguerite A. LeHand,
Private Secretary to the President,
The White House.
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December 31, 1940
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My dear Miss Carmack:
Your letter of recent date, as well
as the booklets you mention, have been received
and I want to thank you in the President's be-
half for the friendliness and good will which
you have expressed in such generous terms.
XP.A.7.
In accordance with your request I am
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glad to send you the enclosed engraving of the
President but, owing to the unprecedented pres-
sure upon his time, we have been compelled to
ask his many friends to excuse him from signing
pictures, books and the like. I feel sure that
you fully understand the situation with which
we are confronted and will bear with us.
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. LeHand
PRIVATE SECRETARY
Miss Lucille Carmack,
105 East Sevier Street,
Kingsport,
Tennessee.
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Enclosure
to our local "Willkie Club" neadquarters.
TENNESSEE EASTMAN CORPORATION
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
November 11, 1940
and
12/31/40
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
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United States of America
Hyde Park, New York
send
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My dear President Roosevelt:
I am sending this "fan" letter to Hyde Park on the chance you
might be there some week end and read it yourself, and I know
if it goes to Washington some secretary will throw it in the
waste basket.
I hope whoever reads this will not think I am writing this as
some school girl would to a movie actor. I am just one of the
millions of "Hoover Days" victims, who helped to put you over
for the third time, and I hope to get a chance to vote for you
every four years so long as you live, and this is the ohly other
way for me to express my gratitude to you for what you have done
for the working and middle-class Americans.
I am a single woman thirty-five years old, and have been supporting
my mother since my father died in 1919. I went to work when I was
eighteen for a corporation lawyer here in Kingsport, and worked
for him until the "crash" of 1929. He represented a number of
companies such as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the
Shenandoah, the Fidelity Trust Company of Knoxville, and many
others, and when the banks went down in Knoxville and New York
we went with them. He secured money from his mother in Warrenton,
Virginia, and paid me $25.00 a month for more than a year, SO
mother and I could buy coal and pay the water and light bills.
Mother's father, a Confederate Veteran and a farmer kept us in
food. I was a good friend of the late Ralph R. Worley and his
wife, the former Mary Jane Cummings of Washington, and Mr. Worley
tried to get a job for me, but was not successful; the people in
our town were on starvation until you were elected in 1932. In
1933 I secured a position as Secretary to the Tenite Sales Manager
with Tennessee Eastman Corporation, where I have been ever since,
and had a chance to get a job with the TVA, but I decided I had
better stick around home. I am just one of hundreds in this little
city who have good jobs due to your splendid governing of our country,
and we all came out with a fine vote for you this year, in spite of
the fact that the "heads" of the various industries here were for
Willkie. I am enclosing for your amusement a picture of what happened
to our local "Willkie Club" headquarters.
for it, but I was too busy listening
radio until 4 o'clock, and when I heard
ight as well too. I can't tell you
ing to the crowd that gathered around
S should be proud of you. I felt like
een saved, and I thanked God the majority
ude for what you have done for us in the
st the future to you.
black crepe wreath with white chrysanthemums
ivered to my house or the house of the
eath before daylight the morning
ction.
12, I took my first interest in a Presidential
he first time for a President. I am a member
ast Tennessee, and have never voted for a
ote for you even if you were a Republican,
t I could make as to my faith in you.
d in my house, and wonder if you could
in the others, which I have had to cut out
for each term, and would like to have one
Pranksters Drape Willkie Club-
out Kingsport and some pamphlets of our
Mourning was in order at the Kingsport "Willkie For Presi-
dent" headquarters today after pranksters hung a "wreath" on
the door of the building and added a pair of old trousers for
ward Ward Carmack, Senior Senator from
good measure.
I had a front seat on the curb for hours before you passed through Knox-
ville on Labor Day, and tried to see you while on my vacation in Washington
this summer. I even called the White House and begged for just a look at
you, but was advised you were not seeing visitors at that time.
Hope I haven't taken up too much of your most valuable time, but I just
had to write you through gratitude for what you have done for me.
Most Sincerely,
Lucille Carmock
Lucille Carmack
105 East Sevier St.
Kingsport, Tennessee
Ranking cket. and Texas A-M fering, teams but that and that A-M, say it I as Would is which list almost can would be
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Some of my friends gave me credit for it, but I was too busy listening
to the returns. I stayed by the radio until 4 clock, and when I heard
you had gone to bed I thought I might as well too. I can't tell you
the feeling of pride I had listening to the crowd that gathered around
your home in Hyde Park - Americans should be proud of you. I felt like
our Nation and our security had been saved, and I thanked God the majority
of our people showed their gratitude for what you have done for us in the
past, and that they wanted to trust the future to you.
Some of the office gang made up a black crepe wreath with white chrysanthemums
with a note that it was to be delivered to my house or the house of the
Willkie Club Chairman November 5.
P. S. He got the wreath before daylight the morning
after the election.
When I was seven years old, in 1912, I took my first interest in a Presidential
election, and voted in 1928 for the first time for a President. I am a member
of the Young Democratic Club in East Tennessee, and have never voted for a
Republican, but believe I would vote for you even if you were a Republican,
and that is the greatest statement I could make as to my faith in you.
I have two of your pictures framed in my house, and wonder if you could
send me an autographed one to join the others, which I have had to cut out
of various magazines - I have one for each term, and would like to have one
from you this time.
I am sending separately a book about Kingsport and some pamphlets of our
products here at Eastman.
I am a great niece of the late Edward Ward Carmack, Senior Senator from
Tennessee.
I had a front seat on the curb for hours before you passed through Knox-
ville on Labor Day, and tried to see you while on my vacation in Washington
this summer. I even called the White House and begged for just a look at
you, but was advised you were not seeing visitors at that time.
Hope I haven't taken up too much of your most valuable time, but I just
had to write you through gratitude for what you have done for me.
Most Sincerely,
Lucille Carmock
Lucille Carmack
105 East Sevier St.
Kingsport, Tennessee
EARLE, Hon. Geo. He
Minister of the United States,
Sofia, Bulgaria,
Dec. 19, 1940.
Writes the President that he is sending him a Christmas gift, through a
Mr. Kublickis. This gift is a cane, which is over a hundred years old. Gives the
history of the cane.---The President, on May 5th, wrote Mr. Earle thanking him for
this old Spanish cane and saying it is indeed an histerical addition to his collection
of mementos.
SEE P.P.F. 1999
P.P.F.
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"ocrText": "PPF 9\nPRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE\nGifts C\nDec. 1940\nby\nPPF900157\n12\nT.A.\n+\npla 9-C\nDecember 4, 1940\neg\nMy dear Mr. Cole:\nYour letter has been received and\nI want to thank you in the President's behalf\nfor the pamphlet to which you refer. You may\nbe assured that your kindness in sending it is\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMyrl Cole, Esq.,\n1753 E. Florence Avenue,\nLos Angeles,\nCalifornia.\nmdg\nPhone N 2077\nGOOD NEWS PRESS\nPrinting Fit For A King\nack\nPriced To Fit Your Purse\n12-4\nmay\n1753 E. Florence Avenue\nLos Angeles, Calif.\nNovember 18, 1940\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear President Roosevelt,\nI am sending, under separate cover, a small\npamphlet entitled, \"Two Kinds of Knowledge\" by\nDr. E. W. Kenyon. I am sure you will find its\ncontents extremely interesting, opening a window\nto a new field of thinking.\nI would be very happy to hear of your\nreactions.\nYours sincerely,\nMC/ec\nMynl Cole\npit\nLitrary\n+\n1.6\nDecember 3, 1940\nMy dear Mr. Coxon:\nThe President is delighted to have the\ncane, a product of your own workmanship, and has\nnoted with a great deal of interest the letter\nof November eighteenth signed by yourself and\nothers. He is deeply grateful for your friendly\nthought of him and asks me to convey his sincere\ngood wishes to all of you for your happiness and\ne\nhealth.\nct\nVery sincerely yours,\ny\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nGeorge W. Coxon, Esq.,\nVolunteer Firemen's Home,\nHudson,\nNew York.\nmgs\nArt. Moger\nyou\nGeneral Manager\nAM:del\nackd\nVolunteer Firemen's Home,\nCity of Hudson, New York\nNovember 18, 1940.\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe President of the United States\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:-\nThis is the first attempt on my part to write a letter to\nany person placed in the excelled position you have and now hold.\nI hope and pray that you will condescend reading the same.\nMy real motive is to tell you, in the best way at my com-\nmand, how happy and grateful our Little Roosevelt Club of Edight\n\"Old Timers\" are at the Volunteer Firemen's Home, Hudson, N.Y.\nOne of my favorite hobbys is making Walking Sticks. So\nwith the assistance and cooperation of the undersigned, we made\na diligent exploration which made it possible to locate a suit-\nable young sapling available to myself to manufacture the stick\nor Walking Cane. The said cane at the present time is at the\nPost Office in the City of Hudson, N.Y. And now, we hope and\npray that it will reach you personally in due and reasonable time\nThis proposition originated and went into effect as soon\nas the result and good news was broadcasted of your acceptance\nof the popular demand to remain captain of the \"Great Ship\", that\nyou so successfully guided and landed safely through eight stormy\nyears.\nAnd now, due to the fact that your physical condition\nrequires the necessary support, suggested to us this motive or\nidea as appropriate.\nWe unanimously pray that you will accept this Walking Stick\nand will conclude with an added prayer: that in the near future\nyour physical condition will so improve that it will be absolutely\nunnecessary for you to have any further use for a Walking Stick.\nRespectfully yours,\nMartinKlurns Jer W. Oryan\nJuseph Price\nPolter Bayle\n,Lincohe Monilan\nGeo.W. Cexon\nCreater And inanufactor.\nKP Wright\nT. Teahn\nGeorge Simpkins\n838\nTHE\nPrint case 7\nervice\nDecember 5, 1940\nCARLISLE\nBOSTON\np.p.7. 9-c\nS\nMy dear Mr. Moger:\nThank you in the President's behalf for\nyour kind letter and for the game which you were\ngood enough to send him on behalf of Messrs. michael\nVernon\nFielding and Calhoun. He is grateful indeed for\n+\nX\nyour friendly good wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nArt. Moger, Esq.,\nGeneral Manager, Celebrated\nCartoons Service,\n4 Carlisle Street,\nBoston,\nMassachusetts.\nmgs\nVery\nTHE\nArt. Moger\nGeneral Manager\nAM:del\nESS: \"CELCAR\"\nTELEPHONE: HIGHLANDS 6838\nTHE\nCelebrated Cartoons\nJervice\nFOUR CARLISLE STREET\nBOSTON MASSACHUSETTS\nART. MOGER\nGENERAL MANAGER\nassist\n10/3mg\nNovember 15th\n1940\nYour Excellency,\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nWhite House,\nWashington, D.C.\nDear President Roosevelt:\nAs an ardent Democrat and staunch supporter\nof the New Deal, the writer wishes you every best wish\nfor continued good health and a most successful adminis-\ntration.\nAlthough I doubt it very much if you'll have the\ntime to play the enclosed game, I am sending it to you on\nbehalf of two newspapermen, like myself, who have originated\nit, i.e.: Messrs. Michael Fielding and Vernon Calhoun, of\nChicago.\n\"Tactics\" is based on current newspaper headlines,\nrequesting players to assume the roles of heads of neutral\nor belligerent nations. It's certainly as timely as today's\nheadlines.\nTherefore, on behalf of two loyal newspapermen,\nMessrs. Fielding and Calhoun, and the writer, for many years\nContest Editor for the New England Hearst Newspapers, we\nsend you the first edition of \"Tactics\", in its newest\npackage.\nBest personal regards.\nVery cordially,\nTHE CELEBRATED CARTOONS SERVICE\nArt. Moger\nGeneral Manager\nAM:del\n/\nm harrio\nplt\nT.A.\n+\nq.c\nDecember 3, 1940\nMy dear Mrs. Cowger:\nThe President has received your kind\nletter of congratulations and thanks you very\nmuch indeed for the framed pictures. He wants\nyou to know that he is deeply grateful for the\nfriendliness which you expressed in such a gra-\ncious way and has asked me to convey his cordial\ngood wishes to you and to the members of your\nfamily for your welfare and happiness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. R. E. Cowger,\n437 South 5th Street,\nAtchison,\nKansas.\nmgs\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OF THE\nAtchison Kansas\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEX\nNovember 17,1940 GRESS\nPresident Rosevelt\nI\nENTENNIAL\nWashington, D.C.\nDear President\nheartist\nI am sending to you our\nfrom a Sourwood tree grown\nbeing for\nthe Fluid Term. my husban\nVW\nmy two children an myself\nwish you the best of health\nan hap piness forever.\nof your own pictured that I had\nI am sending to you one\nin my fronk room window.\nelection we sat up an listened\nnevertheliss the might of the\nall night for the returns and\nI made the frame an fixed\nyounphoto so ih will not\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OF\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW\nGRESS\ngeh soilid an will retain its\nINTENNIAL\nbeauty for many a day.\nI abo am sending to you\njust two children among the\na picture of my two children\nmillions that you have\nTrom a Sourwood tree grown\nkept from starving, not\nonly children but everyone\nVW\nin this great nation of ours,\nThe little boy name is\nEugens Rufus Cowger, red\nRuth mapine is his sister\nearly hair blue eyes age yrs\nblue eyes an hight brown\nhave age 4 yus, Their father is\nall, labour.\". P. a. worker \"yush a\nanfull flidged Democrate\nwe, the entire family of fow\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OFTH\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEX\nNGRESS\nwe are 100 % for you therefore\nENTENNIAL\nby me to show you we\nI'm sending your photo framed\ndo appreciate you as our\nPresident during your past\n4 yrs, your present an the coming from a\nSourwood tree grown\ny/yr or third term.\nI am huping one of your\nVW\npictures only much large also\nframedin red white an the\nfor a memory of the greatest\nman that ever took office\nAmerica, Franklin\nin the United States of\nRoosevelh.\nyou am Mes\nlife and best of health.\nalways a happy\nPlease htme no when you\nX\nJAMES F. zimmerman, PRES. OF THE CONGRESS\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\nto\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OFTHE CONGRESS\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\nbeat to study\nTHE CORONADO CONGRESS\nAUGUST 6-15, 1940\nTHE\na. 0.\nSouth Caroline\n14,\n1940\ngerave\nwho\ngeourson*\nreceive the picture an if\ngou like it.\nSincerely,\nMrs. R.E. Cowger\n43 780 5 that.\nAtchision, Kansas,\n13.\nInib\nP.S. This frame was ent in\n&\nM\nto many a smallpiece of\npe\npaper an fixed together by\n108\na\nmy own hands Ino it\nis some what attractive an\nmg\nif mrs Roosealt willsend\nto me her photo I willyladly\ndo has the same way as you\nan Mis Roosevelh as the\nare\ngratest people on earth today\nX\nJAMES F. zimmerman, PRES. OF THE CONGRESS\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\n+\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OF THE CONGRESS\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\nbeat to study\nTHE CORONADO CONGRESS\nAUGUST 6-15, 1940\nTHE CORONADO CUARTO CENTENNIAL\nMULLINAX, R. G.\nGaffney, South Carolina\nNov. 14, 1940\nSends President walking cane that he carved from a Sourwood tree grown\nin Cherokee County, South Carolina.\nSee - PPF 9-M\npp7\nVW\n9-C\nJAMES F. zimmerman, PRES. OF THE CONGRESS\n+\nPAUL WALTER JR., SEC. OFTHE CONGRESS\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\nUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO\nbeat to study\nTHE CORONADO CONGRESS\nAUGUST 6-15, 1940\nTHE CORONADO CUARTO CENTENNIAL\nX# ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.\nCONFERENCE CHAIRMEN\nEDGAR L. hewett\nTHE BANDELIER CENTENNIAL\nARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY\nd xdd\nARTHUR L. CAMPA\nHISPANIC LETTERS\nNovember 25, 1940\nT. M. PEARCE\nSOUTHWESTERN LITERATURE\nDONALD D. BRAND\nANTHROPOLOGY\nGEORGE P. HAMMOND\nHISTORY\nWILLIAM MCLEISH DUNBAR\nFINE ARTS\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. Roosevelt:\nAgain I have the privilege of advising you that\nanother volume of the Coronado Historical Series has\nthat q.B\nbeen published and sent to you. Please accept this\nbook with the compliments of the author and the\nCoronado Cuarto Centennial Commission.\nVery sincerely yours,\nx\nEditor, Coronado Publications\nDean, Graduate School\nUniversity of New Mexico\nGPH:MK\nRe: Volume X \"First Expedition of Vargas into New Mexico. !!\nSent to y\n2\nDecember 3, 1940\npot. q-c\nC\nMy dear Mr. Cummings:\nThe President was delighted to receive\nthose fine quail. He has asked me to express his\nappreciation of your friendly thought of him and\nto convey his most cordial good wishes to you.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHonorable Will Cummings,\nChattanooga,\nTennessee.\nmgs\n12\n1207-A\nSS OF SERVICE DESIRED\nCHECK\nDOMESTIC\nCABLE\nTELEGRAM\nFULL RATE\nDAY LETTER\nDEFERRED\nWESTERN\nACCT'G INFMN.\nNIGHT\nNIGHT\nMESSAGE\nLETTER\nNIGHT\nSHIP\nLETTER\nRADIOGRAM\nPatrons should check class of service\nUNION\nTIME FILED\ndesired; otherwise message will be\ntransmitted as a full-rate\ncommunication.\nR. B. WHITE\nNEWCOMB CARLTON\nJ. c. WILLEVER\nPRESIDENT\nCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD\nFIRST VICE-PRESIDENT\nSend the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to\nTo How marim H me to Intyin Product\nadd\n11/29 Though 1940\nStreet and No.\nseeg.\nWhite House 12/-\nPlace.\nBmg\nmahl\nHashington DC\nPooter 0.6. hitaker Southern train arriving\nam sending Prisidents some apeail by Pullmaur\nthem Elevin Thirty Saturday mothing sth\nPoster will deliver to white House\nNice Gmmings\nSender's address\nWESTERN UNION MESSENGERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE\nSender's telephone\nfor reference\nDELIVERY OF NOTES AND PACKAGES.\nnumber\nBilly Jim Comensky,\n194 Broadway,\nPleasant Hills,\nPennsylvania.\nmdg\nagreed de when Pred O2\nto\nreceived arising livery, FOLLOWING and and paid valued, of any from or for office any for for unlege, messione as such, in at TERMS the For thist\nTELEGRAM\n2WUAB 26 N.T.\nThe White House\nFile\nMashington\nChattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1940\nHon. Marvin H. McIntyre:\nAm sending President some quail by Pullman Porter O.L. Whitaker\nSouthern train arriving there eleven thirty Saturday morning.\nPorter will deliver to White House.\nWill Cummings.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nBilly Jim Comensky,\n194 Broadway,\nPleasant Hills,\nPennsylvania.\nmdg\nDP.\nT.A.\n7\nDecember 4, 1940\npp.7.\nMy dear Billy:\nq.c\nThe President thanks you very\nmuch for your interesting letter of Novem--\nber sixteenth and for the token to which\nto refer.. He has asked me to convey his\nmost cordial good wishes to you for a\nhappy, active and useful life.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nBilly Jim Comensky,\n194 Broadway,\nPleasant Hills,\nPennsylvania.\nmdg\nDP.\n12\nT.A\n194 Broadway\nPleasant Hills\nhov. 16,1940\nTo The president of The United States,\n13,1940\nDear President Roosvelt,\nI am a out soout in Pleasant Hills\nWe have twenty menbers in our pack, I\np7\nam Denner in our pack. Our cub master\nis in much mr. a We B. all Green. go to We Roosevelt like him School very\nyears efferson old Sup. I was\nso on now?, 1940. eleven\nPresident happy to have We are all\n1940,\nI cub am sending of these you a you for sample United our to\nreceived shouts it. work I am, hoping of you the\nSanta Clans\nSincerely yours,\nBilly Jim Comenshy\nA\n,\n2 HCT section\nx to the\neciation\nresident.\nDO\nTHE WHITE house\nWASHINGTON\n13, 1940\nDecember 4, 1940\np7\nMy dear Billy:\nThe President thanks you very\nmuch for your interesting letter of Novem-\n1940,\nber sixteenth and for the token to which\nto refer. He has asked me to convey his\nmost cordial good wishes to you for a\nhappy, active and useful life.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A. LeHaux\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nBilly Jim Comensky,\n194 Broadway,\n2 JACK section\nPleasant Hills,\nPennsylvania.\nx to the\neciation\nresident.\nPP.\nAmbassador,\necember 13, 1940\nBuenos Aires.\nDecember PPF\n9'\nMy dear Mr. Carter:\nPermit ne, pieas, to thank you\nReceived November 28, 1940,\nin the President's behathe President, the man\nscripts and N. M. Cusiner, fursarded recent-\nly. I can Bahia Blanca. that your courtesy is\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nA notebook with an inscription to the\nPresident by the sender.\nM. 4. Lefiand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAsia L. Carter, ESQ.,\n325 Ashland The Officer in charge of the consular section\nPittsburgh,\nis requested to return the notebook to the\nPennsylvania.\nsender, with an expression of appreciation\nfor his courteous thought of the President.\nNotebook;\nCopy of Translator's Statement.\n811.001 Roosevelt Gifts (Cusiner, Miguel)\nPR:LAW 12/12/40\nRA\nHCS\nStourdom 1\nX\nPrestudy J\nDecember 16, 1940\nPP7\n9.C\nMy dear Mr. Carter:\nPermit me, please, to thank you,\nin the President's behalf, for the manu-\nscripts and book which you forwarded recent-\nly. I can assure you that your courtesy is\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Lelland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAsa L. Carter, Esq.,\n325 Ashland Avenue,\nPittsburgh,\nmls\nPennsylvania.\nStourbom 1\n10/0\nDecember 16, 1940\nMy dear Mr. Carter:\nPermit me, please, to thank you,\nin the President's behalf, for the manu-\nscripts and book which you forwarded recent-\nly. I can assure you that your courtesy is\nappreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAsa L. Carter, Esq.,\n325 Ashland Avenue,\nPittsburgh,\nPennsylvania.\nmls\n1\nDecember 16, 1940\nplt\nMy dear Mr. Cornell:\nq.c\nThank you in the President's behalf for\nthe lamp to which you refer in your letter of\nNovember twenty-fifth. I want to assure you that\nhe deeply appreciates the friendly thought which\nprompted you to send him this product of your own\nworkmanship.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nAdolph Cornell, Esq.,\n108-1st Street North,\nVirgnia,\nes\nMinnesota.\nVirginia Mim\nHonorable Franklin D. Rossvelt nov 1940\nHyde Bark\nnew york.\nDear President I am sending years\nVia Barsel Post a lamp made out\nof Dear Horno.\n) have made many of them I thought\nyou would like one\nleandition Hoping you receive It In good\nl Remain your Friend\nadolfsh bowell\n108-1 St month\nVirginia\nMim\nPres Study I\nT.A.\nI\nDecember 16, 1940\nPPAC\nMy dear Mr. Canny:\n9\nMany thanks, in the President's\nbehalf, for the souvenir paper weight. 1 want\nto assure you that he appreciates the friendly\nthought which prompted you to send it to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\n0. B. Canny, Esq..\n119 last First Street,\nMound Valley,\nKansas.\nic\nPres study I\nDecember 16, 1940\nTHE CAN-SWIN\nUVENIR GLASS FACTORY\n119 East First Street\nMOUND VALLEY, KANSAS\nPPA q.c p.t\n\"WHERE KATY MET FRISCO\"\nPHONE 55 CECANN\n(oon) PHONE 167\nks me to thank you\nfor the copy of \"Conservation of American\nResources\" to which you refer in your letter\nof November twenty-sixth. He much appreciates\nyour courtesy in sending the book to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nDean Paul W. Chapman,\nThe University of Georgia,\nAthens,\nGeorgia.\nic\nGlass papreveight\nTreature 15,\nOREE ALL Indiana\nTimes\nusing JR read V\nthe vote - 9a Mores\nState the EGG N add n2 - good\nto ed:Tails Lane 1 was statement must solt\nof Nossiber with ad d'outo 1959 express of\n- emporter 5a and of #1 hour of any bedigness studibe délivrance\nthe Use?\nbusined A .N\nWASHINGTON\nPREVAIL\nvitual) a .0\nState And NE Photography\nJoseph twift Sand RU\nThe Instructions E\nbecome\nAddress:\nassand\nPres study I\nThe\nDecember 16, 1940\nPPA q.c p.7\nMy dear Dean Chapmant\nThe President asks me to thank you\nfor the copy of \"Conservation of American\nResources\" to which you refer in your letter\nof November twenty-sixth. He much appreciates\nyour courtesy in sending the book to him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nH. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nDean Paul W. Chapman,\nThe University of Georgia,\nAthens,\nGeorgia.\nic\nackyd\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA\nCOLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE\n12/91+0 ge\nATHENS, GEORGIA\nOFFICE OF THE DEAN\nPacd. 12-3-40\nNovember 26, 1940\nThe President of the United States\nWashington, D. C.\nMr. President:\nThe publishers, Turner E. Smith & Co., Atlanta,\nare mailing you today a copy of their new text, CONSERVATION\nOF AMERICAN RESOURCES, written by Charles N. Elliott. This\nbook, which is designed for use in the nation's public schools,\nattempts to present the conservation activities of the federal\ngovernment, which you have inaugurated.\nThe heading of that division of the book beginning\non page 48, entitled Conservation Goes Forward, was inspired by\nthe contribution made through the New Deal, and the spirit of\nthe book is to carry forward the fundamentals of your message\nwhich appears on page 60.\nNaturally, we would feel highly honored to have\nyou examine this book, which we hope will contribute in a small\nway to an appreciation of the conservation of our nation's\nnatural resources.\nMost respectfully yours,\nPaul W. Chopsen\nPaul W. Chapman\nPWC/e\n12\nPres Study +\nPlace\nDecember 16, 1940\nP.P.7. 9-C\nbet\nThe\nMy dear Mr. Camphuis:\nDear\nI have received your letter of\nNovember eleventh with the enclosed communi-\ncation, as well as the copy of the book to\nwhich you refer. You may be assured that\nit will be made available to the President\nat a favorable opportunity.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nWilliam D. Camphuis, Esq.,\n4245 Van Buren Place,\nLos Angeles,\nCalifornia.\nWilliam I. D. Campluis\nmdg\nCampline\nMichoris Mr this\n4245 Van Buren Place\nLos Angeles, California\nNovember 11, 1940\nads,\nMiss Marguerite A. Le Hand\nmy\nThe White House\nWashington, District of Columbia\nDear Miss Le Hand:\nYou will find enclosed a. letter to President\nRoosevelt which, I think, is self-explanatory. Also here-\nwith is a book.\nI know how difficult it is to get a letter to the\nattention of the President, as he is so busy, and so many\nthousands of letters come to him. Therefore I am asking you\nto be good enough to read the letter and then, if you will,\nplease try to find a time for the President to read it, and\nshow him the book.\nI have no ax to grind and neither has the author of\nthe book, who is quite unaware that I am sending it. The book\ncame to my attention and, as you can see, it has profoundly im-\npressed me, as I think it would anyone. I sincerely hope that\nyou will consider it worthy of the President's attention.\nThank you for your kindness.\nSincerely yours,\nWilliam D. Camphuis\nWDC/bb\nWilliam D. Camphuis\nEnc.\n4245 Van Buren Place\nLos Angeles, California\nNovember 11, 1940\nMr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, District of Columbia\nDear Mr. President:\nYou are tremendously busy with other things and you receive\ncountless matters in the mail which people think you should consider\nabove all else, yet please believe me that this matter is worthy of your\nconsideration:\nWith this letter I am sending you a copy of \"Think Fast\nAmerica\" by Lambert Schuyler, which, Mr. Roosevelt, please try to read\nif you can possibly find the time. I do not know Mr. Schuyler from Adam,\nbut his book would indicate that he must be a very intelligent and patient\nman who is trying to give something to the world without getting anything\nin return. We all know that we do not want socialism or Naziism or \"Ham\nand Eggs, \" yet we know that something is wrong with things as they are,\nand we must find the solution before it is too late. Who really knows\nwhat is wrong? The Republicans certainly do not; the Democrats do not;\nthe socialists think they do, but do not; even you, Mr. President, I ven-\nture to say, do not know what is wrong with our economic system.\nHere is the astonishing thing, Mr. Roosevelt: Mr. Schuyler\ndoes know, I am positive, and proves it in his book by referring to his-\ntory to show that the same seemingly simple thing is destroying us which\ndestroyed in turn Babylon, Greece, and Rome.\nTo show that his book is not just another quack suggestion, let\nme, without, I hope, spoiling the book, briefly point out his thesis:\nTrade amongst men built civilization.\nWhen trade dies, civilization dies.\nTrade on a scale to support a civilization\nmust be by means of a valuable medium of exchange.\nAnything which removes the medium of ex-\nchange therefore destroys trade, and hense civilization.\nThere is a practice which does this -- the\nlending of money at interest. It is this which is de-\nstroying us and not profits and rents and individual\ninitiative, as the communists would have us believe.\nWhy does the lending of money eventually\nremove it from circulation and pile it up in the hands\nPage 2\nNovember 11, 1940\nof the lenders, thereby depriving people of a method\nof trading with each other, which is their very existence?\nEven so, how could we finance without the lending business?\nThe lending of money is the only business in\nthe world which cannot lose. Obey established lending\npractice and there is no possibility of loss. In any\nother line of business there are losses if the product or\nservice is not in demand. Not so with lending. If the en-\nterprise fails for which the money was loaned, the lender\nis not embarrassed -- he has his pledged security of one\nkind or another, usually well above the amount of the loan.\nNo pledge of property in one form or another -- no loan.\nAsk any banker. Is it not logical then that lenders, with\nforeclosure and lien laws behind them and engaged in a busi-\nness which cannot lose, need only time to gain title to most\nof the medium of exchange? In Babylon with the interest\nrate at 30%, it did not take long for the temple banking\nhouse to find itself in possession of all the gold, later\nall the silver, then all of the copper and lead!\nFor a time it does not matter that the lenders\nhave title to the medium of exchange because people can\nborrow it back, in order to have a means of trading, as\nlong as they can mortgage or pledge some property for it.\nNow property is finite. Were it not so, lending could go\non forever. Eventually nearly all property, real and per-\nsonal, becomes pledged (especially when there is no frontier)\nand people can no longer borrow. Then, indeed, there is\nno way for people to trade with each other. They own no\nmoney and they cannot even borrow it. Lenders find money\npiling up in their vaults -- they cannot seem to find any-\nbody to whom to lend it safely. Those who cannot repay\nmoney borrowed are foreclosed on, and if the process could\nbe carried to completion, the lenders would in the end gain\ntitle to all money and all property of every kind -- quite\na little achievement.\nLong before the end point is reached, however,\nthe people, deprived of a way of trading with each other,\nare involuntarily idle -- there is widespread suffering\nand want amidst great wealth -- as it was in Greece and\nRome before the end came. As more and more people become\nidle the government has to take care of them, but taxes do\nnot seem to cover the cost. There is one last thing that\ncan be pledged to the lenders to get money to give to the\npeople, and that is the taxing power. So the government\nsells bonds to the lenders, the taxing power being the se-\ncurity. This money is turned over to the people by a\nspending program, but it gets back into the lenders' vaults\nbefore long, just as it got there in the first place!\nPage 3\nNovember 11, 1940\nUnder such conditions of want and suffering,\nviolence gains the upper hand. Civilization as it then\nexists is destroyed. Each individual desperately seeks\nto produce all his own wants, since he cannot trade.\nThis is primitive savagery. History has shown how a\nvery advanced state can quickly revert to savagery. Fam-\nine, pestilence, and plague reduced the population of\nRome to one-tenth in the span of a few years, and man\nentered the dark period of history known as the Middle\nAges. How long a dark age would follow our civilization\nwith the whole world involved?\nThat we must act and act quickly is obvious,\nhence the title of Mr. Schuyler's book, \"Think Fast America.\"\nIt all seems so infernally simple -- do away with the lend-\ning business which is destroying us. But how? And what\nwould take its place?\nThe author suggests that we could abolish lien\nrights as security for loans. That is, not prohibit lend-\ning, but take the props out from under it. The financing\nwhich has been done by lending could be handled by the\nstock system of financing, which is sound for the reason\nthat the investor gets a return proportionate to the suc-\ncess of the enterprise, or he may even lose all. Thus he\ndoes not tend to get title to all wealth. As a matter of\nfact, stock companies and partnerships tend to distribute\nwealth because many can own a share. As for very small\nloans, the author suggests more buying for cash, which\nwould be more possible were the wealth more evenly distrib-\nuted; although it seems to me that such a thing as the buy-\ning of a house could be worked out on a partnership basis\nwith those who invest in this field. As for the method of\nmaking the change, the author suggests a method which would\nbring it about without great disturbance. It seems to me,\nhowever, that a bit more drastic means would be necessary.\nThe change over could certainly be worked out. It would\nrequire a good deal of care and a dash of courage.\nMay I emphasize, Mr. Roosevelt, that the above does not approach\nthe complete presentation of Mr. Schuyler's book. It is only an attempt\nto give an idea of its contents.\nYou, Mr. President, are the only man who could, if you believe\nthis book has merit, act in time to bring about this change and set the\nworld on the road to an undreamed of happiness and peace. We can keep\nour freedom of enterprise, our wages and profits, our democracy, our cars\nand radios, Mr. Schuyler maintains, if we will destroy that which is sap-\nping the strength from within us. Later the rest of the world could fol-\nlow suit. No individual or group of individuals is to blame for our\nPage 4\nNovember 11, 1940\ntroubles, only a false principle. It is interesting, yet disquieting, to\nnote that when Babylon, Greece, and Rome passed into oblivion and were\noverrun, they were mortgaged to the limit. Interest rates and time brought\nabout the want that caused them to disintegrate from within.\nPlease, Mr. Roosevelt, read this book.\nSincerely yours,\nWilliam D. Camphuis\nWDC/bb\nWilliam D. Camphuis\nMead on train\n+1\n12\nmpk\nBENNETT, Tap\nPine Mountain Valley\nGeorgia\nNovember 27, 1940\nWrote to Miss LeHand in regard to his letter to her on Sept. 25, 1940, (Filed: PPF 1-I),\nand her reply re a COW for the President's farm at Warm Springs, Georgia. Advises that\nMr. Glenn Keating of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, presented the animal, which has been\ndelivered, to the President's farm. - Miss LeHand wrote to Mr. Bennett on Dec. 16, 1940,\nadvising that a note of thanks has been sent to Mr. Keating, and expressing appreciation\nfor Mr. Bennett's kindness in the matter. -- The President wrote to Mr. Keating on\nDec. 16, 1940, expressing appreciation.\nSEE - P.P.F. 7158\nP.P.F.\n9-C\nMind on train\n1\n12\nDecember 17, 1940\npp7, q.C\nMy dear Friend:\nThe President was delighted to receive\nthose beautiful flowers which you put aboard his\ntrain on behalf of the citizens of Augusta. He\nwants everyone concerned to know that he is deeply\ngrateful for the friendly spirit which prompted\nthis presentation.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nCentral Garden Florist,\nAugusta,\nGeorgia.\ncd\n/\n12\nTHE WHITE HOUSE achid\nWASHINGTON\n12/17\nnet\nch\n+\nI\nComptiments\npr.7\nCentral of Garden Florist Э\nq.e\non behalf\nThe of\nPresident Franklin D Rosselt\naboard the rain\nPROTECT\nCOUNTRIES\nName\nD.\nGuillian,\nmarks\nNoth Carolina.\nic\naboard the hair\nfrancis & Propred\n12\nanomps\nbenet\n+\n19, 1940\n o the\nPrisident of the\npl.7\nUnited & tates\nq.e\nHenarable FramklinD Rosevelt\ndent's be-\nin sending him the\nnecktie. I can assure you that he much\nappreciates your friendly good wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHarry D. Calhoun, Esq.,\nBamberg,\nSouth Carolina.\nic\n12\n3rd floor cabent\n+\nDecember 19, 1940\npl.7\na.e\nMy dear Mr. Calhoun:\nThank you, in the President's be-\nhalf, for your kindness in sending him the\nnecktie. I can assure you that he much\nappreciates your friendly good wishes.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM.A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHarry D. Calhoun, Esq.,\nBamberg,\nSouth Carolina.\nic\n9-C\nget\npl.t\n1940\nsident\nt he\nKY\nHELLO Lp \\ 3rd Ilooug 140 Sainted President\nHere is sc. a present for you\nspected your train to stoh\nif Daming se so I could\nbug you give ya the Fee\nwebture Sat San 1 Luck\nRed 12/18/10 Herry D Bambase Calhaur\nCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK\nIN\nAGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS\nSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA\nCLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE\nOF SOUTH CAROLINA AND\nEXTENSION SERVICE\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF\nAGRICULTURE COOPERATING\n1\n)\nMiss\nBamberg, S. C.\nDecember 74, 1940.\nover\nDear Sir:\nprognotia\nP Study Ang Reach\n+\nDecember 19, 1940\npl.7\nq-C\nMy dear Mr. Chan:\nIt was kind of you to send the President\nthe framed emblem. You may be assured that he\nappreciates your friendly thought of him.\nPRES\nCREENE Very sincerely yours,\nDE\nM. A. Lelland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nJoe Chan, Esq.,\n1806 University Avenue,\nBronx,\nNew York.\nget\nCole,\n330 magnolia Ara 12\nPines Study\nm\nthe Hopkins\n1940 which to\nThis was\nbene disposeful\nframed.\nor\nI book\nD\nit the\n'riend- respecting no\ned. His Health, I\nof V I could hist\nPRESIDENT\nal, like nov\nRY\nwarned, is to he\n2\nJoe than\nme wrong in send\nmust do by part,\nis protection get? and\nphilling my nines:\nhot me of us Can till what hangsourter\nHead's Jhave marked with a + the page\nrespecting our Presidents Julua,\nMM\nm\n1940 which 47\nmore disponsed\nR\n1 book\nit the\n'riend respecting no\nHis ed. Health, I\nTO\nof of I could hrt\nPRESIDER\nal, like nor\nY\naue\nwarned, is to he\nJoe chan\nme wrong ini send\nmust do by part,\nis protection getz your\nnew Phace mying times:\nnot me of us Can till what\nHead's. I have marked with a + the page\nrespecting our presidents Julure,\n519 magnolia the\nDear\nP.7\nHand\nPro Study\nM\nmany Pq. C was shameful They December much 19, 1940 more which to\na aniet bear President:\n-Lie\ndid\nMy dear Miss Cole:\nhit\nredect\nI have received your letter and the book\nThe was to which you refer. You may be assured that the\nP\nI am\nPresident will be deeply grateful for the friend- especting our\nPresidents liness and pul good will Very which Sality you have expressed. As Health, I\nsincerely yours,\nfilt greatly impressed to defo, of I Could rst\nLind it to Hain, being M. A. Lolland el, like rur\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nhatimal defense, seing prowarned, is to he\nInsurmed,\nPlease Miss Florence Cole, if I have done wrong ein send\n518 Magnolia Avenue,\nviry you\nLong California. Beach, title fork, but I must do my part,\nas a Loyal citizen In the greater protes tin get now\nthere hying himes;\nque Can'tile what\nham marked with a + the page\nrespecting our Presidents Juline,\nDear his Le. Hand. ash Actrology California.\ndong Beach.\nThe past Election which to\nmany of us was shameful, much more disposeful\nagainst our bear President:\nwe did hrt, wony of His reduction,\nD\nThe was known by His works:\nI am sending 7 ru a little book respecting our\nPresidents puline safety, + His Health, I\nfelt greatly impressed to doso, & I could hrt\nsend it to Him, being personal, like our\nnational defense, seing provarned, is to he\nInformed,\nPlease pardon me if I have done, wrong in send-\ning you this little fork, but I rust do my part,\nas a Loyal citizen for the greater protection A our\nPresident in these hy ing times:\nhot one of us can lile what hangs over our\nItead's. I have marked with a +. the page\nrespecting our Presidents future,\nI know you will do your part for His personal\nsafety, it speaks also of Wendell Wilkie.\nPlease Infine me Inis. Le. Hand if I did\nwrong in sending you this little fork,\nThank you.\" Sincere,* Loyal.\nThrenu Cole.\nMany here foin with by self in faily propers\nfor our bear Presidents safety, absoctis Health\ncloing with Gt's Hersing's rest upon Him,\nofficial cares this nation,\n& our bear Presidents Protiction in His many\nThank you, God lless you to miss. Le. Hand,\nI\nMe Rorris\nWHITE\nHOUSE\nwarm springs\nmpk\nTo\nMOFFETT, Hon. James A.\nNew York, New York\nDecember 18, 1940\nThe President wrote thanking him for a camera which was sent to him. Says he had a grand\nrest aboard the Tuscaloosa. Extends best wishes for a Merry Christmas.\nSEE - P.P.F. 2800\nP.P.F.\nthe\nMary\n9-C\nSEGRETARY\nKan-a\nCode\nDt.\nSouthwestern\nLinen,\n3201\nBuilding,\nRushington, Do Co\nMe Rorris\nWHITE\nHOUSE\nwarm springs\nDecember 26, 1940\nEDWARD CARSON\nP.P.7.\nMy dear Mr. Carson:\nRAILWAY\nLINES\n9-c\nBILT\nIt was kind of you to send the\nPresident the memorandum book. He appre-\nciates your friendly thought and asks me to\nconvey his cordial good wishes to you for\nthe Holiday Season.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nEdward Carson, Esq.,\nGeneral Agent, Cotton Belt Route,\nSt. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines,\n1201 Shoreham Building,\nbk\nWashington, D. C.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nAko 12-76-40\nX\nBK,\n0\nNATIONAL 2246/2 12\n1\n(mmo book) book)\nEDWARD CARSON\nppt qee q\nGENERAL AGENT\nST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY LINES 1201 SHOREHAM BLDG.\nCOTTON BELT ROUTE\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\ne\nxrps\nget\nI\nDecember 19, 1940\nppt\nMy dear Mr. Cantant:\nThis will acknowledge the receipt of\nyour framed photograph which you sent to the\nPresident recently. I can assure you that he\nmuch appreciates your kind thoughtfulness.\nppt\nX\nq-P\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. Lelland\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nWilliam Cantant, Esq.,\n2232 McDougall,\nDetroit,\nMichigan.\nget\nomrade Wow. Cantant.\nAn Hopkins\nThis was in\na from\nack'd\nis\n,Bomrade Woo. Cantant.\n3rd fl. Cab I\np.p.7.\nRead at august sa\nq-c\nDecember 19, 1940\n7\nPD\nMy dear Mr. Creamer:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor the candy which you put aboard his train at\nAugusta. He wants you to know how much he ap-\npreciates your kind thought of him.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHarry R. Creamer, Esq.,\nPresident,\nChamber of Commerce,\nAugusta,\nGeorgia.\ncd\n3rd achid fl. Cab- 12 7\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\n12/190\nN\nhas\nA To Sandy\np.r.7. q-c\nPresident Rossevelt\nfrom\nH.R. Creamer\n(Reat Hourd augusta! Tran) Ga,\nic\n3rd fl Cab- 7\nDecember 19, 1940\nN\np.r.7.\nMy dear Mrs. Chadwell:\nIt vas kind indeed of you to send\nq-C\nthe President and Mrs. Roosevelt that beauti-\nful pillow top, a product of your own handi-\nwork. They deeply appreciate your friendly\nthought of them and ask me to convey their\nbest wishes to you for the holiday season.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMrs. Walter H. Chadwell,\n1123 Walnut Street,\nTexarkana,\nTexas.\nic\nELLIOTT\nTo my beloved\nCULTURE\nPresident of the United\nStates\nStates,\nFranklin D. Rooserelt.\n20, 1940\nand\nble which they have made for the President\nMrs. Rooserelt.\npoke about.\nWatson with above attached letter, saying\nMrs. Texarkana, Walter from H. chadwell.\nyour letter\nattanched\n1123 Walnut. Texas.\nHing this 10-\nbr\nthe tarkey\nillow top red. 12/12/40\npagera which you inclosed are 200m 9- Crewith. drewith. the\nIn adderCance with your\n2115 heat wishes for a happy Holiday\nBearon, I LIN\nry sincerely yours,\nESSIN 16. WASHINGTON\nSecretary 1d the Procident\nFonerable Richard N. Eloberg,\nDerpus Versen.\nEMW/D/TAP\nMay this tittle gift\nbring you many hours of\noner it and putting it together\nComfort as I had in piecing\nfor you.\nIssued\n-Streed\nD\nD\nwere statestiqe vious verif Asso\nstate of OF den here must No signeds\nwebline edd 20% Day of sedeiv used\n- Vierenata your\nbusined 34\nSTATES\n.8 unders will\nburden USED\nof\nm houris has noted\nKLASING\nCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE\nConorada of the United States\nANDERSON, Frank C.,\nLouisville, Ky.\nDec. 23, 1940.\nDecember 20, 1940\nprt\nWrites he is sending President a card table which they have made for the President\nfor Christmas. Memo from Mrs. Dennkson to Gen. Watson with above attached letter, saying\nthis is the card table Sen. Alben W. Barkley spoke about.\nby Bear Mr.\nSee P.P.F.9-A\nNo. York, hear refer 4d to be your letter\nof Describer reventants and the papers otteched\nthereto,\nThank you very ouch for sending this 10m\nbr\nFormation for everything the President. that 18 masible. You may P.P. 7 of\nabout young eyes When Luckey\npapers which 3a you accordance enclosed with are your retur 9- brewith. the\nWith heat wishes for 0 happy Bollday\nDeares, a -\nry sincerely yours,\nENGIN M. WASHINGTON\nSecretary 72 the Provident\nHonorable Richard 30 Kloberg,\nCarpos Christi, Vesan.\nm houris has noted\nKLEBERG\nCOMMITTEE\nAGRICULTURE\nCongress of the United States\nDonse of Representatibes\nXv\nMashington, D. B.C.\nDecember 20, 1940\nP.P.7. q-c\nMy dear Mr. Congressman:\nMr. Early has refer ed to me your letter\nof December seventeenth and the papers attached\nthereto.\nThank you very much for sending this in-\nformation about young Keyes Carson and the turkey\nP.P.7.9-T\nfor the President. You may be sure we will do\neverything that is possible.\nIn accordance with your request, the\npapers which you enclosed are returned herewith.\nWith best wishes for & happy Holiday\nSeason, I am\nVery sincerely yours,\nEDWIN N. WATSON\nSecretary to the President\nx\nHonorable Richard M. Kleberg,\nPhoned Corpus Cong Christi, Texas. that obhelt. were\nEMW/D/EA\nRlebergton no Selioit ceremong in presentate we turkets ad\nprosible\nkleberg\nMEMBER\nWILLIAM P. ELLIOTT\n4TH DIST. TEXAS\nCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE\nSECRETARY\nCongress of the United States\nLEE LUNDELL\nASSISTANT SECRETARY\nhouse of Representatives\nWashington, D. C.\nGentratem\nCorpus Christi, Texas,\nDecember 17, 1940.\nHonorable Stephen Early,\nSecretary of the President,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Steve:\nThe enclosed file concerning my fine, young\nfriend, Keyes Carson of Cuero, Texas, will explain it-\nself.\nKeyes is truly a grand boy, ingenious as you\nwill note from the enclosures, and there is no doubt\nwhatsoever in my mind that he won't arrive in Washing-\nton as per his schedule.\nI will personally appreciate any courtesies\nand favors extended to him and likewise your return of\nthe enclosures for my files.\nWith sincere best wishes and regards,\nYour friend,\nDICIA\nRichard M. Kleberg\nRMK LL\nCOPY\nBox 2291\nCollege Station, Texas\nDecember 11, 1940.\nDear Mr. Kleberg:\nThe turkey I will take to President Roosevelt is the\ngrand champion turkey of 1940, coming from the turkey capitol of\nthe world, Cuero, Texas. The turkey weighs 35 pounds and is a\nvery pretty bird. My plan is to take the turkey alive because\nI think it will mean much more. I will leave Cuero Friday morning\nat eight, December 20 and will arrive in Washington, D.C. before\nMonday noon.\nVery truly yours,\n/s/ KEYES CARSON\n(Original returned to Congr. Kleberg, together with magazine article\non Keyes Carson and his kitch-hiking scheme for the college boys.\nSint to house top DP\nGRAGGEN, Mr. & Mrs. J. J.\nDumont, Now Jersey\nAck. Dec. 26, 1940\nDecember 27, 1940\nSends President 2 neckties, 1 apron and a box of cookies for Christmas.\nSee - PPF 9-0\nTW\nNSW\nVPA\npp7\n9-c\n1040,\nthe President,\nBlue Margaret N. Crons\nPublicaciones Fischgrund,\nMadero no. 6,\nMéxico, D.F.\nThe writer sends the President and Hew, Mousevelt\n& copy of the publication Touring Mexico. and\nq.A\na pictorial unp of Maxico.\nx**\nThe Consular officer 1a charge 1a requested to\nthank the sender (1))\nhave\nDP\nno, 3850\nHon. Alben W.\nMailbed States Security\nDecember 27, 1940\nMaschington, Do o.\nDec. 26, 1940\nMéxico, D.F., Mexico.\nAusdement Depende, Louisville, -\nSende Provident used table with complinents of Yours 0. Assistants Pl the\n1\nProctional to both NAB Date\nq-C\n*w\nSee - Fill Date\npet November 37, 1940,\nthe President,\n:\nMiss Margaret M. Crane,\nX\n:\nPublicaciones Fischgrund,\nMadero no. 6,\nMéxico, D.F.\nThe writer sends the President and Mrs. Roosevelt\n0.7\n& copy of the publication Touring Mexico, and\n/\na pictorial map of Mexico.\nX\nq-B\nx#A A\nThe Consular Officer in charge is requested to\nthank the sender on behalf of the President.\nOriginal letter from Miss Crane\nto the President, November 27, 1940.\n811,001 Roosevelt Publications (Crane, Margaret M.)\nPR:LAW 12/23/40\nRA\nHOS\nP.P.T.\nWORTH\nsent to house +\ne\nDecember 27, 1940\nBARKLEY, Hon. Alben W.\nUnited States Senate\nWashington, D. C.\nDec. 26, 1940\nSends President card table with compliments of Frank C. Anderson of the\nAnderson Woodworking Company, Louisville, entucky.\nPresidential acknowledgment to both men Dec. 27th.\nSee - PPF 9-A\nVW\nPP7 q-c\nSent to house\np.p.t.\nWORTH\n+\nSUNDAY\ne)\nDecember 27, 1940\nSWOPE, Nerbert Bayard\nNew York, N. Y.\nDec. 19, 1940\nand Russien caviar. Also sends three bottles\nSends President caviar. the Tully sisters.\nPresidential ack. Dec. 27th.\n9am - FTY 9-8\nas\nSee - PPF 9-S\npp7\nVW\n9-C\nU\nSent to house\n+\nC\nDecember 27, 1940\nSAID, Boris\nNew York, N. Y.\nDec. 23, 1940\nSends President some old wine and Russian caviar. Also sends three bottles\nof Russian cologne for Miss LeHand and the Tully sisters.\nPresidential ack. Dec. 27th.\nSee - PPF 9-S\nVW\nVery\nP.P.7.\nq-C\nsent to house\np.p.t. q-c C\n+\nDecember 27, 1940\nDear Amon:\nMany thanks for your letters and\nmessage of Holiday Greetings. I do appre-\ntubings nuts\nciate your kindness in sending me those smoked\nturkeys as well as the other good things from\nShady Oak Farm.\nMrs. Roosevelt joins with me in ex-\ntending best wishes to you and yours for a Bright\nand Happy New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT\n+\npp733\nColonel Amon G. Carter,\nFort Worth Star Telegram,\nFort Worth,\nTexas.\nmdg\n19 Carres\nThink\nFORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM\nMORNING\nEVENING\nSUNDAY\nAMON G. CARTER, PRESIDENT\nFORT WORTH\nDecember 18, 1940.\nRECEIVED TEXAS 9 : THE MITTE 07 HOUSE\nHonorable Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nPresident of the United States,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C,\nDear Mr. President:\ner\nThe attached is the regular letter\nid\nwe are sending out to about 600 of our friends through-\nS\nout the country, so I am sending it along to you to-\ngether with two smoked turkeys, a basket and a box of\ning\nTexas pink meated grapefruit. I have, also, asked the\nHired Hand at the farm to send you a sack of soft shell\npecans and two boxes of Mahans, shelled and unshelled.\nI want you to get a full opportunity to enjoy some of\nthe products of our great state.\nI realize in these trying times that\nyou are confronted with many difficult problems - in\nfact, no President in the history of our country has had\nthe burden to carry that is now on your shoulders. In\nthis you have our sympathy and 100% plus support. No one\nelse could stand up under this burden and still keep\nthe same cheerful disposition and broad viewpoint that\nyou maintain.\nIt is my wish that you, Mrs. Roosevelt\nand your loved ones have a good Christmas and that the\nNew Year will clear up some of our troubles.\nTharus Most sincerely,\nAGC.KD\nDhank\nSHADY OAK FARM\nAMON CARTER\nFORT WORTH\nTELEPHONE\nTEXAS\n6-1766\nDecember 18, 1940.\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nA fellow told me during the recent Campaign that if things did not\nturn out just so-so, Christmas would be discontinued. I see where they are\ngoing to have Christmas, so everything must have turned out all right. Another\nthing, Mr. Carter came out to the Farm the other day (in a good humor) and said\n\"gather up some of those special Shady Oak Pecans and ship them to these folks\nand be sure and send the President a special sack of Soft Shelled Schleys, as\nwell as a box of Mahans\". Now, I know Christmas will be around and I am sending\nyou the nuts.\nWe have had a big year out on the Farm and all the other Hired Hands\nin Texas had good crops too. I never saw cattle grow as fast, and pigs just\nnaturally seem to bust out of the pen. Honestly, livestock on the place acts\nas if it had to hurry and do its part in the Defense Program. There isn't any\ndanger of anyone going hungry if we can get the stuff we raise in West Texas to\nthem. Shady Oaks is one of the few farms (without a Government subsidy) which\ncontinues to lose money. Still, we are happy.\nThey tell me we are going to have a lot of Soldiers, maybe over one\nhundred thousand, around Fort Worth this Winter. All I can say is that Uncle\nSam is sure sending them to the right spot. We have the grub, the water, the\nclimate and the exercise ground. Some of our parade grounds are so big that\nby the time a Private walks to the far side, he is a General. Some of these\nTexas Army maneuver spots would be a good place for Mussolini. He could cut\nout Cooks Tours--I'll bet he will never eat in a Greek restaurant again.\nIn town they tell me the STAR-TELEGRAM has had a big year. They are\nprinting more than 175,000 papers daily--the largest circulation in Texas.\nFollowing a plow isn't as thrilling as being with the RAF, but if\nthose courageous chaps over there will continue to knock 'em off, \"us\" boys\non the Farms will do our part to keep the victuals flowing. Peeling potatoes\nis necessary, but you have to grow them first. We are ready to do both.\nTrusting you are the same, I am\nHindLend\nSincerely,\nKeep the pecans in a cool\nplace and they will retain\ntheir freshness.\nTHE HIRED HAND.\nSHADY OAK FARM\nAMON CARTER\nFORT WORTH\nTEXAS\nTELEPHONE\n6-1766\nDecember 16, 1940.\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nWell, here we are again! Another Christmas has rolled around\nquickly. The world is in a turmoil - still, we in America have lots for\nwhich to be thankful.\nSeventeen thousand pounds of Texas turkeys (not Smoked) are to be\nserved Christmas Day to the some thirty thousand Soldiers in training at\nnearby Brownwood, Texas, which Camp is the first of a series of Training\nCamps located in Fort Worth's very front yard. The training grounds of these\nCamps are larger than many of the \"gobbled\" European countries. All of these\nmeny years, we have been saving our wide open spaces for some emergency like\nthis; thus, Fort Worth will soon be week-end host to more than one-hundred\nthousand of Uncle Sam's finest.\nIt's getting to be an old custom to announce that Texas, Fort Worth\nand West Texas, as usual, are happy and prosperous. And, of course, we are\nanxious to do our part as all good Americans are. We think we can help some\ntoo, because we have the requirements. Our oil fields were never in better\ncondition to take care of the National Emergency confronting us at this time.\nThere will be PLENTY of oil and it is the best there is. It's ready and will\nbe delivered without fuss or feathers when Uncle Sam asks for it.\nOur cattle herds have been rebuilt, and we can now supply these\nsteaks which, after all, is what it takes.\nAbout the Smoked Turkey, which is really the object of this letter,\nhe is ready for immediate serving. Keep the old boy in a cool place. You\nwill find him & little rich for a regular diet, but he is dandy to nibble on.\nI know you would prefer that I send this bird to the RAF. I wish it were\npossible but America is sending them the sort of birds they need to use on\nthe sort of birds the world doesn't need.\nTHE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM today enjoys the largest circulation\nin its history (over 175,000 daily); WBAP and KGKO, the Star-Telegram Radio\nStations, have their greatest all-time audiences, and the staffs of all join\nme in wishing you and yours again a Dandy Christmas and a Swell New Year.\nSincerely,\nAGC.KD\nWhere the West Begins.\nCLASS OF SERVICE\nWESTERN\n(09)\nSYMBOLS\nThis is a full-rate\nTelegram or Cable-\nDL=Day Letter\ngram unless its de-\nferred character is in-\nUNION\nNL=Night Letter\ndicated by a suitable\nLC=Deferred Cable\nsymbol above or pre-\nceding the address.\nNLT=Cable Night Letter\nR. B. WHITE\nNEWCOMB CARLTON\nJ.C. WILLEVER\nPRESIDENT\nCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD\nFIRST VICE-PRESIDENT\nShip Radiogram\nThe filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD a E TIME - at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination\nCB286 TWS PAID 3=FTWORTH TEX 25 430P\n1940 DEC 6 15\nPRESIDENT ROOSEVELT=\nWHITE HOUSE WASHDC=\nDEAR MISTER PRESIDENT I DO HOPE THAT DESPITE THE TRYING TIMES\nAND HEAVY BURDEN THAT RESTS UPON YOU YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF\nYOUR FAMILY HAVE HAD AN ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS I SINCERELY WISH\nTHAT IN THE NEW YEAR CONDITIONS WILL SO IMPROVE THAT YOU MAY\nBE ABLE TO OBTAIN MORE REST AND RELAXTION AND ENJOY MORE OF\nTHE PLEASURES OF LIFE WHICH YOU SO RICHLY DESERVE. YOUR\nRESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN HEAVIER AND MORE NUMEROUS THAN\nTHOSE OF ANY PRESIDENT OF OUR TIME AND YOU HAVE DONE A\nMAGNIFICIENT JOB. AGAIN SINCEREST BEST WISHES TO YOU AND THE\nFAMILY=\nAMON CARTER.\nTHE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE\n7\nFill the Filketch the\nP.P.\nC\n9'\nDecember 30, 1940\nMy dear Henrietta:\nYour kind thought in sending the greeting\ncard and your sketch to the President is appreciated.\nHe asks me to thank you and to extend to you his\nbest wishes for a New Year of health and happiness.\nVery sincerely yours,\nN. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nHenrietta Coleman,\nStar Route Box 16,\nSouth Boston,\nmgs\nVirginia.\nDec. 23, 1940\nStar Route Box 16\nSouth Boston, Va.\nDear President,\nhere is a scketch of your picture\non a small paper.\nI am a junior High School girl the\nage of 15. I am a poor fatherless girl, &\nmade Christmas Cards to sell, trying to\nmake a little changes for Christmas.\nI made 154, sold them 54 each. Here is one\nof them. The scketch of your picture and\nthe card is some of my hand work.\nd through you would enjoy looking\nat some of it. my name is Dorothy\nHearietta Coleman\nYours truly,\nHenritta Coleman\nLag,\nrts,\"\nGreetings\nPresident Roosevelt It\nb wish you a\nJoyans CHRISTMAS\nand all Happiness\nin the NEW\ning,\nats,\"\nYEAR\nt,\n9.\n&\nTTTr. and ITTrs Rooserelt\noth\nPresident Roosevelt\nU\n2\nling,\nuts,\"\nit,\n9\nD\noth\nPresident Roosevelt\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nAv\nof\nvah.\nKAUFFMAN, S. S.,\nPresident, H. S. Crocker Co., Inc.,\n30,\n1940\nSen Francisco, Calif.\nDecember 19, 1940\nWritesite the President referring to that morning's newspeper reports that\nthe President is to receive 8 painting by the noted Chinese artist, Chang Shu-Ching,\nentitled \"Doves of Peace\". Says the above company, \"well known in the graphic arts,\"\nwould like to reproduce this painting and to present 1600 copies to the President,\nwhich at the latter's discretion could be sold to the public,- the proceeds to go\nto the Chinese Government, or, should the President choose, Chinese Nex Relief.\nAdds that they have recently made lithogrephs for the San Francisco Museum of Art\nof Millet's \"Man with The Hoe\", and Diego Rivera's \"Flower Vendor\",- copies of both\nof which are being forwarded to the President, under separate cover.\nconding 11 to tan to\nSee 150-A\ncordial to you for a Birdath P.P.F.\nExper How Year.\n9-C\nYork sincerely yours,\n9. A. Leftand\nBEGISTARI\nReliatring,\nAustribin\nTack,\nclhad my cast, then crithes and now my\nF\nTA2\n+\nDecember 30, 1940\nDenta\nRespiral\nP.P7\nBOOK)\nMy dear Miss Collstrup:\n9-C\nMAR\nThe President thanks you ever so much\nfor that interesting booklet. He wants you to\nknow that he appreciates your kind thought in\nsending it to him and asks me to extend his most\ncordial good wishes to you for a Bright and\nHappy New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Marie Collstrup,\n3405 Newkirk Avenue,\nBrooklyn,\nic\nNew York.\ncl had my cast, then crithes and now my\nCONCIALDI, Dr. Lewis G.\nWharton, New Jersey\nDec. 18, 1940\nTransporter 30, 1840\nSends President a Schaffer fountain pen, a Ronson lighter, and a shaving kit in\nzippered leather case. Asks for a personal acknowledgment.\n(Presidential acknowledgment Dec. 30th)\nGener\nTito\nCholdren's\nSee - PPF 2049\nThe Prodident has 150 to that\nVW\nyou and for for your your latter kindress not to 00 pp7 wording gift\nGreetdages No Se instand for you\nfriendly thought of file cash q-c C\nbeli his best when 9a you for the Low Top\nTwo your,\nNo De Letted\n-\n285\nSex York,\nNow Tax.\nyear\ncl had my cast, then crithes and now my\npl.,7 Suspenders to subrary\nJ\nq.c\nDecember 30, 1940\nMy dear Mr. Cheifets:\nThe President has asked me to thank\nyou for your kindness in sending him the gift\nand for your letter and card of Christmas\nta-D\nGreetings. He is most grateful for your\nfriendly thought of him and wants me to ex-\ntend his best wishes to you for the New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nKolman Cheifetz, Esq.,\n286 Washington Avenue,\nNew York,\nada\nNew York.\nnat 4 name the rest fool of nine other\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\n12\nStaff Room\nrm springs I\nSuspanders\nreceived\nPLF\nhe\nq-c 9 C\nCAN\nred\n/\nof\nion'\nRead etz\nyou\nNew\n19-D\nan are\n1 will\nX\n411\nre be-\nto\nlays\nfine\n/\nand in the mighty Wallrs\na path. may He bless\nand ground and protect\nand help and exect\nextal highly our lanifabilital\nand magnify and\nmb\nClark\nthat cl have the rest fool of nine orner\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\n12\nrm springs I\nWishing you\nthe\nPLT\njoys of the season\n9-C\nand a\nvery pleasant and\nred\n/\nof\nhappy New Year.\nion'\nyou\nKalm an cherfety\nNew\ntg-p\n286 Th Washmettan are\na will\nX\n411\nre be-\nto\nnew\nfine\nand in the mighty Walls\na path. may He bless\nyears\nand ground and protect\nand help and exect\nextal highly our lanifabital\nand magnify and\nmb\nJune\nInfantite Clark The\nthat cl have the rest fool of nine other\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\n/\nrm springs I\nPLT\nThe\n9 C\nred\nof\nLOK\nyou\nNew\n19-D\nwill\nX\n411\ne be-\n.o\nfine\n3X Christmas Cheer *\nand in the mighty waters\na path. may He bless\nand guord and protect\nand help and exect\nextal highly our lan\nand magnify and\nmb\nthat cl have the rest fool of nine orner\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nK. cheefety 286. Th. work\nnew Fork Dec 16/40\nack\nare\nrm springs J\n12/30/40\nawa\nmy Dear President\n)\nFronkly n D. Roosevelh\nP.P.J\nexeph my lille present\nwith Wishes for healt and Wealthe\nq-c\nHe who giveth salvation\neived\nal of\nUnto the Kings and dominion is to\nyou\nUnto The princes. Whose\nst New\nKingdom is d Kingdom of\nX\n411\nYou will\nall worlds. who delivered\nare be-\nin to\nhis servous David from\nise fine\nthe hurtful sword. Who\nmaketh in the sed a way\nand in the mighty Waters\n9 path. may He bless\nand guord and protect\nand help and efect\nand magnify and\nextal highly our lans\nmb\nhere\nJune\nl'arfantile\nClass\nthat cl have the hest foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nrm spring J\nthe United States of\nD\nAmerica and all The\nPLT\nnations That dwell Thereon\nand the President\n9-C\nFronkly D. Roosevelth\nived\nand all The Counsellas\nil of\nto\nof the Government and\nis you\nit New\nits Officers. The Suprems\nq-D\nX\n411\nKing of Kings in his\nYou will\nare be-\nmercy may preserve him n se\nto\nfine\nin life and guard him;\nand from all Frouble\nand Sorrow. and hurt\nmay he deliver him.\nnations Under his feeh.\nand may he subdue\nyears\nand make his enemies\nfall before him. and\nin Whats aever he under\nElechital\nmb\noheated here in June to from having\ninfantile Clas Foot Doctor\nthat cl have the heat foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\narm spring\nJ\nmay he prosper.\n10\nThe Supreme King of\nPLT\nKings in his mercy\nmay he put into his heart\n9-C\nand into the heart of all\neived\nhis Counsellors and his\nal of\nto\nofficers a spirit of\nds you\nst New\nWisdom and Understanding\nto Uphold The peace of\nYou will\nX\n411\nare be-\nthe Kingdon and the Wel-\nn to\nise fine\nfare of his people. and\nLo deal Kindly and Truly\nWill all srael In his\ndayes and in our days\nmay Ludah be Saved and\nyears\nIsrael may dwell Securely:\nand there may Come Unto\nzion a redeemer and may\nThis be his will. and let Amen us say,\nImpital\nmb\nhere in June to having\ninfantile Class\nthat cl have the hest foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nsont To Warm springs I\nDecember 30, 1940\nPLT\n9-C\nMy dear Jean:\nYour friendly letter has been received\nand the President has noted with a great deal of\ninterest all that you say. He is delighted to\nlearn that you will soon walk again and sends you\nhis most cordial good wishes for the Happiest New\nYear ever.\nX\n411\nMany thanks for the scrapbooks. You will\nundoubtedly be interested to know that they are be-\ning sent on to Warm Springs for the children to\nenjoy. You have a grand idea in making these fine\nbooks for other sick children to enjoy.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nX\nJean Caswell,\n10 Dexter Street,\nLynn,\nmb\nMassachusetts.\nthat cl have the hest foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nJean Caswell\n10 depter St\nwhich hase Kylon been shildren\nack'd F.\n>\nLynn\n12-30\nmass (parap shoken sent /^ grand pick w. be\no\nTIIS sin\nThank fri nice pend File\nme of my\ny\nidea & M\nmaking for\nsick childen, and cl do enjoy making them\n79-D\nel had & leeping & ickness and el mfantile Paralysis\nbr\nwhen cl was 5 yearsold.\nand on my many tupe to the children Hoshital\nat Boston mass. cl noticed the children liked\nto look at these fooks. So for 6 years cl have made\nlooks for the Harracd cl infantile at Boston and the\nHospital here in Lynn.\nafter all of my visits to the Hoshital cl was\nopeated on have in June to same me from having\nan cl mfantile Clart foot. The Doctor stated today\nthat cl have the hest foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then cuthes and now my\nN\nd\nDEC 11\n630 PM\nnu\nI\n1940\nMASS\nThe President\nmr F canklind Roosevelt\nWashington\ndl.c.\nDoug LEIDTOD Isoa and\nP\n.T9V9 zeel\nfftw noY edit TO? extrado Treat\n-ed STS Years texts word of befaereful ad\nof memblido edd 701 againgt artail of по Jusa gat\nonly overld solies at sebt basing S even DOY .votne\nvotes of cambildo Hole Tenso TOI adood\nДОЕХ Aome'\nbriefled .A .M\nYRATSFORE STAVIST\n[fewse] caset,\nтелжеС OF\ndm\n.atteaudosses\nLynn mass\nask'd F.\n>\n10 Dexter st.\nDec 10, 1940\n12-30 sin\n3\nTHE\nmi p resident:\n140.\nDear Sir, -\ny\ncl am sending to you some of my\n& crope Bocks. which is my Hitty of making for\nsick childen, and cl do enjoy making them\nbr\ncl had & leeping & ickness and el mfantile Paralysis\nwhen cl was 5 yearsold.\nand on my many tupe to the children Hoshital\nat Boston mass. cl noticed the children liked\nou\nto look at these fooks. So for 6 years cl have made\nlooks for the Harracd cl nfantile at Boston and the\nHospital here in Lynn.\nafter all of my visits to the Hoshital cl was\nopeated on have in June to same me from having\nan cl mfantile Clart Foot. The Doctor stated today\nthat cl have the hest foot of nine other children\nwho were opeated on this year.\ncl had my cast, then crithes and now my\nhave. and cl shall walk soon with out anything\nmy mother and Doctor's never excepted me to walkagain\nbut cl am thankful that cl shall.\nel am 11 years old and in the 7th grade at school,\nwhen the marchof Dimes of 1941 stacts cl shall he\none of it workers. cl want to take my hart to show\nmy gradutude to you and the cl nfantite I und for the\nphelp their give to me.\nmr p resident will you please write to me and\ntell me what you think of my Hophy of sending\ncheer to other sick children with my books.\nand may he you could tell me what to send some\ntoo.\nwishing you and your life\na merry X mas and a Happy haryear.\nclam Jean vinified Casuell\nP.S. am sending 5 tooks.\n10 Depter St.\nPlease write soon.\nLynn mass\n7\nPark Lodge No. 2033.0.0.1.\n>\nTHE\nORDER OF ODD\nFELLOWS that\nWatern\nQUEZON, Hon. Manuel L.,\nPres. of the Philippines,\nManila, Philippine Islands MEETS EVERY\nDec. 31, 1940. (Ack.)\nHYDE\nDeb.\n24th\nSent box of cigars to the President. (Personally acknowledged by\nPresident.)\nRoosevelt\nSee P.P.F.1984\nD.O.\n2.7.9-D\nbr\nDear Brother Rocsovelt:\nPP.7\nEnclosed you will find a letter sent to Park Lodge\nfrom California 9-C -\nOur Noble Cecil Helpin suggested that we\nwrite you and 800 if you will Total at were time in\nthe near future and would allow THE Cow minutes of your\ntime to make this presentation.\nWe realize these are trying and busy Times for you\nbut 11 you oan make this possiable we would appreciate\nsending us oformation sgarding time and date.\nA date with U.S. mans & box of dates.\nX\nRecording Sebretary.\nPark Lodge No. 203 J. D. 1. F.\n>\nOF\nODD FELLOWS\nWatern\nINDEPENDENT ORDER\nyou\nMEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING\nX#\nHYDE PARK, N.Y. Dec. 24th I940.\nF.D. Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington D.C.\nthe\nprt.\nq-C\nP.P.7.9.D\n+\nDear Brother Roosevelt:\nEnclosed you will find a letter sent to Park Lodge\nfrom California.\nOur Noble Grand, Cecil Halpin, suggested that we\nwrite you and see if you will be at home at any time in\nthe near future and would allow us a few minutes of your\ntime to make this presentation.\nWe realize these are trying and busy times for you\nbut if you can make this possiable we would appreciate\nsending us information regarding time and date.\nA date with us means a box of dates.\nFraternally Haltu Hot yours\nX\nRecording Secretary.\nTHEM 8 PARK STREET IDENTITY STATE\nCoachella Lodge #45 I.O.O.F.\nPark Lodge #203\nHyde Park N.Y.\nCoachella, Calif.\nDec. 13th I940.\nOur Lodge wishes to present President Roosevelt with a box\nof Coachella Valley dates.\nWe would like to have as much publicity from it as possiable\nas we feel that much good can be accomplished by it for the order.\nWe got the idea of this from the publicity you received in\nthe newspaper and the newsreel presenting him the jewel.\nTo accomplish the desired publicity and to be sure that the\npresident receives the box our Lodge askes you to present it to him\nin our behalf.\nOur Noble Grand made the box out of mesquite wood so that box\nand contents are from our valley. Our Grand Master made his official\nvisit to our Lodge Dec. II and he claimed it the most beautiful thing\nhe ever saw.\nMy wife (of course a Rebeckah) packed the box with thirty\nthree pounds of dates useing four varieties.\nHoping to receive a favorable reply I am\nSincerely and fraternally yours\nFred Kelsey\nX\nChairman of Committee\nP.O.Box 45I Indio Calif.\nDecember 28, 1940\nMy dear Mr. Nott:\nThe President has received your letter\nof December 24, and the enclosure.\nI am afraid that it will be impossible\nto arrange for you to present the box of Coachella\nValley dates to the President in person. Quite\nfrankly the situation is this: Since the inter-\nnational situation became so acute we have found it\nnecessary to ask all persons desiring to bring in\npersonal gifts for the President to leave them with me\nin my capacity as Appointment Secretary. I receive them\nfor the President and pass them along to him with & word\nof explanation. I will, therefore, be glad to receive\nthe dates from you either in person or by mail, and\nwill await your further advice.\nWith all good wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nEDWIN M. WATSON\nSecretary to the President\nWalter E. Nott, Esq.\nPark Lodge No. 203, I.O.O.F.\nHyde Park, New York\nLD:rlk\nLAW:P\nLighton Leighton Yours very Wilkie truly Wilhie\nSiot received\nCONTINENTAL MACHINES, INC.\nMACHINE TOOLS\npp.7.\n1/2/61\nMINNEAPOLIS, MINN.\nThe DOALL Co., Inc.\nit\nSMALL TOOLS\nq-c\nDes Plaines, Ill.\n*\nOFFICE OF PRESIDENT\nDecember 10, 1940\n1201 Thacker St. - DES PLAINES, ILL.\nHonorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nUnder separate cover, I am sending you a copy of a\ncomprehensive study I have just completed -- 12 EASY LESSONS IN\nTHE FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE -- in my endeavor to\ninterest more young men in training for the jobs that must be\nfilled in meeting our Defense Program needs.\nTo give this study longer life, it is presented in\ncalendar form, so that it can be posted in schools, shops and in\nplaces where students, metal workers and the unemployed congregate.\nAmerican supremacy is based on production and we\nall recognize the serious fault in our educational and industrial\nsystems, whereby too few young men are trained to work with their\nhands.\nAccording to the best statistics, there are thirteen\nmen and boys being educated for every existing professional job.\nBut, for every seven mechanics at work, only one apprentice is in\ntraining.\nEducators recognize the seriousness of this dis-\ncrepancy and realize that men who can actively contribute toward\nproduction are more useful to society than the impractical who\nseek white collar jobs. Opportunities are legion for the young\nfellow who masters craftsmanship.\nWe have mailed one of these calendars to each of the\n1045 Y.M.C.A.'s, the 1467 C.C.C. Camps and to 1600 trade schools\nand universities, as well as to a number of industrial plants. If\nyou can use additional copies of our visual educational calendar,\nlet us know how many so we may be guided accordingly in arranging\nthe re-run.\nLAW:P\nLighton Leighton Yours very Wilkie truly, Wilhie\nfrom LEIGHTON A. WILKIE, 1201 Thacker St., Des Plaines, III., Telephone 502\nConcerning EDUCATIONAL CALENDAR\nDate December 10, 1940\nFUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE\nIN 12 EASY LESSONS\nThis series of twelve posters outlines the basic principles of machine\ntools and metalworking. The aim is to form a clear foundation for apprentices. By\nsimplifying the principles, the student is better able to carry on his actual train-\ning of metalworking. \"Get right on the principles, and the rest is a matter of\ndetail\" is an adage that applies especially to becoming a skilled craftsman.\nSHORTAGE OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN\nSo few machinists have been trained in recent years and so many new\nmechanical fields have opened up that there is a world-wide shortage of skilled\nmen. Ambitious young men can partake of golden opportunities through mastering\nmetalworking craftsmanship. Today as always, it is the men who have had practical\nshop training, like Henry Ford and William Knutsen, who become most valuable\nexecutives. Everyone, whether he learns the machinist trade or not, should\ncomprehend the fundamentals of production to be able to compete in the mechanical\nworld in which we live.\nHOW THE STUDY IS TO BE USED\nThe aim of the series of twelve posters is to present an outline of the\nbasic principles of machine tools in \"12 Easy Lessons.\" Since it is in the form\nof a calendar, each lesson is automatically displayed for one month. In that\nspace of time, the facts presented can be absorbed by all who take a little time\nto study it. Each month a new step is presented in a comprehensive manner so\nthat at the end of the twelfth lesson, one learns the principles of metal cutting\nwith machine tools. These lessons should of course be supplemented with actual\nshop practice. It is very effective to let learners work on the machine that is\nillustrated each month.\nSUPPLEMENTARY POSTER\nAccompanying the calendar is an illustrated diagram to show the great need\nthat exists for trained craftsmen. This diagram shows graphically that thirteen\nmen are being trained for professional jobs for each man working in a profession.\nIt shows how only one boy is being trained as a craftsman for every seven working\nat a trade. In order to show those who see the calendar what its purpose is, it\nis important to leave this poster on the wall right near the calendar.\nWHAT IS A MACHINE TOOL?\nA machine tool is a power driven machine that removes metal in chip form.\nThey are the bedrock foundation of our whole industrial pattern. Machine tools\nare the most essential tools of industry because they make our everyday necessities\nand luxuries either directly or indirectly. The machine tool industry is more\nbasic than the steel industry because the steel making machines are made with them.\nOnly machine tools can make another of its kind. The eleven machines shown in\nthis study include all the primary forms of machine tools.\npage two\nOUTLINE OF THE TWELVE LESSONS\nTHE LATHE\nThe lathe is the first machine tool ever invented and is\nJanuary No. 1\ntoday the one most broadly used. The names of the parts of\nthe lathe, a study about its operating principles, and more\nabout chip production is presented here.\nCHIP PRODUCTION\nSince all machine tools remove metal in chip form, it is\nFebruary No. 2\nessential to understand what happens at the actual point of\nwork of 8. machine tool, as covered in the study.\nTHE SHAPER\nThis gives an interesting study of chip production, with\nMarch No. 3\ngreatly enlarged photos of the formation of the built-up\nwedge on the cutting tool.\nTHE MILLING MACHINE Although there are hundreds of styles of milling machines,\nApril No. 4\nthe universal plane miller shown gives a good idea of the\nprinciples that apply to all.\nTHE DRILL\nThis classification includes machines of many sizes and\nMay No. 5\ntypes, but the basic principles of all of them are the same\nas those in the drilling machine shown.\nTHE SAW\nThis includes all metal cutting saws with special attention\nJune No. 6\nto one of the newest and most interesting of machine tools.\nIts chip production is the result of latest studies.\nTHE FILE\nMankind's first tools were abrasive stones used like a file.\nJuly No. 7\nThe file machine elevates hand filing to a continuous cutting\noperation.\nTHE BROACH\nThe broaching machine is defined as the evolution of the\nAugust No. 8\njig filing machine.\nTHE VERTICAL MILL\nProfile and contour milling functions are presented with\nSeptember No. 9\nthis machine. Of special interest is the new electric\nduplicating device.\nTHE GRINDER\nThis study encompasses a vast number of types of machine\nOctober No. 10\ntools which use high speed abrasive wheels for their cutting\nedge. They are a most interesting class of machine tools.\nTHE HONING\nThis includes refined grinding with slower moving wheels.\nNovember No. 11\nTHE SUPERFINISHING\nThis is the most recent contribution to machine tool art.\nDecember No. 12\nNew horizons of achievement are at hand through its adoption\nby industry.\nADOPTED IN VARIOUS WAYS\nSome instructors have decided to present the whole twelve posters in a\nmuch briefer time than a year, and, in certain instances, the whole twelve of the\nseries are displayed at once. Enlargements of the top half of this calendar are\nto be used to form a long mural in the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago.\nWe should like to hear the manner in which you propose to employ the series.\nDecember 18, 1940\nx 20\nRespectfully referred to the De-\nppt\npartment of State for appropriate acknowl-\n9-\nedgment. Please return the enclosures to\nthis office after they have served their\npurpose.\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nLtr. to the Pres. 11/27/40:\nBooklet sent to the President and Mrs. Roosevelt\n\"Touring Mexico and Pictorial Map of Mexico\"\nby Mr. Henry Wallace.\n*414 (2#146\nby Margaret M. Crane,\nt\nPublications Fischgrund\nMadero No. 6,\nMexico, D.F.\nget\nThe White House.\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nj\nwashington\nIn reply refer to\nPR 811. 001 Roosevelt Publications\nDecember 27, 1940\n(Crane, Margaret M.\nSB.\nMy dear Miss LeHand:\nIn compliance with. your memorandum of December 18\n1940, I am returning herewith the copy of Touring\nMexico, and the pictorial map of Mexico sent to the\nPresident by Miss Margaret M. Crane of Publicaciones\nFischgrund, Madero no. 6, Mexico, D.F.\nThe American Consular Officer in charge at Mexico,\nD.F., has been requested to thank the sender on behalf\nof the President.\nSincerely yours,\nChief of Protocol.\nEnclosures:\nTouring Mexico;\nMap.\nMiss Marguerite A. LeHand,\nPrivate Secretary to the President,\nThe White House.\nStudy\n1\nDecember 31, 1940\np.p.7, 9-c\nMy dear Miss Carmack:\nYour letter of recent date, as well\nas the booklets you mention, have been received\nand I want to thank you in the President's be-\nhalf for the friendliness and good will which\nyou have expressed in such generous terms.\nXP.A.7.\nIn accordance with your request I am\n9-B\nglad to send you the enclosed engraving of the\nPresident but, owing to the unprecedented pres-\nsure upon his time, we have been compelled to\nask his many friends to excuse him from signing\npictures, books and the like. I feel sure that\nyou fully understand the situation with which\nwe are confronted and will bear with us.\nVery sincerely yours,\nM. A. LeHand\nPRIVATE SECRETARY\nMiss Lucille Carmack,\n105 East Sevier Street,\nKingsport,\nTennessee.\nedb\nEnclosure\nto our local \"Willkie Club\" neadquarters.\nTENNESSEE EASTMAN CORPORATION\nKINGSPORT, TENNESSEE\nNovember 11, 1940\nand\n12/31/40\nFranklin D. Roosevelt, President\nEATS\nUnited States of America\nHyde Park, New York\nsend\nMAWH\nMy dear President Roosevelt:\nI am sending this \"fan\" letter to Hyde Park on the chance you\nmight be there some week end and read it yourself, and I know\nif it goes to Washington some secretary will throw it in the\nwaste basket.\nI hope whoever reads this will not think I am writing this as\nsome school girl would to a movie actor. I am just one of the\nmillions of \"Hoover Days\" victims, who helped to put you over\nfor the third time, and I hope to get a chance to vote for you\nevery four years so long as you live, and this is the ohly other\nway for me to express my gratitude to you for what you have done\nfor the working and middle-class Americans.\nI am a single woman thirty-five years old, and have been supporting\nmy mother since my father died in 1919. I went to work when I was\neighteen for a corporation lawyer here in Kingsport, and worked\nfor him until the \"crash\" of 1929. He represented a number of\ncompanies such as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the\nShenandoah, the Fidelity Trust Company of Knoxville, and many\nothers, and when the banks went down in Knoxville and New York\nwe went with them. He secured money from his mother in Warrenton,\nVirginia, and paid me $25.00 a month for more than a year, SO\nmother and I could buy coal and pay the water and light bills.\nMother's father, a Confederate Veteran and a farmer kept us in\nfood. I was a good friend of the late Ralph R. Worley and his\nwife, the former Mary Jane Cummings of Washington, and Mr. Worley\ntried to get a job for me, but was not successful; the people in\nour town were on starvation until you were elected in 1932. In\n1933 I secured a position as Secretary to the Tenite Sales Manager\nwith Tennessee Eastman Corporation, where I have been ever since,\nand had a chance to get a job with the TVA, but I decided I had\nbetter stick around home. I am just one of hundreds in this little\ncity who have good jobs due to your splendid governing of our country,\nand we all came out with a fine vote for you this year, in spite of\nthe fact that the \"heads\" of the various industries here were for\nWillkie. I am enclosing for your amusement a picture of what happened\nto our local \"Willkie Club\" headquarters.\nfor it, but I was too busy listening\nradio until 4 o'clock, and when I heard\night as well too. I can't tell you\ning to the crowd that gathered around\nS should be proud of you. I felt like\neen saved, and I thanked God the majority\nude for what you have done for us in the\nst the future to you.\nblack crepe wreath with white chrysanthemums\nivered to my house or the house of the\neath before daylight the morning\nction.\n12, I took my first interest in a Presidential\nhe first time for a President. I am a member\nast Tennessee, and have never voted for a\note for you even if you were a Republican,\nt I could make as to my faith in you.\nd in my house, and wonder if you could\nin the others, which I have had to cut out\nfor each term, and would like to have one\nPranksters Drape Willkie Club-\nout Kingsport and some pamphlets of our\nMourning was in order at the Kingsport \"Willkie For Presi-\ndent\" headquarters today after pranksters hung a \"wreath\" on\nthe door of the building and added a pair of old trousers for\nward Ward Carmack, Senior Senator from\ngood measure.\nI had a front seat on the curb for hours before you passed through Knox-\nville on Labor Day, and tried to see you while on my vacation in Washington\nthis summer. I even called the White House and begged for just a look at\nyou, but was advised you were not seeing visitors at that time.\nHope I haven't taken up too much of your most valuable time, but I just\nhad to write you through gratitude for what you have done for me.\nMost Sincerely,\nLucille Carmock\nLucille Carmack\n105 East Sevier St.\nKingsport, Tennessee\nRanking cket. and Texas A-M fering, teams but that and that A-M, say it I as Would is which list almost can would be\n-2-\nSome of my friends gave me credit for it, but I was too busy listening\nto the returns. I stayed by the radio until 4 clock, and when I heard\nyou had gone to bed I thought I might as well too. I can't tell you\nthe feeling of pride I had listening to the crowd that gathered around\nyour home in Hyde Park - Americans should be proud of you. I felt like\nour Nation and our security had been saved, and I thanked God the majority\nof our people showed their gratitude for what you have done for us in the\npast, and that they wanted to trust the future to you.\nSome of the office gang made up a black crepe wreath with white chrysanthemums\nwith a note that it was to be delivered to my house or the house of the\nWillkie Club Chairman November 5.\nP. S. He got the wreath before daylight the morning\nafter the election.\nWhen I was seven years old, in 1912, I took my first interest in a Presidential\nelection, and voted in 1928 for the first time for a President. I am a member\nof the Young Democratic Club in East Tennessee, and have never voted for a\nRepublican, but believe I would vote for you even if you were a Republican,\nand that is the greatest statement I could make as to my faith in you.\nI have two of your pictures framed in my house, and wonder if you could\nsend me an autographed one to join the others, which I have had to cut out\nof various magazines - I have one for each term, and would like to have one\nfrom you this time.\nI am sending separately a book about Kingsport and some pamphlets of our\nproducts here at Eastman.\nI am a great niece of the late Edward Ward Carmack, Senior Senator from\nTennessee.\nI had a front seat on the curb for hours before you passed through Knox-\nville on Labor Day, and tried to see you while on my vacation in Washington\nthis summer. I even called the White House and begged for just a look at\nyou, but was advised you were not seeing visitors at that time.\nHope I haven't taken up too much of your most valuable time, but I just\nhad to write you through gratitude for what you have done for me.\nMost Sincerely,\nLucille Carmock\nLucille Carmack\n105 East Sevier St.\nKingsport, Tennessee\nEARLE, Hon. Geo. He\nMinister of the United States,\nSofia, Bulgaria,\nDec. 19, 1940.\nWrites the President that he is sending him a Christmas gift, through a\nMr. Kublickis. This gift is a cane, which is over a hundred years old. Gives the\nhistory of the cane.---The President, on May 5th, wrote Mr. Earle thanking him for\nthis old Spanish cane and saying it is indeed an histerical addition to his collection\nof mementos.\nSEE P.P.F. 1999\nP.P.F.\n9-C"
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