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PPF 9
PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE
Gifts D
Jan. -Apr. 1944
PPF900220
1/5/44
N
mrs. E ben: File
ming
The attached letter
by one?
read. last night and sent
is for 3 dog. red roses
to mr. Recves, florist
1E. Groshon
a
my
are praying for you, avery to turn to many God and
His Word for Wisdom, God doesn't promise
to remove the burdens, but He does promise
to help carry them
Psalm 55:22.
Cast thy hurden upon the Lord, and he
shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer
the righteous to be moved.
may the 103rd Psalm he the new year
Chapter for you, all your family, all
your friends, all your Cabinet, and
the whole nation.
eb
most Clara Sincerely Detiveiler
XP.9-R
are we going to do all we can to bring
these Children to the altogether lovely one?
who said,
2 am the Rose of Sharon,
and the Lily of the Valleye.
In these dack days in a War torn
world, I know you have many heavy
burdens, but take courage as many
are praying for you, to turn to God and
His Word for Wisdom, God doesn't promise
to remove the burdens, but He does promise
to help carry them
Psalm 55:22.
shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer
Cast thy hurden upon the Lord, and he
the righteous to be moved.
may the 103rd Psalm he the new year
Chapter for you, all your family, all
your friends, all your Cabinet, and
the whole nation.
eb
most Clara Sincerely Detiveiler
XP.07R
"We know that all things work
together for good to them that
love God."-
ROM. 8:28
not know what I would have done it, after
and the Lords Prayer, I can truthfully without say Ido
third Psalms and praying the Lords' like Prayer, under the was
repeating the Ten Commandments, the first and twenty
Spiritual stimulant in my child faith in I always life, I
felt secure in Mod from where cometh allimy help,
assured hat the day was won for good my
There was a desire my heart to seekafter righteousness
my studies seemed earser. It gave me Courage, and the
obstacles that obstruct the path of every life of
strength of character to press on and over Childi come
toil and success. I wanted to honor my father and
mother, also may teachers, I feet more friendly toward
my play mater When the clouds were the dark there was
always a silver- lining to brighten Word has future. become all
strong tower in reghtiousness which a lasting in the for
through my life Mode Spiritand is a
and a settled Peace because I know Jam safe
acceptance of God the Fathere' plan of Redemption in the
Bon Jesus Christ. in whom I have inherited Eternal Life.
There has been a heavy burden on my heart for
meditation in the Word of God I was led this
many months after much earnest prayer to write and
letter. for a number of years used my spare-
time to help some of these Children, mostly in new york
where 2 spent 17, yeare In giving them suitable scripture
verses and a prayer, it was always a joy to see their
little faces brighten up as they caught a glimpse of
divine love It was like the early morning dew on
the roses, refreshing, sweet and fragrant.
I pray that you will consider this most inportant
matter and voice your approval which well he
a great help toward this worthy cause.
The Bong of Solomon is descriptive of Christ
and His Church. 4:16 is beautifully fitting for little children
as millions have been and are being added to His Church.
awake, 0 north Wind. and come, thow south: blow
upon my garden, that the spices there of may flow
out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and
eat his pleasant fruits, a prayer to prepare
for, and be made fet for He's presence.
G will mention the loving
1511 n. LaSalle st
kindness of The the LORD."-
Chicago 2ll.
Dec
The White House, Washington DC
Franklin D. Roosenelt. President
of the United States of america.
Dear President:
an earnest plea in behalf of millions
of little Children in our nation who have
no knowledge of the true and Living God, because
reached the age of accountability and have
many parents for the past 20 to 25 the years have
they have no one to read the Beble to them, Ba
welfare of their Children, until to day
neglected and are disinterested in this Spiritual condition
is tremendous and so evident every where that
one wondere hour it could he possible to reach
such a state of Spiritual drought in a Christian
nation, Surely these parents have lost the vision
of God's will concerning Bible reading to their children.
In Prov. 29: WE read. where there is no vision the
people perish, but he that keepeth the law happy is he.
He that keepeth the law of God in spirit happy is he".
me, and forbid them not for of such which is kingdom
Jesus said, suffer the little Children to the come unto
at any cost bring them unto me, for
of God. this is a divine Command, Christ meane alone
can satiafy the soul.
time, There comes a sense of utter loveliness, Our
To a child, as to every are of us from time to
dearest friend is stranger" to our joy. and cannot
realize our bitterness, There is not are who really
under stands, not one to enter into all I feel;" Such
is the cry of each of us in turn, HE wander in a "solitary
way", no matter what or where our lot may he: Each
heart, mysterious even to itself must live its inner
life in solitude. and would you know the reason why
this is? It is because the Lord desires our love In
every heart he wishes to he first, He there fore keeps the
secret key Himsey, To open all its chambers, and to
bless with perfect sympathy and holy peace, Each
(O)
"No good thing will He withhold
from them that PS. 84:11 walk uprightly"-
solitary soul which comes to Him, So when we feel
this loneliness, it is The voice of Jesus saying, Come to me",
and every time WE are "not understood" 2t is a call to us
to come again; for christ alone can satisfy the soul and
those who walk with Him from day to day can never
have a "solitary way"
It is most unkind and a great injustice to
these children when there is such a simple way of
reaching every one of them in the public schools.
Churches can only reach the children whose parents
are responsive, and having the Children only become rice a
week for a short study period would not
effective in their daily living they must have Bible
reading every day, just like they need food for their bodies
to give them health and strength. yod's Word is like a
good seed sown and becomes our refuge and strength
both sure and steadfast, and creater a desire in
a very present help in trouble, an anchor that holds
keep them tender and receptive in Spiritual affairs
their hearts and lives for good. in many it will
as long as they live.
Prov 22:6. Train up a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Also in Prov. 29:15. WE have a definite warning. The
rod and reproof give wisdown, but a child left to him.
self bringeth his mother to shame.
Prov 16:6. By mercy and truth inequity is purged
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evel
It is said, there are over 12,000,000 children under
the age of 12 years in our Country who are receiving has no
so tremendous it seems it should become the
scripture reading, now since this condition grown
concern of the leaders of our nation to do interest what can
he done to justify in some measure the
of the Spiritual welfare of these little ones,
my own testimony.
When a Child going to Country schools, I feel
greatly indebted and thankful for school directors
who had the vision of the value of Bible reading
The day was never started without scripture reading
"Dutchland"
PPF
January 15, 1944
My dear Mr. Dreyer:
In acknowledging the receipt of
the copy of the booklet you sent to the
President, I want to thank you in his be-
ppt q.B
half for your kind thought.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
eb
X
William E. Dreyer, Esq.,
39 South 8th Street,
Newark, 7,
New Jersey.
BOOKLET: Proof of the Existence and Immortality of the Soul.
T.A.
"Dutchland"
PARNEVGI
Fild
to
January 21, 1944
My dear Mr. Dobe:
Your letter to the President of
January seventeenth, with the enclosures, liberty or
has been received. Permit me to thank you, one down
XPP7
in the President's behalf, for your kindness
in sending him the eggs to which you refer
9-E
and to tell you how much he appreciates your of
friendly thought.
The container is being returned to pertaining
you.
efforts
to
for Holland's the was say be of
interest to you. Very sincerely yours, hope that the
world famous Barnevelder chickens will once again
strut about in all their glory in the peaceful
countryside of Holland,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
X
Walter C. Dobe, Esq.,
Nation
8 Viola Park,
Buffalo,
New York.
dd
N
Mr Magner *
ack + return egg
Container
January 17, 1944.
Dear Mr. President:
I am taking the liberty of
mailing to you today by parcel post, one dozen
of newly laid richdark brown Dutch Barnevelder
eggs. You will find them to be very nutritious
and a fine "builder-upper" after an attack of
the flu.
The enclosed data pertaining
to my efforts to preserve this famous Dutch breed
for Holland's poultrymen after the war may be of
interest to you. It is my sincere hope that the
world famous Barnevelder chickens will once again
strut about in all their glory in the peaceful
countryside of Holland.
With best personal wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
WCD/fgh
1/20/44
N
Mrs. Eben:
The attached letter
is for the eggs received
yesterday and sent to your
anuary 17, 1944.
E. Groshor
Dear Mr. President:
I am taking the liberty of
mailing to you today by parcel post, one dozen
of newly laid richdark brown Dutch Barnevelder
eggs. You will find them to be very nutritious
and a fine "builder-upper" after an attack of
the flu.
The enclosed data pertaining
to my efforts to preserve this famous Dutch breed
for Holland's poultrymen after the war may be of
interest to you. It is my sincere hope that the
world famous Barnevelder chickens will once again
strut about in all their glory in the peaceful
countryside of Holland.
With best personal wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
WCD/fgh
"Dutchland"
BARNEVELDERS"
"Breed of the Brownest Egg"
WALTER C. DOBE
8 Viola Pk.
Buffalo, N.Y.
January 17, 1944.
The President,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
I am taking the liberty of
mailing to you today by parcel post, one dozen
of newly laid richdark brown Dutch Barnevelder
eggs. You will find them to be very nutritious
and a fine "builder-upper" after an attack of
the flu.
The enclosed data pertaining
to my efforts to preserve this famous Dutch breed
for Holland's poultrymen after the war may be of
interest to you. It is my sincere hope that the
world famous Barnevelder chickens will once again
strut about in all their glory in the peaceful
countryside of Holland.
With best personal wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
WCD/fgh
(Reprint)
BETTER FARMS
So The Dutch Will Still Have Barnevelders
commoner aspire to
In reply he has received the
late mahogany. He forthwith
with a queen?
following letter from L. A. H.
obtained the best foundation
Certainly, if he is a breeder of
Peters, agricultural attache of
stock possible from American
Dutch Barnevelder chickens in
The Netherlands embassy in
and Canadian breeders, much
America and the royal lady is
Washington:
of which had been imported di-
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland.
"On behalf of The Nether-
rect from Holland, and went to
Of course, there are certain
lands ambassador I beg to ac-
work. He now has probably the
amenities that must be ob-
knowledge receipt of your letter
bigest Barnevelder flock in the
served, such as not sending the
Northeast, if not the entire
concerning the restoration of
letter direct but through the
the Barnevelder breed in The
country.
proper diplomatic channels.
Netherlands after the war.
"My biggest problem with
Walter C. Dobe of 8 Viola
"Your interest in this matter
Barnevelders," Mr. Dobe says,
Park, Buffalo, recently dis-
is greatly appreciated, and you
"was that of resistance to dis-
patched the following message
may rest assured that in due
ease. I found they were not a
to the Honorable Dr. A. Louden,
time a call will be made upon
very hardy bird. I babied them
Netherlands minister, in Wash-
your assistance.
along for a few seasons, then
ington:
"In the near future this mat-
said the heck with such stuff,
"Sir-It may interest you to
ter of postwar reconstruction of
they've either got to learn to
know that several years prior to
the livestock industry in The
take it or else."
the present world conflict the
Netherlands will be considered
So he took all his roosters,
writer became interested in and
by a special committee, and
healthy ones as well as the
obtained some Barnevelder
your letter undoubtedly will be
sickly, and tossed them into a
chickens. You probably will
placed at the disposal of said
"pest" or isolation pen. Those
recognize their nativity as the
committee for further consider-
that survived at the end of the
town of Barneveld, Gelderland
ation."
season, he used for breeding
Province, Holland.
This letter which a commoner
purposes. After three or four
"American poultrymen have
sent to a queen (through the
years of such breeding for dis-
learned with great sorrow and
proper diplomatic channels)
ease resistance, he had the sit-
regret that the Barnevelder
just about tells the story, ex-
uation pretty well cleaned up.
cept to introduce Mr. Dobe to
breed in Holland has become
He began his serious breeding
extinct through the invasion of
the few poultrymen of the
of Barnevelders before the out-
the Nazi military forces. Never-
Northeast or poultry fanciers
break of the war in Europe in
throughout the world to whom
theless, the work of poultry
he needs to be introduced.
1939, as he anticipated even in
breed improvement is being
those days of the "phony war,"
carried on in America as part of
Since he was a boy of 12, Mr.
that the Lowlands were sched-
our patriotic duty.
Dobe has been "messing around
uled to be overrun and the
with chickens," he he tells it.
"I am one of several poultry
Born in Buffalo and city-bred,
Left: The little Dutch girl is Joanne Oldstrom of
Mr. Dobe and a pair of his prize-winning Barnevelders,
Barnevelder destined to become "I
falo, and the chicken is the 1942 All-American Barne-
Buf-
extinct in its native home.
breeders who has established a
yet he has raised chickens that
which he is now breeding to replace those killed by the
fine foundation flock of Barne-
velder Hen owned by Walter C. Dobe.
At the right is
Nazis in the invasion of Holland.
this ancient and honorable poul-
wanted,' he said, "to preserve
have brought home honors from
velders and at Newfane, N. Y.,
the far corners of the world and
am carrying on a breeding pro-
he has received as high as $15 a
since they were started some
He pepped up the judging by
contest in which pens of differ-
try breed for posterity."
gram which includes rigid se-
ten years ago. Until this year
revising it along the lines of a
ent varieties laid for the record
Although Barnevelders are
dozen for his eggs-or more
lection for type, color, produc-
he has served for several sea-
dog show conducted under
and the grand prize. Last but
than $1.00 apiece-when ordi-
his latest love, Mr. Dobe is prob- his
tive qualities, and also all birds
sons as chairman of the poultry
American Kennel Club rules.
not least as far as being a fair
ably best known through
nary poultrymen were getting
are carefully blood tested
exhibit at the Erie County Fair
30 cents a dozen.
Under such system the process
crowd puller was concerned, was
work with Blue Andalusians.
against pullorum disease.
in Hamburg, N. Y. A few years
of elimination is given full
the sundown rooster crowing
This was the breed which first
Don't get the idea from this
ago, when the World Poultry
sway. It's bird against bird un-
contest which now is a stand-
took his fancy as a boy.
"May I solicit your aid to con-
that Walt Dobe is a fancier and
Congress was held in Cleveland,
til the best bird in the show or
ard fixture at the Erie County
Through the tutelage of Wiliam
vey to Her Majesty, Queen Wil-
showman to the exclusion of all
helmina, the assurance that
the state poultrv interests made
grand champion is selected. By
Fair. Mr. Dobe became interested in
O. Jennings, one-time famous he
other interests in poultry. In
him chairman of the Western
this change, Mr. Dobe was able
judge and poultry writer,
poultry breeders of America are
the late 20's he helped to or-
New York division to raise
prepared to help restock the de-
to pack 'em in on the ringside
Barnevelders years ago when
built up one of the world's
ganize and for several years was
pleted flocks of Barnevelder
funds to put the big show over.
seats for the final judging,
he saw some Barnevelder eggs
finest Blue Andalusian flocks to
president of the Buffalo and
During his chairmanship of
whereas previously the judges
exhibited at an egg show in
and popularized the breed
chickens and to co-operate with
Western New York Poultry As-
Erie County Fair poultry ex-
visited the chicken coops before
Buffalo. This is not to be
such an extent through exhibi-
the Netherlands poultrymen
sociation, comprised chiefly of
until complete normalcy has
hibit, Mr. Dobe introduced three
the show opened and pinned on
wondered at, as this Dutch
tions and egg-laying contests
commercial poultrymen.
show innovations which
the ribbons.
breed lays the darkest of all
that commercial hatcherymen
been established after the
He has had pens of chickens
promise to make poultry his-
Another new wrinkle was the
eggs, the color ranging from a
took it up.
war?"
in the official egg-laying tests
tory.
"Battle of the Breeds," a laying
coffee brown to a deep choco-
ouo
OOO
SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
Walt Dobe's
BARNEVELDERS
Laying Test
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From: Walter G. Dobe
8 Viola Park,
Buffalo, New York.
(on label)
IFTY-FIRST WEEK
Points Eggs
ral
r
49
46
est
ettler
48
46
ettler
47
the
46
hart
47
ell
44
t
47
th-
47
1
42
40
Farm
42
39
OOC
of
Breeder
40
39
ry
39
37
ith
39
37
ith
O DATE
ads
HORNS
nd
3122
act
3024
3088 3033
III ILS native порте.
"I wanted," he says, "to preserve
2985 2932
Hold World's Official Egg
this ancient and honorable poultry
2954 3063
breed for posterity."
2952 2902
Record for "Breed of the
2879
2737
When, by last Summer, Dobe
2828 2901
had one of the largest Barnevelder
Brownest Egg"
2788
2845
flocks in the country, he sent word
2746
2706
to Queen Wilhelmina via the
2684 2623
Netherlands Embassy in Washing-
ton expressing his BOTTOW that the
UTH ROCK PENS
E
breed had disappeared from Hol-
Farm
land because of the Nazi invasion
2867
2779
and assuring the Queen:
2847 2721
"HOLLAND'S BARNYARDS OF TOMORROW-
"Poultry breeders of America
2802 2733
AMERICA'S FARMS TODAY"
are prepared to help restock the
ED PENS TO DATE
depleted flocks of Barnevelder
3319 3101
OOO
chickens and to cooperate with the
3174 3069
Netherlands poultrymen until com-
2993 2850
Walt Dobe, Viola Park. Buffalo 8. New York
plete normalcy has been estab-
2917 2777
WILL
De
called
upon
to
lished after the war."
2856 2808
help in the post-war restoration of
2848 2882
The embassy replied that "you
the livestock industry in Holland.
may rest assured that in due time
E PENS TO DATE
Widely known as a poultry fan-
& call will be made upon your as-
2824 2614
cier and breeder, Dobe became in-
sistance."
2778 2589
2576
2514
a basis of points this record sets a new high beating
OF 249 points with 228 eggs. On
HIGH MISCELLANEOUS PENS TO DATE
that of 236 points and 249 eggs at Maine in 1934.
66-Barnevelders-Walter C. Dobe
2426
2343
49-W.P.R.-The Ed-Ro Farm
2323 2266
Correction
The weather conditions at the Test Plant during
the past week were as follows:
The name of Wm. F. Hubert, with an entry of
White Leghorns was omitted in the table "Leaders to Date"
Sept. 16-Partly Cloudy Sept. 20-Cloudy
in connection with the August Summary. His entry should
17-Cloudy, Rain
21-Cloudy
have occupied 8th place with a record of 2803 points and
18-Clear
2913 eggs.
22-Showers, Partly
D. H. HORTON, Head
19-Clear
Cloudy
Department of Poultry Husbandry.
EGG PRICES - HIGHEST QUOTATIONS
During the 51st week of the Twenty-first Annual New
NEW YORK MARKET - SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
York State Egg Laying Test the pullets laid 2.03 eggs
1943
1942
1941
per bird or at the rate of 29 per cent. The total
White, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
54c
43c
production to date, since the Test started on October
White, Medium (40 lbs.)
first is 185.35 calculated on a hens-housed basis.
481/2c
44c
351/2c
Brown, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
51½c
40c
farmers have to go through a long period of readjustment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
Mr wagner
SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
Laying Test
E
20 ack + faturn
IFTY-FIRST WEEK
Points Eggs
r
49
(egg distributed
46
ettler
48
46
ettler
47
46
hart
47
44
t
47
47
1
42
40
GST
Farm
42
39
1 Breeder
40
39
39
37
39
37
TO DATE
HORNS
3122
3024
3088 3033
OFFER
IV
QUEEN
native
nome.
2985 2932
wanted," he says, "to preserve
2954 3063
this ancient and honorable poultry
2952 2902
Netherlands Government-in-
breed for posterity."
2879
2737
When, by last Summer, Dobe
Exile Replied It Will Call
2828 2901
had one of the largest Barnevelder
2788
2845
on Fancier for Birds
flocks in the country, he sent word
2746
2706
to Queen Wilhelmina via the
2684 2623
Netherlands Embasay in Washing-
UTH ROCK PENS
ton expressing his BOTTOW that the
BUFFALO, Dec. 26 (IP)-Walter
E
breed had disappeared from Hol-
C. Dobe hopes that when the war
Farm
2867
land because of the Nazi invasion
2779
2847
2721
is over his flock of Barnevelder
and assuring the Queen:
2802
2733
chickens will help restock Holland
"Poultry breeders of America
ED PENS TO DATE
with the breed for which it once
are prepared to help restock the
depleted flocks of Barnevelder
3319
3101
was famous. Dobe already has told
3174
chickens and to cooperate with the
3069
the Netherland Government-in-exile
2993 2850
Netherlands poultrymen until com-
of his plans and has received assur-
2917
2777
plete normalcy has been estab-
ance that he will be called upon to
2856 2808
lished after the war."
help in the post-war restoration of
2848
2882
The embassy replied that "you
the livestock industry in Holland.
may rest assured that in due time
E PENS TO DATE
Widely known as & poultry fan-
2824
a call will be made upon your as-
2614
cier and breeder, Dobe became in-
sistance."
2778 2589
2576
2514
total OI 243 points with 228 eggs. On
a basis of points this record sets a new high beating
HIGH MISCELLANEOUS PENS TO DATE
that of 236 points and 249 eggs at Maine in 1934.
66-Barnevelders-Walter C. Dobe
2426
2343
49-W.P.R.-The Ed-Ro Farm
2323 2266
Correction
The weather conditions at the Test Plant during
the past week were as follows:
The name of Wm. F. Hubert, with an entry of
White Leghorns was omitted in the table "Leaders to Date"
Sept. 16-Partly Cloudy Sept. 20-Cloudy
in connection with the August Summary. His entry should
17-Cloudy, Rain
21-Cloudy
have occupied 8th place with a record of 2803 points and
18-Clear
2913 eggs.
22-Showers, Partly
D. H. HORTON, Head
19-Clear
Cloudy
Department of Poultry Husbandry.
EGG PRICES - HIGHEST QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK MARKET - SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
During the 51st week of the Twenty-first Annual New
York State Egg Laying Test the pullets laid 2.03 eggs
1943
1942
1941
per bird or at the rate of 29 per cent. The total
White, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
54c
43c
production to date, since the Test started on October
White, Medium (40 lbs.)
481/2c
44c
first is 185.35 calculated on a hens-housed basis.
351/2c
Brown, Large (46 lbs.) 53c
51½c
40c
farmers have to go through a long period of readjustment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
Laying Test
THE NEW YORK TIMES,
RE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1942.
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FIFTY-FIRST WEEK
WILL AID HOLLAND
terested in Barnevelders several
Points Eggs
years ago and obtained the best
eder
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46
foundation stock available in the
Mettler
48
46
ON POULTRY STRAIN
United States and Canada, as well
Mettler
47
46
as importing some from the Neth-
rquhart
47
44
erlands.
bert
47
47
Breeder at Buffalo Has Largest
He began his serious breeding of
arm
42
40
the fowl in 1939 on the poultry
ry Farm
42
39
farm he operates in Newfane with
and Breeder
40
Flock of Barneveiders
39
Ray Hoy, anticipating that with
m
39
37
in This Country
the outbreak of war the Lowlands
n
39
37
were destined to be overrun and
S TO DATE
the Barnevelder to become extinct
EGHORNS
RELAYED OFFER TO QUEEN
in its native home.
3122
3024
"I wanted," he says, "to preserve
3088 3033
this ancient and honorable poultry
2985 2932
Netherlands Government-in-
breed for posterity."
2954 3063
When, by last Summer, Dobe
2952 2902
Exile Replied It Will Call
had one of the largest Barnevelder
2879 2737
flocks in the country, he sent word
2828 2901
on Fancier for Birds
to Queen Wilhelmina via the
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2788
2845
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Netherlands Embassy in Washing-
2746 2706
BUFFALO, Dec. 26 (P)-Walter
ton expressing his BOTTOW that the
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breed had disappeared from Hol-
MOUTH ROCK PENS
C. Dobe hopes that when the war
land because of the Nazi invasion
DATE
is over his flock of Barnevelder
and assuring the Queen:
ry. Farm
2867
2779
chickens will help restock Holland
"Poultry breeders of America
2847 2721
are prepared to help restock the
2802
2733
with the breed for which it once
depleted flocks of Barnevelder
D RED PENS TO DATE
was famous. Dobe already has told
chickens and to cooperate with the
3319 3101
the Netherland Government-in-exile
Netherlands poultrymen until com-
3174 3069
of his plans and has received assur-
plete normalcy has been estab-
2993 2850
ance that he will be called upon to
lished after the war."
2917 2777
help in the post-war restoration of
The embassy replied that "you
rm
2856 2808
the livestock industry in Holland.
may rest assured that in due time
2848 2882
Widely known as a poultry fan-
cier and breeder, Dobe became in-
a call will be made upon your as-
HIRE PENS TO DATE
sistance."
2824
2614
2778 2589
points. The previous record was 1680 points and 1710
80-Seven Oaks Farm
eggs, made at the Maine Test in 1933. Mr. Dobe's pul-
2576 2514
let 66-C turned in a total of 249 points with 228 eggs. On
HIGH MISCELLANEOUS PENS TO DATE
a basis of points this record sets a new high beating
that of 236 points and 249 eggs at Maine in 1934.
66-Barnevelders-Walter C. Dobe
2426
2343
49-W.P.R.-The Ed-Ro Farm
2323 2266
Correction
The weather conditions at the Test Plant during
the past week were as follows:
The name of Wm. F. Hubert, with an entry of
White Leghorns was omitted in the table "Leaders to Date"
Sept. 16-Partly Cloudy Sept. 20-Cloudy
in connection with the August Summary. His entry should
17-Cloudy, Rain
21-Cloudy
have occupied 8th place with a record of 2803 points and
18-Clear
22-Showers, Partly
2913 eggs.
19-Clear
D. H. HORTON, Head
Cloudy
Department of Poultry Husbandry.
EGG PRICES - HIGHEST QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK MARKET - SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
During the 51st week of the Twenty-first Annual New
1943
1942
1941
York State Egg Laying Test the pullets laid 2.03 eggs
per bird or at the rate of 29 per cent. The total
White, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
54c
43c
production to date, since the Test started on October
White, Medium (40 lbs.) 481/2C
44c
35½c
first is 185.35 calculated on a hens-housed basis.
Brown, Large (46 lbs.) 53c
51½c
40c
farmers have to go through a long period of justment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942
(Editorial)
SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE,
g Laying Test
Europe's Barnyard of Toniorrow
are well supplied with the best strains of the
beautiful Dutch-belted cattle, and we have
URE
Information on what has happened to
literally millions of blooded Holstein-
the great meat and dairy resources of the
Friesians, the great milkers which origi-
ts)
occupied countries of Europe is extremely
nated in Holland. We can supply the best
sketchy. However, judging from what news
geese to build up once more the fine droves
has trickled through, we may assume that
in France.
E FIFTY-FIRST WEEK
the Nazis have made a pretty thorough job
Is it not time that our government, pos-
Points Eggs
of eating up everything in sight. When the
eeder
sibly under the direction of Secretary of
49
46
I. Mettler
war is over we shall not only have the task
48
46
Agriculture Wickard in collaboration with
I. Mettler
47
of feeding the populations of these coun-
46
former Governor Lehman, should start a
Urquhart
47
44
tries, but it will be mostly up to this coun-
program looking toward the intelligent re-
ubert
47
47
try to provide the seed herds and the seed
Farm
stocking of the overrun countries? We
42
40
flocks for the restocking of France, Bel-
Itry Farm
might make plans for some of the fine
42
39
sland Breeder
gium, Holland, Denmark and Norway.
40
39
sheep strains of Ohio to be set aside and
arm
39
37
It will be a fascinating and highly im-
earmarked for export. So with the dairy
ren
39
37
portant job. Take one little item alone: It
cattle of New England, the fine Aberdeen
NS TO DATE
is reported that there are no more of the
Angus strains of the Hudson Valley, the
LEGHORNS
famous Barnevelder chickens left in Hol-
Herefords of the American West, the swine
3122
3024
land. What a tragedy this is can be appre-
3088 3033
-Duroc-Jerseys, Chester Whites, Hamp-
2985 2932
clated only by those who have observed
shires, Poland Chinas and so on.
2954 3063
these excellent fowls in their home coun-
2952 2902
try. Well, it 80 happens that Mr. Walter C.
2879 2737
Dobe, a chicken fancier, of Buffalo, became
2828 2901
arm
2788
2845
interested in Barnevelders some years ago
arm
2746 2706
and obtained the best foundation stock
2684 2623
available. For the last two or three years
YMOUTH ROCK PENS
he has had one of the largest and best
DATE
flocks of Barnevelders in the United States.
try. Farm
2867
2779
2847
He has sent word to the Netherlands Em-
2721
2802
2733
bassy in Washington assuring them that at
D RED PENS TO DATE
the end of the war he will be ready to co-
3319
3101
operate with Dutch poultrymen in restor-
3174 3069
ing their flocks. His offer has been accepted
2993 2850
with gratitude.
2917
2777
arm
2856 2808
It is safe to say that what Mr. Dobe has
2848
2882
done will be matched by many other Amer-
HIRE PENS TO DATE
ican breeders. In addition to chickens, we
2824
2614
2778 2589
let 66-C turned in a total of 249 points with IVII. 228 Dobe's pul- On
2576
2514
that a basis of points this record sets a new high eggs. beating
HIGH MISCELLANEOUS PENS TO DATE
of 236 points and 249 eggs at Maine in 1934.
66-Barnevelders-Walter C. Dobe
2426
49-W.P.R.-The Ed-Ro Farm
2343
2323 2266
Correction
The name of Wm. F. Hubert, with an entry of
the past week were as follows:
The weather conditions at the Test Plant during
White Leghorns was omitted in the table 'Leaders to Date"
in connection with the August Summary. His entry should
Sept. 16-Partly Cloudy Sept. 20-Cloudy
have occupied 8th place with a record of 2803 points and
17-Cloudy, Rain
21-Cloudy
2913 eggs.
18-Clear
D. H. HORTON, Head
19-Clear
22-Showers, Partly
Department of Poultry Husbandry.
Cloudy
EGG PRICES HIGHEST QUOTATIONS
During the 51st week of the Twenty-first Annual New
NEW YORK MARKET - SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
York State Egg Laying Test the pullets laid 2.03
1943
1942
1941
per bird or at the rate of 29 per cent. The total eggs
White, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
first is 185.35 calculated on a hens-housed basis.
production to date, since the Test started on October
54c
White, Medium (40 lbs.) 481/2c
43c
44c
Brown, Large (46 lbs.) 53c
351/2c
51½c
40c
farmers have to go through a long period of readjustment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
PRESS BULLETIN
Fifty-first Week of the
SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
Twenty-First Annual New York State Egg Laying Test
STATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE
FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
(Member, Council of American Official Egg Laying Tests)
WARREN'S REDS WIN FARMINGDALE TEST
HIGH PENS FOR THE FIFTY-FIRST WEEK
FRED HEUER'S LEGHORN HIGHEST PULLET,
Pen No.
Points Eggs
ALL BREEDS
23-W.L
A L. I. Breeder
49
46
87-R.I.R
WALTER DOBE'S BARNEVELDERS SET
Thomas H. Mettler
48
46
88-R.I.R
Thomas H. Mettler
47
46
WORLD'S RECORD FOR BREED IN PEN
46-B.P.R.
Angus J. Urquhart
47
44
AND PULLET CLASSES
14-W.L
Wm. F. Hubert
47
47
83-R.I.R
When the Twenty-first Annual New York State Egg
Wayside Farm
42
40
Laying Test at Farmingdale, Long Island, closed on Sep-
27-W.L
Pearl Poultry Farm
42
39
tember 22nd, highest honors for pen production, all breeds
24-W.L
A Long Island Breeder
40
39
went to J. J. Warren of North Brookfield, Mass. His pen
71-N.H
Battles Farm
turned in a score of 3319 points with 3101 eggs for the
39
37
fifty-one week period of the Test.
91-R.I.R.
J. J. Warren
39
37
The second highest pen and the best New York State
HIGH PENS TO DATE
entry all breeds, was the team of Rhode Island Reds from
Wayside Farm, Middletown, New York. These birds had
WHITE LEGHORNS
3174 points scored on 3069 eggs.
20-Harry A. Schnell
3122
3024
Harry A. Schnell's Leghorns from Huntington, Long
51-Ben Brower
3088 3033
Island, with a total of 3122 points and 3024 eggs were
21-Fred Heuer
2985 2932
third highest entry, all breeds, second highest New York
14-Wm. F. Hubert
State pen, highest White Leghorn entry and best Long
2954 3063
Island pen.
41-G. Milton Haas
2952 2902
Fourth place in the Test went to Ben Brower of Mer-
27-Pearl Poultry Farm
2879
2737
rick, Long Island, with White Leghorns, scoring 3088
23-A L. I. Breeder
2828 2901
points and 3033 eggs. These birds earned the honor of
being third highest New York State pen, second highest
36-Foreman Poultry Farm
2788
2845
White Leghorn team and second best Long Island entry.
26-Honoria Poultry Farm
2746
2706
Fifth place went to Wayside Farm of Middletown, New
17-Harry A. Schnell
2684 2623
York. This pen of Rhode Island Reds laid 2850 eggs with
a point score of 2993. These birds were third highest Red
HIGH BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK PENS
pen and fourth highest in the New York State division.
TO DATE
Fred Heuer of Sayville, Long Island, had the highest
45-Caball's Superior Pltry. Farm
2867
2779
pullet, all varieties in the entire field of 949 birds. His
46-Angus J. Urquhart
2847 2721
White Leghorn 21-C had a score of 338 points with 319
eggs. This is the first time in eight years that this high
43-Victor H. Kirkup
2802
2733
honor has come to a Long Island breeder. It is also the
HIGH RHODE ISLAND RED PENS TO DATE
first time in the same number of years that a White
91-J. J. Warren
Leghorn has taken the honors away from Rhode Island
3319 3101
Reds. The record made by Mr. Heuer's 21-C has been
84-Wayside Farm
3174 3069
beaten only twice since the point system started with the
83-Wayside Farm
2993 2850
1929-30 Test. Records of other high pullets will appear
in a later report.
95-E. B. Parmenter
2917 2777
One of the most interested persons in the progress of
89-Ford's Riverbank Farm
2856 2808
the Test has been Mr. Walter C. Dobe of Buffalo, New
87-Thomas H. Mettler
2848 2882
York, owner of an entry of Barnevelders. He now becomes
the holder of a World's record in both the pen and pul-
HIGH NEW HAMPSHIRE PENS TO DATE
let class in so far as official records are concerned. His
72-Ebenwood Farm
2824 2614
pen of this breed laid a total of 2343 eggs, scoring 2426
79-Seven Oaks Farm
2778 2589
points. The previous record was 1680 points and 1710
80-Seven Oaks Farm
eggs, made at the Maine Test in 1933. Mr. Dobe's pul-
2576 2514
let 66-C turned in a total of 249 points with 228 eggs. On
HIGH MISCELLANEOUS PENS TO DATE
a basis of points this record sets a new high beating
that of 236 points and 249 eggs at Maine in 1934.
66-Barnevelders-Walter C. Dobe
2426
2343
49-W.P.R.-The Ed-Ro Farm
2323 2266
Correction
The weather conditions at the Test Plant during
the past week were as follows:
The name of Wm. F. Hubert, with an entry of
White Leghorns was omitted in the table "Leaders to Date"
Sept. 16-Partly Cloudy Sept. 20-Cloudy
in connection with the August Summary. His entry should
17-Cloudy, Rain
21-Cloudy
have occupied 8th place with a record of 2803 points and
18-Clear
22-Showers, Partly
2913 eggs.
19-Clear
D. H. HORTON, Head
Cloudy
Department of Poultry Husbandry.
EGG PRICES — HIGHEST QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK MARKET SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
During the 51st week of the Twenty-first Annual New
1943
1942
1941
York State Egg Laying Test the pullets laid 2.03 eggs
per bird or at the rate of 29 per cent. The total
White, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
54c
43c
production to date, since the Test started on October
White, Medium (40 lbs.)
481/2c
44c
35½c
first is 185.35 calculated on a hens-housed basis.
Brown, Large (46 lbs.)
53c
51½c
40c
farmers have to go through a long period of readjustment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
STA. W.L.W."
"Background" 1/11/43
11:15 p.m.
Gregor Ziemer
Recently, an editor in a sedate city newspaper, The New York Herald,
published an editorial entitled, "Europe's Barnyard of Tomorrow". It
set us thinking. When this war is over, we Americans, and especially
the farmers of our nation will not only be called upon to feed the
populations of the countries where today millions are dying, countries
like little Greece where men, women and children are wasting away on
the streets of Athens to the tune of more than a thousand a day; coun-
tries like Norway which is being deprived of its chief sustenance, fish,
because the Nazis are not letting them out in boats, lest they escape.
No, there is another problem; that of restocking France, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, Norway, Greece, perhaps a dozen others, will be so depleted of
herds and flocks, there won't be enough to raise new herds and new
flocks.
We would like to mention only one particular example. Holland
is the home of the famous Barnevelder chickens. We used to watch these
beautiful brown birds with their bright yellow legs, strutting about
in all their glory in the countryside of Holland. But, according to
reports from that country, there are no more Barnevelder chickens left
in Holland to lay those wonderful, dark-brown eggs. In fact, there
are no eggs of any sort in a country that used to export millions of
them.
But the Barnevelders did especially well in Holland, better than
any other breed of chickens Holland ever had. After the war will Holland's
farmers have to go through a long period of readjustment with other breeds
of chickens? Not necessarily. Permit us to give you an example of what
might be done. We have in our country a gentlemen, Mr. Walter C. Dobe
of Buffalo, New York, an expert poultry breeder, who years ago obtained
directly from Holland the best foundation stock available. For the
"Background" 1/11/43 - 11115 palla
Page 2
Gregor Ziemer
last few years he has had a fine flock of Barnevelders. He has cross-
bred them and improved them. Now he has sent word to the Netherlands
Embassy in Washington assuring them that at the end of the war he will
be ready to co-operate with the Dutch poultrymen in restoring their
flocks. His offer has been accepted with gratitude. We can well 1m-
agine that it would be. That gesture was more effective no doubt than
lots of others we could think of. We contacted Mr. Dobe about his
Barnevelder chickens. He is proud of them, and assures us that he
will spare no trouble to keep his flock healthy and even improve them.
He considered that a service not only to his country, but to the world.
He feels that he can return to Holland even better chickens than the
original flock. That sort of thinking and that sort of acting will
certainly do much and go far to bring this world back to its senses.
We, in this country, are well-supplied with the best strains of
the beautiful Holsteins, the great milkers, which we have seen in herds
both in Denmark and in Holland--The Nazis have destroyed those
herds. We may have to return to those countries pure stock after the
war. It seems little enough as thanks to Denmark for having given us
those magnificent black and white animals in the first place. And
the same could be done with some of the fine sheep strains of our mid-
west, with the Duroc-Jerseys, Chester Whites, Hampshires, Poland Chinas,
now grunting their happy way through life on our farms.....
All of which
has made us hungry. With your permission we're going home to have an
egg sandwich. We're grateful we still have eggs. And with that, until
tomorrow, and to all of you a very good-night. THIS IS GREGOR ZIEMER.
meb
FREUND, Mrs. R.,
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Dear Mr. Early:
I am sending you under separate cover a
scrap book which I have compiled. I shall appreciate
it if you would kindly present same to our great
President for his Hyde Park Library.
With best wishes to you and Mr. McIntyre,
I am
Very sincerely yours,
/s/ Monte de Pass
Monte de Pass
January 26, 1944
York,
22,
My dear Mr. de Pass:
I have your letter of January twenty-
second to Secretary Early in which you refer to
the scrapbook which you so kindly sent to the
the
President on December 11, 1943. You are advised
that acknowledgment was made to you on December
Dear
Mr.
sixteenth, copy of which letter is enclosed, and
the scrapbook has been sent to the Library at
Hyde Park.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
month de Pass
Monte de Fass
Monte de Pass, Esq.,
974 St. Nicholas Avenue,
New York 32,
New York.
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974 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, (32) New York
January 22, 1944
Mr. Stephen Early
Secretary to the President
The White House, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Early:
On December 11, 1943, I sent you under
separate cover a scrap book and requested that you
please deliver it to our President for his Hyde Park
Library.
As I did not receive an acknowledgment to
this date, I am wondering if you ever received it.
Tnanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
monte de Pass
Monte de Pass
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by 26, 1944 Stanison
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My dear Mrs. Danziger:
The President greatly appreciates your
kind letter of December twenty-fourth in which
you express such hearty approvel of his Christmas
Eve message. He asks me to thank you also for
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your good wishes and for the friendliness which
prompted you to send along to him that water color
picture.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mrs. Lillian M. Danziger,
Lakecrest,
Hunns Lake,
Stanfordville,
New York.
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STORE ROOM
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godwill toward man, Very respectfully,
(Mrs.) Lillian m. Dan'ziger
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January 26, 1944
My dear Mrs. Danziger:
The President greatly appreciates your
kind letter of December twenty-fourth in which
you express such hearty approval of his Christmas
Eve message. He asks me to thank you also for
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your good wishes and for the friendliness which
prompted you to send along to him that water color
picture.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mrs. Lillian M. Danziger,
Lakecrest,
Hunns Lake,
Stanfordville,
New York.
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goodwill toward man, Very I respectfully,
(Mrs.) Lillian m. Danziger
ack Store Room B.S.T.
Lakecrest
STANFORDVILLE 4108
OPEN HOUSE THE YEAR ROUND
HUNNS LAKE STANFORDVILLE, NEW YORK EVA BERG, DIRECTOR
Dec. 24.
TIIY dear TTr. President,
We just turned off the radio after listening
to your speech and I had to sit down to
write you because you have expressed
yourself So emphatically and in such
beautiful language what we have long
felt and what we hoped you would
say. Too many people in our United
States need the mental berating that
you administered with such a silken,
Rooseveltian touch.
I am enclosing a water color
I made during your speech.
The Spruce is symbolic of your
position to us, head and shoulders
above all .
wish that you will have many lorg
May I close with the heartfelt and
happy with years hopes ahead. of "Peace on Earth and
godwill toward man, I remain
Very respectfully,
(Mrs.) Lillian m. Dan'ziger
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GRACIDUS
Presidento
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LOUIS, L.
New York, N.Y.
Jan. 26, 1944. ack.
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Sent drawing to the President; to store room.
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GIST, Carl,
Pasadena, California,
O.P.7.
January 26, 1944 - ack.
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Note of thanks to
BACKLUND, Mrs. Milton A. (Martha Frazee Backlund)
PP3
Washington, D. C.
Jan. 7, 1944. Ackd. 1/10/44
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Let. to the President asking for appt. with him to present to him a
small bronze donkey for his birthday. In ack. Gen. Watson suggests that she
mail the donkey in his care and he will see that it reached the fres. The donkey
(bronze Democratic Donkey). has a campaign button of William Jennings Bryan "for
President" on its side.
SEE: PPF#9-B
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Under date of 1/22/44 the above mentioned donkey arrived at the White
House. Mr. Costello, in Jesse Jones' office, "phoned that Mrs. Backlund had asked
him to deliver the donkey to the White House in Gen. Watson's care. He sent it
over by special messenger. Thank-you let. sent to Mrs. Backlund, 1/25/44. Donkey
sent to Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, liyde Park, N.Y., Series "B".
Lok
GIST, Carl,
Pasadena, California,
O.P.7.
January 26, 1944 - ack.
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Note of thanks to Mr. Gist, for sending the President the drawing,
a product of his own work. -Drawing filed, Legal Case, 1/31/44.
See P.P.F. 9-G
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DOWS, Mrs. Tracy
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Washington, D. C.,
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BIDDLE, George
Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Dec. 23,1943. Ackd. 1/27/44
Presidential thank-you letter to Hon. Biddle for the drawing which he
sent to the Presidentat Christmastime. Sent to Study.
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PHONES
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DOWS, Mrs. Tracy
(Mrs. Alice Dows)
Washington, D. C.,
Jan. 27, 1944.
Writes the President enclosing gift of $25.00 in dimes for his birthday - to be used
for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. (Mrs. Dows used the expressing DIMES but there is a
notation on the President's letter to Mrs. Dows saying CHECK was sent to the IPF.)--
Mrs. Dows said she was sending the President some booklets that Olin Dows had sent
from England, which she thought the President might like to put in the Library at Hyde
Park. Mrs. Dows said she and Deborah Dows were staying at 1801 Mass. Ave., N.W., and
would be here until Feb. 9th and would like to see the President. Mrs. Dows sent a
cover letter to Miss Tully asking if she and Deborah could attend one of the President's
Press Conferences, The President, Jan. 31st, wrote to Mrs. Dows thanking her for her
gift to the IPF and asking her to thank Olin for him and saying he hoped to see her and
Deb while they are here.
P.P.B. in ai
SEE P.P.F. 5638
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To
HIS HIGHNESS
P.P.F.
SIDI EL HADJ THAMI EL GLAOUI,
PASHA OF MARRAKECH,
Morocco
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1-31-44
The President wrote to the Pasha thanking him for dates and telling him
how much they were enjoyed. Said this thoughtful kindness is one of the pleasant
recollections of a memorable trip. The President said he had hoped to have the
pleasure of meeting the Pasha in December on his way back from Tunis, and he explained
why he was unable to do so. Said he will look forward to seeing him some day in the
future, either in Marrakech or in Washington. Sent good wishes for his health and
happiness. - The President's letter is as per draft supplied by Mr. Summerlin,
1-27-44 in response to Miss Tully's request, 1-14-44.
SEE P.P.F. 8648
11TH AVENUE AT
GARY 9177
PHONES
MASSACHUSETTS
HAMMOND 1648
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vah.
DAVIES, Hon. Joseph E.,
P.PF,
Washington, D. C.
(Undated) - Filed 2/4/44
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Card to the President from Mr. Davies indicating that he is sending him, with
Christmas Greetings, some gifts for his "Krum Elbow" historical collection. --Attached
is a memo to Mr. Simmons, 12/21/43, from Mr. Early's Secretary, to the effect that
Miss Turnbloom, Mr. Davies' secretary, advises that office that Mr. McRae, Mr. Davies'
caretaker, will bring, on the following morning to the White House, as gifts to the
President, a Soviet Tommy Gun, a (light hand) German Machine Gun, and a large flat
package containing a photograph. She asks that Mr. Simmons clear Mr. McRae at the gate.
--Notation in ink on this memo to the effect that there is a letter in Russian from
Molotov, which is framed, in connection with above. (Letter has been translated into
English); also ink notation indicating that Mr. Hassett received the above-mentioned
gifts on Dec. 22nd, and turned them over to Secret Service, and that they were re-
turned by Secret Service on Dec. 23rd.--On 2/2/44 the President wrote to Mr. Davies
stating, in effect, that he was thrilled with that Soviet Tommy Gun and the German
Machine Gun, and that they are a real addition to the collection in the Hyde Park
Library. The President also stated that he is pleased to have the letters to com-
plete the story which Mr. Davies was good enough to have framed for him.--(Pencil
notation: "Guns at the Library".)
See P.P.F. 1381
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to the President, three dollars in cash ($3.00) for Contribution the March
of Dimes Let. Campaign, together with wool doll that she made.
sent to I.P.F.; wool doll given away.
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GARY, indiana. January 27, 1944
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Washington, D. C.
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Dear Mr. President:
9-B
The late Yovan Duchich, one of the greatest of Serbian poets and man of letters,
member of the Royal Academy of Sciences; and Yugoslavia's first Ambassador with over
40 years of diplomatic service in various capitals of Europe, represented his country
in Madrid when it was overrun by the Nazis. When General Franco recognized Pavelich's
puppet so-called "Independent State of Croatia," Yovan Duchich left Madrid in
indignant protest for Lisbon, and later came to America to seek haven and freedom.
During his 20 months stay in this country, he published a book in the Serbian language,
the last of his ten volumes. Five governments contributed official documents and
many public and private libraries were diligently searched for authentic data to
complete the recording of the amazing career of his fellow Serb who left his native
land for Russia to become the dominant figure in its diplomatic history for four
decades during the reign of Peter the Great and Catherine I.
My cousin was a keen student of the classical world and spoke many languages. He had
a deep appreciation of the spirit of freedom and democracy prevailing in this country
and had a special reverence for you personally, which prompted him to state on several
occasions: "President Roosevelt would have been a credit as a ruler of classical
Greece or ancient Rome during the height of their power and glory."
Desiring to visibly express his appreciation for the privileges and hospitality ex-
tended him during his stay in our country, with childlike eagerness, he took special
pains to engage a noted artisan of the bookbinding craft to design and execute an
original Eastern Orthodox art-motif for this volume which he intended to present to
you personally. But fate decreed otherwise. He died on April 7, 1943, the very day
the book was delivered by the bookbinder, and therefore could not be autographed by
him. Therefore I, as his closest relative in this country and as executor of his
will, take great pride in carrying out this part of his wish on your birthday.
Permit me, Mr. President, to add my personal felicitations and best wishes on the
occasion of your birthday. May the good Lord keep you healthy and inspired to carry
out your great task successfully. And may you ever be the champion of the rights of
smaller nations, who look to you for their independence and salvation.
Respectfully yours,
m.m. Duchich
M. M. Duchich.
February 3, 1944
My dear Mr. Duchich:
It was kind indeed of you to send the
President a copy of the book written by your
cousin, Yovan Duchich, to which you refer in
your letter of January twenty-seventh. He has
asked me to thank you for your courtesy and to
express his deep appreciation of your birthday
wishes.
Very sincerely yours.
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
B
M. M. Duchich, Esq.,
c/o Clover Leaf Dairy Co.,
11th Avenue at Massachusetts Street,
Gary,
Indiana.
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HUNT, H. W.,
O.P.7,
San Antonio, Texas,
February 5, 1944 - Filed.
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Sends Handmade doily, addr. to Mrs. Roosevelt, for the President.
Ack.
at Mrs. Roosevelt's office. - Given to Mrs.Eben. - Given away.
See P.P.F. 9-H
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CARPENTER, Miss Lois,
Los Angeles, California,
P.P.F.
February 9, 1944 - ack.
9-D.
Note of thanks to Miss Carpenter and Miss Ethel Van Haren, for sending
the President a carton of dates.
Distributed.
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February 9, 1944
Gentlemen:
This will acknowledge the receipt
of the advance copy of the book which you
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Permit me to thank you, in his behalf, and to
assure you that he much appreciates your cour-
tesy.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc.
270 Madison Avenue,
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My dear Mrs. DeMatto:
This little note conveys the Presi-
dent's hearty thanks to you for your kindness in
sending him that card and the beautiful flag, a
product of your own handiwork, as a birthday remem-
brance. He wants you to know that he more than
appreciates your friendly thought of him.
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also celebrated the sixty-second anniversary of
your birth. He is very happy to extend his con-
gratulations and best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
Mrs. A. DeMatto,
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78 Hill Street,
New Haven,
Connecticut.
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February 9, 1944
Centlemen:
This will acknowledge the receipt of
the copy of the book THE VATICAN AND THE WAR
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which you were good enough to send to the Presi-
dent. Permit me to thank you, in his behalf,
and to assure you that your courtesy is much ap-
preciated.
Very sincerely yours,
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.,
286-302 Fourth Avenue,
New York 10, N. Y.
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January 26, 1944
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear President Roosevelt:
Under another cover we are sending you
Camille Cianfarra's excellent book, THE VATICAN
AND THE WAR which we are publishing February 24.
As ever, our very best to you.
Sincerely yours,
w. Bowers
Publicity Director
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, Inc.
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TRANSLATOR'S SUNMARY OF CUMMUNICATION
Language in which written:
Spanish
Date of communication:
September 10.1943
December 15, 1943
Addressed to:
The President.
Name And address of writer:
Herminin Nardi de
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Apartado No. 86,
Quito, Ecuador.
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Private Secretary
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Tran smitting copy of translation of letter which the
President received under date of 9/10/43 from
Herminia Nardi de Segovia, Apartado No. 86, Quito,
Ecuador. Original letter and copy of translation
retained for our files.
Request made in communication:
Reserks:
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Ton's SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATION
Language in which written:
Spanish
Date of communication:
September 10, 1943.
Addressed to:
The President.
Name and address of writer:
Herminia Nardi de Segovia,
Apartado No. 86,
Quito, Ecuador.
Substance of statements made by the writer:
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This correspondent says that "if there is a man
whom I admire in the world that man is you". To show her
admiration she has embroidered a picture of the President
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ecuadoran Embassy in
Washington for delivery to the President.
Request made in communication:
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Quito, 10 de setiembre de 1943
Quito
Ecuador, S. Am.
Ecuador, S.Am.
Exmo. Sr. Presidente de los EE.UU. de N. Am.,
Dn. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Exmo. Señor:
Si hay un hombre al que yo admire en el mundo, ese
sois vos. Fruto de este afecto personal e íntimo mío es el re-
trato de Vuestra Excelencia por mi bordado a mano, una modesta
Profesora Ecuatoriana que se atreve a ofrendarlo al hombre que
estimo sin rival en el mundo.
El retrato ha sido ya despachado oficialmente por la Cancille-
ría de mi Patria a la Embajada Ecuatoriana residente en esa Ca-
pital, para que lo haga llegar a vuestras venerables manos.
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Private Secretary
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Private Secretary
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My dear Mrs. De Somer:
The President thinks it was espe-
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and he thanks you very much indeed for your
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fully knitted sweater and the socks, products
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of your own handwork. He asks me to tell you
how gratifying it is to know that he is remem-
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bered in your prayers during these critical
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I have pleasure in conveying the
President's hearty good wishes to you and to
Mr. De Somer for your welfare.
Very sincerely yours,
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Grace G. Tully
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Private Secretary
Mrs. Omedee De Somer,
R.F.D.,
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STAMPS
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Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
Wishing on your Birthday
Much Happiness to you
Serves a double purpose, for
It makes me happy, too.
So I will keep on wishing
The Best of Luck and Cheer
And thinking of you every day
Throughout the coming year.
mr. mrs amedee De Somer
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Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
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STAMPS
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Franklin D Roosevelt
Just a little Present
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many times over the Radio
and your Pictures in the Papers
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the almighty god to give you
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ARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
February 16, 1944
My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FOR VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
Sweater and pair of SOEKS - knitted
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TO BE GIVEN TO GGT
:PARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
February 16, 1944
My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
February 16, 1944
My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
The Pattern
Wings
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
Heep hem flying
February 16, 1944
My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
the
In reply refer to
PRO 811.001 Roosevelt Gifts -
February 16, 1944
Nardi de Segovia, Herminia
My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
(TRANSLATION)
EMBASSY OF ECUADOR
January 20, 1944.
WASHINGTON
In refer to
811.001
-
Mr. Chief of Protocol:
There has been received in this Embassy a portrait
embroidered by hand of His Excellency the President of the
United States of America which has been sent by Mrs.
Herminia Nardi de Segovia, Teacher of Needlework in the
1943 of 8
Girls' Industrial School of Quito, and I am taking the
of
liberty of enclosing it with this note to the end that you
may be good enough to have it transmitted to its exalted
The so
addressee.
for the
I avail myself (etc.)
Sincerely yours,
C.E. ALFARO
Mr. Stanley Woodward
Chief
or
Protocol
Chief of Protocol,
Department of State,
Washington, D.C.
From the lebenssier
Bounder, January
with enclosure.
Miss Grade C. Tully,
The With House.
TR:CA:EPT
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MYSHINGLON
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In reply refer to
PRO 811.001 Roosevelt Gifts -
February 16, 1944
Nardi de Segovia, Herminia
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My dear Miss Tully:
With reference to your memorandum of December 15,
1943, I am enclosing herewith a copy of a note in trans-
lation from the Ambassador of Ecuador at Washington
transmitting an embroidered portrait of the President
which Mrs. Herminia Nardi de Segovia, of Quito, Ecuador,
desires to present to him.
The Embassy has been requested to convey to
Mrs. Nardi de Segovia an expression of the President's
thanks and appreciation for the gift.
you Letter of
Sincerely yours,
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Se GEORGE T. SUMMERCIN
Tery aincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosures:
From the Ambassador of Tully
Ecuador, January 20, 1944,
with enclosure.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
Charles F. Dumbletics
59 maths White House.
Terrington,
Connecticut.
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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I am sending you this book with the hope that you may find time to
read the delightful and thrilling story "Britain to America" on
page #191. It was written in 1920 but might have been written today.
I am sure you will agree with me that it would be a fine thing if
some of the thousands of Americans who still dislike or think they
dislike the British People could read it.
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Chas. F. Dumbleton
59 Wilson Ave.,
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to you and to those you love.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace 0. Tully
Private Secretary
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Colorado.
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My dear Maryellen:
The President much appreciates your
friendliness in sending him your picture and
thoroughly understands your feeling of pride
in the knowledge that your parents are serving
our country at this time of its greatest need.
The President sends his thanks for
your kind thought of him and his best wishes
to you and to those you love.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace 0. Tully
Private Secretary
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The House of Blooms,
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Season's Greetings
From the House of Blooms
1944 MARCH 1944
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1944 MARCH 1944
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
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From the House of Blooms
1944 MARCH 1944
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
FIRST
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1944 MARCH 1944
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My dear Mr. Davis:
The President asks me to convey his
hearty thanks for your kindness in sending him
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that copy of the report SECOND FRONT AGAINST
INFLATION. He wants you to know that he appre-
ciates your courtesy.
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The President's good wishes go to you
with this little note.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
Honorable Elmer Davis, +5015
Director,
Office of War Information,
Washington, D. C.
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Dear Miss Tully --
Here is a report on one of our campaigns
which was made up especially for the President (not at
public expense!). I think George Healy spoke to him
about it.
Cordially,
Elmer Davis
LIBRARY B
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My dear Mrs. Dover:
A note acknowledging your letter of
March tenth has been so long delayed pending the
X pp79-B
receipt of the book to which you refer. For
your information to date there is no record in
this office of the book having been received.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
Mrs. J. G. Dover,
Ellijay,
x
Georgia.
vmt
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9-25
April 13, 1944
My dear Mrs. Dover:
A note acknowledging your letter of
March tenth has been so long delayed pending the
X pp79-B
receipt of the book to which you refer. For
your information to date there is no record in
this office of the book having been received.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
Mrs. J. G. Dover,
Ellijay,
x
Georgia.
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and I also m ailed out these
Copy's to Congress of Sanale.
and live also heard from two
of them.
and they sent me a hill that
Rad been passed several manths
ago but Radn't acramplished
very much sofar - said the
Secretaries of war and many
had apposed the only Bill
cd
please read the copy 4 sent you,
a and 9 hope don can do something
bont the liquer, we feel like
this terrible war.
this wire be only way to win
Sincerely Mrs. D.b. Dever.
Cllijay, Isa 12
march 10, 1944.
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President Franklin acky Did Roosevelt,
Dear fir.
&
I hope you received the
"Pearl horbor" book, I mailed
ago out to you some few days
and I also m ailed out these
Capy's to Congress of Sanale.
and live also heard from two
of them.
and they sent me a hill that
Rad been passed several manths
ayo but Radn't acramplished
very much pofar. said the
Secretaries of war and many
had apposed the only hill.
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please read the copy 4 sent you,
a and 9 hope Ion can do something
bont the liquer, we feel like
this terrible war-
this wire be only way to win
Sincerely Mrs. Dib. Dever.
Beckis Logan
100 Berley neison
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mrs. mary Crashe
mr. &mro Landrum Dower
&
mr. J.L. Parks.
mas. Minnie Cale
Mrs. a.g. Bryant
Mrs. g.b. Doully,
are those people would love
to have something bone about the
liquor. and we do ful like you
will put fourth every effort in
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pleasity more names,if Jon think it
a son in. law in he armed forces
necessary I Rane 7 Grand Sons and
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so 2 on can see why in interested.
we do hope you will he our
next president,
Thanking you again of again
Sincerely Mar.Jib. Daw
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mrs. Herbert James
mrs. a.E. E. Edwards
Mrs. C.E. sueen
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mr. G.C.
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me, t MRS. g.u. wover
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Mrs. Lula m. anderson
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April 14, 1944
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My dear Professor Dunn:
Many thanks in the President's behalf
for your courtesy in sending him a copy of the
x394
book, THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PEACE. I can assure
you that your friendly thought 1s very much ap-
preciated.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Professor Frederick Sherwood Dunn,
Director,
y Yale University,
New Haven,
Connecticut.
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April 25, 1945
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MEMORANDUM FOR
COLONEL DAVENPORT
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If the Department feels
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that a note of acknowledgment should
be sent to Corporal E. Corbin for the
attached book, will you please see
that it is done and that the book is
returned to us?
M.C.L.
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Book in German by Martin Pase, "Roosevelt's Reden und Taten", im
Scheinwerfer der Presse und Karikatur, sent in by Cpl. E. Corbin,
#
31286421, Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 313, Inf., APO 78, c/o Postmaster, NYC,
addressed to President Roosevelt, postmarked 4/12/45.
MEMORANDUM FOR
COLONEL DAVENPORT
If the Department feels
that a note of adknowledgment should
be sent to Corporal E. Corbin for the
attached book, will you please see
that it is done and that the book is
returned to us?
M. C. L.
elb
Book in German by Martin Pase, "Roosevelt's Reden und Taten", im
Scheinwerfer der Presse und Karikatur, sent in by Cpl. E. Corbin,
31286421, Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 313, Inf., APO 78, c/o Postmaster, NYC,
addressed to President Roosevelt, postmarked 4/12/45.
3
April 13, 1944
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9-5
My dear Mr. Detwiler:
Thank you, on behalf of the President,
for your thoughtfulness in sending him that copy
P179-13
of the book FREE MEN OF AMERICA, written by Dr.
Ezequiel Padilla. Your courtesy, as well as your
kind expressions, are sincerely appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
1
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
J. B. Detwiler, Esq.,
201 North Wells Street,
Room 802,
Chicago, 6,
Illinois.
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This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
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has been described as the greatest single contribution toward
Pan American unity in publishing history.
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throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
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if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
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it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
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it for your express enjoyment and hope you will do me the high
honor to accept it with my compliments and best wishes.
This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
statesman for warmest friendship between the Americas as the only
x87
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has been described as the greatest single contribution toward
Pan American unity in publishing history.
It is desired to circulate "Free Men of America" widely to business
leaders, statesmen, clergymen, educators and others in high position
throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
In this connection large concerns are being invited each one to
purchase quantities at $2.50 each for their own personnel or,
if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
authorize me to distribute the books as I deem expedient, I offer
it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
of Mexico at Chicago, the response has been gratifying as you will
note from the attached list of buyers.
I hope you will enjoy "Free Men of America" which I truly believe
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honor to accept it with my compliments and best wishes.
This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
statesman for warmest friendship between the Americas as the only
x87
assurance of postwar happiness on our side of the water, and it
has been described as the greatest single contribution toward
Pan American unity in publishing history.
It is desired to circulate "Free Men of America" widely to business
leaders, statesmen, clergymen, educators and others in high position
throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
In this connection large concerns are being invited each one to
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if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
authorize me to distribute the books as I deem expedient. I offer
it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
of Mexico at Chicago, the response has been gratifying as you will
note from the attached list of buyers.
I hope you will enjoy "Free Men of America" which I truly believe
is, a medium for the comfort of humanity in these trying times.
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This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
statesman for warmest friendship between the Americas as the only
x87
assurance of postwar happiness on our side of the water, and it
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leaders, statesmen, clergymen, educators and others in high position
throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
In this connection large concerns are being invited each one to
purchase quantities at $2.50 each for their own personnel or,
if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
authorize me to distribute the books as I deem expedient. I offer
it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
of Mexico at Chicago, the response has been gratifying as you will
note from the attached list of buyers.
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is. a medium for the comfort of humanity in these trying times.
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it for your express enjoyment and hope you will do me the high
honor to accept it with my compliments and best wishes.
This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
statesman for warmest friendship be tween the Americas as the only
x87
assurance of postwar happiness on our side of the water, and it
has been described as the greatest single contribution toward
Pan American unity in publishing history.
It is desired to circulate "Free Men of America" widely to business
leaders, statesmen, clergymen, educators and others in high position
throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
In this connection large concerns are being invited each one to
purchase quantities at $2.50 each for their own personnel or,
if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
authorize me to distribute the books as I deem expedient, I offer
it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
of Mexico at Chicago, the response has been gratifying as you will
note from the attached list of buyers.
I hope you will enjoy "Free Men of America" which I truly believe
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AL SERVICIO DE CORPORACIONES
COMERCIALES NORTE - AMERICANAS
QUE TIENEN INTERESES EN MEXICO
201 NORTH WELLS STREET - ROOM 802
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April 6, 1944
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Honorable Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President of the United States of America
White House
Washington, D. C.
Your Excellency:
I have taken the liberty today of mailing to you one sample copy
of a book by His Excellency, Dr. Ezequiel Padilla, Minister of
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Foreign Affairs of Mexico, entitled "Free Men of America". I send
it for your express enjoyment and hope you will do me the high
honor to accept it with my compliments and best wishes.
This literary classic is a masterful plea by Mexico's venerable
statesman for warmest friendship between the Americas as the only
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assurance of postwar happiness on our side of the water, and it
has been described as the greatest single contribution toward
Pan American unity in publishing history.
It is desired to circulate "Free Men of America" widely to business
leaders, statesmen, clergymen, educators and others in high position
throughout all of the Western Hemisphere and with this in mind it
is being printed in English, in Spanish and in Portuguese.
In this connection large concerns are being invited each one to
purchase quantities at $2.50 each for their own personnel or,
if they wish to follow the example of numbers of others, they may
authorize me to distribute the books as I deem expedient. I offer
it for sale strictly on its merits alone at $2.50 a copy and, thanks
to the moral backing given me by Hon. Mario Lasso, Consul General
of Mexico at Chicago, the response has been gratifying as you will
note from the attached list of buyers.
I hope you will enjoy "Free Men of America" which I truly believe
is a medium for the comfort of humanity in these trying times.
With assurance of my sincere admiration and kindly regard, I am
Most cordially,
JBDeturler J. B. Detwiler
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One of The Greatest Contributions To
Pan-Americanism In Publishing History
Now, when the need is greatest!
FREE
MEN
OF AMERICA
by EZEQUIEL PADILLA
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MEXICO
A PAN-AMERICAN PATRICK HENRY
"Ezequiel Padilla, Foreign Minister of Mexico, is that kind of man
You may as well learn to pronounce it now
(Aze-e-KILL Pa-DEE-ya). Because as
people everywhere search for men to restore decency and dignity to the
world, you will have more and more occasion to speak that name."-Eric Sevareid, LOOK Magazine.
"Ezequiel Padilla the symbol of the coming of age of the American Republics."-TIME Magazine
Ezequiel Padilla brings into full view the true relationship between
American nations. He vigorously shows how, in the light of historic facts,
the United States and its brother Americas are bound together by indissoluble
ties of creed and ideals, and blends this with an epic presage of their future.
He advocates the Doctrine of Pan-Americanism as the greatest power for
democracy and national freedom that the world has ever known.
J. B. DETWILER
CONSEJERO DE RELACIONES PUBLICAS
AL SERVICIO DE CORPORACIONES
COMERCIALES NORTE - AMERICANAS
QUE TIENEN INTERESES EN MEXICO
201 NORTH WELLS STREET - ROOM 802
CHICAGO 6, ILLINOIS
TELEPHONE
RANDOLPH 3933
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EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS
of
PADILLA
"FREE MEN OF AMERICA"
by- EZEQUIEL PADILLA
Magnificent Mexican
PERFECT AMERICAN
DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Dallas, Texas
Lon Tinkle (April 11, 1943)
"This book is a splendid omen for the future of the Western
Hemisphere a 'must' book for all men of good will who are
sincerely committed to a world of freedom, of justice, of
international order.
MIAMI FLORIDA HERALD - (May 16, 1943)
"We in Miami have been talking Pan Americanism. Ezequiel Padilla,
Mexican Foreign Minister, has been practicing it. FREE MEN OF AMERICA
mirrors the character of this American and supplies the basis for hope
that a new statesmanship in truth is approaching. It is seldom that
writing can achieve the power, depth and drama of the spoken word,
but Sr. Padilla has done it by the simple expedient of straightforward
sentences of unassailable logic."
CHICAGO SUN - Louis Zara (April 11, 1943)
It when one comes upon a piece of work that bears the indelible
stamp of a creative statesman -- there's a treat and a discovery
to be celebrated and shared with the world! "FREE MEN OF AMERICA"
by Ezequiel Padilla, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Mexico, is such a work. I want to shout it to the skies. For I get
a good, warm feeling from this book. It is a frank and honest work,
diplomatic and yet outspoken in its discussion of the future of the
American hemisphere. I like it enormously for its bright faith and
idealism, for its vigorous message and for its dignified style.
I wish the Americas had more foreign ministers with Dr. Padilla's
courage and convictions. I know this book will be read from the
Arctic Circle to Cape Horn, but I hope it is read most carefully
from Maine to California. "Free Men of America" is a work of
creative statesmanship. Statesmen, large and small, should read it.
Free citizens must read it."
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE - Hubert Herring (May 9, 1943)
"A book by the Foreign Minister of Mexico is an event Mr. Padilla
explains and defines his faith in democracy, his hopes for a free
America. Mr. Padilla writes against the background of slavery which
once gripped all America. He reassures his fellow Latin Americans
on the decline of imperialism in the United States. He finds ground
for faith in increasing democracy in Latin America will
definitely reassuring to many skeptical Americans to discover that
prove
a leading Mexican has social and national hopes not unlike their own. "
A CROSS SECTION OF PATRONS
These Corporations and many others have contributed to the
philosophy of Pan-Americanism by purchasing quantities of
Dr. Padilla's immortal book "Free Men of America."
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Libby, MeNeill & Libby
American Crystal Sugar Company
Link-Belt Company
American Express Company
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
American Air Lines
Monsanto Chemical Company
American Car and Foundry Company
Minneapolis-Moline Power Imp. Co.
American Locomotive Company
Merchants National Bank of Mobile
Atlantic Gulf & West Indies SS Lines
Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co.
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Mesta Machine Company
Armco International Corporation
National Can Company
Avery & Sons Company, B. F.
National Broadcasting Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
National Cash Register Company
Butler Brothers
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Beatrice Creamery Company
Pan-American Airways
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Pure Oil Company
Continental Products, Inc.
Procter & Gamble
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corporation
Swift & Company
Canada Dry International, Inc.
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc.
Container Corporation of America
Servel, Inc.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc.
Standard Oil Company of California
Continental Bank & Trust Co. of New York
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Copperweld Steel Company
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.
Dictaphone Corporation
Texas Company
Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Tide Water Associated Oil Company
Foster Wheeler Corporation
United Carbon Company
Food Machinery Corporation
United Air Lines Transport Corp.
General Foods Corporation
Underwood Elliott Fisher Company
Gillette Safety Razor Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Int'l. Co.
General Tire & Rubber Company
Jacques Wolf & Co.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Export Company
Walker's Austex Chili Co.
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp.
International General Electric Company
Western Air Lines
Dr. EZEQUIEL PADILLA, the Man
A direct descendant of the Aztecs who suffered under Spanish conquistadors, Mexico's
venerable Foreign Minister has come to symbolize the will toward hemisphere cooper-
ation against modern political tyranny. Educated at the University of Mexico, the
Sarbonne in Paris, and Columbia University in the United States, he has represented
his Country in many international parleys. Going back to the Rio de Janeiro
Conference of January, 1942, it was the eloquence of the distinguished Dr. Padilla
which became the keynote of the American bloc of Nations in opposition to the Axis
and which swayed that historic Conference to support the United Nations in the
present war. Thus he has proven his friendship toward the United States in terms
far beyond the realm of mere dollars and cents.
ROTARIAN of March, 1944 says: "Free Men of America" by Dr. Ezequiel Padilla deserves
wide and careful reading."
HON. NELSON A ROCKEFELLER, Co-Ordinator of Inter-American Affairs for the United
States Government writes: "I am glad you are putting forth such vigorous efforts to
obtain wider distribution for Dr. Padilla's excellent book "Free Men of America" and
I hope you will be eminently successful."
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SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER - Howard Lowe (May 9, 1943)
"The book is not big in size--but it is big in content.
FREE MEN OF AMERICA by Ezequiel Padilla is immensely stimulating
offers a middle way along lines of practical formula for
international live-and-let-live. Only 173 pages, FREE MEN OF AMERICA
contains more real thought than many volumes four or five times
its length recently issues---including those of a number of
American 'statesmen'."
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE BANNER (May 5, 1943)
"For a Secretary of State to write of contemporary international
affairs is not news, but for such an official to be as frank and
blunt as the Mexican Secretary in his book, is a new and refreshing
e-xperience. Dr. Padilla might have made a 'brain truster' of the
New Deal, if he had been born north of the Rio Grande. We Americans
will like his style truth in his criticisms and judgment in his
analyses. And I believe his is the first official voice of Latin
America to discuss ways and means of postwar inter-American
cooperation.
WASHINGTON, D. C. POST (May 9th, 1943)
"Dr. Padilla is known as one of the foremost orators in the
Spanish language. He is likely to say what he thinks, and to
say it well. That is exactly what Dr. Padilla has done in this
book unpretentious, readable by anybody, but highly instructive;
a true guide to our own diplomacy as well as that of two continents.
Don Ezequiel Padilla knows American history better than do most of
us, as well as Mexican and European history. All Americans can
profit by reading his FREE MEN OF AMERICA with full knowledge of
who the author is and what he stands for."
PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN (April 26, 1943)
= discusses frankly and with a fine idealistic, humanitarian
perspective the role of the new world in the coming era. With leaders
such as the Mexican Foreign Secretary the frustrated hopes of men
could be realized and the good-neighbor policy, reaffirmed by
President Roosevelt's recent visit to Mexico, integrated into
reality. With a keen appreciation of today's problems he lifts
his head to higher, brighter ground ahead.
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER (April 25, 1943)
"Padilla has very definite ideas about the future. They are worthy
of careful study by Americans. Fortunately he has written a book
which, in its close reasoning and precise logic, reflect his legal
training, and in its vista öf the future bespeaks the mind of a man
of action a gold mine of ideas on Latin-American relations. The
temptation to quote from it must be limited and with it we leave a
man about whom the Western Hemisphere and the World will hear much
more in the future. II
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NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN (April 25, 1943)
ft the best yet written on the relations of the United States, Mexico
and the Latin American Countries written in a calm, thoughtful manner,
with perfect frankness in regard to the shortcomings and errors on the
part, of all Countries concerned, this book reveals Senor Padilla, to my
way of thinking, as Statesman No. 1 of the Western World, a man who
preserves a perfect balance between a practical realism and a common
sense idealism. Sane and inspirational -- a trumpet-blast to all lovers
of liberty from Chile to the Arctic Circle."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston (April 23, 1943)
"
inspires human hope In FREE MEN OF AMERICA" Dr. Padilla steers
a straight course by the lodestar of liberty. His words sum up the actual
course of relations across the Rio Grande."
WASHINGTON, D. C. STAR (April 18, 1943)
"The Mexican statesman's book. is a very good one indeed. Every
thoughtful American- whether a citizen of the United States or of
one of the other Nations on this side of the globe--owes it to himself
to read it."
NEW YORK SUN (April 15, 1943)
"Ezequiel Padilla one of the few constructive idealists whose feet
are firmly planted upon historical and political facts while his mind
soars into the realm of spirituality
FREE MEN OF AMERICA is an important
book which should be read by everyone who seeks to follow world affairs."
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD (April 18, 1943)
" compact and complete reveals a particularly penetrating and close
study of social, economic and political conditions
in
the
whole
American hemispheric scene. "
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, UNION (April 17, 1943)
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forceful declaration for unity and brotherhood among the many Nations
on this side of the Atlantic. It is the viewpoint of our fellow Allies as
seen through the eyes of an eminent Latin American official.
In 1823 the Monroe Doctrine began a new era in civilization. Now, in
1943, it is PAN-AMERICANISM. From unity will arise true democratic strength.
Join hands with free men everywhere in making Pan-Americanism a
means to the greatest end. Every copy of FREE MEN OF AMERICA sold will bring
closer the understanding, the solidarity between ALL Americans
a solidarity that cannot fail.
J. B. DETWILER
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Mrs. Eben
April 20, 1944
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My dear Mrs. Dispennette:
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It was most kind of you to send on
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the sketch drawn by one of your students, Chu
Kuey, to which you refer in your letter of
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recent date. Will you not be good enough to
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convey to him an expression of the President's
appreciation for his friendly thought in want-
ing him to have it.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
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Private Secretary
Mrs. Laura Dispennette,
Central School,
112 W. Church Street,
Newark,
Ohio.
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Central School
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112 West Church Street
newark, Ohio
March 23, 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of U. S. a.
White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Roosevelt,
Under separate cover I am mail-
ing you a drawing of yourself made by
a young Chinese student in our school.
The picture was made as an entry in
an art exhibit here in this school last
year. It has taken some persuasion
on my part before he would consent
to send it. He is very modest boy and
timid about his ability The made
the picture from his impression
from likenesses displayed in the
news, and his personal idea of
how you might appear.
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2.
This boy has been in this country only
since December, 1940, and in that
time has completed the first eight grades
of schooling in a very creditable
manner. He could not speak English
upon his arrival, but now he has a
very good vocabulary. In fact, his
vocabulary is much better than
our average eighth grade american
students. His cheerful and kind
disposition has endeared him to
both faculty and student body.
His conduct and scholastic
ability have given him a place
in the honor society of the school.
Chu Kuey, (this is his name) came
from Canton, China. His father is in
the laundry business here in our
city and is well respected. I had
another member of Chu's family
of
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3.
in school five years ago; a very fine
lad who is now in the service of
our country.
I know you are a very busy man,
but I also think this might be an
inspiration to you in these trying
times. This boy is an ardent
admirer of you and of our
country. I hope it will be possible
for you to send him a short
message. I thank you.
Very truly yours,
Mrs Laura Dispennette
(Teacher)
Chu Kuey
% Central School
112 n. Church St.
Newark, Ohio
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April 10, 1944
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My dear Mr. Blauvelt:
I am sorry for the delay in acknowl-
edging your letter of February twenty-fourth,
but I waited for an opportune time to place it
before the President together with that trade
copy of NEWS OF THE NATION which you sent him
with your compliments. Both your letter and
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the publication interested the President very
much and he asks me to thank you for your
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thought of him.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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James H. Blauvelt, Esq.,
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14 West 49th Street,
Rockefeller Center,
New York, N. Y,
Library Thank B
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THE WHITE HOUSE
FEB 25 2 03 PM '44
RECEIVED
GST
L, 1944
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
Mrs. Roosevelt was kind enough last week to give me a few moments
to look over our new publication venture called NEWS OF THE NATION.
It is a 350,000-word story of the United States done in newspaper
style and format. It is made up of forty-one issues and covers our
history from 1492 to Pearl Harbor days. It carries over five hundred
photographs - some of them very rare; and our edition for the schools
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and educational centers will be sold in one folio in forty-one loose
issues, SO that teachers can assign them for individual study as they
wish.
Mrs. Roosevelt that I should like so much to send you a copy
personal use, and she said that I certainly could do this
with her approval. We are therefore sending you a trade copy with our
compliments and we hope and believe you will find it both interesting
and amusing.
I am glad to tell you that my interest in the arts and in education
has found a happy outlet in my new connection as Assistant to the
Editor of the Garden City division of Doubleday, Doran.
I am so happy to hear from Mrs. Gordon Crawford and others that every-
one likes the Library SO much in your former 65th Street home. You
and Mrs. Roosevelt were very gracious to let me do this.
Respectfully James H. Blauvelt yours, Clausen
Assistant to Editor
JHB:RV
OUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC., Publishers
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Please address reply to New York Office: 14 WEST 49TH ST.,
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK, N.Y.
FEB 25 2 03 PM '44
RECEIVED
4/10/44
February 24, 1944
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
Mrs. Roosevelt was kind enough last week to give me a few moments
to look over our new publication venture called NEWS OF THE NATION.
It is a 350,000-word story of the United States done in newspaper
style and format. It is made up of forty-one issues and covers our
history from 1492 to Pearl Harbor days. It carries over five hundred
photographs - some of them very rare; and our edition for the schools
X1483
and educational centers will be sold in one folio in forty-one loose
issues, SO that teachers can assign them for individual study as they
wish.
Mrs. Roosevelt that I should like SO much to send you a copy
personal use, and she said that I certainly could do this
with her approval. We are therefore sending you a trade copy with our
compliments and we hope and believe you will find it both interesting
and amusing.
I am glad to tell you that my interest in the arts and in education
has found a happy outlet in my new connection as Assistant to the
Editor of the Garden City division of Doubleday, Doran.
I am SO happy to hear from Mrs. Gordon Crawford and others that every-
one likes the Library SO much in your former 65th Street home. You
and Mrs. Roosevelt were very gracious to let me do this.
Janes Respectfully James H. Blauvelt H. yours, Clausen
Assistant to Editor
JHB:RV
ubleday, Doran And Company, Inc., Publishers
COPY
Garden City, N. Y.
Please address reply to New York Office: 14 West 49th St.,
Rockefeller Center, New York, N. Y.
February 24, 1944
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:
Mrs. Roosevelt was kind enough last week to give me a few moments
to look over our new publication venture called NEWS OF THE NATION.
It is a 350,000-word story of the United States done in newspaper
style and format. It is made up of forty-one issues and covers our
history from 1492 to Pearl Harbor days. It carries over five hundred
photographs - some of them very rare; and our edition for the schools
and educational centers will be sold in one folio in forty-one loose
issues, so that teachers can assign them for individual study as they
wish.
I told Mrs. Roosevelt that I should like so much to send you a copy
for your personal use, and she said that I certainly could do this
with her approval. We are therefore sending you a trade copy with our
compliments and we hope and believe you will find it both interesting
and amusing.
I am glad to tell you that my interest in the arts and in education
has found a happy outlet in my new connection as Assistant to the
Editor of the Garden City division of Doubleday, Doran.
I am so happy to hear from Mrs. Gordon Crawford and others that every-
one likes the Library so much in your former 65th Street home. You
and Mrs. Roosevelt were very gracious to let me do this.
Respectfully yours,
(s) James H. Blauvelt
James H. Blauvelt
Assistant to Editor
JHB:RV
"LIBRARY B"
DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY INC., PUBLISHERS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
Please address reply to New York Office: 14 WEST 49TH ST.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER,NEW YORK 20,N.Y.
April 25, 1944.
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Miss Grace Tully,
Secretary to The President,
White House,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss Tully:
On my return I find your very
kind note. We are all delighted, of course,
that you took the opportunity to show The Presi-
dent the NEWS OF THE NATION.
How you or The President find an
4 opportune time" to do these things, I am sure I
do not know. However, this does not keep us all
from being very grateful to you.
Janes Sincerely to yours Nawzn!
James H. Blauvelt
Assistant to Editor
JHB/h