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D!l KILDII, 17-1-1947. 118, rru,oretraat.

ro Mre.!loanor Delano Roo••• •lt,

!noloood I am eending yo~ tho birth-announo••••t of our

baby-da~ghto r, Eleanor , whom einoe ebe ia a girl we oo~ld not

chrioton after your beloYed and unforgettable h~oband,

Pranklin D.Rooaevelt, the greateat etateaaaa ot our ~18••• &Dd

ther efore h&Yo now n .. ed &!tor yo~, the firet 1&41 ot Aaorioa,

wito ot our groat poao•mlker.

We beg to inform yo~ ot thie taot, eo ploaeing to oureel••••

ae •• honour yo~ highly tor tho p&l't yo~ are et1ll plqiDg in

world pol1t1oe, and tho taek you h&Ye tekoa upoD 70ureol t to

porfol'll.

With kind regard• and toelinge of the hi&heet adairotion

and reepeot, I remain ,

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Cfeano,-J

G. Zeec/ijk-VIas D. Zeedijk

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tOe. Au.ltralla, "ew Zealaftd Md. SOuth America w1U takt their ahw.. lAt'a 'Oe truak abOUt lt­w .. rt not Jd441na t.ht M.UOU ot the world.'"

AslerllniJ that .. eYtr)I'Oo4y Ia a trlencl o£ tht Jew. 1ft October at elect.ton tt.me,• LaCvardla thUD• de.red '1t: our State Departmmt had tbt J'Ull to tt.and up and m.akt &004 wha.t tJMoy UU )'OU.

I around el~n tlmt they couU op~ the aatta or Pale.tlnt. We have ahed mort teara, p-.....4 mort ruohatkms an4 done leu tban UlJ natlon tn tht world on tht Paln• t.Jne quuUon." . Other speakers lftdude4 1lanY Edleon. Mto acted u ehalrman ot the mee«n.f, Alfred Tltlah,_.,., Campala&" Ch&lrm&n, and Loula Salva& .. NatJoaal Cb• 'rm'" ot lht Shoe and LHt.hft\ Dtvll:km ot tht Unlted Jewl1h Apf)t'al.

~-~-;;::.Ak and Ye Shall Find •. • " How oclcl &N 1M eMIUaatlou. tM world .... of tiM luunaa •lad. Ps)'thoao,1tll tell ut lhat 1 penon et~n b)' h1• own wlU, or belief, treate a ret~lll lneu from an lmtJinery aliment. A ~N~n mey hove o perteclly norma~ h•ollh7 bod7, oncl 1•1 be totally porot~ ~) concllllonlns hiJ mind to the belief t.blt he It, ln tNlh, a pare lytle. The pt.)'thol· orla~\1 ,o fut1her c.o ~•plain, chat ln many lnttanct:l that: ••maladies .. are the reiHM mec:l\tlnllm.s.. the HCIJ»e.t-Cor rel>f't*ed lmpubn and unCulCUltd frw:traUon.s.

WIMJ la tl'v. of tM la4l.Wt.aal 11 ofte-n. tnM oltbtl pOt.ap. Hlttory ls rtPlete with recon:IJ: oC natlona autrerlna Crom the Nme Cralltiet thet man poa"'"· Ill• not odd then that the: nation• ol the world are In ' need of Pt)'thoanalyais today. How elM ca.a we uplaie tt.. ct.eUMrate ~ • •• lM Pahrdlalaa p~t How elM eaa we fa.IIMa the u.tter .._ .. &I'd for the few bu.a4ncl lkowa.nd cl..liJ'liOidl Jews oC E't.a•ope? How elM caa w e .o•l&ioo .... comjlla.te fo.....,_~ of &a. eon .. Jewllt. wodd of 11M appaUl ... f~ that I mUIIoD J ewlth c&.ed l ie ln lbe cl..olate wake of Faschm? How elM c u we rationau .. the .W ..d •TID,palbr expeDI.itd for tbe •err fon.e tbat brNd huol· ...... ud pt aot ••teeMcl to tho.e who would forwahl the elm• of detnocucyt Row elte,-but to uy,-these ualiona are blind to the: factt becaute they have conditione-d themselvu '-0 believe that these p~ do not ewlu. or are not ot prime Importance. Sympath)' tor tht Creeks brlniS Conh a propoul tor bot.h mone­t.;ry and man·power ald ••• Tbe eix mUUoo Jews who ,.n.hecl lD Eu..ope ue comparable to the eatlre population of OrMCe •• . But Not I TMI' la &hed.l t!d.itorlala in our claUs papers btlna tor\h eroeodlle tears ror the Ct'rman.a who now havo lO aet alona on ten food. and work to rlaht! the havot that they them~elvet wrouCht . • , Tbe J"" nmtiiUDe lD' - uo atW be-"- pl ... to P'- W.. lnuoH4 ..U.aiA. wbU. tboM ... kt.ot eotruc. lalo Pal.....U.•. lfanU,.. ln thdr putable, o .. r . erow"-d &blJI&. ue trnteclla Mtb&ric fuhloa ••• Y•t all •'-•iDI' •res ...... byl

Britain's Forelrn Secretary Ernest Sevin, after fntptly handling Lbe P1lestlne problem. 1nd repeatedly r•A.,.._. on pctll ptomlsH. de· darts that .. the Palatiniln problem lJ unworbble ... J-tr. S.vin reetty s:hould read the T1lmud. The Talmud tays, ••u someone should 1ay to you t have looked and I have not found/' do not btlieve him; It he un. ··r bave not looked and yet I tound," do not beHt"Ve h im either; lf. however, he lfl)'l, •·t have looked and Lo l round," then you tAn believe hlm. Thu.a, tlnL w ltbouJ look..l,.. ther I~-~ to J••· bit ....._..,&tloo. ud • Jewlq UaJe l.n P .... U... R ow 1M,- claim that thy lta•e looktd bvl ca.aaot find • aoluJion. The PIYeholoalstl Join with \.he Telmud ln reveeUna that h.is bllnd.neu b a self imposed one ..... n pta.pe me:chlnlsm, the reNil ol a reprt:aed Impulse to continue to hold power • ....._,_ uwl Ye aiMJJ flad.. ... - Yov la-'91 natlo• of 11M wo•kl - a paac. Ia ' tllla world for • haad.NI of Ood'a cnaturM - a plae. ln rout beuta ,_ tolerance - • .... laecl dght to '" pi'Oblee• l.a th•lr l_rue Ughl - • ,.ac.fuJ workt ,...__, belle•" In tb• cl-'fal-ty of man..

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I t was \\ lth e;roat p r111e th e~ r ""'! r"'')PiV.f',., ;.rour -na3t courteou3 le tt~ r of 1nv1t~t1on ~o Py1~ Po.r~ lPt~r t~1~ rn~nth . • • 1 t 1! "'~1 t.h ~ven ':{reo ter 11sappo1nt"1nnt tha,. 'tH'' mus t. foro~o ~our k1ndne3s, at least ror 30"1"' +i"~'e .

Untlt no , th~ ot~~r ~~~ b~JS on1 my~Plf ha~ bnen e ::mgra t,lia tln~ oura.o lve a over a.no1 ow·r arra in on t,....c e1 tre mely g ':l 0 1 tort\u1P. that we hsvf' had •• :we had aot"la.l t o have reo. J~Jonably overr:ome the ob3tllo1eH or your firs t bu,in~as entorl"r1se ~ ~md as :we.., , h~J1 erhaps N

doao of ovl' r~ "'nf1donoe •• • at an:~ ro.tt- , our enth11slaS;-n al~ng with our plnnG qere s~t back a ~~o~ ~PAl la~t 3unday ni~ht w'-!en t 1rA ~e n rroye1 oomplet,.l:r our at.oek ot r~eordin3 a~u1rment . FroM th~ ,tandpo1nt or mone t a r':J v&luo , Olll"' lm~ s ,,.aa not so ~r,.at • • . i n tt-at it ha rt t Rk~n U3 "' ve:n rn :mt":l to- r-;et 011r orle;!nAl

:ul pment tr-r~u:"" prl or1 t7 enfl ~~.r A:sJ'Iats , ho,·ever , w• f ee l t~• t duplicating it will tako -u1to nome o t tort nnd time .

O,l t' ope r '1 t1ons will eont1n11f:'o ~ can ~ on somo reco~ngs which o:J a hobb:r d tr1ng th,. "7ar .

however , as best the': we ha~ collected principally

I think you oan undorstobd, •'<Irs floosevolt , J 13 1" how badiy wo t ee l , particu l arly in vi ew of your •7tr0!11U gont~rosity on~ s oodneaa 1n offering t~ h elp us out . Sat r athor than be~oan our first stroke of bad luck , l ot U3 instead l ook forward t~ our bolata1 m~etln~ with you somAti~e , wo hope , vert aoon .