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ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") and initialed as President, to Gertrude Ely, Washington, 21 March 1940. 1 page, 4to (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.), White House stationery, integral blank, envelope, "Very private - don't us...

Auction 09.10.2002
09.10.2002
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3.000 $ - 5.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
5.019 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") and initialed as President, to Gertrude Ely, Washington, 21 March 1940. 1 page, 4to (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.), White House stationery, integral blank, envelope, "Very private - don't us...

Auction 09.10.2002
09.10.2002
Schätzpreis
3.000 $ - 5.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
5.019 $
Beschreibung:

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") and initialed as President, to Gertrude Ely, Washington, 21 March 1940. 1 page, 4to (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.), White House stationery, integral blank, envelope, "Very private - don't use!" in Roosevelt's hand at top, in very fine condition. ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES OPTIMISM OVER THE IMPROVING AMERICAN ECONOMY: "WE ARE IN FOR ANOTHER 'THREE OR FOUR CHICKENS IN THE POT ERA'" A cautiously optimistic letter to a well-wisher from Pennsylvania in which the President mocks the famous quote made by his predecessor at the outset of the Depression, and remarks upon the coming Fall elections. By 1940, the United States had begun to recover from ten years of depression which had plunged many of its citizens into poverty. Although Roosevelt's New Deal programs provided some relief to the needy, it was ultimately the increase of production to fulfill the wartime needs of both the nation's European allies and its own growing military that paved the way for full recovery. Here, Roosevelt acknowledges the positive indications of recovery, but advises caution: "Thank you for that grand pamphlet proving for businessmen that we are in for another 'three or four chickens in the pot era'. It is true, I think, that so-called prosperity is good -- in other words, on old standards the business index is high. But we have not yet developed the method of keeping it there even though in the past few years we have made definite strides along that line." The President expresses concern that his administration's accomplishments could be reversed: "What I hate to think about is that a conservative Republican or Democratic Administration would inevitably go back to the old basis of 1929 and we would equally inevitable run into another depression financially and socially." Addressing Ely's concerns about conditions in Pennsylvania, Roosevelt takes a bipartisan stance: "You poor people in Pennsylvania are surely in a quandary. Very privately and confidentially, I would in your place take the position that it does not make a great deal of difference which side wins in the primary and that bitterness should be kept to a minimum. My own hope is that next Summer wiser heads will bury the hatchet and put out a joint ticket of real strength which may have some chance to win." In conclusion, Roosevelt playfully thanks her for a gift: "Thank you for Rodin. It is a good thing for all of us to look at 'The Thinker' but incidentally (though I have never heard this comment before) he has his hand over his mouth, is sayin' nothin' and just thinkin' along."

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189
Auktion:
Datum:
09.10.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") and initialed as President, to Gertrude Ely, Washington, 21 March 1940. 1 page, 4to (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.), White House stationery, integral blank, envelope, "Very private - don't use!" in Roosevelt's hand at top, in very fine condition. ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES OPTIMISM OVER THE IMPROVING AMERICAN ECONOMY: "WE ARE IN FOR ANOTHER 'THREE OR FOUR CHICKENS IN THE POT ERA'" A cautiously optimistic letter to a well-wisher from Pennsylvania in which the President mocks the famous quote made by his predecessor at the outset of the Depression, and remarks upon the coming Fall elections. By 1940, the United States had begun to recover from ten years of depression which had plunged many of its citizens into poverty. Although Roosevelt's New Deal programs provided some relief to the needy, it was ultimately the increase of production to fulfill the wartime needs of both the nation's European allies and its own growing military that paved the way for full recovery. Here, Roosevelt acknowledges the positive indications of recovery, but advises caution: "Thank you for that grand pamphlet proving for businessmen that we are in for another 'three or four chickens in the pot era'. It is true, I think, that so-called prosperity is good -- in other words, on old standards the business index is high. But we have not yet developed the method of keeping it there even though in the past few years we have made definite strides along that line." The President expresses concern that his administration's accomplishments could be reversed: "What I hate to think about is that a conservative Republican or Democratic Administration would inevitably go back to the old basis of 1929 and we would equally inevitable run into another depression financially and socially." Addressing Ely's concerns about conditions in Pennsylvania, Roosevelt takes a bipartisan stance: "You poor people in Pennsylvania are surely in a quandary. Very privately and confidentially, I would in your place take the position that it does not make a great deal of difference which side wins in the primary and that bitterness should be kept to a minimum. My own hope is that next Summer wiser heads will bury the hatchet and put out a joint ticket of real strength which may have some chance to win." In conclusion, Roosevelt playfully thanks her for a gift: "Thank you for Rodin. It is a good thing for all of us to look at 'The Thinker' but incidentally (though I have never heard this comment before) he has his hand over his mouth, is sayin' nothin' and just thinkin' along."

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 189
Auktion:
Datum:
09.10.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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