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  • NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 1&01 81XTI.CNTH aT .. &CT. N. W . WUHINOTON, D . C.

    lilllrcll 80, 1 Vl50

    117 dHr lira. RooeneU:

    I cannot leeTe Weehlngton tonlgbt without tolling rou once more bow deeplf sretetul I '"" tor your perUclpat1on 1n the broa4cut on lednee4er enntns. Our eterr here et head quarterl wre T81'f ..,ch 1mpreeeed with lt,and the preu wae aleo. I hue been receiTing oonsretulatlone all dar traa people IIIIo beard It, The following telegl'llll fi'OIII II loa Belen Colllne, our ltate Dlreo\or In Connoct1cut, who heppena to be a Catholic, eeed to M to be nr:r ftne:

    "Rooeeelt Redlo 1nterT1ew perfect. Education Ue-up Materpleca. Clongre-tulatlona.

    'llhta wlll be the nol'Ml reaction or teacher who heard 1 t.

    Relllltlllberlns that rou are to lr:e a co ... ncnt addreu, I .,. tekh'l! the llbertr of aendlng rou a package ot Mterlal whlob .,.,. point tbe ,.,. to your tb1nlr:1ns at \bat tble. It I can belp rou tur\ber, pl .... do no t healtate to call upon

    lira , frenlr:lln D, BooeeTelt 'lila Wb.Ua Bcuae laahlqton, JI,Q,

    Charl Or.ond W1111ame, field Secreterr

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    Mro. Franklin D, RoooeTelt The 11hi te llouee 11aohington, D,O,

    M1 dear Mro. RoooeTelt :

    I eaw Mioo Flore noe Role in New York laot week-end, and ' we t alked onr her TieU to t he llhlte Bouoe. I do not need to tell JOU that ehe h thrilled onr the proopeot ot apandil!ll ! nisAt in that hiatori o manoion.

    In aooordanoe w1 th tba de tee JOU geTO ma, Mer 1 to a, we eettled on Mar t:1 or e ea the time tor har TioH. She will oome to lleohington on Me:r trom a opeaki~ tour in Mic.hi gan , I em leeTing on Me:r & or 7 t o be gone three monthe; eo I ohould eepeoiallr appreciate it it obe could be i nTited on Jl.e:r e, t or I went to talk to her the next da;r. Whe.n JOU hno extended the inTitetion, I wonder it you would be good enough to let me lalow,

    I hope to eee lliso Rale in New York next week at Which time we ohall t ell< again ot thie unusual opportunitr which h in etore tor her. I went her to haTe an artiole in her magazine about the White Hcuoe, and it ehe oould haTe eome interior Tiewa or it, it would add muoh to the intereet at tho '1110,000 \eaobera Who are her subaoriber

    Attached a r e a tew t aote that will tell JOU eODOtbing ot llieo Role and bar 110rko

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    l.e.ter "" atato aohOol euperhor, traeJUns hundreda or lll!lu 1n 111 ktnclt ot . .. tbn tor reera.

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    Kro. Tronklln D. Roooool\ The 'llblto Bouoo 11uhlll4lton, D.o.

    liT 4oor ll.ro. RooenoH:

    I went Mloo Hole to he ~~ thrill or recellns o letter direct troa 7011, 111T1 Ung her to opo11d the n~ht e t the 11hl to Bouoe. I tMI>k l\ would bo helpful It 7011 -eetod the u .. or hor orrh-ol. 1t 011\"'l!oouolr otupid or t o 0111 t her eddreoo 1D the tlrot latter. Remeeberlns that I bed 4ono oo, I oont it t o )'DII OD April 10. Hero It lo oge1D:

    IUoo florence Role Prince Ooorge Kotel New York. N.T.

    I downright oxolto4 onr thil nent. TOll hen In the loot 1f0o.k or oo montlo11ed i11 )'Dur oolWOD tho lolt of two oduoetoro t o the 11htto Houoo . Fluol It wollld do no hoi:'ID to monUon llleo Bale' o loU in tho oemo .. , , tor oho 1o kl1oWD to the utlro teeohiftC proteaaloD.

    I .. at a lo .. to Ul1dorotond bOw 111 tho poet t .. de70 )'D\1 han t o\IJid U to.!!! a, letter, 1111011 lou onner tt.

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    Ura . RooaP.valt re~d your orticle nnd asked me to tell you ohe tho11S:ht it vary good. Sho AGked oo t o thonk you for your ll!tter.

    Very ainceroly yours,

    l~"h'ltll\ t. Scheider Se-oretttry to ltre. Rooa~~tvelt

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    I a pent ..,., ot tbh IOOrnlllfl w1 th llho Halo wbo wee bubbl1Jifl o.,.r wttb ontbuota .. about tbo loolr Ylo1t ohe had at the Wh1~ Houoe. She Yaluoe th1e experience eo a great priYilege, en~ to deeRlr areterul to ell who ma~a It poeelbla. Bbe wee aoet entbuelaetlo about rou and think rou are a trulr won~ertul teaoher. She end I planned th1o DOrn1Jifl a n1111bor or tb.lnge tbot obo will do 111 tbo next teo .. nthe that wtll belp to eetabl leb rrlendlr reletlo11e be-tween tbe Wbl~ Hou .. and t bo .. o~~gaged in eduoetloDel work throuah-out tbe oountrr.

    Although 111oe llale h no,_llr a Republloan, from the tlrot ohe heo boon in o,apethy wltb the BOlD objeot1Y08 or President RooooYolt wltb obooo abo ou greaUr IOIJ>reooed. I do eo appreetate rour 1n1-tatton to llho Hale and tbo greotoue boopUolHr rou extended.

    I .. onoloelng 111 th1e let~r a oopr or tbo arttolo Ob1ob I wrote at tbo requaot Of 11101 DewaoD tor the 80UYOIIIr bOOk to be dtetrlbutad et tbo V...Oratlo Oon.,.ntlon in Pb.tladelpbla. It wee en exoeedlnglr dittloul\ article to wrl~ beoau" or r oon11eoUon wltb three la.rgo noa-portiOAD orcanlaatlone on who .. national boardo I he been tor rearo. It 1o juot another u .. plo ot p1onoer1~~g wbloh I han done all ., li to. Booauoe or tbo 41ttloultleo lnYolYod , I ba4 t o write a bit or peroonal hhtorr 1Dto u. It a labor or loft. and I hope it r belp .....

    I ea loolng tontcht to be gone at leoat three, an~ porhape t our, .. ntho -- ttrot to Bow York, and then to Chtoago, lltl .. ukoe, and on to tile Paottlo Cout. You do not Mod to be told that ObaroYer I go, 1 aball ear an4 do tbe tblllfl that I tblnk wU1 llalp.

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    Cha.rl On;;o.d. Wlllt.aa. - ... &iueuor ud Pirat l ocan lloe..Cbalr.au or t.be Ue&ooraUo 5&t\OZA1 O~tt ..

    It oentu cou14 be \ektn. or all the wc:ee:!l -.pl0f't4 hl t...port.e.ot conr ... nt .,oattton. tr

  • UhiaiOD or ~~~ Worll:o PrOfl!'oo Aclllllnh~re.Uon, th01111ndo or w.-n oue~cl fr011

    tholr oecurlt7 b7 t ho 4oprooo1on, be r ocot .. 4 a Chanco not onl7 to earn a l1Y1DC

    tor tb-el .. aDd \bolr te.ailloo 1n au I table oecupatlone but to IJipron tbolr

    oklllo aa ooll. In t ho oclucatloaal projocto oponeoro4 b7 the Admlnlotratlon ,

    women uachero wbooo trailltna bee been acqulre4 at sreat e:rpanaa ancl oaorlfloo

    bao boon tekoa tram roller rolla and aealsna4 t o work coomenourate oltb their

    oklll, Under tho boa41DS ot clerloel ourYe7o, proj octo hao been 1ouoobo4 ohlcb

    n. .. contributed to the oclucaUon of wo.,eD ancl llllro b7 oDhancod thetr cba nceo ft1r prlato emplo7ment. Unompl070d nurooo heo alto boon robabllltotacl t hrough oppor-

    tunltloa glon thom to praotloo tholr profeoolon In contac t o lth ph7otolono aDd

    hoept te_la.

    Tbe aueto, ert, draa. &ad writing projeeta ba not only toatere4 aetlTlttea'

    of a pel"'lllDant Clllturel and blatot'IC nlue but ban trained "'"""" a.nd br oedonacl

    tholr background lnotoed or por..lttlng then to stagnate on r oller. In aootsntns ocmon to \booo opactal projecto, the llorko Prosreoe AdmlnlotroUon baa taken care

    to PI'OY14a work oultablo to ln41tl4uo l optltudoo oo that wbon opportun1t7 arcoo tho

    oooupanto of tbooo -rsencr jobo llll.pt bo properod to toke their rlgbttul plac ..

    tn the buatne world,

    It boo boon gratlf7lns t o mo ae teocher to nota thot along with tbo

    Slpntlc taok Of MltlDS aohont tho bonko Of tho noUODI Ot oi\Yiog tbo h

  • read and write ao a reault or the adult educational program; eo,ooo (eatlmatad)

    nead7 children under achool ago han been eared tor in nuraery achoola, and rural I

    aohoolo in 33 atatea hao boan onabled to keep going by granta from Federal

    Emergency Relief A4miniotrotion fundo.

    J1' I bad not been born a Democrat I am certain that tho record of my

    party in rogo.rd to woman alone would hao conartod me . So much biotory hao boon

    made during tho laot twenty yoara that major ovonto be oomotlmeo ol ippod by with only casual notice. Thlo hietory, all of ohiob 1 aaw aod part of which I wao,

    io filled with otlrrlns otorleo of womono firot entrance into tho national political

    arona, Let ua reiow acme of tho facto brlotly,

    In 1Vl8, when all tho portloo declared for equal ouffraga, only twolo

    wootarn ototoa had accorded women tho right to oto. In thla campaign, tho Domooratio

    National Committee oat up a omal \ womono dlielon in tho wootorn boadquartoro under

    tho laadorahlp of Mra. Ooorgo Beoa. Thio diioloo made hlotory. Democratic Port1

    leadore wore rooignod to defeat on election night In 1Ql6, but not Elizabeth Baoo,

    "Wait until you got tho roturno from tho women otea In the Woat, abo aald,

    Her f a ith waa juatlfiod. Woodrow Wllaon wao rotolnad in tho White Rouae,

    Aa a roault or thio election, e woman dl lolon woo opened in the national

    headquarters of tho arty with Mra. Ooorgo Baoo in charge ,

    At t bo olo .. of the World War abo propoood t o the Democratic Notional

    CO!IIIIttu that an intluanUal woman be appointed in each etate to earn u an

    aeooolata membor and her propolal wao accepted. Thle wee tho tlrot l~ortant poll-

    tical poet sl en tc women by any part7. In aoocrdanoa with the proposal, In Ma1 lVlQ

    OODgJ'II- Cordell, now !Ieora tarr of Sta to, wllo woe t the t u ... eerTIDS

    Dlmo.,...tlo llatlonal 0-lu .. ....,, appclntad tho wrltar ae tbe aoeoolata utlonal

    c~ltt11woman tor Tanneee .. ,

    J.t the Ratloll&l D-ratlc oonnntloo ID San rranoloco 1n lVIO, all aooCHtlah

  • ocmmittoewomen wore made tull membore of tho Democratic National Committee which

    again eotabliobod a new portr procedure,

    Wi thin a few weok8 after this conTention adjourned, the Committee conTened

    at Columbuo, Ohio, to organize for the oncoming political campaign, ~t that time

    a Yioe-ohairmanoblp tor women woe created end I wae elected to tho poet, - a

    poe1t1on wbiob baa eince boon filled with honor and credit b7 !milT Hewell Blair

    and Nellie Tayloe Roee.

    About thio time tho ratitlcation or the woman's ourrrego amendment to tbe

    United Statoo OonoUtuUon became a burning 1oeue, Onlr one etate wee needed to

    ori ta tbia amendment into the federal OoneU tutton in tim for the lloYOmber

    oleoUon. lll ereo aero turned to Tenneoeee ae tbe eta to moot UkolJ to eucceod

    in thie Tonturo. At the roquoot of the National ConTention, Goernor A. B. Roberta

    called a epocial eeeeion of the legielature to conoider ratification. Ae a Tice-

    Cbalrm&n of the Democratic National Committee, J wao summoned to NaehYillo b7 tho

    Gonrnor to take port in thia important campaign. Tonneooeo b7 a bare majorHJ

    rattrlod tho amendment and ao a result mill ione of W(IIIOD throughout tho nation were

    permitted to TOte for the firat t11111 in a national election.

    In lill I wae ohoeen preoidont ot the National Education Aeoociation, and

    in 1922 ito field eeoretarr, to deTelop laJ aupport for t he program of the Aeeooiation

    with epecial omphaeie on federal leglolation in behalf or eohoole, During tbio UM

    I r eta ined r pol~tlcal poet. I cite tbeee racte onlr becauee tbof deaonetreta the

    aUUude ot tha National llduoation AaeooiaUon toward the "kind or aoadelllio treadao

    blob portlUI tbe iao.obar c ... pleta Ubartr ot political conduot and ibousbt io wbicb

    be io en\1\led ae an ,_.rioan o1t1san,

    In 1910 iba National lduoo.iion Aeeoolailoo ca.odaelone4 me io work ror

    an educailon plank ln i ba Deaooratio plaitona ai ihe San 7renoiooo conention. With

    the help ot ia\eraated people the firet daolaratioo b7 111 polltioal portr ot iba

    need tor ta4aral aid iO eduoailoa eae eri nan iaio a plank an4 adopted. Tble plank

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    cooperative f ederal aoeletonce to t he etatee le lmmodlatel7 required for the removal of lllltorac7, tbr the Increase of toachora ealarlee and lnotruotlon In citizenship or both native and r orelgnborn; lnoreaoed eppropr latl on tor vocational training In hone economlea; re-eetobllehment or both federal and sta te employment eertoe with ~ene department under t he direction or teohnlcall7 qualified women.

    In 1924 at t ha New York convention I repreoentad the National Education

    Aoooclatlon on a almller mlaalon. At tb lo time tho fol lowing plank wae written

    Into the platfonll

    "lie bell en w1 t b Thanae J'erteroon and other toundero of t he Republlo t hat Ignorance le the enemy or f reedom and that each etate, bei ng reeponelble tor tho Intellectual end moral quallflcatlono of lte cl tl zone and tor the ezpendlture or tba moneye collected by taxation tor t he eupport or lte ecboole, ehell uee lte eovarelgn right In ell mottero per ta ining to education. Tho federal gOTermont should otrer to the e tateo ouch counoel, advice and old ao may be made nallable through the federal egenolee tor the ~eneral i mproTement of our echoole 1.n Tiew ot our national needs."

    In 1928 I orgenlaed a commi t tee Which worked tor a plank on education In

    the part7 pla tform at the Houeton convention. Franklin D. Rooeovelt wee ezooodlngl y

    he lpful to thla co~lttee with the reeul t that t he 1924 plank wae reaffirmed In

    the 1919 platform.

    Tho effort on behalf ot eduootlon by the Demoera~lo Par~y herein eot forth

    are In koepiDg wub t he eplrlt and philosophy ot rhame :retfereon, who ..,e eo ardent

    lducatlon haa ahap bad an aeaontlal apl ritual value, Toda7 1t baa alao

    an aeaential eoanoaio val ue, lt ie a baalo enterprloe, Soboola giYe .mplo,..nt to

    mo~ than a mill ion persona an4 training and education to preotioallJ tblrtJ lllion

    more. I n t ba nu.bar of amplopea on ita pa,roll, t he nation' echool a11t .. Ia

    neeeded bJ anl7 tour 1n4utrl .. l qrlculturo, oonatruotlon, raUroach an4 tazUlaa.

    Scboola not onlJ amplOJ t ba energloa or evar7 t oartb pereon In t he Unlte4 Statoa but

    thaJ repraMnt a oapl tal invao-nt ot approzl.llatalJ aix billion 4ollere. Thh

    lnna""ent ia azaM4ed bJ OalJ f1Ta lnduatrlaa1 asrlcultura, rallroach, oU,

  • -e-. . . ... electricity, and lumber.

    Because ot tbe tuDdamental importance or education t o the nation, educator

    and laymen have ror yeere maintained that t he tederal government hae a atake in

    the educatioa ot lte cblldreo . Tbe7 have held that while the cootrol end adm!ole-

    tratloo or education ehoul4 remolD wi th the atatee, It Ia the obl1gat1oo or the

    federal covernmeot to ruroiah lea4erah1p aod r lnaoc!al eoa!ataDce t o tho otetoa lD

    order that t heJ m1gbt do t heir pert more efrootlvelJ. For yoara they have conteoded

    that the scattered agenetea engaged in eduoatton in the tederal government ebould

    be coordinated and so tar ae poselble brought ~gether under one reaponalble head .

    Preatdent Rooaevelt made a e1gn1t1cant etep in tble direction when on J une 10, l e33

    by ueout!n order be treDO!erred the runct!ooo or the J'ederal J:joer4 ror vocaUooo.l

    KduoatloD to t be O!!!oe or Kducat!OD 1n the Departmeot or the lDtorior.

    An7 etotement oo t he progreso or woman In the proteee!ona during the l ast

    four years 1e Incomplete whi ch doea oat take Iota account the great cootrlbut!on or

    tho w1fe of our Pree!dont, 10-o. Rooeevelt . Through the wide nr!et7 or her 1ntoroeta

    ohe hao 1oep1rod man1 roroard- look1ng young people to train for public oervloe ao

    a career. Ro ooe can moaeur e t he infl uence tor good ehe baa exercised. Like Terence

    abe oa70 "No\hln& tha t concorno mankind lo wi thout !nt oroot to me. She hoe me\ a nd

    ta l ked wi tb all aor ta and cond1 tlono or people a nd made them oeleomo iD the Whl t e

    Rouoo. '!lleir trouble a and parplezi ties heTo oeTor been otrangora to her . She hao

    g.len generouely an4 gra c1 ouely or her means, her time , and her ppetby. NeTer

    a t teapt!ng !Ughto or eloqueDee, her wordo bit otruck ha .. , Nothlnc abe ""1" noede t o be explained . Mre. RooaeTelt bl!le done more tor the Oil'&n who wort than any

    other Preoldento wito to the hiotnry or our country . The teocboro or the na\!oo are

    proud to oleia her eo e aed>er or their proret o!ODo

    Becaaae or tho practical Ideal! .. or Proo!4ont and Mro, Rooeevelt, and t he

    eotbueia ud 00\11'8Ce wl\b wblob theJ haYe a pproached t heir taake, 1 t 1e 1111 oarnoot

    hope \bot t bel': J"lll'l ot u preoe4ented l abor for the .U.rico.o people J bo renrded

    bJ an crnr-.helallll Tote ot ooDt14eDoo and npport, \

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    Mre. Fronkl in D. Roosevel t The TIM te Houoe Woshington, D. c. My dear lire. ReoseveU

    !.ley ~6, 19~

    The enclo oed leaflet gives you tho pl ank rtMch will be pr esented by the tlotionol PederHion of Businoes end Profesoionnl Women ' Clubs to bo~h political party conventions, ao~nc for tho repeal of Section 21S or t.h~ Ntt tlonal Y.eonOIQ' Act and our reaaono ror urging 1 t o inclusion in tl\e party platfort~s .

    We hove (liven t his mottor o greet dool of thought and I '"" hopeful thot we ohllll occopllolo at leoat an iooport.ent pi ece of nntionnl education throuab tMo present.e.tlon .

    Cordi ally,

    lt' ~ .a..,. ..._fAA-,/ w ;.u~ Charl O...nd f!1Wams

    Preaident

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    ~L/ A Plank .~/- ::~.' " ; c , . DEF~ING THE STATUS OF BUSINESS /i.

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    AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN

    Recommended for t)te 1936 Platform

    .. Bclie"Yin8" that aptitude. trainlns aod e8icle:o~y for the job are tbe only real meaeurin1 rodt to Ute to determine the empfoyt_billty of indi ridualt. we fnor the npeal of Section 213 of the National Eoonomy Act whidt b diec:rimi. natory in h.e application. We ,.e6opiae that woman iJ. an elfec::tiYe eeonomie unit In American lUe and we deplore any policy wbieh prnenll

    he.r full contribution to oc.ldy."

    SubmiuH by

    Taa NAnoi'IAL FI:DaAnOI'I or BuRI'Ias .li'ID PaoPUSJoi'IAL WoMal'l'l CLua, ll'lc.

    H..Jq_, 1819 Broodwoy, New York, N. Y.

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    THE PROPONENTS OF THIS PLANK

    T HE National Federation of Business and P rofessional

    Women's Clubo, Inc., i! an organization of 60,000 bu1inen and profeuional

    women united in 1,500 clubs, representing 400 occupations. lt was founded

    July, 1919.

    The Federation is tteadfastly fuuhering the recognition of womon in pro-

    fessions and bu1inen.

    In 1933 it went on record a! insitling that "aptitude, training, and efficiency

    should be the rods by which bu1iness and professional women be measured."

    In 1934 the Federation stated thll "because there is no economic security

    for any class or group unless there io economic security for all, we demand

    for women employment, appointment, salarict and promotion on equal term!

    with men!'

    In 1935 the Federation resolved "to attack the tendencies to .hamper free

    economic activity of women in the United States and its inland dependcncieo."

    In 1936 the Federation is endoavoring to see that the Nation's bu1ineu sets

    an example to privato buoinen in recognizing the employability of women.

    FIVE MILLION WOMEN INTERESTED

    T HIS plank is of importance to over 5,000,000 women,

    distributed as follows:

    Clerical .......... _ ................ ................................ - .... .. Professional Service .............. - .............................. .. Public Service ........................................................... . 'l'rade ............................ _ .. ,_ ....... ............................... . 'fransporlation and Communication ..................... . Farm Owners, Tenants and Managers ................. . Owners, M anagers and Ollicia.ls, Manufacturing

    Plonts ................ - ................................................. .. ll airdreasers, Manicurists ... , ................................... . Hotel and Rettaurant Keepert and Manogers ..... .

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  • .. SECTION 213 OF THE NATIONAL

    ECONOMY ACT OF 1932

    Personnel Reductions-Married Persons

    "I ~ N tny reduclion of JJCtiOnnel in any bran ch or service o f the United Stutt GO\'trnment or the Diurict of Columbia, married per tons (living with hutband or wile) employed in tho c lan to be: reduced, sha ll be dismiued before any other pcnl)nt c:n,ployc:d in uch clan arc: ditmiNcd, iJ tuch hutband o r wife it a lto in tho tc:rvieo of che United Sta ter or the Dis trict of Columbia. I n the appoincment o f pc:uons to the dtJ1jfic:d c i\il serv-ice:, preference shall be given to pc:uont other than nurric:d persons living with husb:and or wife:, tuch bu1band or wile being in che Krvice: of lhc: United States or the: District of Columbit."

    REASONS FOR REPEAL

    W HEN the: Con arc., of the Unik:d Statf:l passed the: National Economy Act of 1932, it wu Intended art upt:dienc:y to tprtad job..

    Th~ Attorney General tubtequently dec-Ided chat this temporuy legillation wu in rea lity pc:rmnc:.nt.

    The Ctlect of the law htt been to penlliu married women t nd ro esrablif.b a dangerouJ governmental preced~nt which telJ an example of unfairness to private buJinea.

    Moreover, it hu helped to break down the morale ot public JC:rvice--

    By dai:royinc the tcn.tc of lt(urhy. By diuegarding the merit tyttem.

    87 diueprding the tenure of oftSce. By wiping outlht bcoc611 of the rctirtmtntlftd ptDtioo plant.

    Br Yiola.tia1 the principle: of10und pcrtOQnd adminitntioa..

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  • ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING

    THE REPEAL OF SECTION 213 NATIONAL ECONOMY ACT OF 1932

    American Auociadon of Social Workert, \V11.thlngcon Chapter

    Ameria n Auocintion of Univeuily Women

    American federation of Governmcnc Employees

    American federation of Teachers

    Government Worken1 Comtnillte

    Medical \Vomc:n1t Natiotul Auociltion

    National Anocia.tjon of Women LnyYert

    National Education Auodation

    The National Federation of Dutlneu 11nd l'rofcuional Women' Club Inc.

    Natioaal League of Women Voten

    National \Voman't Party

    .National \Vorm:n't Trade Union Lcaue of America

    Women's Homeopathic Medical Fraternity

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    loire. l"rankl1n D. Rooenen Campobello Zutport, llalne

    Tbe Board lleeUDg of the National J'edereUoD or BUelneee &lid Pre>faa.lonal w .... ne Clube baa lUot adlourDid. and the 111111blr1 au malt1Dg tbetr oa:r baok to tlletr bomeo. I am left free for luet 1 reo da;ro before I oomplote the laet lap or a rour-month rtold trip lihUe oUll to Cblceso, I am dtotatt~~g tllto letter oh1ob m:r oecrotS';r will tranaortbl Wblll obo returDB to our llaeb1 Dgton offloe.

    The main purpoee or thle letter le to een4 :rou too doeumento, One to the USO 111111111 report of tbe llxecutt ft Seoretar:r of the llattona! Sd.ucatton Aeoootatlon obton oao pl aced 1n the banda of each or the 10,000 delagetee at our recen t conYentton tn Portland, Oregon, I enould be pleaeld tr ;rou would glanoe OYer tile whole report, but I am parUoularlJ' 1nx1ouo for J'OU to note on pes enen how I tree tad the brceCioaot you and 1 bad at the llht te Roue on Maron 18. You would be tntereetld In knowing now thU broadoeet wa a recotld. b;r memblro of the two orgenttatlono ottb wblob 1 am eo clooel:r oonnected--the reanton wee oplen414 1od o.,...n\o on ou.r r-nt1 are otlll com1Dg 'to me.

    The other docUID.,t 18 tbe Juno bulletl.n or the Depor-nt of llementar:r Bobool Prlootpalo of tbo Natlonol Bduoatl on Aeeoolatlon. Tble book goe1 to 100 prlnolpalo of elementar:r IObOOll-thl entire 111e111ber1 hlp or the Deper'-nt. I want to oall JOur 1Uentlon to tho baok cOYer of tbll bulletin oblob 11 diYOted ontlrel:r to 1 brllf ltC>I'J' of our broado11to

    I hope tbn you are able to find relief' frOID the terrlflo beat Wbloh hu dll01114e4 on Chtoago and tbll lrM 11111 Wbtob ha1 a OYid on laltoard,

    Olhft lllloloeur11

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  • NATIONAL EDUCATION A SSOCIATIO N OF THE UNITED STATES 1ZOI a UCTIRNTH aT .. f;KT. N. W WMHIHOTON. D. C,

    Fob . 15th 1937

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    l\y door l:re. RooseTelt:

    Al thoU(lh I ree l reneorlllblr sure thn t the enol oood in-fonnation from tho Gonoett llewsJX'peto hne coi'IO to your a ttention, I am eendins it elena Mf118Y

    Dr, Chnrleo lleerd hoe just ootnpleteO for the lfntional Eduootion Aooocinti on e very reMnble end hietoricelly eccure to stet.,.,.,nt ent1 t.led The Unique Function or Education 1n ~ricM Derrocrooy , " a copy or Tlhich I om senOino to you , You misht rind it helpful in nome or .your apeechae.

    I epprecinted tho opportunity for an intervio" "biclt you arnnte d ""' Unrortunotoly , I rnuot not Mve mado it oleor to l.lre. 5WIJllorv1l1e thAt I non leavine tom enrly Fric!Aly r:rornl.ng. I bo.,e juo t returned from thot brief trip to Scranton and nue t loeo Of10in tonicht for llo" Orle~no . ll'be.n I return I ellall try to s e t in touch with you again,

    lire , l renkl1n IJ, 'l'be ilhite Houee Waebint on, ll,o.

    Cordially youre ,

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    bnft as~ed aa, t cnoot noeept 70U1'

    inYt t-ltit'tl to be II 8eber or )'a!Zr llteU-

    1~ CO!rlittee . I t .... kind or )'0'1 to

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    Mies Cbar1 0. liUU.a.u lf&tiomJ. Federation or Buetneae and Prof. llo.ena C1ube 1819 BroadftT !riC .

  • 7he 1937 fll f.NNIAL CONVtNTION cATL4NTIC CIT\? N.J. JULV 16-25 7he NAIIONAL f lDUlAIION oi'BUSINLSS and PROFLSSIONAL WOM[N'S CLU~S ii1c 1019 DROADWAV Nf.W YOnR,'N.V.

    EXECUnvt COI.jt.jlmf ,.,,,,~,.

    CHAitl OltJo!ONO WII.LIAiofl Flu t V/,.1',11111,_ EAIIUN.IE WNitl Stu>.n'

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    lilT dear Wllllaua

    T!>ftnlt t ou eo ncb tor 700r letter. l .... lntere~aell t o n11d about thll eonYentton ftnd appr&ot ate your ~rlt1nc 700 d ld.

    Very alncerely yours.

    lllss Charl Omood W1lllllllla 1819 Broadwey NrC

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    THE NATIONAL FEDERATION of BUSlNESS arui PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS, INC.

    1819 BROADWAY NEW YORK, N.Y.

    OPPICI! OP Till!

    us. 4th 11137

    loire. Franklin D, Rooanel t HT4a Park New York

    I appreaiate more than I oan tell you your prcmpt responee to 11q requeat t or a 111eeage,

    The repeal or Section 213 wb1eb came on tho final day or our conTention wo.e the oaaaeion or a celebration that I am lUre 111111ae4 an4 bewU4ered the Tllcatlonlata at Atlentlo City. Your meaaage ne ree4 at t he banquet an4 ""e a ti tting climax to the aotiTitiee ot the week.

    The haety and 111-adTiaed enck>raent ot the Equal Righte Amend-ment waa the one thing about the conTention that I regret . It the matter hod ocme up l.n regular order ae "" he.d proTi4e4 1D

    PRU rotHT

    our Dew lepalathe poUoy an4 ha4 haen atu41e4 by local clube an4 ateta te4arotioDa an4 debated on t he tloor ot the conTentloD, t hen I should reel 4itterently about 1t. The aotioD woe preo1-p1teted t hirty Miautea after the hour eet tor final ad~ournment, and you know whet thot maCUla. The 11111111 minority 1n tnor ot the .._lllklant had been worltln Ti8oroualy tor 1110ntha and throU8h-out the oonuDtioD nek while the reet ot the 4ela gate a were Ullprepare4,

    I bope tllat JOU ar. anjo)'lDf! a wall-oarna4 n.oation.

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    If ciM.r Mba Wll.l.lau 1

    ltrt. ~ .. nlt aelte .. to \1\Anlt rou tor Mndint h.,. oo'"llf.lt ot tJ1& corr ... pon1lenoe .t t.b lira . Rtl\han R. Hc:Ore,., ot Holton, lan" (Oncmtnl'! the trtlolt bl eb you wrote tor th 'Oodrow lllton Luncheon Club, rlra, Pborntlt lflhrt1t.4 to '" tbete bt.teu,

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    N.t.TION.t.L EOUC .t.TION .t.SSOCI.t.TION OF THI! UNITED ST.t.TES 1101 .I)(TII,.,TH aTIIII&&'T. N, W,. WASHINOTON, D. C .

    Feb. Bth 1938

    llellr liro. Roosevelt:

    Since I opoke t o you nl>out tho l uncheon !'or n thouonnd persons in 1'opckn, f:Sneas, on Februl"ry 22 ond let you rend tho little articlo I wrote ~bout you, 1 thouftht you micht be intorcst.cd in the lettor f r ()OI the l(annas wooiAn who r equeoted oto to wri to this article.

    I have nover mot her nor any of the other officers 1n s o tar as I can remember.

    t:ro . FrAnl

  • l~a. 1 , B. Riddle, Wichita Jlrot VIce Praeldont

    Mro. Ray D. no~ son, To pee Socratar:r

    Lira . o. E. Oente , J.ielvern second VIce Freoldont

    lllro. Oeorsto Osborne, ltoneoo CUy 'Treaourar

    Yro. c. 0. Bidwell, Holton Corroopond1ng SOoreta%7

    Mra. 1. L!cek, Kiu:seae C1 '\y Alldl tor

    IJro .Ed. T. lleolaley, lfolllnston Parllomenterlon

    KAtiS.I.SIYOMEII ' S \fOODROlll'IILSOil LU!I CHII OII CLUB

    Mro. !Iathon 11. l'ocOrew, Preel dent Holton, Ka.n.ae

    february ~. 19~

    Cbarl O~nd lfllll,..o, Field Secratar:r l:&tlonal Education .l.oeoolotlon ot tl>o Unltod Statoe naehinaton , D. c.

    W~ door Mloo Willlruno:

    Porn.1 t ..., t1rot to toll you how oorry I am that you had to 11rito me twice to find out 1C I hnd received your er:r wonderful contribution to our Pros,re.m. But, I belleTe it you coUld peep in eorJO tll:e on ae, late, vor:r loto In tho ovonll1/l, after 7:li/ t"o bobleo oro tuckod Into their bods, you woUld know that only becauoo I have boon eo buoy, bnve you not had a reply long boforo thio.

    Oh, that lovely contribution, It obowa thoueht and m>rk and e knowledse or our Flrot Lod;r, You hove oaid In eo tow worda, eo ouch about bor, and In dolns eo beve pelntod o ploturo that one oen actually ooe. I don't know bow to uor thank you . I onl7 hope you wUl think, when you aoo our Proerom that It Ia half oo worthy to hold your pace oe your peae io to J.lra. Roosevelt, l'h,xt "cok I hope to h4ll'O o nowe etory in the preee, the flrot one telllne obout our ProsrcJ:~ , and oinoe 1t Ia dedicated to ~ll.'o. Roooe~olt, I want your picture end your h1etory In thle etory oo the outatandlna ar~1ole in our booklet. When I gGe the reporter ot the Doll:r Oop1tal, Sonotor Copper' a Popor, t ho ortiolo bo eold bo hod your picture, eo I ohall a\nd tbooe to othu popero In the ototo, unleoa I don't llko tho ono ho haalll

    I wlab you oould bo with ue. I hnYe rooeived word rro" ton promlnont out-or- eta to women wbn will be with uo, and will oend you notle .. ot our ""'o't-lng, and Programo too oo you oan han a taint ldoo or what it lll

  • NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 01' THE UNITED STATES fiOI 81XTKBNTH aTfltiiT. N. W., WAaHIHOTOH, 0, C.

    Feb , 9~h l9S8

    Ura. Nathan W, McGrew, President Kansas Wocdrow Wilson Luncheon Club llol ton 1 ltanaae

    ll;y dear lira. llcOrewr

    I understand thorouchly the reason for tho del117 in your letur to tte. ll;y chief concern Willi to make sure that the dozen or moro copies of the ar~icle on lira. Roosevelt Which I had sent you by train and by plane hod reached YOUJ and furthermore, that you approved my handiwork.

    Your letter about your plana waa eo enthusiastic that I am sending it on to lire , Roosevelt.. You will be interested in knowine that I spoke to her lest week about your luncheon and at tho end of ey interview with her let her read tbe litUe ar~icle I had written about hor.

    There are many more things which I could hnve a&id about .l!rs . Rooseyelt . Certe inly eho ie one of the moot understanding persons I havo ever known - sincere , courageous, etraightforword , approachable, genuinely kind 1 and helpfUl,

    I wish you ml.cht have tuned in" on our conference in tho late arter-noon when for thirty minutes we tell

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    l!let annal\l oorwen\l. oo 1n """ York. """nr,

    ll\ t hle UN, '- OM DO\ ~ I f 1\ w111 be

    pceotble.

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    WASH INGTON

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    I NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES

    1&01 8 1XTC&NTH aT ... n . H . W . WUHINOTON. 0 . C.

    Apr. 7th 19:36

    ri.re. Franklin Delo no Rooeovelt The White llouoe

    . WeohiDBton, D. c.

    My dear Llre. Rooeevol t:

    I want you to eee the letter Dr. \Toodrutt heo wr!.tton to the Preeitlent oo I am eneloaine tho oopr ot H thet abe ~ent to me.

    I do not think thot I hftve ever wented enythins oo aucb in~ lire aa thet be abould epaak to tbe t

    Tho Preoident hao derod to dream end to do in thooo brier ycoro that hove boon given to him. But cnro muet bo t oken that blo !deelo will endure . There ie no other 11roup or people in the nation to whom th1e reepoll81b1llty could be better entruoted tbon to the teachers. 1 1eh the rreeldent would apeok direotly to thom and to tile millions in their keeping , loovinr, na n sort ot legOCy to them Ond all Who follow in their footatepe hie ldOOO Of aoc lol Juatioa. eon a true the c i thonahip. en~ in tarnG tlone>l soodw1ll.

    Th~s Jefferson olee>rlJ eaw in thoeo early deya that the republic could not ourvi.a without unl'oereal education and devoted the li\St yoare or hie lite to plena looking to that end Which boTe served eo e guide to the torty-etgbt atatoa thous h thar were never adopted in full. The re port ot the President's AdTioory Coaml ttee on Education, which J atudled enrefullr tor alx hours laat SUnday, hee eome unm1atokeble Jetrereonton features. Of ell eomparable reporte 1eeued on educetton no other one ie eo epeclflc end rar-reachine ee thie le>ot one.

    \Yitb this report and tbe kind or spoeeb that I believe the Preeident will wont to make , be wtll be aborted a eouree ror public education for a century at loaat. There are eo many reeaona -- ell Tnlld to me - why I wont him to apeek to the honrt nnd conealcnoe of the ncfl'lbortl ot my own pro-reulon. Jurthomore, I non dore to bell eve th8 t ooni!l(l to our convention under tbeoe oiroumotonooo 111 be a Jcyoua oooeaion tor the rree1dont.

    Tou, Who haTe a.lreody done oo much tor ua, pro~nleed to help bore end I leon thie Whole ttar to :rou w1 tb truat end oontldenco.

    TaithfUllr :rouro,

    ~~0.. , q ~,_...fu .... -~ Charl Ormond W1lliaaa

    field seoretarr

  • Tbe l',...a1dent Tbe 'lb1 to l!ouae Washi ngton, D. C.

    My dear ~. Pree1don t

    April 4 , 1 9:l0

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    You r:ey rece ll that at the tt~ or our i .nterYlow loat January when I e xtondtd to you en 1nvi tat ton to addr-eae tho l:a tlonal f.duoo tton AeoootaUon e t its fllat ennuol eonYantton Jn fie" Yorl: Ct ty, you Aekd ce to brlnr.- t h te to your attenti on bet"~tn April let e.nd 15th, " hen you could ~1ve e definite .-..ply,

    Your cxprcaaed t nter~st t1 t thtt t1mo led uo t o hor n tlt.(\t a fft~ira would eo ahopo thornl'o.tvea as to n.llo" yo\Jr ocoant ... anca .

    May I mention IV'nln the f!lH tllllt only four tl,.,oa In Ito hlatory boa the l'rco1~ant of t he Unl t ad Stntee brow>ht o neaaoc~ to thte ropreoontntlTO l)ody - f'roa ldent lfC'rTleon, Pr~e1don t l!ooaaolt, l'l"aaldent Tnr t OJld President Coolld(la bovina bonored ua tn th te way.

    Today e q\.Ulrter ot e m.lll t on oe~re ot the lar~e\ orra n-tzed bod7 ot educa tor Jn the world, rnrareeont1ne e ery stnte end outlytnr roaeeeelon, those a1P.nally ~aronalblo, t hrouch education , for tot\Orrowt, tire hoptnc tor~ l"ll!tae&~te f rom tho Cblef Exoout1 o of the united St etea of 7odnoedey eenine;, , 1uno 20th, Jn hodleon Sq,uore r.erdon . Your trOrd. o t thet tir.lo will be e mttor of rrent mo:nent to them and we ow&l t wi th e~erneaa your roaponse .

    Very aincoroly youre

    Cnroline s . l"oodr utt rreoldont

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    1 hn your l e t tor ~mt ~t.n 3 'l

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    l uJ.:; 1A, 1938

    De~r lfl oo W1 111""11

    J r~1'11cl-~d y OU!' lot ~r ""'I rn S'.Jre the Prenl.-.t ....,reelnted +be :one~,.. you too'< t o t he t r tt.ln tor ht:o,

    r e hotll ~jO)'O

  • I NATIONAL EDUC ... TION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATESI

    1201 SIXTaKNTH STRRET. N . W ., WASHI NGTON, 0, C .

    July 8th 1938

    - Hrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park New York

    ~dear Mrs . Roosevelt:

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    Yesterday at noon 1 returned to my desk after an absence o! several weeks , and the first duty undertaken was a letter of appreciation to the President. I WM so anxious tha t he not leave the city without having some personal word of apprecia tion of his great effort to serve us and the cause of education that I took the enclosed letter to his speciAl train last night and handed it rcyself to Mr. Mcintyre .

    Several hundred people representing every element of our population ""re on hand to see him off . Friendliness beamed ! r om every face. It was the first t ime that I had ever seen hin deJ'9rt on one of his t r ip9, and we were so gl~d we went, You will be pl eased to know th~t "" thought he looked very well. ';le marvell9d at his energy in under-taking such a strenuous trip in midswm1er to the hottest part of our country . I do hope that success attends his every effort.

    I e.m s ure that I shall never foreet the l ast afternoon of our !lew York convention which your pre9ence and that of tho President lifted to a high place in tl1a his tory of our llssocia tion. I nm fully cogni-zant of the effort that both of you made t o be there Md I P111 deer1y grateful . Nd. in all our records is there such a 1!1'3ssat;e concem1ne e

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    v.r.. S'ranklln D. Booeen1t. Tbe 11h1t Roue uh1ncton1 D. c ..

    For the reco:rd, t want t.o ttll you. t.h&t 1 ehal1 1\an pre-pared tor your oonaiderat.Lon 150 'IJOrdl on t.he book, Sehools tor te:r:ooraCY"., by t.h.e timo I rtt.\lm t.o W&aM.na:ton on )I.Arch 19. I ehAU ponder caroetully the at.at.tlmG'nt. on ft~deral aid tor education, which rill have t.o _,. Ju:tt. a eentence 1n thie short artir.le.

    Thi book wu eoep1led tor \.be NaUoMl Conaree ot Puente and teac:here, a nationldcloe pou-p or 212so,ooo ae:b&r8 orpniwcl 1nt.o )0, 000 local uns.u. their ann\1.1J. I!OI'ITtnUon ri.ll be held. 1o Ouba, Nebruka, Me.7 6--9. tt ,..our eol_,. could take notioe of tba book ac:-1 U. the latt.e.r p.tt. ot Vareh or the f1re:t. week 1a !pril

    1 I th1tlk it. woold M T8r'J' helpful and I CCI .ake

    ry a,ood u.se of' it. '!be lunc:beo::a t.od.aJ wu pedec'\l,J 10'1'~ It. ..., ft.TY thoc.gb't.-tul. o! you to ba're a ...U n-.btr ~rNeal. Next. 1fMk I m aending :JOU a COVT of lett.er 1n wblch I ...nt.l.on th1e de-Ua,ht.tul ooeu1.on.

    I .. enelo~in& 1A thS.. let.1Ar a OOPJ' or 19 l.nt.er to Dr. &nd Mr Sbdton Phel.pt, ~I Mnt.io:ned to you t.od~.

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  • NATIONAL. EOUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES

    II.0181XT&C.NTH .-T"ICT. H. W ., WA8HINGTON. 0. C.

    lll'll. Fr&Dklin D. Roosevelt The 1\hite House Washington, D. c.

    !(( dear !Jrs. Roosevelt:

    April 4, 1940

    Uore than I can tell you(! ap/re~f,tt thfgensrous apace

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    you gae to our book, Schools for De1110cracx in your colWll\ 7 on April ), 1940 .} llxeady l have order ed a thouaaz~d reprinte of it to slip in

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    lire. Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park, Now Yor!(

    Dear lire. Rooonelt:

    Sopteo.ber 11, 1940

    In looking over rt11f calendar I fincl I am &lo a~ a Na~ional Board etilll! at ~he Hotel S~evena in Chicago on Wednu~, Sept .. ber 181 at 7:SO P" The aMual board etiog of the National COl1gress ot Parenu and Teaehere - about ninet y men am wODen represenUng every state except Nevada - will ba in session there until Septbar 20.

    I think it might ba a good thing to have our prose conference before I go to that group 1t you s~ill think you can arrange 1t. I shall sem yau later on the gist of thot thinga I shall say -as you sugiestod. If it is neceoairy I could miss t he first meeting and arrive on the nineteenth,

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  • NATIONAL EDUCATION A SSOCIATION OP" THE UN ITED STATES 1l0t I IXTEENTH ITfltllrT, H , W WA..HIHOTON, 0, C.

    !Irs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 'fh4 ll"h1 t.e llollse ".'.'ashin;;ton, D. C.

    ~ dear Vrs. Roosevelt

    Septe!Obor 17, 1940

    \ I u enclosing to you the revised stat.

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    THE STORY OF MY VISIT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHJI~:SS AND TilE 1DUCl'.llSS OF WI!IDSO!l NASSAU, BAHAlo!A. ISLANI:S, AUGUST .30, 1940

    Charl Ormond WUl.iams Director of F'ield Service

    National Education' ASsociation, Washi ngton, D. C,

    A part of my philosophy of life has been a belief tha t oomething nice

    lies just around the corner, As I look back ovet the full rich years that

    have been granted to me, I feel that my ! ai t h 1n my philoaophy has been

    justified, I never imagined, howeve r, that a vacation ~ich sat off to such

    a bad start could possibly end in such a pleasant and interost in;:: expt~thin seventy-five feet of the Atla ntic Ocean when the newspapers began

    speculating on the time of the arrival 1n Nassau of nu~ir Hoyal tli ghne3ses,

    the liuke and Duchess of Windsor, ~o were t hen 1n Demuda.

    Two WOJII8n 1n our hotel new over to Nassau, hopin~ to be there when

    t hi.s royal couple landed, and I was urged to go along, It appeared that the

    tourist business by boat and plane had taken a sudden spurt, but I had no

    desire to mingle 1n great crowds of people !It that time, t he weather being

    what it was. However, I read rlth eager interest eve ry story the papers

    carried and took note of the two speeches lllade within a week or his a rrival

    by Hi s Royal llig)mess, These made a great a)Ypeal to rue , Later on while in

    Havana the thought which had been brewin;; in IllY mi.nd for several days

    crystallized into a decision to fly to Nassau for a vi.sit with tM Duke and

    Duchess of Windsor if thet could be arran"ed,

    After twenty-five years of unparalleled service to b1a peo~les far and

    near, and .320 days as ~rd VIII, of Great Britain, Ireland, a nd the British

    Dominions be;yond the Seas, King, F,.,peror of India, thia man who had been

    trained to reign over the world 1s greatest empire had cooe to rul.e over a

    string of 29 islands , 661 ca.ys and some 2,000 reefs lying ofi' our shores

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    about two hours flying distance from Uiami, This was his firs~ administrative

    position and I was eaaer to t.al.k w1 th hi:n about his work. Out of a total

    population of 60,000, one-third colored, about 20,000 live on the island of

    New Providence, on which the capital city of Nassau is located. On Au~uet 2),

    just a week after their arrival, 15,000 of these colored people ~athered at

    Cli!ford Park for a heart-wanoing walco"e to the new Governor and Colll.lllllder--i.n-

    Chief of the Bahal:la Islands and his wife , The abort arophacyl "Conditions

    throu)\out the world are changi.n~ rapidly before our eyes, and i t is well that

    we Jive thought to 'llhataver aventualities t he tutu"" cay have i n store for us ,

    1'/hile t hese islAnds are 1n one respect nv:>st riohly endowed by nature , no one

    today can afford to rely exclus ively on resources Llvl t have proved the most

    profitable 1n the past.

    "~"ithout first hand experi ence of the success or failur& of any

    previous experiments along new linaa in azricultur~ or industry, I do advo-

    cate that other channels of development be explored however oore arduous

    their operation or slow in co"'!'4riaon their return.

    11You may rest 3Ssured that any new ventures you may eiJ~rk upon tbat

    are calcul ted to enhance the J>l'OSperity both or yourselves and of the Baha.J&a

    as a 'llhole, rlll havs the Duchess s and 1l!;(f sympathetic interest Gnd support.

    Although I had never been to Haaseu , I WIIS fair).y certain that tho new

    Governor would find a number of problems confrontin:: hiJ~ which must be sinilar

    to those with wbicb we in 1l!;(f pert or our country had atru~ed for decades .

    Familiar to roe were hie world-ride travels wit.bin and without the t!llJ>ire and

    I had known for yous or his nGver-failinu interest in the welfare of the

    loWliest of hie aubjecte . I fel t that. he, rlth his background, mi!Ult perhAp&

    attelllpt. something uniqu.e 1n the solution of those problems; that whatever ha

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    did in ameliorating the conditions of the peopl e of those far-flung isl ands

    would be of great interest t o us . The conditions a f f ecting t he homes,

    schools, and communities were bound to he quite s imilar to t hose of tho

    deep South particularly. For eight year.> I had been superintendent of

    schools or Shelby County, Tennessee, where the ne;!ro children numbe red

    16,000 and t he white children 8,000, and so my interest mounted.

    One does not walk in unann.ounced to a president of a bank, a member of I

    Con;_:ress, or a superintendent of schools in our country. Thereto re, I was

    glad to present a statement of my activities a nd connections alon01 with a

    personal l e tter to the aide-de-camp to His !loyal Hi ghness. 'o'lithin t11o houre

    after this material reached the Duke of Windsor, an invi ta t ion to meet h:iJ

    and the Duchess or ;lindsor 'Kas received. Accordincly, on Au:!Ust 30, at t en

    o'clock io the ll)ming I motored out t o the lovely home on the only ridge on

    t he island which Their Hoyal Highnesses had taken for the sumnor until

    C-overnment House coulrl be redecorated.

    Bein;: ten minutes early I &ll1used eysolf by studyin~ the panelled walls,

    hal'IDOnious furmshings and lovely flowers i n huc;e bowls a nd vases which v;ere

    placed to advanta.ce in this l arge drawing room overlookinJ tile bluest s tretch

    or water I had "'"r seen. Defore I knew it, His 1\:lyal Hi:;hness stood before

    me with that famous smile and outstretch hand. hi'ter t he rost oordial

    greetina, be seated himself beside me on the divan and the conversation did

    not la:: for a moment until I left fifty minutes later. He graciously S"-id that

    he and the Duchess had wanted to recei ve ""' at Government House , but that i t

    was all torn up, and eo 1111ch knoeld.na was f:Oina on there that .re would not be

    able to talk comfortably. 1 spoke of t he disappointment that was mine when a

    horseback accident in British Columbia so areatly delayed mf arrival in Toronto

    that I missed a garden party in his honor, to which I had boon invited on his

    last trip to Cs.nade. I was able to !Jive him a fi'"'thand report of the little

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    En::lish children whom I had seen tha t mornin, cs t hey left their ship. lie

    was deeply concerned 3bout their wel fnre .

    ~:ithin ton minutes atter the !luke appe3red, the !luchess o! ::indsor ca..,.,

    in to sec me . I arose to croet her With sincere Vlords ond a wann hand-clasp

    and we were seated a;~ain, the Duke at rt11f l eft end tho Duchess at rtllf r i&ht in

    a sort of halt-circle , j ust tho situa tion for good conversation. The

    Luchess improued lll8 rlth her unstudied poi~e and graciou.sness which ,ere

    alto;:ether timpl e, easy and effective . I lil

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    enterprise u now worldn3 sone of the ponds with satisfactory result.s. The shipbuilding and dock yards apparently do a uood business building

    native craft and schooners and servicing, docki.'lg and storin;; visiting

    yachts . Certainly the native >romon do a thrivin;: busino:ss in wa3vinu straw and makinr; durable , attrac tive mats used in most of the llassau ho1ncs , as well

    as bat-s and hata, often of a ve.ry Cine quality. Trto t.ypes of strew are used,

    the eyed soft brovm fro.~ the coconut tree aml tt.e straw-Juke also spoke of the difficulties o ' e.,-iculture in thooa rocey

    i sl ands , the soil in many places bein(l rich, but ge.therod in pockots, facts

    probably accounting for the uportetion of much of the fod. 'fho in!)Ortaneo of the fishin;: industry is not~ by export flguros , since 90 porcent of the entire production of the fishorios is tor local conswo~tion.

    The ooo industry upon uhich evocybod,t in the islAnds is coW\ting in

    tho days ahead is t he tourist business . 'fhis !Mt 'l'ms oroo.de very plain to

    ce by tJ::t colored taxi driver as he took oe !rcn the plt\no tn 11\Y hotel. In a0311'er to f1lll questiCIII os to whethar many visitors had come to t he i slands

    since the arrival of t r.e Duke and Duchess, he replied with enthusias:o,

    Ob, yes, m aa. .l.nd thon he added sevon thousand, five hundnld are pon.ina r.oxt mont h - nll f riends of the Jlucheos . Tho Duko and l!uchess wero

    IILlCh t:>used when I relayed this observation to them.

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    It 11as inevitable th.'~ ao~~~ethin.; should be said about t!lo incon.se-

    qu~ntial, and sometinles untNe, stories which had apoe11red concernin3 them

    in some of our papers . The !.luke saic, Miss c11lllaa!s, if we say >Te are 1,-in;;

    to dine quieUy at home t his evenin3, there is no news in thnt, " and he

    implied that the hard-workin!l reporter sometimes drew on his i:tiAy"ination

    with weird results , The Duchess said, .tite r all, l,!iss . illiA:ns , we are

    a midd.le-a,;ed couple , tie do not t;o to night clubs, On the contrary 1 we

    are l iving a very simple lifo, enjoying thin.;s with each other,"

    The thought that those two people were .:rowin= older oMde ti;J romantic

    heart miss a beat, but their story, "the .;-re>.test since the ~wsurrectioo,"

    accordin;: to H. L. Y

    No, I did not curtsy to His Royal Hi.;hnes3 and the Duchosa or .lindsor

    because to do so never occurred to me , &Y..mrd is known anu loved ~JJrouchout

    the worl d for his dell'.ocr3tic spirit, and neither ho nor the l.Juchess would

    OX!lect 1 t from an American, I 11reetetl them cxactl,y as we all .:reet our

    beloved President and lolrs. Roosevelt . Both in my letter and in my c;reetinz

    1 used the title which her bsband cleims for her nnd tho one to which I

    think she is entitled -- Her Royal Highness.

    ':/hat did the Duchess wear? .lhnt sort of ri!l;: did she hAve on? tlha.t

    was the omamant sol!lll one told oe she often wore on one shouldol'? To ell

    these questions that hAve be on asked .., I can only re!)ly 1 111 have not the

    faintest idea, I saw only her face , I think I shell hAve to ask her to

    save me rrom the charae or hopeless stupidit y by supplyin6 me with these

    details that will be asked or me &Jain and a ,;;ain .

    I bed with me about two do zen photo6raphs of t heir arrival and tbe

    cero..onies omic:h followed ard, after showin.; thell thosa or tho second

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    celebration which they had not yet seen, I sug.::ested that they autogr~h

    one for me and writ e my name on it for identification.

    The Duchess very graciousl y said, "Dar lin:; , you write Uiss Y/illiruns

    name and sign your own and then I will sign mine."

    The Duke rose and with brisY. step left the roo:n to get his own pen

    and portf~lio, and the Duchess amusingly sai d, 11J.iiss \iilliatns , we are

    terribl y afraid of spoi lint this beaut iful house . " She wAs very careful to

    wave the photograph in the air until the ink was dry anci then she bl otted

    i t on their own blotter.

    It WA S then ()'1St ti.-ne to go and, as VIe stood to say e;oodbye, the

    Duchess sai d, ~.!iss Willltlms, we think it is very ;.:ood of you to be

    interested in us."

    One final world. I tol d them I had taught Enlllish history at one

    time and loved H, and- that I often thou;,~ht of the boys and ;;irls who

    would be studying about them a hundred years or so fro!o now. Of course,

    these children IIUlSt read "that they lived happily ever afterward." On that

    score I have no fearz . An An&lican priest told ms that there was no doubt

    whatever that the Duke WP-S very deeply in love with the "uchoso and that

    she wPs a r;reat inspiration to him. A youn.:: man nbout twenty-eight years

    old said to me, "lliss Williams, the way they look at each othe r just hurts . ''

    And then I e.xpressed the hope t hat his t.ory would record that dtppor-

    tunities had been :;ranted to them for the full employment of the talents

    with 1thich they both are richly endowed.

    I shook hands with them both, and His Royal Highness walked with 10e

    out o! tho dmwing room t hrough the hall and across the terrace to the

    steps where my c3r ns wa1 ting. A final goodbye and the !luke smilinzly

    replied, "l!iaa llilliar.la , this is much nicer than the 11arden party.

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    ~ben I returned home I read a gain ~~e books and C8J&%ines publi3hed in '

    l9J6 and l9J? which I had caref'ull,y put away, and I can .t'llll under3tand

    hew Edward in those never-endin:; and exhausting tours had sueceas!llll ~

    "combatteC: the old resant :nent o! the Boers in South Africa" and \Thy the

    natives of India rallied oround him with a frenzy o enthustas~ in epite

    of the fact that "Oendhi had urged the people to st.~y w1 thin their houses

    so t hat the streets would be empty."

    At forty- six years or a11e , be could do i t all again, 1Jel1ev1!'13 that

    he and the Duchess will do their work in an extraordinarily intorestin.; way,

    I have subscribed to a Nassau paper in order to ~t firsthand accounts of

    their ecUvitiea .

    In presenti113 11\Y connectioiiS to Their l'.oyal Hi~osses , I .ada pro.d.-

    nent rry work for t-wenty-five years as en educator, T like to think tt>.at

    they were interest.eOrt of

    hh for the past twenty years 1

    To W1ss Charl Ormond Willian.

    in memory of our fight

    tor real de:10crecy -- in 1920 -

    and in later days, eapeciall

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    Tbl odlite llouae April 18, 1940

    ~ D. Roosevelt

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    'iiishing to preset"le it for generations to co~~~e , I had this inscription en-

    eraved in his own handwritin;; on an eleven-inch squaro pieco of heavy silver

    made by Tiffany.

    ~rnat about Naaaau itself? It is a quaint and interestin.; Uttle city,

    and there v~s not much in it that I , ~s a tourist, did not see. .dth the

    palms, tropical t roes and s hrubs blossoming on every street, o.nd the colored

    people at every turn, I felt as if I might be l n .'lorida or any other state

    in the deep South, It was not until I attended a ni~ht session of the House of

    Assembly and saw British colonial covorn.'llent in operation thnt I fully realized

    that I '17&5 on forei:;n aoil. Those :nen, white and colored, dressed in evening

    attire, went about their business of raising revenue tor the Coloi"\Y with great

    d1ty and decorom. Equally interestin,; was a session of t he aagistrates

    Court. Up and down Bay Street I went int~ t he shops , r.~arkots, the !byal

    Bank of C9nada, and the Development Board, as well RS tho office of our

    Amer ican Comsul, !lr. J, w. Dye , a disti~shed and s cholarly gentleman who

    was exceedingly help!\11 to me , Fom talks with do:'.ens of people of both

    races on the plane, in the hotels , markets and shops, I learnod of the

    devotion and enthusiasra of these gracious a.nd hospitable people for 'l'heir

    Royal Highnesses .

    Not a single. pereon was found who did not have absolute faith that Great

    Britain would ultimately trilllllph in this grlJa and deadlj' war, I visited

    the acreage se t aside on the harbor tor the scrap iron which is collected

    and sorted for shipment to l'lngland !rora time to timo, a gift the British

    Broadcasting Corapany has noknowledged on sever al occasions. '!'here is

    no doubt in Ill mind that the Coloi"\Y will stand by to t he end, "proforring

    if it is inevitable, to perieh with tlie lll)ther-count~ flourish with hor enelliea .

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    NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 1201 8 1XTIIIINTH .TRI&T, N . W - WUK I NGTON, D . C.

    Mrs . f ranklin D. l:oo3evel t Hyde Park, New York

    :y dea r !.!~. Roosevelt :

    September 16, 1940 /Uu

    It is l ate at night , and I IJ:I workin;; at the office in order to ~et the enclosed st~te:oent to you at Hyde Park to100rrow corning , This one 18 the first writina. 1'he neeeuary revisions and e~ltin,; will be !03de tomorrow .,.,,.,un. and that copy will be at the olhit.tt llouse when you retum tooorrow ni.;ht . 1 shall oire you toni;:ht what t have done .

    One reason for the delAy ia the fact that r could not decide hew long ~ state:nent I should eend you , I final.l y l'n'Oto in sl

  • n!E STORI 01' III VISIT TO IllS ROYAL HIGHII!iSS AIID THE DUCH!iSS OF WIJIDSOII

    NASSAU, I!IJWIA ISI.AJIDS, AUGUST SO, 1940

    Charl Ormond Williaaa Director ot Fhld Sel'Tioe

    National Education .t.osoci&tion, Washington, D. c

    .t. part of 11\Y philoao~ o! life has been a belief thnt aanething nioo

    liea ju.et arouncl the corner . As I look back over the 1'1111 rich :years that

    have been granted to ""' I !eel thnt 11\Y faith in 11\Y philosophT has been

    ju.et.itiad . I never il:lagined, hawrever, ttat a neation which got oft t o ouch

    a ba4 start could poasib4' end in such a pleasant and interesting experience

    as !ell to 11\Y lot . I had hardly settled int o a beaut11'11l South Florida hotel

    ritbiJI sevent:y-tive teet o! the Atlantic Oee~n when tbe newapapara began

    speculating on the tiloe o! the arrival .in tlassau of Their Royal H1hnesses ,

    the Duke and .OUches a ot Windsor , who were then in Ben:uda .

    Two w.-n in our hotel new over to Nassau, h~ to be there 10ben this

    ro:yal couple landed, and I ns urged to go along . It appeared that the

    tourist business b:y boat and plaila had taken a lUdden opurt, but I had no

    desiN to mingle in great crowds ot people at that time, the weather being

    what it was. HCIINiver , I read with eager interest every etory the papers

    carried and took note o! the two speeches ada witbiJI a week of bi.s arrival

    b:y His Ro:yal Hi,ghness llhieh made a great appeal to me. later on while in

    Havana the thouabt llhich had been brewing in 11\Y adncl !or several da.ya

    C17&t&l.l.ised into a deci&ion to ~ to Nassau !or a visit with the Duke end

    Duchaee of lfindeor it that could be arranged

    .t.ttar twnt,-tin :years ot Wlperalleled earviee to hie paoplae !ar and

    near, and !120 da:yl ae Edward VIII, by the Crace ot Ood ot Great Britain,

    Ireland and the Br1tiah Dc.dniona beyond tba Sau, ICinJ, Defender of the

    hith, lllilperor ot IDd1&, thia an who ba4 bean trained to reiJD over the

    world' ll'e&teat pira had CCIM t o rule over a etring ot 29 ialanda1

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    661 cays and scme> 2,000 reefs lying off our shores abrut two hours flying

    ' time 1'rom Mi&Jni. This was his first administrative position an,d I was eagar to ~l.k with him about his work. out o.t: a tot al population of so,ooo,

    one-third colored, about 20,000 live on t he island of New Providence, on

    which tbs capital cUy of Naesau is located. on Auguat 2S, just a week

    after their arrival, 15, 000 of these colored people gathered at Clifford

    Park for a heart-warming welcome to the new Governor and CO!ll.llander-in-Chief

    of the Bahama I slandp and his wife . The short address made by His Royal

    Highness contained these impressive words of hope snd prophecyt conditions

    throughout the world are changing rapidly before our eyes, and i t is well

    that we give thought to wtever eventualities the future may have in store

    for us. While theee islands are in one respect most richly endawed by

    nature, no one today can afford to rely exclusively an resrurces that have

    proved the most profitable in the past.

    ''Wi tbrut first hand experience of the success ot failure of any

    previous experiments along new lines in agriculture or industry, I do

    advocate that other channels of developmont be explored however more arduous

    their operation or slow in cOiliP"rison their return.

    "You msy rest assured that any new ventures you ma::t embark upon that

    are calculated to enhance the prosperity both of yrurselvos and of the Bahamas

    aa a whole, will have the Duchess's and my eympathetic interest and support.

    Although I had never been to Nassau, I -s fairly certain that the new

    Governor would find a number of problema confronting hila which must be aiJnilar

    to those with which we in "''f pert of our country had struggled for deca

  • did in ameliorating the condition& of the people o! thoae !ar-f1WI8 islands

    would be of great interest to ua , The conditions affecting the heme a ,

    schools , and cClllll1Ullities were bound to be quite similar to those of tho

    deep South particular}. For eig}lt year" I had been superintendant n!

    achools n! Shelby Coun 1q', Tennessee, where the negro children nllDlbered

    16, 000 and the white children B,OOO,and so~ interest mounted ,

    One does not wall< in unannounced to a president n! a bank, a mombar of

    Co~ss, or a auperintendent of achools in our country, Therefore, I was

    glad to present a statement n! r113 actirlties and connections along with a

    personal let tor to the aide-

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    I arose to greet her with a fn sincere words and a warm hanl-clasp and '!'8

    were seated again, the Duke to ll(f lett and the Duchess at ll(f right in a

    sor\ of halt-circle, just the situation for good conversati on , t'he Duche38

    impressed me with her poise 4nd graciousness - neither studied, but s i mple ,

    easy and effective, I lil

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    Certainly the native lftllllOn do e thriv~ business 1n weavlna straTI and mald.nc

    durable, attractive uta used in most of the llassau ho:ll6s, ftS "8ll as bags

    and hats often ot a very Ilne quality. '!'no types of straw are usod, the

    dyed soft brown from the coconu t tree and tt.e straw-yellnw rro., n locRl

    pd m. The Duke wore ono of these br01'1!1 hats , so popular no., 1n tho IJnitcd

    Stat es , to church the first :Iunday, ocoordino.~ to e. locnl ~nllor. The "uches

    i s inter ested no l ess than the luk in all the~e prnbl e11111 , r.nd I cn n easily

    imai'ine th.lt she will employ he r artistic ability 1n helpin(l the WOJnen to

    crea t e ne" designs for their products as well as neu lllllrket.~ tor then . So

    it is likely to he in the tor to is" sholl industl"J.

    The !Juke also spoke of the difficulties or a"riculturo in these rocky

    islands, the soU in Mny places bain~ rich, hut ::~th~red in pocke ts, facts

    ;>robably account in;; for the i:ftportation of much of thO food. Tho importance

    or the f i shi na industry io not shown by export fi~'Uro since 90 p.>rcont of t he

    e ntire product ion of the f1she rios is f or l ocal conswr.ption.

    The one in~uetly upon which dverybody in the islands is countin6 in

    t he days ahead i s the tourist business . This fact lfns ""'de vert ;>lain to

    me by rrry colored taxi driver as he took .ce f roa the plne to IllY hetol. In

    &n.slrer to Dlf question u to whether many visitors hnd coroo to the islanrls

    since the arrival of the Duke and Duchess, be replied with enthunioaa,

    "Oh, yes, m& u. " And then he ad~ed: "Seven thousand , fl.ve hunrired ore

    coming next month - all friends of the lluches s . " The Duk and DuchllS.'I ..,..rt re

    much amused when I relayed this observati on to them.

    I t wna inevi table thtlt somethin;~ should be allld about the inoonso-

    quential , and so:netb.ea untrue , sto ries which bAd apoonrecl concem1n.; them I

    i n so.., of our pspera. The Duke said, "Miss .tUllaoos , 1C we SAy wn are

    s;oina to dine qulet q at home t hie evanin;;, there is no news in th8 t ,

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    and he i:nnlied that the hard-Nork ing reoort~r sometun'ls clrew on his im&gi-

    Mtion with weird results. The Cuche~s said , "After all , !tiss :VilliM&s ,

    wa are a 11\l:tve not the

    faintest i dea, I saw only her !ace. I think I s lull hovo to a3k her to

    save t>e from the charge of hopeless stupidity by supplyin ~ '"" with these

    details that will be asked ot me again and again,

    I had with me about two dozen photographs of their arrival and the

    ceremonies which followed and, a!ter showing t hem thoso of the sGoond

    celobrlltion which they hAd not yet seen, I euaested tho t they auto&raph

    ono for :ne and wr1 te '1lll naJJie on 1 t for i dflntificAtion,

    ThA Duchess very a raolouely said, "0A rlin,;, you write 1.!1S3 :nut.ms I

    na .. no and sign your own and then I will d e n m1no."

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    The Duke rose and with brisk step loft the 1'001:1 to ,oet hi a o'm pen and

    portfolio, and the Luchess amusinaly said, "lAiss ,;nuams, we are ter ribly afraid of spoilin;: this beautl!ul house , " She W15 very careful to wave the

    photozraph in the air unUl the ink was dry and then she blotted i t on

    their own blottor.

    It wae then past time to go and, as wo stood to say efJOdbye, the

    !)uchess said, Yiss \tllli~D~S, we think it is very good of you to be

    interested in us." ,

    One final word, I told them I had tau~ht m,;li11h hhtory a t one

    tiM and loved i t , and that I often t hought of the boys end girls who

    would be studying about them a hundred years or so from now. Of cour3e ,

    t hose children must ro~nd "thAt they lived happily over aftat'

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    o.ar m. wt.w ... ,

    IIWIY thank-a tor 70W'" l.Ut..r tnd tor

    ~ OOP7 ot the atary fro the "-tllphh s-per.

    I glad to au 1 t.

    "' ... Rot.b \be '""iU\ .r.d I appreehtto 7007

    aood .s.-.. aDd yow MBfU.,.. in u. lery ool'lll1all.7 700 n ,

    Win Charl o. Wiw ... CaN N.t,A. ruhlncton, n.c.

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  • NATIONAL. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES 1201 eiXTKKNTH .TI .. IIT. N, W., WUHINOTON. 0 . C.

    lira. Franklin D. Rooeevelt Tho White Houae Washington, D. C.

    Dear Ill's . Roooevelt a

    October 2, 1940

    Sauhow it alWlQ'e s eams to work out that I have to write you jll8t before '111/f departure !or e.- place - t hie time for Clolll

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    Vrs. Franklin D. Rooanelt

    I ahall be thinking of you and the Preeiden~ eveey single day and hoping and praying that a.ll goee well. I have never questioned the outc~ ot this contest since the day before hie birthday in January, 19S8, in hie White House Office, when I told h1a that he would haw to be a candidate again and that he would be re-elected. His re~ waa, "Oh, no, Kiss lrill:ta., I am tired and want to go home, I never doubted that for a m~nt either, but I glory in his stnngth and coursge today. Both ot you 11818t have s..., aecret reaenoira of pbTsical and spiritual strength upon which you can draw hearlly at times. Otherwise, I do not see how you could keep going on and on in the gallant way that you do.

    Always faithtully yours,

    Charl Ormond lrilliama

  • t.tY d.ar Kla.s t:Ull .... '

    1 ..:11 IS3.-. UW'I aorry t.lnLl_ oollld ~L ~op 1o at. t.b Conu nL1cn ot c.h,f--:-~ con,.._,. or J uu ou an_!1 _Teachore . 1 ..... onlr iri BOilon a. few houn nrifliii'a t.o ereOIJ t.naa. fi t.h franklin, Jr., ho, u :10\l IIQ.i' k,.,w, we iJl the hoep lhl.

    t bl.nk you 10 .uc.1 tor rwr ht.t.r and tho encloeW"ea.

    Lita CMr l Omond J'Ull..a.:u llat.iClftal i.duon.tlon Auoeint.ion 1201 ... l6t.h St.., 1 ... 1, 'Juh., D.C.

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    2l, 1941.

    \ I have just learned that you are i n

    the Hotel Statler and that you may come ln to

    our morning seaaion. Such a visit from you to

    these throe thou san:! delegates would mean a

    very great deal to them. I have a feeling that

    you may not havo seen the lettar whi~h President

    Roosevelt wrote to the delegates of this Cor.-

    von tion. A copy of i t is e nclosed as well as

    the motion I made l ast evening to a cro~ed

    aeaaion at Faneu11 Hall.

    With best w1ahes, a l waya,

    Fai t hfully yours ,

  • Motion offered by Mia Charl Ormond Williams , National Chairman of School Education

    Tuesday evening,Nay 20, 1941.

    At the opening aesa1on of tho forty-fifth Annual Convention o! -

    the Na t i onal Congress of Parente and Teachers, our national president

    read a n impressive and inspiring message from the President of the

    United States - Frenklin D. Roosevelt to the delegates who are gathered

    now in Boston. It is fi tting that our rep ly to the Chief Executive of

    our nation in appreciation of his recognition of our work and our re-

    sponsibility should go forth tonight from historic old Faneuil Hal l,

    a shrine of the liberties and freedom we cheriah and st&nd ro&dy to

    maintain.

    Therefore , with the approval of Mrs. Klatzer, I move that the

    following telegram be sent at the close of thia eesa1on t o President

    Roosevelt and that copies be gi van to the press nnd the t this telegram

    be publ1ahed in our National Parent-Teacher Magazine.

    To the President of the United States The White Ho~tse Waahington,D. C.

    From old Fanouil Hall, historic ahrine of American liberty and freedom, the delegatee gathered in the forty-fifth Annual Convention ~r the National Congress of Parente and Teachers representing aa you pointed out millions of parents and teachers, wish to e.xpxoess their profound appreciation of your meaaage with ita recognition of our work end or our responsibility. In this hour or peril to our nation end to our democratic way of life we believe that may be able to Ugh ten your heavy burden by our heartfelt aasurnnoe tba t today, as never before, parents and teachers are keenly aware ot the foroes of evil which menace our cheriebed freedoms, anti that ttey atand ahoulder to shoulder ready to do all within their power to defend theae treedoma.

    On this historic ground, hallowed by the struggles af the founders of this nation, we, parents and teachers , dedicate ourselvea anew to the 1deaa ani !deale they promulgated to a startled world . we pledge our 11holehearted alforta to prepare the t,enerat1ona intrusted to cur care eo that they will be a quipped to d1eobarge 1ntelllgantly and fa1tbtully the soo1al and o1v1o rsepone1b1l1ties involVed in democratic living.

    Mrs. William Klet&er President, Kational Congreea of

    ~arenta and Teaobera

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    Forty-fifth Annual Corvention

    NATIONAL CONORSS 0~ PAR&NTS AND T EACHIRS

    CONVE NTIO N NEWS Corwemion Tlu~_me: Modr.rn Problcmu in Community Littin&

    Vol. 12-No. 2

    " DEFE NSE BEG I NS I N THE WHITE HOUSE

    WASHINGTON

    .My 1h r .Mn. l(lrtur:

    Tue1day, My 20, 1941

    TUE HO ~I E "

    h lt hh. plnt\1,.. 1h.a1 I -.11d 1hlt MtUIJf to th t rtPthfllltitt o ( mlll lon.t o.f pstll' ll al\d lutheu who ue to ' ""'bit In lou oft IO ,.,.;,w p;a..n l dlievemtnU 111-d 10 J t l ;11-1pirat;o" .... d '"(0\IUJf lfttll l fo r funh.cr dforu !11 tt.h.&lf o( tiLe c.hlldrt.ft ef llilt Nu$o.fl . n. c ........ cur . , c..-.. .-... Jt, dtpudt , ,, \l,._fl dot

    u.lv- of .............. . .. tlrloe . ..... .... uu "'""'' ah tt....lr dU14,._ U h.NM, kt 11. .. 11p!Jft dM- , ,,. of ifi-Hf'IKI;.. 4 avWoc. ~ tndKn 1ht ,,.,.,_ ;., .0..1,

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    ,.I "''' you ~ i.alpr 11,. all '"'""u a.nd 111l uadun chu ch1 fir~d -u tfKrh MU fl t ar~lt dtvicu (or C'Mptrlll"' 111 thb 11'1\olllal tuk.

    Ms. Sido,ie MaWtt:J' Cru~ttbtrg

    l'ttrtl~(p.-.t o"lh~ p.n~l r,,t4n ~,t"nMO,. ,

    1" rh crl..h of afalrt o( cht Nulo" ;, I of cht u i MOtt lmpo,.. J:~r~ll ll . Clit~th)' Stwdn tor U'r4r~l'~lf">

    o\lohl~t

    Cutt thll P" ''-"h ancl U:lthtl'l pit ." 1 d Jialu pteJnlll for tht

    clt.,.tJOplftut of cl!nut tr ' " thtlr bcly1 a.rul 1h l who will l.n a h.ton ttmt bt 4 w._. t..oktiJ rupoolltilot ... icl .. t ""4 lllt /.,..,_~.t..r..a tl.d~t lor t.M Na~--

    Vr7 al l'n'l7 y. n, n.ANJU.IN o . .. oosavn T

    THE PRESIDENT REPORTS I he \~'Orl or the National Con.gnu t"'r P3rcou t~ntl Teachers during lht

    cw.:he mont h~ just pout Cill) IUO\t gr:aphir:~lly be th:mu tcri1cd hy the vh:inn lllll, tulllit).;C \\:ith whidi tht. N;ufonnl Congress h:t'l !Cl l'\Ciy challt nKe or llw 1'apll) ch:angmg Kcn c:. Whh wholehnrted ttHIHI,IU\IH and urHJenHtulling, it'l Slate branches. its local unlu, and ilJ individual mc:1nhcrs embarket"l 11pon the prognun, "The Child in H it Cotn.~nanity."' In aclopdog thi, lhw:.e: we t'C'cognitcd uot only a roundi~ out of lbt: program "hich " 'C had been fol ln\\' t",K throuxh t:t'~ral aclmin.untio-:as. but abo the opportunhy for implc menang th~ fi.ndu'lgt. or the 1940 Whtte Howe Conft~nct on Otildr~n in a Democncy.

    The force: or the impac1 ol world confticu upon Amc.rian thought and the lldenw: ptc~roltions in thi, country during the lanaix monttu have prC1(?I'UIIlCC o( maintaining C\)Cnti::lll .cnicc.s i.n education, healiJ&, and 50Cilal wcUare 1hrough wh ich the ).)h)'tietl. mental. and t lnOiiOI\11 Jllbility or OUt J>rtfCHt genc:r;nion or dlildl"t'n 1nigh1 be m.a.intain~. It iJ our conviction lht aoc'it:~l progrc.u i1 not to be rC'Hnt}Ui . .dlN lig~tly and thai the pins we ha'c matlc in human rc.lation .. hiJ :~.nd .oc:al con.Ktawnc:ss t.hould k pardcd as zn.lou.sly u our tltOf'c Jino..

    We arc antiftctlto find t.hat the National Congrttt of l .. rcnb and Tea.chcn h;a, rnpond< to 1he challcncc o( the times with inaea.\Cd membtnhip. in crn\C'\1 aucntlance at tate con,cntionJ and other oft'.cia.l meetinp.. inaeasal panlcJf>alion in ~uch national proju a.s the Surnnler Round-Up and Safety, lliHI 1110 1n the underuakfug or new projecu. We have experienced our J.;:rt'lltl'lt ntcnllenbJp KfO"' l l\ tlllClc l9'738. wilb an inerca1e of 100,589. Thh turAkc' the total mcmbchhip In tltt National Collgroi ~.480,188. for the )'Clr

    (C."II"wH o~ Pqc t)

    NEW LEGISLATION 'J he Board of Man~se" apptou:d

    the lt..,::is l~tive (lmgram uf the: Nrt dtta:ll C.ungresJ for t ht' , .,,u iu):. )C:tt. II rtallin ucd the long\t:tliding ptni tion favoring federal aid to cqu:~l itc educ:uiona l opportunity, but amel\dcd it 10 include ~uggeitiom for the di~ lribulion of fundi.

    Tbt ltfSW:uhc proanun "-as ex tendl to ancludc the follow-ins it(ll'l:

    "[ndOI'S,Cflltnt or CfUCI'&cucy lcgiJ..-I:uiou co pro\ ide conHmHih) scnico for education, rccrc::uion, health sat,i t:ufon. etc., such lcghhuion tube s:afe ~eulln.ltc l as 10 1hc: b:uh Cor gr.tnt in~ CuutiJ and tl1e arnoun1 10 be ~nt on admininration."

    111e lqiJladvc program alto in duda continued uppon of Jcgi.la ion to :abolis.h compulty blod. bookins antl blind ttiHna ol molion pictuft"l .. and conrinutd cion for rati fical ion by the Still o( lhc Child L.aOOI' Amcndtntul "1\0twhhstanding ahu Suprcmc: Court dccbion uphold-Ing the conuhutionalicy or the 1-''ah l..alior Slanc;l:lrds Act."

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    Convention News \ '(11,11J.I I) l:! No. 2

    l'uhli,hcd by the N:nion:d COngl'ru ot l':.rc:uu and TC:II(hen, U th /.nnu:~ l Con \ ('ntion, ~lotion. M~chUMtU, May 19 '.!2. Hotel St:ukr, P"&1lot E.

    &litorhtl St,ff M n. W. K . Q\:.n:Hijth, Ml'1. H ;u -ry Sclsou, ~ln. C. t:. R~. Mr.. t' , A. Wdch.

    Nali

  • CONVENTION NEWS I' I (; '/" 0 It I A 1- SU PPLE M E N T . IJost ou , Mu ss., !rfo y 2 1J, 1941

    Tilt: l' ltt::HDENTS Ot' T ilE NATI ONA l. C: ONCIIt:SS OF I',\ 11 1-:N 'I'~ ,\ N il T t:,I C: IIt: ll s

    T~V/C~trilt'-c Mu. TM~I:'W,Otl.Hu, 1197 19021 Mu. Func:u: ~ ...... 19Ql..I9ZO; Mu. Mt~.~ r. Ht~.~~ 1~10-l~lt l ._,,...J ..,.., ~ ,ichc Mta. A. H.~ 19U.I911c M-.. S.M. N. M.A .. .._ 191&-19! M-. HU!~iM4 ~1'\ 19JO.I9M; f.wni ,_., &r~ W.. tot-

    & f . l.n OOCtMtoi9J4.19J71 Mu. j. K. hn'i'...._&.. 19l1lf10: Mu. W~U.M..W ICLcnu. IH).

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    NATIONAL CHAIRMEN

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    SOCIAL HYGIENE

    Again ''"C: h:n-e bftn aught shon 111 our soci:.t hygiene accomplish nu:nu .. \ lrcady h is t\idcnt that our d t.tft

  • HEALTH AND SUMMER ROUND-UP OF CHILDREN I hl (nnh.n.ucc cut H~lltt ami lht

    -.,ummtl' Rountl-Up of the children ul"'-''cc:l Juo.day afternoon b)' a panel h'thh habill aud by 1 rop~rly de,e l~~ing thc!r mental a~U !ltd nne\ gtuding thc1r personnluy 1ra i1s.

    rhe: ht~hh or cbildrc is 3 fronl line of ddcn~. and su:\u l112t can be 1alcn to kp pace wit ., our nuion's t"ll.p3nding p~paf'tdum program throu~h 1h~ promotion of the Sum mer RoundUp Campai~n and c>t.b~ l>ar-enHoch,.-r health :actn it~ will be: di.w:u~.

    Remnls hy thl" p:mcl discu.na:nu will be (ollo\\ed by optn discussion from the Roor makrng it pOUihle for mor~ spilic c1uC11ions 10 be asked by the deltg:ttes: and answer~ by the p;ancl discussanLS.

    REGISTRATION ,,, b o 'clock Monday 87~ dc1cg:uu

    hnd r~istcred. .Every state except I f:awali W3l rcprcsc:ntetl-huntll'td.J of h lue and gold buuqucu brightened the ( 1!11\'C:IHiOn.

    USHERS U1bn Mo!!tdy tl\,_9hovt th- .. .,.:.nca .. ,ur

    t h",.... MH;o., .,.,. p.trtlftt4:1 ~C luy1tlly the cuu.5c: adcIJtt:tl hy the aua jorhy of the Amer ican people. We owe it to oursehes to st:md as a Ullitt d people, tt rx,:op lt who Udicvc in te:unplay, tht: understa nd ing and pprcci:uion or men for one another.

    l;!dueation is a \'ital fac tor in prcp-:.ration for chizcruhip and the dutir.s which d tizenship ino;o)n~:s in this crilical period. r frel that thuc is an unwrtcten Bill of Oudes for e"O'tt)' part'nl :tnd t:\try tc~cbu.

    We are armi~ today to protect those ickab whid1 hne Slel"'cd as ~ coheshc inAucncc in thi.J nation [or O\ C'r a etntury and a hair. National unity baKd upon frtroom has not. we rccognit~. been " 'holly accom pli>h 'UI1(1Urt: uf C'\Cntl lr;l\t 11\aiH:il') rt:ad ann... 'I hn '''c will t -wM lull) 1'",' ide thr-Ut1gh thid:. :u'KJ thm uni

  • Forty.fi fth AMwl Convention NATIONAL COHOIIt.CII 0, ,A.IIt(HTS 4HD TCACttERS

    W~y. M.y )I lt41

    "HI R RI C A'S C U H 0 ll E ~~. Ul ERI c A'S II E I R s II FROM THE TOWN MEETING BANQUET SPEAKER

    r" I.'C'' good job, en ln'

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    Convention News

    l'ubllsht'd br the Naalonal Congos of 1arcnu and Tc:.lchcr$, 4!ilh Annual Con \cnlion , Doston, ~huadu.lt.e tU, M1y 19 :n. Hotd S~a a l c:r. hrlor t.

    IJdllorlal S taff r.hs. W, k . C:lYlnaugh, Mrs. H:ury Nthon, Mn. C. E. Roc, Mn. }'. A. Wdth.

    Nal/o,.aJ Publicity Chrdrman Mrt. john E. Ha)'(S

    Oudllu AU malcri:l l for COn,cnlion New mutt be in ahc cdhori.:.l room not b.tcr t h.an 3 p.sn. prior to luuc:.

    OUR GUEST FROM SOUTH AMERICA .tl rtlll .ll ll ~rhont ICI.oal'lme Ue Oooc~tltn ,..,.a

    u,.,, . ,., Chnnbl ... una ...... u,. ,,.,. , t:.'"d._. ,,,. l"t' II C1 wlol1o t or lbo l'romoch,m or C u ltural tt.-llt.e-lotu. jl lte b had oulrol t rr.eb to11 .xperlollteo tn.dudh.J 111111 ' J'rofe-oor of ~p...nt,n \n rtoe Vltell !) l.a teoo ..... trote .. or of V.n,Jhh, I' J'd!OlOC'J' 1111.:1 1tiSOIOI')' Ill b U 10 ath~ toua t r ,r, (lhll.

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