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FDR TLS 5/22/44

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FDR TLS 5/22/44
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Typed letter signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt” as President to Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam in Boston. Dated 22 May 1944, two weeks before D-Day, FDR writes in full, “I am grateful to you for sending me the report showing the truly extraordinary response to the Crusade for a New World Order conducted under the leadership of the Bishops of the Methodist Church. Before it arrived, I was already aware of the impact of your great denomination in this high enterprise on the minds and hearts of Americans. A year ago our armed forces, fighting with our Allies, had already made certain that the world would be saved from the New Order of enslavement arrogantly proposed by our enemies. Today, such a mobilization of men and women of faith and good will as you and your fellow bishops have undertaken, adds to the evidence of the worldwide determination of free men that we shall not only defeat the evil things we fight against, but win the good things we are fighting for. Increasingly our aim must be not merely to resist encroaching tyranny but to insist upon a world order of enduring peace in which men everywhere may live out their lives in the certainty of justice and in freedom from want and fear.” The recipient of FDR's letter, Bishop Oxnam, frequently voiced his opinion on public affairs including an attack on Senator McCarthy and the methods used by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early 1950's. He also questioned whether John F. Kennedy, as a presidential candidate, could be “free of Roman Catholic hierarchical control” if he were elected President. Single-page letter measures 6.5'' x 8.75''. On pale green watermarked White House stationery. Light shading at text from prior framing, otherwise fine.
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