Auction Date:2010 Dec 08 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Handwritten text of a telegram, signed in pencil “Roosevelt” as president, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa February 1939 while onboard the USS Houston. FDR writes White House Press Secretary Stephen Early. In full: “Restricted. For Stephen Early. Please call up Senators Barkley Shepard [sic] and Walsh and tell them Quote—(Add marked passage). Paragraph. I shall be glad to confer wth the Military and Naval affairs chairmen as soon as get back. Unquote. Inform Secretaries of War and Navy of above message to the Senators and also let May and Vinson know. Period. All well and proceeding on schedule.” In fine condition with slight wrinkling, a tiny tear to top edge, and three small rust stains near the top not affecting any of the penciled penmanship.
Early is considered the first ‘modern’ presidential press secretary, who joined FDR’s staff 1932 and remained with him until the president’s 1945 death. FDR’s directive, which was sent as the chief executive cruised the Caribbean waters to observe battle fleet exercises, reads like a Who’s Who of political leaders of the time, with his references to Democratic senators Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Morris Sheppard of Texas, and David I. Walsh of Massachusetts. Vinson, of course, was US Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson. The USS Houston had been the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet before returning as flagship to the US fleet, regularly participating in exercises that tested Navy war plans and readiness—such as the mock battle observed, one that perhaps prompted him to discuss the operation with the aforementioned men. Intriguing content as the dogs of war descend upon Europe and Roosevelt consults with his top military and Congressional leaders.
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