Letters
Oct 4, 1948
"This year I hope every Democrat and independent voter is concentrating on the election of as many liberal Democrats to Congress as possible. I hope for this particularly from the labor and farm groups who have perhaps the greatest stake in the preservation of liberal leadership..."
Oct 4, 1948
"Though there are many people in the government that I would hate to feel would not be allowed to continue their work, I still find it very difficult to give any good reasons for being for Mr. Truman..."
Mar 22, 1948
"I feel that even though the Secretary of State takes the responsibility for the Administration’s attitude on Palestine, you can not escape the results of that attitude..."
Mar 13, 1948
"You will forgive me, I hope, if I write to you at this time, but I am becoming more and more worried. The situation abroad seems to me to be deteriorating rapidly as regards Russia and ourselves..."
Oct 22, 1947
"I am very sorry that I can not be with you tomorrow morning at twelve o'clock..."
Oct 20, 1947
"The matter cannot be kept secret, so great is the interest..."
Dec 21, 1945
"I am pleased to inform you that I have appointed you one of the representatives of the United States to the first part of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to be held in London early in January 1946..."
Jul 27, 1945
"I shall not take the chairmanship or the presidency of any organization at present. I shall do what writing and radio work I can to forward the general ideas which seem to me to be emerging as the important ideas of this period when we hope to begin building peace..."
May 26, 1945
"I feel very strongly that running for office is not the way in which I can be most useful. My children have labored for many years under the very baffling necessity of considering their business of living as it affected their Father's position and I want them to feel in the future that any running for public office will be done by them. That does not mean, however, that I do not feel my responsibility as a citizen..."