August 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, August 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/29/2013
Exceptional typed letter signed by Franklin Roosevelt from 1930, discussing communism directly as well as the concentration of power in the hands of private interests. Lot also includes an additional letter by Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt writes as Governor of New York on executive mansion letterhead to U.S. Congressman William I. Sirovich. Dated 14 May 1930, letter reads in part ''...there will be a gain throughout our country of communistic thought unless we can keep Democracy up to its old ideals and its original purposes...we face in this country not only the danger of communism but the equal danger of the concentration of all power, economic and political, in the hands of what the ancient Greeks would have called an oligarchy...'' Measures 6.5'' x 8.5'' with a strong black ink signature. Letter by Eleanor Roosevelt is from 10 February 1949, on her personal letterhead while working in New York City as U.S. delegate to the United Nations. Letter reads, ''...I cannot give permission, such as you request, for commercial purposes...'' Measures 5.5'' x 6.5''. Also with a photo of the couple measuring 9.25'' x 7.25'', and framed to an overall size of 29.5'' x 15.25''. Light foxing and smudge to FDR letter, otherwise near fine.
Exceptional Franklin Roosevelt Letter Signed -- ''...we face in this country not only the danger of communism but the equal danger of the concentration of all power...''
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