1940 TLS STEPHEN EARLY SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

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1940 TLS STEPHEN EARLY SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT :
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[23933] (Americana -20th Century - Political History - FDR). 1940TLS By Stephen Early Secretary to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on WhiteHouse Letterhead. Washington, D.C.: Not Published, 1940.Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good Typed letter dated November 27, 1940; signedin blue ink; thanking a constituent for the President for her \"...generousletter. He is indeed appreciative...\"; approx. 6 1/4\" x 9 1/4\"size; old fold lines; light wear; in very good condition. Stephen Tyree Early(1889 - 1951) \"...the first presidential secretary whose title and dutieswere entirely devoted to news and the press...Roosevelt was public relations-minded,and Early became his number one press agent. Together they established apublicity machine that overrode the hostility of most newspaperpublishers...Much of the New Deal openness has been credited to Early. Despitehis quick temper, he was praised for the aid and access he afforded thepress...\" (Betty Houchin Winfield in the ANB)