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 2232 18th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. March 13th 1933

Secretary to the President The White House Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Being a citizen of little or no consequence I feel the utter futility of writing to the President at a time such as this, but I trust you will accept this letter in the spirit in which it was written. For me to sit down to write to any public official, whomever he may be, it must be prompted by a very special and appealing session or personality. That happened last evening, as I listened to the Presidents broadcast. I felt that he walked into my home, sat down and in plain and forceful language explained to me how he was tackling the job I and my fellow citizens gave him. I thought what a splendid thing it would be if he could find time to do that occasionally. Needless to say, such forceful, direct and honest action commands the respect of all Americans, it is certainly deserving of it. My humble and sincere gratitude to a great leader. May God protect him. Respectfully, J. F. Bando