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- n d Ben C a b e ll; handsome young C o lo n el H ow ard B u r ri s
and B a rb a ra ;
the only n egro G e n e ra l- - I think he s t ill is -- M a jo r G en eral
Benjam in D a vis- - o r perhaps his son is a lso a G en era l by now.
MEMORANDUM
- e- thatched Governor of Virginia and Mrs. Harris on .
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It is getting so that m ore for eign vis itors land in Willi am.::;burg than
- c h o f th e h is t o r y o f th a t d a y .
w a s v e r y p le a s a n t to s e e how M r s . L o n g w o r th w a s en jo y in g h e r s e l f .
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h a d b e e n p la n n e d e s p e c ia lly fo r h e r g r a n d c h ild , b u t I
- t it w hen I sa id o f a ll the
ta le n ts I w ish ed I p o s s e s s e d , the one I m o st en vied w as the a b ility
to m ak e w o rd s "m a r ch and sin g and connonade and ta lk the co o l,,
dem anding v o ic e o f r e a s o n ."
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and a little vis itin g .
That meant about 213 m e m b ers strong, and this
included the T ex a s State Society or rather the B oard of D ire c to rs of the
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T ex a s State Society, and a ll the officers thereof, who w e r e being
- d to s p e n d the n e x t f o u r t e e n
days in n e g o t i a t i o n s
to prevent a s t r i ke .
was a most u n i q ue -White House vi s i t /
said
goodbye to them^and
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h e r c o n tr ib u tio n u p s ta i r s a b o u t w h a t youth h a d done in A la s k a , p r in c ip a lly
- e o f i t - - "Vi c t o r y Thro u g h A ir P o w e r ".
A n d h e s a i d , " Y e s , I s p e n t m o r e th a n 50 y e a r s o f m y lif e w o rk in g bn
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A n d l a t e r th e S e c r e t a r y o f S ta te .
I w a n te d to m a k e
i t a b r i g h t e v e n in g f o r h e r to o , a n d to sh o w m y a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e v i t a l i t y .
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c o l l e c t i o n o f F D R m e m o r i a b i l i a , in c lu d in g c a m p a ig n b u tto
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"co m e N p v em b er, the b e s t m an w ill w in ,’* And I got iii m y w o
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V‘: ;H e a d S t a r t p r o g r a m a n d t h r e e o f th e l i t t l e c h i l d r e n i n a H e a d S t a r t c l a s s ' - - .
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a N e g r o , one a L atin A m erica n , and one w hite ch ild - - co m e up
- to a s k M r s . M ilto n G ordon, on th e
C h ild r e n s C om m it te e o f N ew Y o rk C ity , vi^ ose o r g a n iz a tio n h a d g iv e n m e a
v e r y g e n e r o u s a w a rd fo r m y w o r k in H ead S ta rt.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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o t h e r s th e y h a d m e t w h e n w e h a d v i s i t e d t h a t c o u n t r y t h a n a t a n y S ta
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th e U n ite d S t a t e s . A n d t h e n w e w e n t o u t in to the g
