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aoo...... H-•• r, - e\o1'7 oan bo t.old, - t.bat. t.he _,. t. 01nr1

I t.hAL lacka a proooedeAt. .ill ._r 1caa hat.OI7,

John A. llooanolt., t.he TOWIPOt. eon ot t.he Pre.akl.1n D. Jklonnl\

woe a ooneoient.io~a obJoot.or. But. bl rwworoed bt. et.and 1A a ....._t.t.

nq~ao• which had t.bl Praaident.ial. bwMbeld oenaiMnlll,r OIPMt.o (l,o~rl~1£)

The Pz-.aidoAt. 1 o aon, rapr'M4 u an oarn .. t. J'O'IOI MA b,r t.bNe wile

han - hi . 1n lrubi.alt.eo, beld bt. belloto N t.her at..-,17. tbe1't

waa llt.Uo in t.bl world tha t. -aat. -.11 -..a t.o b1a. Tat. ba oaplt.al.at.M

tor the ealca ot hia tat.her, wbo tolt. t.hat. t.ho ...,..pa ot ht. - aicht.

JaopardiM the .... tt. t.I\I'OIIjlhO\It t.he nation,

John did not l!in in uaU¥. Upon loarnill,i t.hat. her aon wu

th1nl<1njr ot raquut.in« olaaeu.ioation aa a oonaoiont.J.OIIa obJootor 1

• Mel\ wwld ha'" nnt. 1\t. ait.blr t.o a Cirlllan ~bllo S.nico 011111> or

pr1aon, lin. RooaaYOlt. wae co¢sant ot the iMYit.ablo wide pablloU.7

whioh wo~d &CCOIQPIUIT hb -t.e. Sbe wont. and had a blart.-t.o-boart.

WJ.lt with her eon, Tbo7 ta.llled loft« and aar1owr, wall 1At.o tho oarl7

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Th1a waa no jJMaaant tuk tor lira, too .. YOlt., 'Sbe bo'roolt baA!

tor •- ,. .... had pao1.t1ot 1oan1n;,... Sbl baA! ratal..Ded ~t. t.ba

war • - paoiti.at. tr1allda 1 1M'•"''"' J'11W14r llborala who beYO boon ~~~

to Cirlllan ~bllo S.rdoo OIIIIPO• .,., with her wn aon t.hl rau ... •nc lbo

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BronM St&r ~1 Yioe ~ .ll&ro A, 111~r, G0-t&""'41oor or tile Plrn l.rU

l.l&rob l'• 1941, &ad oce1 ee1ta·4 u eadp. • N MM a U.• \eau't., J•f •

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tho Harrard Uninroi\7 ill\allaotual. ~~ obiah baa t.vno4 up a

nu.t>or ot oonM1anU~ obJaoton. lobD, IIIIo 1o - 29, wu 1n \he oluo

or 19)8, He II&!Tiod Anno ~ Clark, ot tha ....-,._nt !Ionon Clark

tudl.1, a.nd at. one U.- wu 1n the ,.... &a a ba•••• alwk at t.ht ru......

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29 WASH l,NGTOII SQUARE WEST NYK• - ~'r WOULD YOU COMIJEIH FOR US ON REPORT ATRI SUTED TO PAUL COMLY 1 FREIICH OF NATI OtiAL SERVICE BOARD FOR RELI Gl OUS OBJECTORS AND APPEAR I tlG IN BUFFALO EVENI'NG NEWS THAT YOUR SON JOHN WAS WAR OBJECTOR BEFORE ENTERING NAVY• . .

' WALTER RAE ACTING ED ITOR THE CON SCI ENTI OUS OBJECTOR~'

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IJRS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

APT .SA }2 WAS HINGTON SQ WEST »YK "

WOULD YOU COMMENT FOR US ON REPORT ATIRIBUTED TO PAUL COMLY FfiENCH -OF tlAT IOtjAL SERV I CE BOARD FOR REliGIOUS OBJECTORS A•<D APPEARING I N

BUFFALO EVENING NEWS THAT YOUR SON JOI*I WAS WAR, OBJECTOR BEFORE

alTER ING NAVY

WALTER RAE ACTI!lC EDITOR THE CONSCIENTI OUS OBJECTOR

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lie oa:ro ~o tor - OtoJT r .... Pal l?llftt , or tile Bollciooo 00 or&anl&atlon, ,_, ln turn 10t 1t rro. Poul rrllftt , ... lo new on~ 01Y11 LlborUeo ln WaollllJI!tWII, 0114 P .. l rrllftt 10 ollocod to lllno 10Ue11 U rro. Oloroaoo PlelloU, fto 10 ouppoood to ~••• oald tlllat :re- told lll1a Jolllall:r oao t~o ono Hn 7"" oere u•lnlr •reublo on~. 'lila' Jolllall:r ••• a Pao1t1o' and alM n ot lllo did no• enllo\ - bll' oelre4 tor a -1oo1on ·~•n ~. kno• 41'att1ns oao lno•l'oblo.

I oald I oould DOt opoat 0114 rotuoo4 to be quo,ed, but ~at I kn•• tor ~1o oontldontlal lnta,...tlon tlllat Jolllall:r •ao no• ' 00 - bllt Slllat lUo all dooea' people ~a woo nat 1n ta•or of •or - lie belonce4 to no II'OIIPO or ar&anllaUono.

Mr. !lot!, ••• lll:r•••rloal, oald ~· .,..,. tllo •••1'7 booauoo lao lo a uu - olH lae 1o a In D.olor and a llborol and wanted w orne •••••llllns Dloo .. alno' oll t lao attaol<o. Ia oa:ro Paul hank 1o a t1'1on4 ot Llndborp, •••· and .. a1no• Pre a. ltooeeYelt.

111o loot appeal ••• \o •• to ••11 :roo tut I Iliad a1nnderohe4 ,.,. aWri u &1Yea a o OYer tllle plllono and tlllat I 111olnto,...4 :ro•l \'loa\ •old 1!1YO :rou an n t and :rou ... ld Mrten :ro.,. aneer.

llo knew 'kat DaYO llllu Iliad MOll 7011 , 0114 lllo 'ioll<e4 w Do•• 1111... lie •anp'" .:rn oero lOins w ooll Ilia \onlP'·

I ot&se•to4 lotu,.. tllo otor:r drop. 11., olH oa1d •ut Jolann:r Iliad aokod tor Olq>p~ oorp dlltT booauo 1M -ld •t lllan w olaeot , and all tile people wloo !mew Jolllall:r 1n llooton, know lao ••• a ,. •• ·.rtot and tlaat u ••• ,...,. veins •~at 110da ~111 1!0 ln.

'1'lul JOIIRS •an lllao w P"l'peOoo, I t lolnl< - ono to eq•aro lllllloelt olt lo tloo o:rndloato for olalo~ ~• or1too, 0114 , .. - to 11•o t lllo COo a little roopootab111t:r tlllre-tll ol~ 1111ns Jolann;r.

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Slc\ne:, lnatt. caled me e.boilt denn-tbirty Of'l(' n! T,ht to a•k ~h~ ther I kn~~ ebout ) Our aon John'• be ing a conea i~ntlou• oojPe t.or l'n~ )OW" ptr&u.~tUnf hi.:~ to tthe i t up. I t.Qld, bla t.b.et I b.Pd n.ever h~ltl"d the ttor ) 11nc'l kz:I,Pw nOt h i ng eoout thP n.tt. l tuc!f' or M) of >our aona coo~ernlnc t he v~r; thet I hed mPt ell of theQ, but hFd nPvPr dl acua&P~ the ou~ atlon or w~r with th~m. nor hnd h~or4 you d lac.~•• U!;elr ettitudea. I to l" blm t.bH 1'1.,. muat un<'tr no c 1.r­cumatano"t uae my n~Qe in en) va) in eonneetlon ~ltb an) atOr) ~cause 1 had no l ntor me t l on . Sl dnP) Bl a t t 1• ~ conacient i oua obJrctor ~om I know •li~tly. H~ hee b~~n rtl~ea~4 ee a IV-7,

I tun t~rrtbh r.ori") that b to hl\1 t"abnrroeu~ you i n thh ve)'. So fer tHI 1 Clll conc~rn~<'. 1t don not ~Mtt.~r: bat i t ' e too bAd for h t m b'ceu•e bP ht4 no ~uthort t) vb~ tevtor to ~·~ &) naae . I v~ r~ ~ch apnrrc 1~te )our lct tin« me know r.bo~t thh .

Ur . Edeht e i n hat ,1\J.t t l)~f'n in to tell me o f the intervi ew wb!ch he an~ Mr. B~tOn be~ with you. H~ eon­ddertod it ver) bPl"Ofu.l . I oel.1""'" th,.) ere on th" vl\)' t<~ " atep wblch mP) bri~g p~>rm&nent aigniftc~nce out of the ettorte vh i eh the C 01!1 hl'"te P'.lt t o to th~> .m~>ntsl hoepitale. I 'IIIOD.c'""r vhe thrr some ot thPa~ times it would n~t b~ a r,ood id ee ror )Oa to visit onP of the 1natlt~t1one f I t woul~ not do e n) KQo4 unl"tt \h,. h,.~~ of the i netituti on ...,,., v UUng thAt )'OU ehou.l~ .,.,. the PCUtf' end trseic problema . aut 1! ~ ou woal~ l lkf' to v l a it onP with tbet underetend­t ng, we wou~ b~ ~Plif,ht~>~ to erran,e it.

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Dear IUU TbOI!IpiOn:

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Your letter or October 29 was a abook, aince I am ae much an lnnooent byatander in tb1a atr.ir aa you are.

Blatt wae told tbe alleged a tory about John Rooaevelt by an individual wbo later retracted hia otate.,.nte atter the story bad been publiabed and denied. Blatt wrote the story for N. A. N.A. and oold it to them direct wi t hout reference to me, oinoe I employ him to ~ther material for my column but with permission t o supplement hie income by making hie own newspaper connect1one .

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The repudiation or the story dld Blatt immenae harm and he 1e very upset and particularly over the \Ylnobe 11 eta t0!11ent . Blatt asked me to write 'illnchell euggoeting that he get in touch with you , and I •e under the 1mpreaa1on at tho t lmo tba t h1a purpoee 1n so doing waa not to substantiate the alle~tions about John Roosevelt, whlch are adJ:IittedlY falee , but becauoe be believed that you aigbt lcnow tbe cirow ... tancea under whi ch false atateaanta bed ~en •de to Blatt.

Certainly, I would deeply regret it if you or tbe Rooeevelt family bel i eved ~bet I ... trJing to lend credence to thls report.&id acted aa I did e1mply becauee I underatood that it would help Blatt clear himeelf of tho cbar go of fabr1oa ting a false news -ro port.

~leo ~lvina C. Thompson 342 C&d1son Avenue Jlow York 17, N.Y.

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Wo~hinglon 4, "D, <:.

Nov . l , 1945

D&ar Miss Thompson:

In our two conversations you said s ome things which, ot course,

were subject to interpretation. I t hink it rather unfair to say as

you have , however, that they were "deliberately misinterpreted . "

I thin~ou surely wou l d regard it unfai r if I said you had deliberately

said I deliberately misinterpreted your answers , ~d shall not aay i t ,

and do not think i t . Once there is e lit tle more perspective on this

incident I think you will not feel so harshly toward me . 'Nith best

wi shes to Mrs . Roosevelt in her grea t work and to you ,

Malvina c. Thompson c/o Mr s . F. D. Roosevelt 342 Madison Ave . New York 17, N. Y.

Si ncerely yours ,

~~~ Si dney Bla-tt

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