Franklin D. Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as New York Governor....

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Very interesting letter on Executive Mansion, Albany, New York stationery, dated August 4, 1932, while FDR was in the thick of his campaign against Herbert Hoover for President of the United States, in which FDR turns down membership in a religious organization. FDR writes to Miss Edythe H. Barlow of Atlanta, Georgia: "Dear Miss Barlow:/ I am sorry at my delay in answering your letter of July 16th./ I regret very much that I cannot become a member of the Circle on Faith and Gratitude. You, of course, realize that if I were to join any organization such as this it would become necessary for me to accept invitations to join a great many organizations, whose aims I know nothing about. It would be impossible for me to make any distinction between organizations throughout the United States./ I hope you appreciate this difficulty, and that you will therefore understand my declination. I trust that you will convey this message to Mrs. Reynolds, who seems to be the Founder of your Circle./ Very sincerely yours,/ Franklin D. Roosevelt." An interesting pre-Presidential letter in which FDR turns down membership in a religious organization.