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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ROOSEVELT, Franklin. Typed letter signed (“Franklin D. Roosevelt”), as President, to General Omar Bradley (1893-1981), Washington, 24 October 1944. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, age-toned, laid down on card.
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ROOSEVELT, Franklin. Typed letter signed (“Franklin D. Roosevelt”), as President, to General Omar Bradley (1893-1981), Washington, 24 October 1944. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, age-toned, laid down on card.
A FINE ASSOCIATION OF “THE GI’S GENERAL” AND HIS WARTIME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and also mentioning a remarkable New Deal woman. Roosevelt thanks Bradley for “that nice photograph of you which you were good enough to inscribe to me. It will go into my collection at the Library. I was glad to have firsthand news of you from Anna Rosenberg. You are doing a magnificent job and we are all very proud of you.” Anna M. Rosenberg (1902-1983) served as a Democratic Party consultant on labor issues for Governor Roosevelt. Mayor La Guardia said “She knows more about labor relations and human relations than any man in the country.” Once FDR became president he tapped her for posts in the N.R.A., the Social Security Administration, and as a regional director for the War Manpower Commission. FDR sent her to Europe in July 1944 to assess the needs of GI’s once they were de-mobilized. Rosenberg’s report was instrumental in shaping the legislation that became the GI Bill of Rights. It is not surprising that she also brought back a glowing report to FDR about Bradley, who was widely praised as “the GI’s general.” She also served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under Truman from 1950-1953.
A FINE ASSOCIATION OF “THE GI’S GENERAL” AND HIS WARTIME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and also mentioning a remarkable New Deal woman. Roosevelt thanks Bradley for “that nice photograph of you which you were good enough to inscribe to me. It will go into my collection at the Library. I was glad to have firsthand news of you from Anna Rosenberg. You are doing a magnificent job and we are all very proud of you.” Anna M. Rosenberg (1902-1983) served as a Democratic Party consultant on labor issues for Governor Roosevelt. Mayor La Guardia said “She knows more about labor relations and human relations than any man in the country.” Once FDR became president he tapped her for posts in the N.R.A., the Social Security Administration, and as a regional director for the War Manpower Commission. FDR sent her to Europe in July 1944 to assess the needs of GI’s once they were de-mobilized. Rosenberg’s report was instrumental in shaping the legislation that became the GI Bill of Rights. It is not surprising that she also brought back a glowing report to FDR about Bradley, who was widely praised as “the GI’s general.” She also served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under Truman from 1950-1953.