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ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") to Dr. Saul K. Padover, Washington, 18 December 1943. 1 page, 4to, on White House stationery, marked "Personal.
"JEFFERSON WAS A MANY-SIDED MAN..." FDR DISCUSSES JEFFERSON WITH A SCHOLAR
In 1943, the bicentennial of Jefferson's birth, Roosevelt thanks scholar Saul K. Padover for a collection of the third President's writings: "I am deeply grateful to you for the inscribed copy of your book: 'The Complete Jefferson', which was brought to me by Secretary Ickes. Jefferson was a many-sided man, as the unending series of studies of his life and work bear witness. Needless to say, I shall look forward with keen anticipation to an opportunity to read the book." Interest in Jefferson sentiments ran especially high that war year--which also saw the unveiling of the great Memorial in the Tidal Basin. The words and ideas of the great proponent of American liberty seemed especially relevant amid the global conflict against Nazi tyranny. Padover's book is still in print, one of several dozen volumes published by this prolific author and scholar. An Austrian immigrant, he came to the U.S. at age fifteen in 1920, studied at Yale and received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago, then worked under Ickes in the Interior Department from 1938-1944. In the battle for Europe, Padvoer served overseas as an intelligence officer for the O.S.S. and the Army. After the war he became an editorial writer for the liberal New York City daily, PM, before taking a post as a professor of political science at the New School, where he worked until his death in 1981.
"JEFFERSON WAS A MANY-SIDED MAN..." FDR DISCUSSES JEFFERSON WITH A SCHOLAR
In 1943, the bicentennial of Jefferson's birth, Roosevelt thanks scholar Saul K. Padover for a collection of the third President's writings: "I am deeply grateful to you for the inscribed copy of your book: 'The Complete Jefferson', which was brought to me by Secretary Ickes. Jefferson was a many-sided man, as the unending series of studies of his life and work bear witness. Needless to say, I shall look forward with keen anticipation to an opportunity to read the book." Interest in Jefferson sentiments ran especially high that war year--which also saw the unveiling of the great Memorial in the Tidal Basin. The words and ideas of the great proponent of American liberty seemed especially relevant amid the global conflict against Nazi tyranny. Padover's book is still in print, one of several dozen volumes published by this prolific author and scholar. An Austrian immigrant, he came to the U.S. at age fifteen in 1920, studied at Yale and received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago, then worked under Ickes in the Interior Department from 1938-1944. In the battle for Europe, Padvoer served overseas as an intelligence officer for the O.S.S. and the Army. After the war he became an editorial writer for the liberal New York City daily, PM, before taking a post as a professor of political science at the New School, where he worked until his death in 1981.