JONATHAN DANIELS 1938 - 1945

July 30, 1938

~

I

)

dear Jonat hana

Y'our t~ther tella DO th4.t you have been k1nd eloug h to aend an lnaor1bed oopy ot your book to the Preaic lent. and to me . I i:wlc1ne · 1t 111 bain£'. held 11 t the lihite llouee tor t he Prea1 dent •s retur n ancl 1 a1noe we ere both awe:' trom v. aehin gton haYe not aeen it 88 yet. l!oW~~ver, I have a oopy ot 1t and 11111 plann lne ta read 1t th18 wek:, and every one tells me it is perte otly del~ttul . I thoue ;ht the reYiewe were exoe llant i ndeed . I Just wante d to tell you how

very rnuob we a~prooiate your t hough t 1n aend1 n8 the 1nsor 1bed co py t o us, Vary 81 noere l y YCAJ r8,

Mr.

J onath an Danie ls Ralei 8h, N. c .

S:!JD

r

THE NBW S AN D OBS ERV ER JONA THAN OAH ICL.S . IEOtT Oit

IIALBIOH , N.C .

~-:rr~ ;

J)R.AA...

)

!)

.J c...... ....... ,~~ ~ ~~

~~+~~ ...._ ~

~ ~"""' ~ .~ . ~

.rr: ....~

"--'"'3

~'?~~ "">M a::l: - . ·., ./'P r

~

I

I

Q' . . ,

.

i

• ""' \ ........ ....,.,·

::t

~·4.._

_.., -

~ ~ ~

Ul< a"'1

~~~ ~

~ ~

. 1"1 \JJ" "-0

J _...o .. a

I '

.

6'{ ,, ""''• ~•.-a «

,...ca·· a~ : I

~~

:t

~~~~ ~~ rr~·~ .••u~

6D ~

~ ~ "-- .u 11

I...... ~- ~

~ ~ .l..-0 . ~~

.. ~ 4 · ~ -.. . . . 1t:.t ~ o c... .. ~ a.. 'P~ ~ -~ -r:..:.._l/,

tb-:xt. a:.l.Q ~

~ ~:. "

~.

l ;S-:;u--;.:---\)u:..p., -·

•

T H E N BW S AN D OBSBRVE R J O NATH A N O ANIII.L a. KI>ITO"

1\ALB IGH . N.C.

Sept emb er 20, 1038

,I '

I

.j

I .J

Dear lws . Roos evel t: I wm deep ly appr oc1u t1ve of you r verJ nice l ette r \'t1th ret;a rd to the suggest ion that I wr1 to o. sort of disc ry of Uevt Engl and . I run very 1auch intoove l'Os in the idea and hope I can got a round totad it . I am afra id I sha ll have to put it off for a whi le , !low evor, beca use of tho p ress ure of othe r wri ting . ':i.'o tol l you tho trut h, . I wan t to do o. nove l, and unt il I have a shot at that I don 't p lan t o m•1 te thehad lfew . ngla nd book .

I am gra tefu l for your inte rest I hope that some time in the near futu re . I may be com ing t o '.la.s hins t on and may have the p leas ure of cc.ll ing to than l< you for all of you r k indn esse s .

·;11th bes t \'ti:J hes alwa ys . E.inc orol y your s,

1

\

... L

~~.-

Jona t hAn })9.n iols

l.lrs . F-ran klin D. Roo seve lt Val- Kill cott aaes Hyde .!'arlteer ·:1oroon civilian defe,-,se 11orkors couU be used to ')()lice orice :-e~o.tionD , rather than to have this po~ice ::ork done by 'laid o tsf! of ap;, . I o.n ~:oneer~ i f t ':is atateoent ~uotes ;rou correctly? ~s j'OU kno" I ~eel V1Jry st.'"Ongly that our volunteers can be very useM in la.'"ge :1u:obers in co.rryinc out t ::e :>hole price re!;Ulat!on plan . ! a:o, ho:-;ever, very doubtful about the use o~ volunteers to "police' ?rices .

ii thou t l'lish!n5 to reflect on those ·.:hose pr1!.'18l"/ duty is price control, 1rf!1 o;m feeling i s tho.t the greatest hope for the cnforco~ent of pr i ce control lies in the ed¥cation or the people as to 1 ts nocessit:r a a part of the war of.Cort and that too little eophasis hes been put on this education. I think thnt in this cducationt>J. field volunteers can do t!teir best Job . I can t hin.< o:: notllini ~.ore trasic than the growth lii"Our.d price controls of the sent~Ant unich gre7 around prohibition . Unless peo?le feel that the cheeter and boot.leg,:er under price controls are in a ret>J. cer.se tra~ tor• rath'lr t.hen :>ere f.rlckora, I doubt that any r.u:~ber or la\1 enforce::ont agents could enforce the larl, I think CCD end t he volunteer civilian defen~e ~orkers orovide t he best facil i ties a vailable for the nobilizat~on of sonti~ent uhich ~ill ~.ake an aroy of enforcer• unnoceosary . I ""' oure our volunteer s could be QOre useful in such e ducat~onal activities t~An they could be in policing . '.].so I feo.r thD.t r.al
•

• OCD's n.,dbook Chanced Assuming that Regions 1 and 9 have such small : proponions of colored people that lnterracJ.l eo-p- o uation tomes easily, why is it that no nee relations d advisors have been named In R~slons 4 and 7, wheN: • millions of colored people live? Tho answer to this might be found In tho first • clraJt of \he OCD Moblllu\lon Manual (handbook) ltsued on June 5, as compared with the ol'licial manual = • ltsued last w~k. Hero's what thellrst draft ol the manual said and • ' Ws "! imponant we quote an on tire s«tlon:

'

ML"O.. fTY G•O(!'PS A.S'D Tid DU~SC C()LNCIL W• h.a\·e aor~e to war ll) uwl"' !he cdn.Unt.~fd allli.lttnc. O(

Pf'iAdp.la aod kl"l.a. We cannot Itt lhe 1tnln• ' of wtr mille toTOIIdJ on o~n tNtntJ~ I trHdOf!!ol here at home. dtmc#~:T~Uc

~rerue coundb can dct muthl loO ' " 1hlt M AtMrlc:tn IA1• when 11 denlf
.,.t

aiete.

111'11. J'rullll1A D. JlooMftl t

I do DOt th1Dit i t -u, be tairq aid tbat Bucb .TaoUoll 01e DOt ftl7 a. about 1Ml tx!Snc ooloHCI people 1o the Ottiee ot CiYllJ&D Deteue". I th1Dit tiWI s.pr.aaion ~ ban poon trA

lire, Rooeevel.t eelte 1t tbve would

~

&f\Y OonmMnt . job?

VDS

.'

,.''ill!: l

All(i :.') JLJ44

I

"··~· C'/lw So utA'¥ &..,p,Mu ?lol•l AT \. A NTA, G£ 0 RG h \

Augus t lf> , 1944

!!rs . EleanOl' P.oos ovel t The '/ 'hi te House Washington, D. C, Dear Mr s , Roose velt : I received the blanks sent me by !Jr, 1\'m, ll . t.lcReynolds, Administrative Assistant to the President, ond have this day 1 filed s ame as per ins tructions , I wish to thank you fo r- your 1
I aa

coin