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ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. Group of 3 Typed Letters Signed, to attorney and senator John Godfrey Saxe II, concerning the publication of an article to educate poll workers about potential Republican election fraud. Together 3 pages. 4to, "Democratic State Committee" or "Women's Democratic News" stationery; each mounted to sheet trimmed to size, left edge trimmed with minor loss to stationery text, ink stamps at lower right or upper center, faint scattered staining, two punch holes at upper edge, folds. New York, 30 April; 26 May; 22 June 1925
30 April 1925: "I would be extremely grateful if you could write me an article . . . on . . . inspection and watching at the polls, both on election day and on primary day. For instance, if a woman suspects fraud in the registration, what can she do about it, what . . . should she watch for on election day, in a small village let us say, which is largely Republican, to insure an honest election and an honest count of the ballots. . . ." With--Eleanor Roosevelt. Typed letter, signed in secretarial hand, to Saxe, hoping for consolidation of the two drafts of his article and explaining her concern that up-state women might be easily intimidated by Republican inspectors and watchers [preventing them from voting correctly or at all]. 1 page, 4to. New York, 18 June 1925.
