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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Aymar Johnson, inquiring whether the other members of the Board of Trustees of the Cathedral [of St. John the Divine] would prefer someone else, and stating that he has little sympathy with the Bishop. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, White House stationery, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet; horizontal fold. With the original envelope. (TFC) Washington, 1 April 1937
'. . . May I ask you confidentially about a matter which has been on my mind for sometime? I have been a Trustee of the Cathedral for about a quarter of a century . . . . I have not been to a meeting since 1928, before I went to Albany. From the point of view of usefulness, therefore, I have no right to continue to serve. 'There is, however, another reason . . . . I feel so little sympathy with many of the words and actions of the Bishop. Frankly, many of these words and actions are, from my point of view, unchristian. . . .'
