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Said Sec . Phillips :

"Tomorrow is Germany ' s national holiday and

v.e have prepared the following message to

Hitler :

1 ! desire to extend my greetings

on this national holiday of the

German Reich . '

"As you note , this is a cool telegram.

Explain to the President that it ls cool,

and deliberately so . However , he might

Vlant t o warm it up a bit; he may not want

to send any, although it is customary to

do so. "

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J'OR PREPARlTION OY REP1!'

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DORI', daqhter ot HIRRIOB KDPLOWI'm. Dr. Bei.Jlricha­

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cbarp ot hip treaaoa wbereu abe ia iDDGCeat of

8JI7 Wl'ODC; tatbar baa trie4 to p:roncte boad with­

out aueceu; to be tried. before '"Volkapricht".

Mr. sauthotf bellena tllia caae 1a unu..u.l aliA

calla 1 t to aUa~ ot Prea., u auggeated by Dr.

(Rep. ) 1111. I. Sll'OTlcll.

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GERMANY. THE EIABASSY AT BERLIN REPORTS THAT THE RECENT SUPPRESS I ON

OF THE BNA I BR I T!t INVOLVED THE CLOS ING OF EIGHTY NEUTRAL LODGES AND

THE REQUEST RAT ION OF ONE AND ONE HALF MILL ION MARKS IN CASH AND

INVESTMENTS AND ANOTHER TWO MI LL ION IN REAL PROPERTY THE SUPPRESS ION

APPEARS TO BE MOT IVATED BY THE DES IRE TO RETALIATE AGAINST FOREIGN

ANTINAZ I AG ITATION AND TO"CARRY OUT A PROFITABLE RA ID UP-ON INDEPENPENT

JEWISH FUNDS YIITH THE TERMI NATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES TRUCE AND NOW THE ,

RADICAL NAZ IS APPEAR ANXIOUS TO CARRY OUT HITLERS THREAT THAT HE YIOULD

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/ THE EMBASSY CONSIDERS THE PRESENT DEVELOPMENT NOT A NEW DEPARTURE

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ANTISEM ITIC POLICY PERIOD SPAIN THE CONSUL AT SEVILLE REPORTS THAT

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I you SAFEGU.ARDED THE AMER JCAN DEMOCRAcf IN 1 TSHOUR OF

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I have received your confidential telegram of , September 9, 1937 concerning the attendance ot our Charge d ' At1'a1ree -ad i nterim 1n Goroanyl at this year ' s annual National. Soci~st !'arty Congress at Nuremburg. You also

x rel!'er to cart addresses reported to have been cielivered by Germans at · the Congr-ess.

'l'he invitation t his year to attend the Congress we.s issued to the diplomatic representatives in Germany ot foreign countries by the Chief of the Gorman State and trMeml. tted foroally tbrou,gh the Geroan F;oreisn Office. The invitation was accepted by our CharSe d 1Atta1res after consultati on with his British and French colleagues concerning acceptance and the decision reached was approved by their respective Govern~J~ents. SimUar 1nv1tat1ons 'lt'ere .sent to the d1plomat1.o representatives 1n Geroany of the other nations who accepted them w1 th virtual unanilll1 t.y.

. . Acceptance by our Cba.rs1iJ d 'Mfaires of this off1cl.al 1nv1tat1on and attendance at tb1s year ' s Nuremburg Congress as a guest 1n oompany w1 th h1s colleagues 1s not pasetng Ju~ent 1n tmY remote sense -on t.he questions that 1J18Y haYS been discussed at the Congress nor the political opinions which the Gennan Government ma.Y .entertain.

Sincerely yours,

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340 West Forty-seYSnth Street, Nee York, Uew York.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

W ... SHINGTON

September 16, 1937

1!,y dear 14r. lloint.yre :

In response to t.he memorandum !rom the White House ot

September 14 , 1937 enclosing a telegram !rom Rabbi Stephen

Vliso regarding t.he Nuremburg Congress, and request.l.ng a

reply t o be prepared tor t.ho President's signature, I sub­

mit. a suggested reply tor the President's signature should

it. meet. his approval.

Enclosures:

1 . Suggsat.ed reply to Rabbi Wise

2. Telegram !rom Rabbi Wise returned (copy made in State Department)

The Honorable

Marvin H. llolntyre,

Sincerely yours,

Asa1st.ant. Secretary to the President,

'l'be Whi to House .

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W ASHIN GTON

September 14, 1937.

KEKORANDUI.l FOR

THE SECRE'l'ARY OF STAT& 1<,.0

FOR PREPARATION OF REPLY

FOR MY SIGNATURE.

F. D. R.

\lire from STEPHEU VIISE, Lake Placid, NY, 9/9/37 to Hyde

Park, protesb.ng tbe ~tate Dept. serutiDg envoy to

Nuremburg Nazi Party Festival; urges his r ecall, in viev1

of •insult to democraC".f" ~ Na:::i cultural leader

Alfred ~senberg upon receiving first Nazi prize nt

Nureobutg.

NAnOHA~ POWER POUCY COIIIIITTEE

y.RIOR I UILOING

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Dear lllur:

Coultl I troubl111 you to ebow the Collo'ld.ng cablo t.o th& President

whieh Dr. Stephen 9. Wise roceiYGd f'roe Noasrs. Zucken~~AD , O.re.enbe.r g

and Loe.t •r, t.h.Nof: AM:rican Zionlst.!l 1l'ho are 1n London. AI Dr. Wise

was out. or the elt.y, V.rs. 111M had the cable -reed to ae o.,.r t.be tel­

ephone.

•Just "reaeived authentic inror:u.tion thc.t. o~rman situa-

t.ion is rar "'ra-• than you know trOtJ press St.op Mot tll.lppo&ed

to re•eal dtt.alla in ~.able Stop A.aoog arrested Jen scores

"""''red ~top ll&n7 our Monds ( probabq rororrtn.: t.o o.,...., Z1on1Jts) arfitlt.ed Stop !sporta.nt to obtain l ntoNatton whether

allvt Stop lne1st not. tubd.t inforao.t.loo to preea Stop lfobili::fl

Aatrle&n J t riah CouittM, B•na.i B' rith, AMrica.o J ewieh Congress

ond J-sh Labor Co .. Ht4o .......U.t.o action Stop Don·~ dalar

t et.t.ltlJ in toue.h with akipper Stop ~.,.,. ait~utA counts."

1 thought I 1hou.l.d brinr the Cfl.bl.t t.o t.he Preeident ' e at.tention J 11-

t.bou,gb I iaagine that h9 hal &lre.dy reco1ved wch 1110rc dot.&ilod infonaa-

tiOil rroa the st.ot.o ~--·•·

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~8~ East Lal<e ShOre Dr1 ve Cbiea&o, Il~noie

Kovv•ber 12, 1938

~y 1ear ~ - President :

I stani to1ay 1n my support or, ani belleC in, your humanitarian po~cies in sovarnmont as I 11'1 in 1935 when you honorei me With the appointment as a member of tbe a1visory boar'1 ot the Works Progress MID1nietration . llo one knew better than the Honorabl e James IY . Gerard, tbe late Colonel £dward u. House , and the late LoUis UcHenry Howe , with whom I have had t he priv!lese of 1;orld.ng in your behalf , ho•• s ineere. I have always been 1n my profoun1 rospeet and admiration ror you as a statesman .

I red w1 th horror the cable dispe tchos from Europe 1e~lcting the recent inhUII&tl acts in Gerii!UlY. GorC~:~ny has turnri the clock b.acl< tc the .oro barbaric 4ays than the ae11evel nee . llw:lan ~vas ere being taken tc satisfy the frenr.y or the 110b bent on eotter­•1natlns huaan beings solely bec:a.uao or re.ca ani reli­gi on . Is it possible that tho 1emocracies i n this so­calle1 civilize~ age can stan1 idlY by •11 thout the atronaest type or 9rotest an1 in11&n&t1on i1recte1 to the t-en.,onsible hea1s ••ho permit such persecutions to trke plaee within their bor1ers l

·r.,o great PresUents 1'/illi nm Uowari Taft, ani Theo1ore Roosevolt, iuring t heir 11iminiotrations sent oft1cin1 protests ~o the Russian on1 nouman1on govern­ll'l&nt:~ at the time of Jevd.sh pros-roms in those countries, tho protest to Russia culm1no.t1ns in the severance or 11plo,..tic relations with her .

These unfortunate, op 1-rQS:Jflr1 u.n1 .,ar:secntei people ~ee onl y one hope, the American spirit an1 uniorstaniing so abuniantly oxpres'&i ln our cons titu­tion , oni portrayei in our harbor by the St&t ue of Liberty.

Every re1. bloo1e1 ~t.=erlcM , ••ery clt.i "Z.en 'l'fho a1hores to th& ~e=ccratlc pri nciple• ani 11eals upon which our country ts rouniei, looka to you, ~Y 1ear

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!.lr . Presi1ent , in this hour when civi li•ation is on trial . It is the solemn 1uty or our 1e~ocracy to save this civilization, to take such steps as may be deemed n1v1sable to curb this ma1ness which has en­~eneere1 the civi lization of the •1orld ,

You, my ~ear Ur . Pres11ent , as a great leader of a cause Ythicb is humane , just ani fair , can with your wis~om an1 great lea1crsh1p ren1er the ~orld a service whi ch will perpetuate the high 11eals an1 principles of our govornt.lent throughout the world . Your nall)e v1111 ring in every Hall of Fame, an1 history will recor1 you as the greatest humani tarian of t hi s age .

. As an American citi zen mi n1ful of my responsi -bilities , obliga tions and privileges; as a man Vlho served his country 1n the last Worl1 •s Vfar, I appeal to you, my 1ear llr . President , to let your voice speak in this 'iark hour - to he heard aroun1 the vrorl1 as was the fi rst shot fired at Concord .

Cordially and f aithfully yours ,

~ ERtiEST L. KLEIN

Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt Presi'ient or tbe Un1te1 States The \'Illite House

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WASHINGTON

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Dear llisay:

A number of people have suggest ed to me that the President might appropriat ely take of ficial notice of the fact that special prayers will be given in all the churches next Sunday for the vic­tims of Nad persecutions. This could be done by the ieeuance of a proclamation designating Sunday as a day of prayer. I have pre­pared, and inclose herewith a dra!'t of a proclamation, which might be of use to the President in this connection.

It baa also been suggested to me t hat it 1IOUld be most im­pressive if publication could be made of the fact that the President would attend the special prayers at his own church next SUnday.

I hope you 1101l 1 t mind flY troubling you with t hese suggestions.

Miss Marguerite LeHand , The Ylbite Bouse

Yours,

~ Y.~ . Ben v. Cohen.

.l PROCLAIIATION

I, Fra.akll.D D. Roosevelt, President ot the United States ot

America, hereU, designate Sunday, the twent ieth day of November, 1958,

as a day of prayer and &ol81111l eont011plation.

llillions of God-tearing men, '''" ' en and cblldren are cruelly

oppres sed and persecuted in countries where reason and tol erance once

prevailed. Helpless lllinorities in these countries are being driven troaa

their homes, deprived of their savings and denied the r ight to earn their

daily bread, because of their race, religion or political opinion. Boueee

of worship have bean despoiled and desecrated.

These events bave shocked the conscience of civilized l!uunity.

To these events, America certeinly cannot he indifferent, for

America r.as built U, peoples of many tongues and many faiths, soaking

freedom to live their own lives on the hesis of tolerance and justice for

all.

Let us, therefore , on the day appointed , in our accustomed places

of worship, each in his own wsy 1 humbly pray for peace Olld justice for

those who are oppressed ana persecuted, and for mercy and forgiveness

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for the oppreseore and persecutors 'IIIlo know not wlat they do.

IN WITNESS WHEROOF, I have hereunto set II\)' band and caused

the seal or the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE a t the City of Wasb1ngt011 this ___ day or llove:nber, in

the year of our Lord nineteen lnmdred

and thirty-eight, and of the Inde-

pendence of the United States of

America the one hundred and sixty-

third.

By the Pr·esident:

Secretary of State,

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To briefly introduce myself to youf 1 wae formerly of Bad Nauhei~ , Germany . In 1933 had the honor to visit you , for instance in the little l!hite l'.ouoe in 1.larm Springs , Georgia, and about n year later , e.e Con•ultlng Adviser to the Saratoga Springs Commission, I reported to you in ,rashlngton about Sarat oga.

Today I received a letter from an outotanding German • (Aryan) 1nduetrial1st who no" Uvea in Switzerland, He wrote me that he hnd just r eturned !rom a visit to German~ , that the entire population there is t orrified about the present happenings , but no one can say any­thing . I , pernonally , have received many , many l etters telling me the eame th!ng in a oimllar \Yay.

The \Triter of the letter then continues ( I quote) , • The prote&ts of the i'IOrl d seem to be useless .. Onl y direct action can impreea . Such action io possible if the world begins to think about the situation. Germany ~ishes to get rid of all non-Aryane, yot will not per­mit the$ to take any n~ney out of Germany . Other coun­trtea wieh to help, but they cannot receive thousanda of refugees without money . I f I were Prastdent Roosevel t, I ~ould invite all the countries to help mutually in ouch a .. ,ay that Germany 1vauld have to pay for this help . It would be only necessary to pl ace a refugee 1 s ex90rt premi~~on_~ll raw materials neede~Oe~~~;-thts pretiii'!!"...:to be. col!Tc:te~<li!Oj;OoTt_eci~ in:nJ<etugees Fund , from- r;htclr-t'ha elili grea coul d drm' for hel p . There c.l-i' enough mo..ter1c.ls \fbich Germany hne to purchase , and lf the countries exporting to Germany wou1d only get toge ther, eufflcient money could be col lected ~o help all the emigres . Thie 11ould be a purely moral affair , nnd as ouch no one could object to 1t . I !eel that this

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829 PARK AV~NUE

NEW YORK

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idea should not be impossible to put into operat i on , and I therefore suggest that you propose this plan to President Roosevelt who , as the world knows, takes such a great interest in trying to help solve this terrible situation."

I have auoted insofar as possible wha t wa.e written me . I am not resnonsible for the idea . I do not know whether there is the s lightest hope tha.t the export countries could or would get together in an effort to put such a plan as proposed into action. First of all I do not know whether Germany has to import so much raw material that the special tax suggested would bring in sufficient revenue to help the refugees . It is only because the gentleman who wrote me this letter is an out standing business man with int ernational affili~tions , th~t I felt it my duty to lay the matter before you for your consid­eration.

I hope t hat you have bad occasion to enjoy the nice weather and peaceful atmosphere of Warm Springs , and that this letter f .i.nds you in the 1::e s t of heaJ. t h .

~·11th e.ll good wishes , I beg to remain

Yours very sincerely ,

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