U.S. NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE
                                   SRS,
 
 
FM;  PRESIDENT.               PRIORITY
TO;  OPNAV.
 
                              "152030"            WHITE 36.
 
 
SEC EARLY. THE WHITE HOUSE.  FOR LORD HALIFAX-- ALL OF US ON BOARD
 
USS POTOMAC INCLUDING HOPKINS ARE VERY MUCH SHOCKED AND SADDENED
 
BY THE ACCIDENT IT IN WHICH MR PURVIS WAS KILLED.  I FEEL THAT I HAVE
 
LOST A REAL FRIEND,
 
                              ROOSEVELT.
 
15 AUGUST, 1941.