THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE  
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
                  TO HIS HOLINESS THE POPE                  
 
                 Rome, September 22, 1944.                  
 
                   My dear Mr. President:                   
 
                                                            
 
 
Recently I was invited by the present representative of the founder family   
of the Bambino Gesu Hospital in Rome (Marchesa Salviati) to visit the   
hospital, as I had been through one experience or anotherirequested to   
visit several civilian hospitals in Rome. The one in question proved to be   
a children's hospital where 500 children up to 5 years of age were cared   
for. Many of them were orphans from poor families, and a few came fram   
more representative families who for one reason or another found it   
desirable to have their offspring cared for by this institution. I visited   
the hospital and found it clean and orderly and cared for by an immaculate   
group of nuns and a very high class staff of doctors headed by a cousin of   
                   the Pope as director.                    
 
                                                            
 
 
During the course of our conversation I spoke of the use of penicillin:   
they knew nothing about it except as a name, I thought it might be   
interesting for them to learn more about it from some of the medical and   
surgical officers in one of the hospitals where the substance is being   
used with such great success. I therefore suggested that the group should   
come some day to our office where I invited an experienced officer to give   
them useful information. This took place last week and the reaction of the   
visitors was one of great appreciation. I am attaching hereto copy of a   
letter from the director of the hospital in question who speaks on behalf   
of those who attended the inforeal meeting. I thought it would be   
interesting for you to know that they are spreading the gospel of good   
s wherever they come in contact with those who are in darkne
 
               With kind regards, believe me,               
 
                      Sincerely yours,                      
 
                     {Myron C. Taylor}                      
 
                       The President                        
 
                      The White House                       
 
                        Washington.