Vienna, December 21, 1934.
                                
 
 
Dear Mr. President:
 
 
I wish to tell you how appreciative I
am, as well as all of us in the Foreign 
Service family here in Vienna, of your very 
thoughtful and generous letter of November 
19, giving us your Christmas and New Year's 
greetings.
 
 
All of us here, and I am, sure the
Foreign Service as a whole everywhere, are
deeply grateful to you for the tmderstanding
which you have shovm of the needs of the 
Service and of its problems, as well as of 
the very real support which you have given 
to the Service.  We know the high ideals 
of public service which you hold, and the 
courageous manner in which you carry a 
burden such as probably none of your 
predecessors in your high office has had to
carry. It is an encouraging example to 
all of us to meet our responsibilities in 
the Foreign Service, which are probably 
more vital now than at any time in the past.
 
 
Your generous support and appreciation
are very real encouragement to every member
of the Service, and I should like again to
 
 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 
The White House,
 
Washington, D. C.