April 28, 1937.
 
 
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
 
 
My dear Dodd:
 
 
 I am dictating this just before I leave for a short holiday off the
Texas coast, therefore, I will not even sign it myself.  I am glad to
have yours of April thirteenth and I know you will agree with me that
the debate on the Supreme Court during the past three months has done
more to educate the American people in basic principls of the
Democratic form of government than any discussion since the issue of
the bank of the United States over a hundred years ago.  You are right
that the coincidence of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the
Constitutional Convention will aid in public discussion and therefore,
in public understanding.
 
 
 Will you send me a little more information on the new German
Ambassador to the United States.  How far can I go in talking with him
either officially or "off the record".
 
 
 My warm regards,
 
 
        As ever yours,
 
 
 
Honorable William E. Dodd,
U.S. Ambassador to Germany,
Berlin, Germany.
 
 
(Dictated but not signed)
(15) Schacht