Henry T. Hackett
                        Attorney & Counsellor at Law
                             226 Union Street
                          Poughkeepsie, New York
 
                                                             
                                          Aug. 6th, 1937.
 
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Franklin:
 
                 Arthur S. Halpin told me that he holds
a bond and mortgage on property at New Hamburg owned 
by the Millard Lumber Company, which he considers suitable
for the investment of the funds of St. James Church. He also
told me that you  had written him that if I approved of it,
it would be all right.
                 I think that a committe from the Vestry should    
view the  the property and pass upon the suffieciency of the
security and  that the responsibility should not be placed
upon one person alone.
 
 
                  With kindest regards, I  am
 
                       
                                          Sincerely yours,
 
                                                                                
                                        [Henry T. Hackett]