HENRY T. HACKETT
                 ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
                     226 UNION STREET
                 POUGHKEEPSIE.     NEW YORK
 
                                    Dec. 12th, 1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Franklin:
 
          I have gone over the Huyler matter with 
Hatfield and he suggests that it be held in abeyance for
awhile as he understands that the estate is being settled
and the property may be bought at a lower figure.
 
          He has in mind that part of the Vanderbilt 
property east of the Post Road already provided with roads,
some buildings and a partial water supply as a better object
for development.
 
                   With kindest regards, I am
 
                                   Sincerely yours,
 
                                   Henry T. Hackett