BASIL O'CONNOR 
~OHN C. FARBEI~
ARNOLD T, KOCH
HENRY K.URION
WILLIAM E SNYDER
KENNETH L.HOFFMAN
EARLE R. KOONS
LEWIS O. SPENCER
ER Y E.NUDSON,~R.
 
 
                   O'CONNOR  FaRBER 
 
              COUNSELORS at Law 120 BROADWAY
 
                  NEW York 5, N.Y.
 
                                         March 29, 1946
 
 
          Re: Estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
Henry T. Hackett, Esq.
226 Union Street
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 
Dear Mr. Hackett:
 
         Joseph H. McGuinness, Attorney for the United States 
Army Engineers, North Atlantic Division, dropped in to see 
me today relative to preparing appropriate papers in
connection with the telephone poles at Hyde Park which were
used for the telephone and alarm system while Mr. Roosevelt
was President. The Government will turn over to the
respective property owners any poles standing on the land,
and in return therefor, will require a waiver and release
of further liability from the property owner to the
Government.
 
         Some of the poles are on the James R. Roosevelt 
property and Mr. McGuinness feels that the waiver and release 
will have to be signed by the two life tenants as well as by 
the Executors of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Estate. Inasmuch 
as the Army records list the Estate of James R. Roosevelt as 
the owner of the property, it will be necessary to have a copy 
of the James R. Roosevelt Will and a Certificate of Letters 
Testamentary for the Government records. Mr. McGuinness has 
also requested a Surrogate's Certificate evidencing the 
appointment of the Executors of the Franklin D. Roosevelt 
Estate. Will you please obtain the Surrogate's Certificates, 
and if available, send me a copy of the James R. Roosevelt 
Will for delivery to Mr. McGuinness.
 
         I have an appointment to see Major Hooker on Monday to 
discuss the terms of the proposed lease with Mrs. Roosevelt and 
will report the outcome to you as soon as a definite proposal 
is submitted. So far as the cows on the farm are concerned, 
Mrs. Roosevelt selected them along with the farm equipment 
under the provisions of Article SEVENTH of the Will. It 
would seem, therefore, that the Executors no
longer have anything to say about what shall be done with
the cows.
 
                               Sincerely yours,