THE SECTION OF FINE ARTS                  
 
                         WASHINGTON D.C.                    
 
                        DECEMBER 23, 1941                   
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Mr. Charles Marin                      
 
                         The White House                    
 
                          My dear Marin:                    
 
                                                            
 
 
I just heard you were staying in Washington and as you are 
      on our list of the artists we like to entertain at the Section 
      of Fine Arts, I hope very much you will drop in and have lunch 
      with us. We are not very hot on entertainment these days but 
      we serve coffee, which is provided by a friend of ours, between 
      12:00 and 2:00 o'clock and have a table where the guests of the 
      Section can eat the lunch which they bring with them. 
 
                                                            
 
 
If you could fix a date, I think I could get one or two of 
      our better artists to drop in because I know they would like 
                           to meet you.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
                   Very sincerely yours,                    
 
                           EDWARD BRUCE                     
 
      Chief of the Section of Fine Arts