THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                         October 5, 1940                    
 
                                                            
 
 
                      My dear Minturn:                      
 
      Thank you for your letter of September twentieth and for the 
      views contained in it. I have asked that the suggestions you 
           made be communicated to the proper quarters.     
 
                      Very sincerely yours,                 
 
                             (Signed)                       
 
                      FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT                 
 
                                                            
 
 
                 R. Minturn Sedgwick, Esq.,                 
 
                      10 Post Office Square,                
 
      Boston, Massachusetts.