Tilton,
 
      Firle, Sussex.
 
      Telephone:
 
      Ripe 26.
 
      Station:
 
      Lewes
 
      The President of the United States. March 25,1938
 
      
 
 
Dear Mr. President,
 
      It is very good of you to have written in acknowledgment of my 
      letter. I do not mean to give you the trouble of doing so again 
      by sending another brief comment. Bat further experience since 
      I wrote does seem to show that you are treading a very dangerous 
      middle path. You must either give more encouragement to business 
      or take over more of their functions yourself. If public opinion 
      is not ready for the latter, then it is necessary to wait until 
      public opinion is educated. Your present policies seem to presume 
      that you possess more power than you actually have.
 
      
 
 
Today, however, our thoughts are occupied with other things 
      than economic prosperity. I venture to enclose an article, which 
      I have published today. At any rate the poem which serves as 
      its motto is very good| The tragedy is that the right-minded 
      show no indication of supporting one another. You will be reluctant 
      to