The White House                      
 
                         Washington                         
 
                     September 2, 1941.                     
 
                MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT                
 
                                                            
 
 
Mr. Myron Taylor's secretary telephoned to say that Mr. Taylor has   
prepared the following statement which he will give to the press if   
you approve of it:  
"President Roosevelt has requested me to return to Rome, to resume   
          conferences with His Holiness, the Pope.          
 
                                                            
 
 
To be the instrument of contact between the Pope as a great spiritual   
leader and the President of the greatest of the liberty-loving nations   
not engaged in war, necessitates a reserve of expression which is no   
                  great innovation to me.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
In the final unfolding of the mysteries which the ppresent day questions   
contain, there can be no fair or permanent justice in the world unless   
se two symbols of civilization at its best operate in harmon