MYRON C. TAYLOR                        
 
                        71 Broadway                         
 
                          NEW YORK                          
 
                                                            
 
                      November 2 1942                       
 
                                                            
 
                    Dear Mr. President:                     
 
                                                            
 
 
  The attached letter from the Apostolic Delegate resulted in my                                                                
 calling upon him promptly on Friday. He had received a telegram                                                                 
 from the Holy See concerning which he said that statement had been made  
 in London by the Foreign Minister that there existed no agreement not  
to bomb Rome    The message asked me to intercede with you to avoid                                                       
destruction in the Eternal City.  In the afternoon I called upon                                                              
ary of State Hull and discussed the matter with him. His con