LETTER FROM MR ROOSEVELT
GREETINGS TO MR SAVAGE. AVELLINGTON, Feb. 25. A personal letter carrying greetings and thanks for the wishes extended to him by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) was received by Mr Savage yesterday from Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America.
Mr Savage’s , letter was included in the first air mail carried by the illfated Samoan Clipper from New Zealand to America, and accompanying it was the gift of a rug. President Roosevelt’s letter was:
“It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your holiday greetings sent by the first direct air mail from New Ze,ala.and to tbe United States. The inauguration of this service was indeed a great occasion, and though shadowed by tbe recent disaster, I am sure this new means of communication will tighten still more the bonds of friendship and goodwill between our two countries.
“Thank you also for the rug which accompanied your letter. I sha.ll keep it as a valued memento of your great country.
“AVith best wishes for a happy New Year, —I am, very sincerely yours, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 75, 25 February 1938, Page 10
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189LETTER FROM MR ROOSEVELT Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 75, 25 February 1938, Page 10
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