Home Photo Gallery Classroom Documents My dear President Roosevelt:- May your vacation have been a pleasant one. May it have blessed you with good health and a cheerful heart to continue in your arduous labors for our beloved Country. Your communication has been received. I have given it thoughtful consideration, realizing the injunction of God's Holy Word, in the Old Testament: "Seek the peace of the city and pray unto the Lord for it (Jer. 29,7)" and in the New Testament: "Let every soul be subject unto the powers higher. Render therefore to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor (Rom. 13,1.7.)" and "Bear ye one another's burdens, so fulfill the law of Christ (Gal. 6,2). As a member of the Lutheran Church I would also state that the Lutheran Church of America has ever been a champion of the sound principles of democracy as expressed in the Constitution of the United States. I am in full accord with the new Social Security Legislation, just enacted, and bespeak for it a glad welcome by those who will be benefited through this Law. Through my vocation as a minister for nearly forty-three years I have had opportunity to study the conditions of the people at large. I find the American man and woman wishes to work and earn his own bread and butter, as the pioneers of old. The Work's Program, therefore, will be welcomed. Work keeps a man fit and tends to strengthen his morale. Honest labor is what he wants. Conditions in my neighborhood seem to be improving. I especially call attention to our Queen's Boulevard with its many new cars, not only on Sundays, but also during the week. An insurance broker of the neighborhood told me that conditions must be getting better. As proof he mentioned that in one week he had issued six automobile policies, not on the installment plan, but for cash. In these days of sore distress there seems to be a new period of prosperity slowly advancing. Your encouraging Radio Talks have helped to let the people know about the arduous labor of piloting the Ship of State. The economic storms are being faithfully weathered. May the good Lord give you strength, and continue courageously. The old motto of the United States "In God We Trust", if we do, will show itself as a source of power, strength, fortitude, and peace. Very sincerely yours,
Frederick E. Tilly
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