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Stop Throwing Pop Bottles at the Umpire!
Letters to President Roosevelt Concerning the Court Packing Proposal
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Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
March 8, 1937
Dear Mr. President:

My boy 12 1/2 years old had to bring a poem to school, and I am enclosing the one which he made in about 5 minutes. He is too bashefull (sic) to send it to you himself, buy I think that you might be interested (sic) to know that young and old are discussing your plan for the Federal courts.

In enclosing may I say, that I endorse you plan 100%

Most respectfully yours,

L-- H--
New York, New York

FRANKLIN D.

In 1932 when Hoover took a walk,
There came a new man,
With a lot of alphabet talk,
His name is Franklin Roosevelt,
1 fine old chap,
But when the N.R.A. came in
there was an awful scrap.
For when the nine old justices blew,
The good old N.R.A. was throu.
In '37 the justices got sore,
For Frankie tried to add six more.
Soon the outcome we shall see,
Between the nine old men
And Franklin D.

H-- H--
(March 4th 1937)