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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 9

46 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Dec 26, 1940 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 46 pages OCR'd
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Werean - Le oe ah: ie a Mei ies dot Lae x A & wee We gy rae 2 NMC ati roca, a ar Loa \ a" “8 ae a ! 7 * 7 i . 5 . . oo ——— * . ,: . ao 4, ~*~ gee - . : ee fToesday, April 1¢, 1942. Attended Luncheon {n honor ef Mra, Franklin D. Roossvelt and Moe. Maxim Litvinoff at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 49th St. and Park Avenne. There were three thousand people present, Adsission was three dollara per person. At this Luncheon there was inagg arated a nation-wide campaign for aix million doliars for Roesian War Relief. The lunoheon started with the playing of the Internationaie ané - the Star Spanngled Banner. The andience joined in singing both. The — Chealemamoen mae tne “fi lA aes) eevee . Aaan af. RarnasdA Cfalitava_ ha Firat Speaxer to be introdaced waa Archibald. ealeish, ‘ditector of the office , /¢ of Facts and Pigares. He said that there are Fascists in this country _ who wuld rather ace this country lose the war than give aia to ‘the Soviet Union. Phere are those he said who would hold back shipping the arms to the Soviet Union because they think these arms would be ased for’ the Bolshevisation of the world. This is not so he said as you cannot force upon the people a form of government that they do not want as the Km NVEDED OFT LED n peorle Will choose the form ef government they desire. = & —— _ The next apeaker was Mae. Litvinoff who after being introcnced saié to the pleasure of everyone Listening, "J wae a British anbjeoct, I em a gallant red saray and 1 the good eaten tachateansnian Minos Work being done by the Russian War Reli . | gl-l b/2.3- 242 She was followed by Miss Maxge¥el/ Rekst excemhe mad @ a specoh efficia: ly launohing the campaign for six nestie ollars. ABRe2 Snitnced several RIMENT OF JUSTAE \Gonations of one hundred dollars, five d dred'do puree taous ollars Te, a ahant the a =v rs] Sthoeyzhmonts ant a ¢onation of two thonsand five hundred doll s——thoey/ins
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