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FDR on Food Transportation during the Depression by ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO

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Title: FDR on Food Transportation during the Depression
Author: ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO
Seller: Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description: Recognized as one of the most consequential US presidents, Franklin Roosevelt decides a legal question allowing fish to be transported in refrigerated meat trucks. Typed Letter Signed, on White House stationery bearing the watermark of the Presidential seal, from aboard the "U.S.S. Houston," 2 separate 4to pages, Oct. 14, 1935. "...there appears to be nothing which would hinder the fishing industry from utilizing the refrigerator cars belonging to others..." Roosevelt writes to U. S. Marshall John J. Murphy (Boston, MA) agreeing to allow the fish companies to transport fish in the refrigerated cars owned by meat packing companies. Murphy sent a 5 1/2 page typed memorandum, included, explaining in great detail the transportation problem the fishing industry faced . Roosevelt agrees to intervene to facilitate this practical solution and begins his letter with a review of the problem Murphy described. "You state that that industry [fish industry] has a limited market because refrigerator cars used for transporting meat to the East are returned empty. You attribute the existence of this situation to the so-called 'Consent Decree' and propose that steps be taken to remove the restrictions in order that the facilities which are now employed for the distribution of meats may be made available to the fishing, fruit and vegetable industries...." Roosevelt reviews the "Consent Decree" explaining that is "was the climax of a suit brought by the Government under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act...against five of the leading packers in 1920," preventing them from using their "facilities in the handling of a large variety of non-meat food products, including fish...." The Government believed that the packers planned to extend their monopolistic practices to other food products. "It was on this account that packers were required to discontinue any dealing in many non-meat lines...." Roosevelt reviews Supreme Court decisions which twice upheld the restriction noting the Court, "refused to permit a modification of the decree...." FDR then reasons that the Decree affects the designated large companies, "there appears to be nothing which would hinder the fishing industry from utilizing the refrigerator cars belonging to others who ship perishable commodities to the East. It is my understanding that there is a heavy movement of empty refrigerator cars westward and these include both those which are owned by carriers and whose which are privately owned. If the 'Consent Decree' were modified...." to allow packers to transport fish, a question would then arise about cost. He advised Murphy to "look into these particular phases of the problem...." Roosevelt concludes with a statement about the importance of transporting food across the country offering to arrange a conference among the various governmental entities involved. He notes the divergent roles played by the Department of Justice and the Interstate Commerce Commission in light of the Supreme Court restrictions against the meat packing industry. Signed in full, "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Roosevelt appointed his correspondent, John J. Murphy, to the position of the U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts in 1935. He served until 1939. Before that, Murphy was the first Democratic Mayor of Somerville, Mass. (1930-1934) and President of the Boston-based Franklin D. Roosevelt League. Fisherman wanted subsidies similar to the aid FDR had given farmers. In Gloucester earlier, Roosevelt met with fishermen and promised aid. FDR likely made his decision to facilitate the movement of fish to help the Gloucester fishermen as well as the fish industry generally. Condition: Very slight chipping at margin folds, some soiling at margins. The USS Houston, from which FDR wrote our detailed letter, was a Northampton-class cruiser of the U.S. Navy, first launched in 1929, but sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942. President Roosevelt cruised aboard the USS Houston a number of times during his tenure as President . At least four journeys are recorded, including this one corresponding with our Oct. 14 letter, from October 2-23, 1935 [see fdr library at Marist College, Day by Day events]. ." On October 14, FDR's "Day by Day" listing notes, "anchored to the eastward of Pedro Gonzales Island" and also notes that he was going fishing with Governor Schley of the Panama Canal. He later traveled with Schley to and through the Gatum locks. The Wikipedia entry for the USS Houston shows a photo of the ship off San Diego in October 1935 "with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board. She is flying an admiral four-star flag at her foremast peak, and the Presidential flag at her mainmast peak. Roosevelt appointed his correspondent, John J. Murphy, to the position of the U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts in 1935. He served until 1939. Previous to that posting, Murphy was the first Democratic Mayor of Somerville, Mass. (1930-1934) and President of the Boston-based Franklin D. Roosevelt League. Murphy, being from the Boston area, would no doubt have been involved in or certainly aware of the fishing industry in Gloucester during the early 1930s. An article on July 15, 2010 citing pieces in the New York Times from April through June of 1933 about the fishing industry indicated there had been a series of interactions between the President and the depressed fishing community in Gloucester during 1933. There was a shortage of cod and a surplus of mackerel. Fisherman were known to be dumping their catch to protest the low prices being paid for the fish. They wanted subsidies similar to the aid FDR had given farmer. The President met with the fishermen, seemed to be in support of them, but on his next visit to Gloucester, was asked where that aid he promised was. Nothing had been done to alleviate the problems of the fishing industry. FDR's decision to facilitate transportation of fish, as reflected in our letter, was made against this problematic background.

A ccount of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them in a letter from the Hon. Henry Grey Bennett, to the Rev. Samuel Henley IN Archaeologia Vol. 15 by Bennett, Henry Gray

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Title: A ccount of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them in a letter from the Hon. Henry Grey Bennett, to the Rev. Samuel Henley IN Archaeologia Vol. 15
Author: Bennett, Henry Gray
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: London, 1806. Bennett, Henry Grey. Account of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them . . . In Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 15 (1806): 114-117; plate. Whole volume. 271 x 215 mm. Quarter calf gilt, marbled boards in period style. Light toning, some offsetting from plates but very good. First Edition. In the present communication, contained in a letter to Samuel Henley dated 23 November 1802, Bennett described a machine designed by the Rev. John Hayter for the purpose of unrolling the charred papyrus rolls discovered at Herculaneum in order to read their content. "Found in Naples when the city became an English protectorate, the rolls came to the attention of the Prince of Wales who, during the six years of English rule that followed, spearheaded an effort to unroll and transcribe them. He selected the Reverend John Hayter, future chaplain to George IV, to oversee the project" (Buchwald & Josefowicz). Hayter claimed to have opened 200 of the carbonized scrolls, but only managed half that number before being dismissed from the project. Buchwald, Jed, and Diane Josefowicz, "The Herculaneum Papyri," Popular Archeology, 14 July 2020 (web). .

SVET ZA MRÍZEMI, (WORLD BEYOND BARS) by VOSKOVEC, JIRI, JAN WERICH AND ADOLF HOFFMEISTER. (THEATRE OF VOSKOVEC AND WERICH)

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Title: SVET ZA MRÍZEMI, (WORLD BEYOND BARS)
Author: VOSKOVEC, JIRI, JAN WERICH AND ADOLF HOFFMEISTER. (THEATRE OF VOSKOVEC AND WERICH)
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Description: Prague., Evzen J. Rosendorf., 1926. Only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister, illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose, condition is good.

The American Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson, Being the History of What They Saw, & Did in the United States, Canada and Cuba by TOBY [DOYLE, RICHARD]

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Title: The American Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson, Being the History of What They Saw, & Did in the United States, Canada and Cuba
Author: TOBY [DOYLE, RICHARD]
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1872. Cloth. Very good. 4to; 74 pp; plate guards; pebbled blue cloth over board with white stamped gilt title and decoration on cover; 74 pp of black and white cartoon style illustrations with text; very good. Toby is one of the pseudonyms for the British author Richard Doyle (1824-1883). He was the son of a noted British cartoonist and the uncle of the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He was a staff member at the publication Punch for seven years and known for his grotesque and comic style.

Whoops Dearie ! by Peter Arno

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Title: Whoops Dearie !
Author: Peter Arno
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Condition: Fine
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1927. Book. Fine. Cloth. Presentation By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a very good jacket.Author's First Book.Signed Presentation Copy."To Charles Tyroler Peter Arno."Loss to 1/8 of crown.Terrific Copy..

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Chambre Close: A Fiction by Rheims, Bettina, Serge Bramly

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Title: Chambre Close: A Fiction
Author: Rheims, Bettina, Serge Bramly
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ISBN: 9783929078039
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Description: Munich: Schirmer/Mosel 1992. Hardcover. English. 11.5" x 9". 152 pp. Numerous erotic photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's white pearlescent boards in red and pearlescent DJ. Very Minor edge wear to DJ. Fine in Near Fine DJ. ISBN 3929078031 . LikeNew. Hardcover .

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans by TERRY, Wallace

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Title: Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
Author: TERRY, Wallace
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ISBN: 9780394530284
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Description: New York: Random House, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 311pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Faint spotting on the page edges else fine in a near fine dust jacket with some edgewear and rubbing.

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