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Here Hoover, well on his way to ninety, does what he did most after his presidency, and writes yet another letter; one among thousands, though none in longhand - an anomaly explained with this typewritten missive:
"It takes more time from their work to write a letter than it does for a good secretary to prepare one," Hoover says. “And people sell them. One of mine was sold.”
“Most men,” he adds, “don't like such trafficking in their letters.”
"It takes more time from their work to write a letter than it does for a good secretary to prepare one," Hoover says. “And people sell them. One of mine was sold.”
“Most men,” he adds, “don't like such trafficking in their letters.”
Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, quarto, on his personal letterhead, Astoria Towers, New York City, April 3, 1959. To Sandy McClatchy in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
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HERBERT HOOVER
The Waldorf Astoria Towers
The Waldorf Astoria Towers
New York, New York
April 3, 1959
Dear Sandy:
I think you ought to know something about handwritten letters from people of great responsibilities.
It takes more time from their work to write a letter than it does for a good secretary to prepare one.
And people sell them. One of mine was sold.
Most men don't like such trafficking in their letters.
I do thank you for your gracious remarks.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
I do thank you for your gracious remarks.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
Mr. Sandy McClatchy
521 Avonwood Road
Haverford, Pennsylvania
