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Autographs of M.H. McIntyre and Louis M. Howe, both assistants to FDR, 1933-36

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Autographs of M.H. McIntyre and Louis M. Howe, both assistants to FDR, 1933-36
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Washington D.C......, 1933-36. Pair of letters on White House stationary from FDR's assistants. One letter is signed by Louis McHenry Howe, an early political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1912, Roosevelt became ill with typhoid fever during his re-election campaign, and hired Howe to campaign on his behalf. Howe managed the final six weeks of Roosevelt's campaign, focusing particularly on rural areas that he felt politicians traditionally neglected. After the election, the administration of President Woodrow Wilson appointed Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt brought Howe with him as his chief of staff. The other letter is signed by M. H. McIntyre, an American journalist and Presidential Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When FDR decided to run in the 1932 election, FDR called McIntyre to join him in Albany to start plans for the campaign. During 1932 McIntyre traveled with FDR as his Press Officer. When FDR was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, he appointed McIntyre an assistant secretary in charge of appointments. In addition to these duties McIntyre served as traveling secretary. The story goes that the day after FDR's inauguration, Roosevelt had an early breakfast, had wheeled himself into his new office, and was ready to work. But alone in the room, he found his desk had no pencil, no pad and no buzzer to summon anyone. He was said to have given a mighty shout. From adjacent rooms McIntyre and Marguerite (Missy) LeHand, FDR's personal secretary, responded. Thus, McIntyre can be said to have been there from the beginning of the Roosevelt administration. On 1 July 1937, McIntyre became the President's Appointments Secretary until 1938 when illness prevented him from carrying out his duties. He returned to the White House in 1941 assuming duties as the President's Correspondence Secretary.