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Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0040 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 May 1943 Pagination: 12 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia went to a USO meeting, and to see "Counter Attack" [stage play about a Russian soldier-made into a movie in 1945] and read his letters during intermission. Tells him that FDR gave an audience to our delegates from the C/O Community Council.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Fast, Howard, 1914-2003
Paine, Tom, fl. 1943

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