The University of Indiana holds the Wendell Willkie archives which includes a letter to him from Myra dated 1944.
The
Willkie mss., 1934-1945, are the papers of Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944), corporate
lawyer and Republican nominee for president in 1940.
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Here is the transcription of the first page of the handwritten letter:
Myra Mortimer Pinter
200 West 58th Street
New York 19, N.Y.
4.7.44
My dear Mr. Wilkie,
To say that I am grieved and distressed about the outcome in Wisconsin would be a gross understatement.
It is an offense to you as a great American, for greatness can always take defeat—but the fact that our...
Here is the transcription of the second page of the handwritten letter:
...people are still so completely unaware of the immensity and far-reaching proportions of this world revolution.
And they do not wish to know it—or hear the truth about it. They can't take you because to tell it to them...
I hope that your influence will
Here is the transcription of the third page of the handwritten letter:
...continue to be felt—because we need it desperately.
One of the greatest tragedies in this mad world is the so-called human being's inability to recognize true sincerity and greatness when it stands before them.
They so much prefer "false gods."
I still maintain the hope that the future...
Here is the transcription of the fourth page of the handwritten letter:
...of our country may one day be entrusted to your hands—
Yours sincerely,
Myra Mortimer Pinter
(Mrs. Frederick Pinter)
[Typewritten Response from April 25, 1944]
April 25, 1944
My dear Mrs. Pinter:
Many, many thanks for your letter of April 7. It was certainly kind of you to write me at this time and I appreciate it much.
I am as firmly convinced as ever about the rightness of the principles for which we fought and shall continue my work to see them realized.
Your generous words and courage mean much and I know that you will understand if I just say thanks and thanks again.
Best wishes.
Cordially,
(Signature )
Mrs. Myra Mortimer Pinter
200 West 58th Street
New York 19, N.Y. </xml>
