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PRESIDENTS & POLITICAL FIGURES]. ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, President . Typed letter signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") as President to Joseph Curran, Washington, D.C., 1 June 1944. 1 page, 4to, White House Stationery . Roosevelt thanks Curran for support in his campaign for a fourth term:"...I am deeply touched by that beautifully inscrolled resolution adopted by the National Maritime Union at its convention last year. This expression of confidence in my leadership is particularly gratifying to me...." -- TRUMAN, HARRY, President . Typed letter signed to Joseph Curran, Washington, D.C., 20 October 1945. 1 page, 8vo, on White House Stationery . The President asks the head of the National Maritime Union of America to serve as an alternate delegate to a labor-management conference which Truman had convened "to establish long-term policies" and improve "labor and management relationships in Amerian industry." -- HUMPHREY, HUBERT H., Vice-President . Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 12 January 1966, 1 page, 8vo, on Vice-Presidential stationery , forwarding a photo taken during AFL-CIO convention. -- HUMPHREY. Typed letter signed, Waverly, Minnesota, 10 September 1970, 1 page, 8vo , fine letter stating that "there are good reasons for labor leadership to be somewhat discouraged with the Democratic party." -- STEVENSON, ADLAI. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 30 October 1956, the Presidential hopeful tries to rally support from NMU for the election. -- KISSINGER, HENRY. Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 29 October 1970, 1 page, 8vo, White House stationery , on the question of continuing U.S. participation in the International Labor Organization.-- WALLACE, HENRY, Vice-President . Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C, 16 September 1944, 1 page, 8vo . Urging support of Roosevelt in the 1944 election, though Wallace had been dumped from the Vice-Presidential slot. -- ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. Typed letter signed, New York, 5 October 1951 -- MEANY, GEORGE. TLS, Washington, D.C., 19 May 1968 -- and 8 others. Together 17 items . (17)