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ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D., President . A group of five typed letters signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt," one with secretarial signature) from various phases of his public and business career; all but one to the Reverend Howard C. Robbins, of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York -- ROOSEVELT. Letter signed to C. Dinwiddie of the National Child Labor Committee, Washington, D.C., 27 January 1934, 1 page, 4to, "White House" stationery, ON CHILD LABOR. "...With the adoption of the Textile Code last July, I think we all realized that the end of child labor in America was at hand. There is, however, a great deal to be done to ensure that the standards set by that code...are made permanent..." -- ROOSEVELT. Letter signed, New York, 12 January 1927, 1 page, 4to, "Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland" stationery , sending a book containing his "'preachment' to the boys at Milton School...I hope you will not feel, as some of my conservative friends do, that I am altogether too hopeful for the coming generation." -- ROOSEVELT. Letter signed, New York, 30 September 1927, 1 page, 4to, "Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland" stationery , sending a photograph of himself and apologizing for missing a meeting. -- ROOSEVELT. Letter signed as New York Governor, Albany, 21 March 1929, 1 page, 4to, "Executive Chamber" stationery , "I am writing to Deaconess Dahlgren about Warm Springs." -- ROOSEVELT. Letter signed (secretarial signature), New York, 17 May 1923, 1 page, 4to, on a trustees meeting. Together six items . (5)