TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Committee for Lighthouses for the Blind letterhead, June 21, 1921. Letter to William J. Sharp, in full: “I have not replied previously to your letter of June 1, because it crossed in the mail one I had written you under date of May 31. The Post Office authorities have returned my letter, which was mistakenly addressed to Loraine, Ohio. I regret deeply the delay in reaching you with this letter which I am now inclosing. There is very great question as to the advisibility of starting an intensive campaign at this time of the year. The Executive Committee feels that to do so would be a mistake, and except in those states where state chairmen feel that they can best go ahead now and finish the task, we are planning to post-pone high-pressure activity until Fall. The amount tentatively allocated to Ohio, on the basis of contributions in recent national campaigns of general appeal, is $162,500. We are asking all state chairmen who decide to postpone their campaigns until Fall to try to raise from three to five per cent of their quotas quietly and with no organization expense, in order that the actual work of the Lighthouses for the Blind may not have to stop or be seriously impaired before the Fall campaign. Please let me have your decision as to when Ohio's $162,500 can best be raised, and inform me what kind of cooperation you would like to have from national headquarters.” In fine condition. Among his many charitable and philanthropic activities at this time, FDR headed a $2 million fund drive for Lighthouses for the Blind.
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