Telegram from Actor Edward G. Robinson Regarding Former President Hoover’s Condemnation of Kristallnacht

THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE 1220-S CLASS OF SERVICE This is a full-rate WESTERN SIGNS DL = Day Letter Telegram or Cable- NM = Night Message gram unless its de- NL = Night Letter ferred character is in- sign above or preced- UNION LC Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable NLT = Cable Night Letter ing the address. Ship Radiogram R. B. WHITE NEWCOMB CARLTON J. C. WILLEVER PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Received at The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as 1938 on NOV 16 is AM STANDARD 7 TIME. 08 FAK25 119 NL 6 EXTRA=TDS HOLLYWOOD CALIF 15 HON HERBERT HOOVER= YOUR PARTICILATION IN THE MEMORABLE BROADCAST OF THE FOURTEENTH PROTESTING AGAINST GERMAN ATROCITIES MADE ARTICULATE WHAT EVERY TRUE AMERICAN FEELS AND THINKS. I JOIN THOSE WHO COMMEND YOUR COURAGE IN DEMONSTRATING PRACTICAL AMERICANISM WHICH IS BASICALLY HUMANITARIANISM RADIO IN A DEMOCRACY IS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTRUMENT TO MOBILIZE DECENT FORCES. YOUR BROADCAST WILL NOT BE IN VAIN. I PRAISE YOUR POWERFUL COOPERATION NOT AS A JEW BUT AS AN AMERICAN WHO HAS ALWAYS UPHELD OUR CREED OF JUSTICE TOLERANCE AND FAIR PLAY TO ALL AND HOPE THIS BROADCAST IS BUT A BEGINNING IN THE CAMPAIGN TO PROVE THAT MORAL FORCES ARE NOT IMPOTENT AND THAT WE ARE ALERT TO THE THREAT TO CIVILIZATION= EDWARD G ROBINSON 910 NO REXFORD DRIVE BEVERLYHILLS CALIF. 910 NO. THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE Edw. by Robinson December 17, 1938 Mr. Edward G. Robinson 910 No. Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, California Dear Mr. Robinson: Mr. Hoover wishes to thank you for your most kind expressions. Yours sincerely, Bernice Miller Secretary to Mr. Hoover