Telegram from Vocalist Kitty Cheatham Objecting to the Adoption of The Star Spangled Banner as the National Anthem

PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO FAVOR THE COMPANY BY CRITICISM AND SUGGESTION CONCERNING ITS SERVICE 1220S CLASS OF This is a full 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 LCO = Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable NLT = Cable Night Letter ing the address. WLT = Week End Letter NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT J.C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME. Received at 1931 4 AM 9 21 NC181 177 DL CNT QTNS=NEWYORK NY 4 850A 428 HON HERBERT HOOVER= PRESIDENT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC= 3-4-hp AS THE FRIEND AND DEFENDER OF MILLIONS OF LITTLE CHILDREN 1 IMPLORE YOU DEAR MISTER PRESIDENT TO USE YOUR GOD GIVEN STEWARDSHIP IN WITHHOLDING YOUR SIGNATURE TO THE BILL PASSED YESTERDAY BY THE SENATE WHICH PURPORTS TO MAKE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER OUR OFFICIAL NATIONAL ANTHEM STOP IT # IS UNBEL IE VABLE THAT THINKING AMERICANS AT THIS CRUCIAL HOUR WOULD SEEK TO RETARD THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OF OUR FUTURE CITIZENS BY FORCING UPON THEM RESPECT FOR A BONDASTIC WAR SONG WHOSE GENESIS IN BOTH WORDS AND MUSIC IS AN OFFENSE AGAINST GOD AGAINST PURE AND UNDEFILED AMERICANISM BORN OF GOD STOP " SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME FORBID THEM NOT OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" IS THE IMPERATIVE TRUMPET CALL SOUNDING FORTH TODAY 1 KNOW THAT YOUR CHRISTLY INTUITION ARE GUIDING YOU IN THIS GRAVE ISSUE AND THIS THE ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR INAUGURATION GOD WILL BLESS YOU MIGHTILY YQU WILL BE ETERNALLY ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF HIS LITTLE ONES AND WILL RECEIVE THE SWEET THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO FAVOR THE COMPANY BY CRITICISM AND SUGGESTION CONCERNING ITS SERVICE 1220S CLASS This is a full-reto 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 LCO = Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable NLT= Cable Night Letter ing the address. WLT = Week-End Letter NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT J.C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME. Received at NC181/2= 1931 MAR 4 AM 9 21 BENEDICTION" THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL" YOUR FRIEND= KITTY CHEATHAM. THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE March 4, 1931. My dear Miss Cheatham: Your telegram of March 4 has been received and I wish to say in re- ply that the President yesterday approved the bill to which you refer. Sincerely yours, LAWRENCE RICHEY Secretary to the President Miss Kitty Cheatham, Great Northern Hotel New York City. bsp