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..._,. Dear Ann1e and Bor1s, • 

For ·weeks I have been berating myself for not writing to you, so 

Boris' letter received two days ago was a reproach, as well as a 

delight to us. We thinli: of ya so often, ln the wonderful coolness 

as well as peace and tranquillity of Sandhamn. It has been one 

of the most frightful suimere ln United States that we have ever 

11 ved through. 'rhe 90 degree heat began the f'lrst week in r!i_ay 

and hmi been unremittlng. Both r-1,ay and June were the hottest and 

driest months ever on record for the Dltrlct of Columbia. July 

has bd a a few thunderstorms, but not nearly enough, and the 

heat and. humidity, temppratures going up to 100, have been unprecedeain<id. For the flrs·t~ time in his life Bill he.s ~X 

found the heat practically.unbearable. For a man.who bas thought 

nothing in the p'.lst of playing 9 holes of golf on the hottest of 

days, beha.s found ltimpossible toface the heat long enough to 

take the mile walks the doctors order for his leg-circulation. 

We have staid strictly w1th1n the JU air-conditioned house, and 

gone out only for doctors' appointments. 

He has recently been tbrough a series of examinations and tests 

with one of the leading heart specialists in Washington, in an 

attempt tofind out the cause of his extreme weakness, fatigue 

and exhaustion, which ls constant. He also has attacks of extreme shortness of breath, plua alternate spells of d.renchlne; 

perspiration followed by chills. At such times his temperature li~l!lf>!JJB drops to 11txm~2 94 degrees, or less(98.(. ls normal). Now 

he is being given injections of vitamin B-12, and la taking a new 

medicine called here choladyl.. He we.s taking so many different 

medicines at one time th~t I kept a chart--to make sure he got them 

all ln withing the 24 hours. 

In addition tohis miseries, so to speak, this country is having 

a very difficult pDobelm in the field of race -relations. The 

passar,e of the c1v11 rights bill could not instantly cure all 

the ills of the negro, and there have been so many bloody riots, 

murders, ki~m1m burnings, etc., etc. that the daily ne11s 1s to 

say the least absolutely HORRENDOUS. Washington itself has been 

free of th&se~K forms of vlloence, but one cannot escape the sight 

and suftnd of it all around us. And on top of all tee foregoing, 

the nauseat:l.ng spectacle of the Republican convention with the 

scarifying result in Barry Goldwater being nom:nated, is almost 

more than an intelligent, feeling person can take. 

All in all we are inclined to regret verymuch having come home 

from Europe. You are fortuntae to have had your family with 

you, and in such surroumdings. Your letter indicates that Ingrid 

is ~eturning tothe St.a.tea. I had been under the impression that 

she had planned to stay in Europe. I know if I had the choice 

I would be staying over theret 

Ae for our family, we have had several short visits from John; 

and Erle, ~John' a 10-yar-old son, flew down from Boston all by 

himself for the Memorial Day weelt:-end, F1"iday to r,1onday evening. 

My aister intbe .Middle-West died :l.n .June. I flew out there for 

three da.ye--the first time in six years I had been back to my native habitat. Other-wise neithe Bill nor I have been a.way from 

Washington since OJr return from Europe. 

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Doris, I am ~·ry tc~far~Pa~~c~gi'r{ Rc~ryureu1n~ your nutoblosraphy se~u.sly. I lrnow llm.; bard i t~s to parcel ones 

tlme to get such dicmatins done, so may I make a suggestion? 

Assign so many hourn to your father's hDlstory, and the same 

number of hours to youro1m. Or do the one one day and the 

-othe the next d.ay. Then you might not get tired or bored 

with either. · 

Annie. dear, we do hope you are not overdoing, and that you 

have the perfect rest in idyllic Fryksos. I just hope that 

getting in the nm.;r bnth, etc. will not spoil the restful 

quietude of that heavenly place. 

Bill says to sayfor him that be ls glad to hear that the Steinbuasen project bas gone throu~h and he wishes you every success. 

lve a.ssurne,:tka; since it 1o so ne.r Zug, that you will keep your · home in ZU£;5? 

Plea.ae hive ·.Qur regards to the var lous members of your family, and especially to Annle 1 s sweet sisters Edith and Vera. We often 

speak Qf them. 

Nost ltffectlonately, 

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