DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON

1/3/30.

Dear Mr. Johnson:

I was sorry not to see you at the dinner. Mrs Johnson told me over the phone last night when I was in New York that you had not received my letter of thanks, so I send this one which is number 2.

I was delighted beyond words with your token as a Christmas greeting and wish to say that my friends are very envious of me. They all admire it and it has the place of vantage on my parlor table.

I do think it is exquisite both as a literary work and also as a thing of beauty for the eye.

We are all sorry you are leaving your work as secretary of the Association, as you were so forceful there but we will be able now to hear from you more at length through your pen.

I am now reading Vlack Manhattan and hope you will talk to me sometime here about it.

With seasonal greetings to you and your charming wife I am