439. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Choice T.L.S. "FDR", as Governor of N.Y., 1p, 4to., April 10, 1931, to Arthur Carpenter, the business manager at Warm Springs, Ga. In part: "...We telegraphed you the other day about the cook. Do whatever is best as long as we have a cook!...in what condition is the Ford? I am all for a new one so if you can do anything to the old touring car don't mind me!". Roosevelt brackets the three lines of text regarding the car and adds a handwritten postscript: "This was dictated by M.A.L. It is an unmitigated falsehood. I can't afford a new Ford if the old one still has four legs. However, use your own judgment...A car is the real necessity". M.A.L. refers to his longtime secretary and mistress Marguerite A. LeHand. Two file holes    $800 - 1,000