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FDR Responds To Criticism Of Heating System |
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Exchange On Oil Heating System For Top Cottage |
| CREATOR: |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (author) |
| DATE: |
November 12, 1938 |
| SOURCE: |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library |
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November 12, 1938.
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Dear Tom:-
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In the pre-election rush I did not get a chance to write you about the very small matter of the heating of my very small cottage at Hyde Park.
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The answer is a very simple one -- this cottage will probably be unoccupied most of the time in the winter. And if occupied it would only be for a few hours or for a day or for a Saturday-Sunday at the most. Therefore, the question resolved itself into what was the simples fuel to "turn on" for a few hours or a day. Obviously oil was much more convenient than an Anthracite Stoker.
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To show you the small amount of fuel expected to be used, the oil tank would only be sufficient for a couple of weeks of heating.
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You can perfectly properly tell Mr. Casey that if I had been putting in a furnace to be used through the winter, I would most certainly have used some form of Anthracite Stoker.
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So you will see I have not forgotten my friends in the coal mines.
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Always sincerely,
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