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FDR’s Green Light Letter

FDR’s Green Light Letter

A Couple of Thoughts

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Paul White
Apr 12, 2023
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About a month after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, the commissioner of baseball, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, sent a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt. The time to report to Spring Training was approaching, and with the armed forces having the first priority for able-bodied young men, Landis was seeking guidance from Roosevelt on …

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