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[[stamp]] RECEIVED JUN 22 1942 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE [[/stamp]] [[checkmark]] Abiquiu, N.M. June 19 — 42 Dear Mr. Dykstra: Thank you for the citation as you sent it to me. I would have written you sooner but I received your letter only an hour befor [[before]] I took the the train coming out here. My sister living in Portage Wisconsin says of your governor that he is a fine governor if he only wouldn't make speeches. His reference to me was entirely wrong. I was looking for my Aunt who is small and very old. She lives about two blocks from where we were and I intended going to her house till time to go to yours. My escort went with me to the central entrance where I met my aunt but as I did not know where she was sitting