Good read

strikethree · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:17 am **Posts:** 884

http://www.garybed.co.uk/pow.htm

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

JACKIE42 wrote:

http://www.garybed.co.uk/pow.htm

Jackie, thanks for posting that here.

strikethree · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:17 am **Posts:** 884

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tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

I was looking to post these letters, thank you Jackie. The FDR letter to Landis was the famous "Green Light Letter" that gave FDR's blessing to continue playing baseball during the war.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

After President Roosevelt died The Sporting News, put on a drive to get Roosevelt enshrined into The Hall Of Fame. Baseball said no.Who knows what would have happened if baseball was forced to shut down during the war?

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

From what I have read, baseball was the main form of recreation players and spectators alike and was taken very seriously.

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Good read

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