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[liberalnarb]

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[PoliticAverse]

1. See...

Apparently every day he reads ten selected letters from the public:

Contact info: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/write-or-call

[liberalnarb]

2. Thank you so much.

this makes me hopeful. I hope he still does this.

[First Speaker]

9. Perhaps delivering it in person would help...

...a quick leap over the White House fence, letter in hand...then walk up to the front door, and respectfully knocking on it as you wave the letter with your other hand. Since they get so many letters, this is the way to make sure that you and your letter come to their attention...

[cloudbase]

3. It can change things.

Back when I was a junior officer in the Merchant Marine, I was on a ship that was under charter to the Military Sealift Command. Because of that, we had FPO mail privileges. We made a cruise to Northern Europe, and received no mail.

The next trip was to the Far East. Unknown to me, my fiancee had written President Carter about the problems with non-delivery of the mail.

Halfway across the Pacific I'm sitting at breakfast and the chief mate asks me if my fiancee's name was XXXXX. I replied that it was indeed, and of course asked him why he would ask. He said we got a "burner" of a radiogram the night before, and it would be something I might want to have a look at.

We've got that message in a scrapbook today. A bit yellowed, but still readable.

Turns out that the radiogram was from the Chief of Naval Operations inquiring about our mail. Copied on the message were quite a few admirals, and one poor schmuck who was the MSC officer in Pusan, South Korea.

We got all the mail from the European deployment, and all the stuff they had for us going to the Pacific ports.

We'll be celebrating our 38th anniversary this July.

So, my advice is to write. If you don't, . . .

You know the rest.

[Hekate]

10. What a great story, cloudbase. Jimmy Carter was an old Navy man himself, so he could really relate!

[cloudbase]

11. That actually went into the letter.

She wrote about how as a former sailor, he'd know the importance of mail getting to the ship.
The letter was also written in longhand, so perhaps that set it a bit apart from all the typed ones.

[Hotler]

4. "What's the best way to mail a letter to the WH?"

An envelope and a first class stamp. Thank you I'll be here all week. Remember to tip your server.

[oldandhappy]

5. a few suggestions

The While House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C. You can find the address on line and that will include the zip.

Keep it to one page, easy to read, clearly stated. If your handwriting is hard to read, maybe type it but handwriting is better. Keep it honest. Be patient. All the letters have to go thru security and that can take a month.

[1939]

6. It gets sifted through several sieves

Security, mail room. and a reader. If the first level reader thinks it might interest the president, it gets passed up the chain to the next level. It then goes through a couple of more screenings until a very select few are shown to the Man himself. If it does in fact "tickle his fancy" he might order a personal response. Most just get a selected "form letter" response.

[oldandhappy]

7. I suspect there is an attempt made to have geographic variety.

Hence, I doubt two letters from the same town would be selected. But hey, if you genuinely want to say thank you -- tis good to do.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. Perhaps you might mention all the tributes written about him at DU n/t

[bigwillq]

12. With a stamp

[MosheFeingold]

13. Talcum Powder

Really will get your letter looked at extra hard.

By lots and lots of people.

You might even get a personal visit from friendly White House personnel. In fact, I'd count on it happening.


(yes, joking. Don't be an idiot. Can't believe I have to add this parenthetical.)