Kids Plead, Advise in Letters to Presidents

[Champ]

By CARL HARTMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A girl who wanted to keep her father home during World War II and a boy who wanted federal help to clean his room turned to the one person they thought could make those things happen: the president of the United States.


So, like many thousands of others each year, they wrote the commander in chief. Their correspondence, to go on display at the National Archives and Records Administration, offers a view of government through the eyes of children.


Carolyn Weatherhogg was age 10 when she dashed off a note to President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II.


"Dear Mr. Roosevelt," she began, "I am sending you a suggestion that is draft fathers alphabetically." She apparently figured it would take her father's draft board considerable time to reach the 23rd letter of the alphabet — W.

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[Fenris]

1. Presidents should have a special child advisor

An 11 year old would still make a lot more sense than Card or Rice.