Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
202 Fifty-Sixth Street West
New York 19, N. Y.
January 20, 1959
Dear Senator Kennedy:
In reply to your letter of the 10th, my informants were just casual people in casual
conversation. It would be impossible to get their names because for the most part I don't even
know them.
Maybe, like in the case of my family, you suffer from the mere fact that many people
know your father and also know that there is money in your family. We have always found
somewhat similar things occur, and except for a few names I could not name the people in the
case of my family.
I am quite willing to state what you decide but it does not seem to me as strong as your
categorical denial. I have never said that my opposition to you was based on these rumors or
that I believed them, but I could not deny what I knew nothing about. From now on I will say,
when asked, that I have your assurance that the rumors are not true.
If you want another column, I will write it - just tell me.
Very sincerely yours,
Eleanor Roosevelt
