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Briggs, the grand jury believed, had faked a letter from Harry Hopkins to Dr. Umphrey Lee, president of Southern Methodist University (who had never received it)-a letter that suggested that Hopkins wanted Willkie to get the Republican Presidential nomination. The literary hatchet-man who put it in a book thought it proved that Willkie was a New Deal stooge...
...Dear Umphrey," the letter ran, "What has been done in the Alamo matter? Will you write me, please. What developments in the other situation? Willkie is going to be the man, in my opinion, and I can promise you good cooperation from that quarter if you think it would be helpful." It was typewritten on White House stationery, dated August 17, 1943, and signed "Harry Hopkins" in ink. Sparks said it meant that Hopkins wanted Willkie to get the Republican Presidential nomination...
...ters and speeches. Briggs told the press: "I don't know who is back of this or where it is leading, but I think Langer is getting into a pretty tight spot." The letters Langer held suggested that Briggs had got "The Hopkins Letter" from Ickes. The "Umphrey" of "The Hopkins Letter," it appeared, was Dr. Umphrey Lee, president of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Dr. Lee was supposed to have shown the letter to Frank Phillips, an Oklahoma oilman, who took the letter to Ickes...
...know Briggs and never heard of the letter. ... I haven't the slightest idea of what it's all about. . . . I'm just a country boy. . . ." Said Ickes: "I do know Mr. Briggs but I do not know Mr. Sparks. I do not know Dr. Umphrey Lee. ... I know nothing whatsoever. ... I doubt if I can shed any light...
Senator Langer claimed he knew. Said he: it was a code word for an Administration move to back Dr. Umphrey Lee for the Senate...