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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 3440231, member: 17073&quot;]“The commemorative Monroe coin has arrived. How it got by the mint officials is a mystery. Its obverse is creditable, but its reverse is regrettable.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Fortunately, the distressing positions of the women of North and South America are clouded and will not dangerously affect the nerves of the feminine world. The scene is pre-creative and biblical—‘the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.’ Thanks to the July issue for the translation of its obscure symbology and meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If ‘Los Angeles’ is geographical, it is incorrect. It should be much higher up the coast. If denoting land to the South, it should be Tierra del Fuego. If chosen for euphony, why not Mattawamkeag?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Even if the ‘force behind the coin’ is the moving-picture industry of Los Angeles, as stated, the dignity and significance of this commemorative coin should not be compromised by any agency.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Bridgeport, Conn., July 14, 1923.</p><p><br /></p><p>F. A. D.”<b>9</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>9<i>The Numismatist</i>, The Monroe Centennial Coin, August 1923, p. 356.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Monroe%20Doctrine/Envelope%20-%20Stacks%20Bowers.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Front of the original mailing envelope. Image courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>“To the President of the American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition from Director-General of the Exposition F.B. Davidson on April 6, 1923, Mr. Reynolds resigning as the Director General.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; James Otis, in his masterful address of February, 1761, against the tyranny of England said ‘The only principle of public conduct, that are worthy of a gentlemen or man, are to sacrifice estates, case, health, applause, and even life, to the sacred call to duty.’</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The reading of this heroic speech, his resignation of office of the crown and his devotion to the cause he championed have brought me to a sense of shame for the hours of concern I have given you that my pride might be appeased. James Otis has humbled me because he has shown me the littleness with which I have met the confessed persecution from those whose shoes I am willing to blacken rather than see the Historical Revue of my dreams and three years of sacrifice, die a civil death.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It matters little that I have stood before the President and Congress and the Diplomats of Latin America, saying nothing of the honor shown me by home-folks, which I prize more highly, as commissioner charged with missions by you and the Board of Supervisors in connection with the American Historical Revue &amp; Motion Picture Exposition which you and I have pledged our city to present in commemoration of the Monroe Doctrine Centennial: I say it matters little that this recognition has come to me when compared with the honor that will be our City’s when the ultimate consumption of that pledge has been realized.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You and God and I know that the pain and loss of thousands of dollars imposed by those who should have bid us Godspeed are not to be considered in connection with our duty to City, County, and State.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Realizing this, and I do now, I humbly apologize for the letter I sent you with statement attached recently, and, as an earnest of my sincerity and devotion to the Revue and Exposition, I am, hereby, tendering my resignation as director general, to take effect forthwith, in order that those who have been jeopardizing the cause may be stopped from precipitating in a lasting injury upon the good name of our city.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If, in the course of events that must follow, I can be of service to the cause which has received recognition and commendation from Statesmen, prominent Educators and Women of national character, and is, therefore, honoring the fair name of Los Angeles from the Pacific to the Atlantic, I shall count it additional duty and honor to serve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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