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[Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to D. W. Kempner, December 4, 1950]

Description: Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to D. W. Kempner discussing his opinions about the current situation in Korea and how he believes the military should handle things. He states that he believes that "new weapons such as the atom bomb and bacteriological warfare" may make it possible to defeat China.
Date: December 4, 1950
Creator: Thorne, Oakleigh L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner, September 11, 1950]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner discussing different countries' reactions to them selling one of their presses and some other points of business. He also talks about what he thinks Russia's strategy to "exhaust" America's resources.
Date: September 11, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 49.494370 0.113574
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 13, 1950]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing his grandson's "wrestling activities" and asking him to keep an incoming package from Mary Jean until her birthday. He also discusses the way the situation in Korea has been going, his opinions on what the military should do, and his thoughts that "an all out war" is inevitable.
Date: December 13, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing some business news, expressing regret that he and Mary Jean were not able to join them for a recent party, and expressing his opinion about the current situation in Korea and what he thinks the United States military should do. He asks Oakleigh to show Mary Jean the letter.
Date: December 9, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, November 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing his disappointment at receiving the news from both Ray Mehan and J.A. Philips the Kempner's firm would not be able to exploit the tax loophole he'd been informed of. Mr. Kempner then disagrees with Mr. Thorne's opinion that a war with the Chinese would be disastrous but says he does believe the U.S. will be in a state of war for a long time.
Date: November 9, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, January 20, 1951]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne requesting information about the Senior Officers' potential trip to Bermuda; his and Jeane's upcoming trip to Plantserville; the weather in Galveston and its positive impact on cotton sales; and his doubts about a "reported outbreak of typhus in the Chinese Army".
Date: January 20, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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