COPY April 22, 1937 My dear Mother: I am delighted with yours of the 20th. Your courage is my courage, of course. I will carry out your advice in letter and spirit. There will be no compromise on the Court proposal. What I may be willing to do with re- spect to an amendment of the Constitution must be entirely independent of the defeat of the President's Court bill. I am very much encouraged by the count as we make it now. Confidentially, we count fifty votes against the bill, if it remains in the form that it is now in, but we put a question mark against the names of eight of these fifty if the bill is proposed to be amended by reducing the number from six to two. This will be unfortunate if it occurs, but the threats we hear lead us to believe that it may not occur because the President repeatedly insists that his bill is going through as it is. Mildred and I are going to the Peninsula of Virginia with the Military Affairs Committee of the Senate as guests of the Virginia Peninsula Association, leaving tomorrow night at six and returning Monday morning. In the meantime, we have a telegram from Bob saying that he will arrive tomorrow noon. We are sorry that we have to be away while he is here. Best love. Your affectionate son, Mrs. Chauncey G. Austin, St. Albans, Vermont.