President Franklin Roosevelt Green Light Letter - Scanned Image

On January 15, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt penned the famous "green light" letter to then Commissioner Landis. A full scan of the actual letter can be seen below:

"Baseball provides a recreation which does not last over two hours or two hours and a half, and which can be got for very little cost." - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Presidential Letter

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Green Light Letter
Green Light Letter

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Green Light Letter


Links

Related Pages

Green Light

Full Text




The "Green Light" letter itself is one of a kind and currently owned by and displayed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Did you know that many fans and United States citizens did not support Franklin Roosevelt's decision at the time and wrote 'Red Light' letters to the White House?

The Chicago Sun called — in an informative article — the "Green Light" letter, 'the most notable contribution to baseball in our time.'