(One of a series of daily posts on the life of Winston S. Churchill.)
Churchill was always interested in mail from the public. Naturally he couldn't read it all, but staff did; and Churchill had staff keep a tally of the letters by categories he determined. The categories were a mix of "perennials" and subjects of current interest.
Here's the list he made and count for the week of April 2, 1955, when his retirement as Prime Minister was widely rumored:
Requests for autographs, photographs - 45____________________________________________________
Foreign letters - 23
On the atom bomb and H-bomb - 21
Requests not to retire - 42
Congratualtion and good wishes - 30
"Lunatics" - 76
Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: Never Despair. (p. 1117)
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