When his work was exhibited at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1943, he wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady at the time), asking her to visit the exhibit, but she did not.
Když vystavoval své práce v roce 1943 na Kolumbijské univerzitě, napsal dopis Eleanor Rooseveltové, pozval ji na výstavu, avšak tehdejší první dáma nepřišla.