Typed poem by Heath’s good friend of many years, Margot J. Luker, on a ring-binder page without any attribution of authorship but with penciling in Spencer MacCallum’s hand, evidently identifying the poem when he once asked Heath about it: “Margot J. Luker, concluding sonnet, term paper.” Also penciling on seventh line identifies “blind” as a verb and “songless birds” as ostriches. The subject matter may or may not relate to Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s proposed policy for peace referred to in the 1939 New York Tribune newspaper clipping of an article by Mark Sullivan now attached to the original of this item: “Path to Peace Rutted by War with All Asking: How Change It? Mark Sullivan Says None Has Answer to Query; Hull’s Formula for Unity by World Trade Found Shattered by Sinkings of Cargoes.” Hull’s proposed policy for peace was consistent with Heath’s ideas, while the sixth line of the sonnet reflects his emphasis on action, and the last lines his thinking on the Golden Rule. The title of the poem, “United Nations,” suggests it was composed after the war. Item 2938 shows that Heath first met Margot during the war, since Margot at that time had served a year in the WACs and not reenlisted but had a friend still serving, as was Heath’s daughter, Beatrice O’Connell.

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