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[[File:Rosalyn Carter and Jim Jones.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Jim Jones (right) with Rosalyn Carter (center) at the Grand Opening of Democrat Headquarters in San Francisco. 600 of the 750 gathered for the TV cameras at the campaign event were from the Peoples Temple.]]  

[[File:Rosalyn Carter and Jim Jones.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Jim Jones (right) with Rosalyn Carter (center) at the Grand Opening of Democrat Headquarters in San Francisco. 600 of the 750 gathered for the TV cameras at the campaign event were from the Peoples Temple.]]  

:{{See also|Carter administration}}

:{{See also|Carter administration}}

Candidate Jimmy Carter asked his wife [[Rosalynn Carter]] to contact Jim Jones. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democrat Party Headquarters. Some 600 of the 750 listeners were delivered in temple buses an hour and a half before the rally. The organizer, who had called Jones for help, remembered how gratified she’d felt when she first saw the Jones followers spilling off the buses: {{quotebox|“You should have seen it – old ladies on crutches, whole families, little kids, blacks, whites. Made to order."<ref>''[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=14026 “Inside Peoples Temple”'' (Text)]</ref>}} Without Jones, Mrs. Carter might have spoke to a half-empty room.

Candidate Jimmy Carter asked his wife [[Rosalynn Carter]] to contact Jim Jones. She held a private dinner with him and had the Peoples Temple leader introduce her at the 1976 grand opening of the San Francisco Democrat Party Headquarters. Some 600 of the 750 listeners were delivered in temple buses an hour and a half before the rally. The organizer, who had called Jones for help, remembered how gratified she’d felt when she first saw the Jones followers spilling off the buses: {{quotebox-float|“You should have seen it – old ladies on crutches, whole families, little kids, blacks, whites. Made to order."<ref>''[https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=14026 “Inside Peoples Temple”'' (Text)]</ref>}} Without Jones, Mrs. Carter might have spoke to a half-empty room.

After Carter was elected, Jones sat with Rosalynn Carter at the head table of the Democratic Convention Dinner.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref> Jones wrote to Carter requesting aid for [[Fidel Castro]], whom Jones had earlier met with in [[Cuba]].<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2. page 305.</ref> In a handwritten letter to Jones on [[White House]] stationery, the [[First Lady]] wrote "Your comments on Cuba have been helpful.  I hope your suggestion can be acted on in the near future."  Carter also wrote that "I enjoyed being with you during the campaign -- and do hope you can meet Ruth soon", referring to her sister-in-law, Ruth Carter Stapleton.<ref>LA Times November 21, 1978</ref>

After Carter was elected, Jones sat with Rosalynn Carter at the head table of the Democratic Convention Dinner.<ref>Layton, Deborah. ''Seductive Poison''. Anchor, 1999. ISBN|978-0-385-48984-. p. 53.</ref> Jones wrote to Carter requesting aid for [[Fidel Castro]], whom Jones had earlier met with in [[Cuba]].<ref>Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven (book)|Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2. page 305.</ref> In a handwritten letter to Jones on [[White House]] stationery, the [[First Lady]] wrote "Your comments on Cuba have been helpful.  I hope your suggestion can be acted on in the near future."  Carter also wrote that "I enjoyed being with you during the campaign -- and do hope you can meet Ruth soon", referring to her sister-in-law, Ruth Carter Stapleton.<ref>LA Times November 21, 1978</ref>