AMERICA’S PIONEER DEFENSE ORGANIZATION

NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES

(INCORPORATED 1903)

“THE CIVILIAN ARM OF THE NAVY”
WASHINGTON, D. C.

HARRY DARBY
VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

KANSAS CITY 15, KANSAS August 205 1945

SOCIOOOD

PLEASE REPLY TO:

F. L. SCHLAGLE
CHAIRMAN FOR NAVY DAY
OCTOBER 27, 1945
LIBRARY BUILDING
KANSAS CITY 16, KANSAS

Dre Fe. GC. Allen

District Governor, Rotary Clubs
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

Mr. Harry Darby, Vice-president and Director of the
Navy League of the United States, has asked me to serve as
Navy Day Chairman for the state of Kansas this year. Because
of your interest in the Classification Clubs of our state, I
am asking you to accept the Chairmanship for these organizations
in observance of Navy Day for 1945,

We hope you will be in a position to accept this re-
sponsibility and will contact all the Classification Clubs
throughout the state and arrange for suitable recognition and
observances of Navy Day within these organizations. You can
depend upon the close cooperation of the local Navy League
Councils and local county chairmen in your work,

October 27 is Navy Day. It was chosen as the date
for the observance of Navy Day because it marks the anniversary
of the date in 1775 when the Continental Congress received the
bill providing for the creation of an independent fleet. It is
also the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt who recognized the need
for a strong Navy, and is widely credited with being the father
of our modern Navy, now the most powerful in the world.

Literature is now being prepared offering suggestions

for the celebration of Navy Day with posters and pamphlets to
aid in the planning and preparation of appropriate observances.

-“IF YOU CANT JOIN THE NAVY, JOIN THE NAVY LEAGUE”