_7 Dre Dele Spencer - Bailey Chemistry Laboratory

pGuy We Smith - East Frank Strong Hall

7 Mre Verner Smith - Marvin Hall

Mre John Ge. Stutz = German Department, Latin Department, League of
- Kansas Mumicipalities (Fraser Hall)

Dre Jelle Twente - School of Education, Fraser Hall

_7Mre John Virtue - English Department, Fraser Hall
7 ire Je de Wheeler. =’ East Frank Strong Hall

Dr. Laurence Woodruff = Sno) Hall
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One Yen the entire group refused his assignmente

We pointed out the important and convincing requirements of
this very necessary project, giving the dates and other important data
as well as the officers of the organization, and so forthe The general
facts that were covered in the first letter were also given in this onee
We emphasized the complimentary breakfast for the downtown workersg in
the Eldridge Hotel, Tuesday morning at 7:30, and insisted these workers
avail:themselves of the opportunity to be present to receive the necessary —
inspiration which would enable Lawrence and Mount Oread to go over the top
in keeping with the ideals and practices of free’ Americae We also stated
that the chairman would write a special campaign letter to all members
of the faculty and endeavor to make the solicitation somewhat more
efficient and easier. We pointed out the fact that an individual may
deduct 15% of his net income under the Federal and State Income Tax Lawe
This information was to be passed on to the individuals solicited, hoping
that the contributors would give freely, but I admonished all of them not
to oversubscribee

 

Then the third letter was written to each and every faculty
member and employee of the University of Kansas. In this letter we endeavored
to stimulate the patriotism and the responsibility that eeek-emd-every~orme a2
of us feel at the present time in contrast to the misery and want in
the European countries. We did not mention that,but we did call attention
to the old English slogan; "There will always oo an Englana? and we parae
phrased that with “There will always be an America and an England."

I said, “Home and neighbor are the warp and the woof of American
virility and democratic hospitality. We recognize the needs of our
neighbors and we unfailingly respond to these needs founded upo pat ores
services

"The Community ¢hest idea is founded upon the (fjinciples of d mochirby
j——Each of us give to a fund where all beneficiaries are scored and
“=-~—one single drive is made. For some of these activities it %s thinkable
@-———-that in the past we have made no contributions; for others we give
~—_¢nnuallye A budget has been made and I am enclosing it herewith
“-—-—to show you the beneficiareis of the plane"

I then set out in the body of the letter the general data that
I had emphasized heretofores hamely, the incorporation data, the officers,
the date of the drive, the total budget, including the Christmas Program
and the Fourth of July Celebration, listed separately, and the explanation
why the K*Ue YMCA and YWCA and Red Cross were not included, and so forthe

I devoted a paragraph to the Kansas City, Missouri Community
Chest campaign and manifested the spbendid response that the Missourians
had made to such a worthy causée I noted that there would be no pressure
exerted here in Lawrence on anybody by anyone; in fact, we stated that we