October 16, 1941

Ur. Fe We Lang
of Revenue

State of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mr. Lang,

Thank you for your letter of the 9th instant enclosing checks
I em sorry that I didn't get your letter a little bit sooner.
I called Gene Tunney at St. Louis, Mos three days before your
letter arrived, I know Mir. Tumney pretty well and have had
quite a bit of correspondence with him. The purpose in calling
Mr, Tummey was to call to his attention a very able young man
who is Athletic Director at our high school who desired to
apply to his group for eppointment as an athletic director for
the navy. The young man drove to’ St. louis and was accepted.
Gene Tunney came on to Kansas City and took some more of my
boys and the boys said he spoke very kindly of me. But, I .
would not care td contact him so soon after this experience
because he might think there was some connection between the —
two situations. a

    
    

A program of promoting this normalizer would have a lot of
problems and would require the time and the attention of a |
young, active fellow who could put most of his time into ite .
_@f course the earnings of such a venture would be slow and
“gomeone would have to pay the salary and expenses of this
young man. This, of course, is where the rub comes in. It
‘takes money to make moneys

   

Would you kindly write me and give me a background of your
industry. Just how much have you invested in the dyes,. the
wood, and other materials? Personally, I do not know whether
this is the time for the promotion of anything of this nature
on account of the government's restriction on small industry.

_ However, there will be people out of work due to defense —
priority and it seems to me if we can help out this general
unemployment by giving employment and also improving the health
of the mation it is up to us to do something. ‘ ,

I gather thet you're feeling much better. You owe it to yourself
to get out doors two day: a week. In this way you will raise wo

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