January 10, 1942

Miss Irene lMeAdoo
Kinsley, Kansas

Dear Miss MeAdoo:

Your letter of dusary 8 lnk been veosined and 1 too feel depressed
for youe It seems as if our troubles never come Singlys they come in bundles
and large bundles at that sometimese

‘The recital of your tongh break causes me to wish that I had sent
the letter on to Miss Meam.as I had plennede I remember so distinetly of
having a long conference with you regarding the payment of your bill that I
felt it my duty to check up with Mre “eaver and when I foud that you had
not written him then certainly there was reason for uncertainty in my minde
Had you written him and told him that you were having difficulty but you
still expected to pay your bill, then that would have been evidence that
would have been much in your favore ven though a person cannot pay any
on his indebtedness, a note to his debtor many times is like golds it pays
a certain kind of a debt that nothing else can paye }

The letter that I sent to you was the original one that I had
written to Miss Manne I had it already for mailing and then decided that
I should cheek up on the debt before mailing ite I had dictated this. before
_ we started for New York but something told me positively that I should not
send it until I had cheeked ups You can appreciate the administrative detail |
that one is subjected to to follow out all of these leads before he writes
& very simple letter when he is desirous of helping an individwle

Hed I kmown of your family background and your difficulties I would
have been impelled to pass up some of the inhibitions that I placed in your
wy and would have teken the chance om your paying outs

I epprevinte the great debt that you feel you owe your naiibdes b and
no one knows that obligation better than youe . However, if you feel. that you
ean work this out and you desire me to write the letter to Miss Mann that
I did not send her, I will still recommend yous I am sure thet ir. Veaver
and al1 the other people that you owe would be very lenient wmder the conditions
Se ee eee ee tee ee ene in vicaie We Sree ie Fe }
behaife

You state that this amomt is not very much but would have meant
everything to yous then it is, Miss MeAdoo, e very great thing and if it means
_ everything to you we are willing to help you because we believe that if you can

surmount these difficulties you will have done far more to make a success out
of things than you would if you fold up and quite 3