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March 
Monday- 22nd 1920 

Dear Brooks; 

Yours of the 17th at hand. 

We are having a talk with Luby this afternoon about incorporating. 

Mrs. Long advised us over the phone that she hopes to have the time to come in to see us this week. In the mean time we are polishing up the proposition we wish to make to Long, Sr., giving him all the dope about how his factory might make and assemble a machine, and our testing ability, and sales plans. Since the Rolls Royce people are putting up a factory in Springfield we suggested the use of that motor-- and possibly the Le Rhone, if we swing the New England agency.

Now- about the Avro-- Brooksie-- We feel that you are quite right as to the performance of the 150 Hispano-- BUT- did you know that the Curtiss people had to pass up thousands of dollars worth of contracts and passenger carrying concessions the past year, because of the inability of a stationary engine to get in and out of certain fields? The stationary is just the thing for western territory, such as Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota, but we firmly believe the rotary will prove the best buy for New England, even though it requires much more frequent overhauling and is more expensive for upkeep.