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21 Smith Block,
Framingham, Mass.,
April 24th, 1920.
Dear Brooks;
By this time this reaches you no doubt you will have had my resignation which I handed to Mr. Banks today for further transfer to yourself.
I am very sorry to feel obliged to take this step, especially at a time when you are away from the scene of activities, and just when our combined efforts seemed to be materializing, and in view of the Army making its headquarters here.
In fairness to all concerned I wish to state frankly that the cause of my resignation is due to a bad personal atmosphere which seems to exist between Mr. Banks and myself. I proposed that an announcement be made in the Monday paper requesting all pilots in town to register with us, with the end in view of forming a committee to wait on the Selectmen to serve them, gratis, in the matter of aviation questions which may arise from time to time, as a result of the Army coming out here. He strenuously objected to the name Brook, Banks & Smith Corporation and any reference being made the Honorable Board of Selectman, and gave me to understand that you and he were running things, and that evidently I am not to be considered. He also intimated that I had done very little in organizing this company, and there were two things for me to do if I did not like it. The two things were quite obvious, and I am taking the one which will leave him free to act as he pleases [[crossed out]] thus my resignation.
Personalities should not enter into a business relation, but where two people must work hand in hand to ensure success, it is foolish to keep on if one cannot agree. I do not wish to cause any friction between yourself and Mr. Banks, and I hope that you both make a big success of this enterprise. My services will be available until another Treasurer is selected by the Board of Directors. 
Perchance that you did not know of it I came down here at the urgent request of Banks, with the assurance that the money would be fairly easy to secure to undertake the first operation. To frank it has not been easy at all, and in spite of coming down here with almost a thousand