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Wednesday [[Dec?]] 3, 1969

Governor Of Wisconsin Boosts Jaycee Project

The Carlisle Jaycees today received added support in their campaign to have Jim Thorpe properly recognized as the winner of the 1912 Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon.

The support was in a letter from the Executive Office of The State of Wisconsin.
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"Greetings:
"Jim Thorpe is one of America's greatest sports heroes. It is indeed unfortunate that the luster of his career was unnecessarily dimmed when he was stripped of the honors and trophies he won at the 1912 Olympics by the Amateur Athletic Union for a breach of his amateur status.
"It is with great pleasure that I heartily endorse the campaign of the Carlisle Jaycees to gain for Jim Thorpe his merited amateur status and place on the 1912 U.S. Olympic team. Jim Thorpe was a great representative of the American people and of the American Indian. His achievements in track and field have served as an inspiration to generations of young Americans. It is my hope that through the efforts of the Carlisle Jaycees, the AAU, and the Olympic Committee, Jim Thorpe will be restored to the place of honor for which he should always be remembered.
My best wishes for a successful petition campaign.
With kindest regards, I am
Sincerely,
Warren P. Knowles
Governor of Wisconsin"
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The Jim Thorpe Committee also noted that the Oklahoma State Magazine, Oklahoma Today, gave the Jim Thorpe Project a one page story. The editor closed with the following remarks:

Oklahoma Today hopes that many Oklahomans will join with the Carlisle Jaycees, in support of their effort. It seems to us that the proper place for Jim Thorpe's trophies is the Carlisle Indian School, where he accomplished athletic feats that still remain unequaled. 

It would seem to us especially fine if an Oklahoma Jaycee chapter would join with Carlisle Jaycees as a "friend of the court," to coordinate the support in Oklahoma, that we might do our utmost to assist in bringing this good thing to pass.