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BOLDHOLDERS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE
for
F.H. SMITH CO., Inc. 
A Delaware Corp. 

COMMITTEE
CHARLES D. NEWTON, Chairman
ERIC FISHER WOOD, 
JAMES L. MALCOLM, 
A. M. FRUMBERG, 
JOHN J. McDEVITT, Jr.
HERBERT L. DAVIS
PETER A. MILLER, Secretary, Room 515, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

COUNSEL FOR COMMITTEE
BOSKEY, SCHILLER, MARVIN, & SERLING, 11 West 42nd Street, New York City.
COL. LEWIS LANDES, Woolworth Building, New York City.
CONGRESSMAN T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH, Washington, D.C. 
ROBERT H. McNEILL, 700 Investment Building, Washington, D.C.

DEPOSITORY
BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.
of New York
261 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 

To the Holders of Bonds Issued and Sold by the F. H. Smith Co., Inc.:

The undersigned comprise the Bondholders' Protective Committee, formed to protect the interests of holders of bonds issued and sold by the F. H. Smith Co., Inc., under and pursuant to a bondholders' protective deposit agreement dated January 10, 1930.

The necessity for this Committee is due to the following facts:

1. Bondholders are widely located throughout the United States, and therefore cannot effectively protect their interests except by acting in concert, through a committee duly created for that purpose. 

2. Legal proceedings have been instituted against the company and its officers and directors, in Washington, D.C., Wilmington, Delaware, and New York, N.Y., in which charges of waste and other mismanagement have been alleged, and in which the appointment of Receivers of the F. H. Smith Co., Inc., have been petitioned. 

3. A suit has been instituted by the Attorney General of the State of Delaware to forfeit the company's charter. 

4. The F. H. Smith Co., Inc., has been temporarily enjoined from the sale of certain bonds secured by certain properties in Buffalo, New York, on an application made by the Attorney General of the State, under the Martin Act.

In view of the critical condition of affairs of the company, this Committee is convinced that the interests of bondholders can only be properly protected by a concentration of protective activities through the medium of a duly authorized committee.

We therefore urgently recommend to you the prompt deposit of all bonds issued and should by the F. H. Smith Co., Inc., with the Broadway National Bank & Trust Company of New York, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City, which has been designated the depository of the Committee, and which will issue to you its negotiable deposit receipt against such deposit of bonds. 

Bondholders who deposit their bonds pursuant to our recommendation, will by such act become parties to the bondholders' protective deposit agreement, and will be kept promptly informed of all matters affecting their interests as such bondholders. 

You may deposit your bonds with the Broadway National Bank & Trust Company of New York, either by forwarding them directly to the said bank, or through your own bank. In either event, upon receipt thereof, the depository bank will forward to you a proper negotiable deposit receipt therefor. 

All communications concerning the above, may be addressed to the Secretary of the Committee, Peter, A. Miller, Room 515, 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 

CHARLES D. NEWTON, Chairman.
ERIC FISHER WOOD
JAMES L. MALCOLM
A. M. FRUMBERG
JOHN J. McDEVITT, Jr.
HERBERT L. DAVIS
Bondholders' Protective Committee.