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[[left column]] DIRECTORS ROBERT ADAMSON ANCELL H. BALL WALDRON P. BELKNAP...........Vice-President....Bankers Trust Company WITHERBEE BLACK..President..Black, Starr & Frost-Gorham, Inc. L. M. BOOMER....President...Sherry-Netherland Corporation JOHN S. BURKE...President.....B. Altman & Company J. HOWES BURTON..President....... Burton Brothers L.E.BUSWELL....Treasurer.......Childs Company JAMES S. COBB...President...Abercrombie & Fitch Company CLARKSON COWL.....Chairman of the Board and Treasurer.....James A. Hearn & Son ELIOT CROSS.............. Cross & Cross P.E. CROWLEY...President....New York Central Lines HARRIS A. DUNN.Vice-President.....Irving Trust Company DOUGLAS L. ELLIMAN.President..Douglas L. Elliman & CO.,Inc. EDWIN S. FRIENDLY....Business Manager. New York Sun DUNCAN G. HARRIS....Vice-President, Brown, Wheelock:...Harris, Vought & Co.,Inc. JOHN A. HARRISS..Capitalist W.W. HOPPIN..Attorney-at-Law EMIL W. KOHN...Treasurer....Theodore A. Kohn & Son PHILIP LeBOUTILLIER. President.......Best & Company JAMES T. LEE....President...Shelton Holding Corporation EUGENE E. MAPES..President.......Brooks Brothers C.J.OPPENHEIM, Jr. President.......Jay-Thorpe, Inc. WILLIAM J. PEDRICK. President. The Fifth Avenue Association, Inc. J.R. POLLOCK..........Assistant to the Vice-President..New York Telephone Company E.CLIFFORD POTTER. President......Three-Sevenety-Three....Park Avenue Corporation THOMAS A.REYNOLDS...........Vice-President....The National City Bank FRANK G. SHATTUCK....President......Schrafft's FRANKLIN SIMON..President...Franklin Simon & Company JOHN SLATER.......President and Treasurer. J.&J.Slater M.S.SLOAN....President..The New York Edison Company JOHN SLOANE...President.......W.&J.Sloane ALFRED E. SMITH.President.......Empire State, Inc. WALTER STABLER..Consultant...Kenneth Slawson Hobbs, Inc. LOUIS STEWART..Chairman. Advisory Board, 40th Street Office..The New York Trust Company GAGE E. TARBELL..Real Estate JOHN H. TOWNE..Secretary. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co. WILSON HATCH TUCKER.. I.M. WHEELER...President.....C.G. Gunther's Sons ARTHUR WILLIAMS.President...American Museum of Safety EDWARD C. WILSON....Vice-President.Empire Trust Company FREDERIC T.WOOD. President. Fifth Avenue Coach Company [[center column]] The Fifth Avenue Association INC. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING FIFTH AVENUE --- NEW YORK OFFICERS JOHN H. TOWNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WILLIAM J. PEDRICK, PRESIDENT ANCELL H. BALL, VICE-PRESIDENT DOUGLAS L. ELLIMAN, VICE-PRESIDENT JOHN S. BURKE, VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS A. DUNN, TREASURER THOMAS W. HUGHES, SECRETARY TELEPHONE: PENNSLYVANIA 6-7900 In reply please refer to #9.59 April 28, 1932 TO OUR MEMBERS--and To the officers and directors of corporations in our membership The enclosed ballot is sent to you as a result of the decision of our Board of Directors to hold a poll of our membership representation in order to determine the position The Fifth Avenue Association should take upon the important question of repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment. Please fill it out and return it to us promptly. We realize that, in addition to your own representation with our Association, there are many other officers, directors, and members of firms in the Association who should vote in this referendum to insure that the result will unquestionably express the opinion of the varied and important interests represented here. In order that we may send out these additional ballots, will you please send us the names of any officers, directors, or members of your firm who should receive them. Write the names in the space provided on the back of your ballot and return it to us. Final returns must be in before May tenth, so your ballot should be returned promptly to permit us to send additional ballots to any other officers or directors suggested by you. An addressed, prepaid envelope is enclosed for your convenience in replying. Very sincerely yours Wm J. Pedrick Wm J. Pedrick President do not send reply AGS Enc. "To conserve the highest and best interests of the Fifth Avenue Section embracing Fifth, Madison, Park, Fourth Avenues and Intersecting Streets"