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[[letterhead]] France Forever Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania THE FREE FRENCH MOVEMENT IN AMERICA Executive Offices: 587 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., Telephone ELdorado 5-4051 [/letterhead] Reunion des amis de la France libre avec solicitation au profit de France Forever Comite de Patronage [[left column]] Americain Mrs. Louis Bromfield Mrs. Ambrose Chambers Miss Ruth Draper Mrs. Grace Carlisle Mr. Richard de Rochemont Mrs. Allen Livingston Mr. Johannes Steel Mrs. Oliver Eaton Cromwell Mrs. Donald Mixsell Mr. Eric Warburg Miss Elsa Maxwell Mr. Jay Allen Miss Janet Flanner Miss Freda Kirchwey [[/left column]] [[right column]] Francais Mr. Henri Reichenbach Baron Edouard de Rothschild Mr. Ame Le Roy Princess Chavchavadze Mr. Pertinax Mr. Jacques Maritain R. P. Ducattillon Mr. Max Beer Prof. Robert Valeur Mr. Eugene J. Houdry Prof. Henri Focillon Mr. Henri Bonnet Mr. Gilbert Chinard Mr. Albert Simard Mr. Andre Cheradame [[/right column]] June 15, 1942. Dear Mr. Seligmann, I was requested by FRANCE FOREVER, the organization of the Free French in America, to be Chairman of a meeting to be held in its behalf. The purpose of this meeting is to raise funds to help the Free French Information Services and to allow them to make known in this country the prominent and vital part played by the Free French in the present conflict. I truly believe that these activities of FRANCE FOREVER are contributing largely in developing the American public opinion the friendly feeling shown toward the resisting French. It is easy to realize what consequence this public feeling, which FRANCE FOREVER can build up, may have on the conduct of the war today. I know that many of our friends prefer to give to the full extent of their means to some relief organization. I also know that you are doing your utmost to help the American activities, but, one of the most powerful weapons for the fight against the Axis is the spreading of true information in order to destroy the effects of their vicious propaganda, and certainly the relief itself will benefit from the greater interest Americans will show towards the Free French. Therefore, it seems to me, that the cause for which we are organizing this drive at least as important, if not as appealing, as the one of the relief societies. This is why I invite you to tea at the: A Free France A Free America. A Free World [[left margin]] [IMAGE] France Forever OFFICERS MR, EUGENE J, HOUDRY, PRESIDENT PROF. FRED G. HOFFHERR, EXECUTUIVE VICE-PRESIDENT MR. EUGENE GENTIL, TREASURER MR. JULES JEANDROS, ASSISTANT TREASURER MR. PIERRE QUILLERET, SECRETARY MR. HENRI L. LAUSSUCQ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY VICE-PRESIDENTS MR. LOUIS BROMFIELD MR. C. T. EMMET, JR. PROF. HENRI FOCILLON PROF. HENRI LAUGIER PROF. FRED G. HOFFHERR MR. JULES JEANDROS MR. HENRI LASSUCQ DR. ALBERT SIMARD AMERICAN SPONSORING COMMITTEE DR. WILIAM M. AGAR MRS. FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN MRS. MELVILLE BAKER DR. LEON BIRKHEAD COL. HENRY BRECKINRIDGE MRS. ANN REED BRENNER MR. LOUIS BROMFIELD MR. JAMES BCGREGOR BYRNE REV. JOHN CARRUTHERS MRS. E. GERRY CHADWICK MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR CHANLER MR. WARD CHENEY MR. OSWALD CHEW DR. HENRY SLOANE COFFIN MR. E. J. CORNELIS MR. ROY DICKINSON DR. WILLIAM YANDELL ELLIOTT MR. CHRISTOPHER T. EMMET, JR. MR. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. MR. GEORGE FIELD MR. EMILE C. GEYELIN DR HARRY D. GIDEONSE MR. ARTHUR GOLDSMITH MR. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, JR. MRS. A. BARTON HEPBURN MR. SAMUEL F. HOUSTON MR. CECIL HOWARD MR. ERNEST HUTCHESON JUDGE DOROTHY KENYON MISS FREDE KIRCHWEY MR. PAUL H. LACQUES MRS. JAMES LEES LAIDLAW MR. ALFRED BAKER LEWIS MR. GOODHUE LIVINGSTON, JR. MR. WILLIAM LOEB MRS. MARKA LOENING MR. FREDERICK C. MCKEE MRS. EUGENEN MEYER MR. WALTER MILLIS MRS. VICTOR MORAWETZ MR. CLAY MORGAN MR. EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS MR. EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER DR. WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSEN MR. GEORGE S. PATTERSON MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM G. PRICE, JR. DEAN WILLIAM F. RUSSELL DR. WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN DR. GEORGE N. SHUSTER MISS GERTRUDE ROBINSON SMITH MR. HERVERT BAYARD SWOPE MR. CHARLES P. TAFT DR. MALFORD THEWLIS MR. WALTER WANGER MRS. PAUL LESTER WIENER MR. DWIGHT DEERE WIMAN MRS. ELSIE B. WIMPFHEIMER [[/left margin]]
