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Charge to the account of  BENDIX AVIATION CORP. [[blank line]] $ [[blank line]]

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WESTERN UNION
R. B WHITE, PRESIDENT 
NEWCOMB CARLTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD   
J. C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

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Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to

[[stamped]] BENDIX AVIATION CORP. [[/stamped]]

March 14, 1939

CLIFFORD HENDERSON
PAN PACIFIC AUDITORIUM
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

HAVE JUST BEEN IN RECEIPT OF YOUR OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 1939 AIR RACES AND HERB AND I ARE BOTH DISAPPOINTED THAT YOUR COPY WRITER HAS MORE FLAGRANTLY THAN BEFORE DEPARTED FROM THE OFFICIAL TITLE FOR OUR RACE THE "BENDIX TROPHY RACE" RATHER THAN"VINCENT BENDIX TROPHY RACE", WHICH IF ANYTHING IS TOO PERSONAL. OF COURSE THE TROPHY ITSELF IS KNOWN AS THE VINCENT BENDIX TROPHY GIVEN AS A PRIZE FOR THE BENDIX TROPHY RACE, WHICH AS YOU SAY IS THE FREE FOR ALL TRANSCONTINENTAL SPEED DASH OR RACE. HOWEVER NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS NOW EXCEPT THAT YOUR PUBLICITY SHOULD IN FUTURE RELEASES DESCRIBE THIS AS THE BENDIX TROPHY RACE OR BENDIX TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR RACE OR SIMILAR NAME LEAVING THE "VINCENT" OUT EXCEPT AS APPLYING TO THE TROPHY ITSELF. WE BELIEVE THIS WILL SIMPLIFY AND ENHANCE YOUR PUBLICITY. I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR AND I AM ANXIOUS TO LEARN OF THE PROGRESS OF ENTRIES FOR OUR PARTICULAR EVENT. I AM DELIGHTED TO ALSO LEARN OF THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL PUBLICITY AT LOS ANGELES