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7 1957 Bendix Trophy Race AIR FOUNDATION "Keep this Nation first in Aviation" 400 Union Commerce Building Cleveland 14, Ohio SU 1-4535 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FREDERICK C. CRAWFORD, Chairman Chrm. Bd., Thompson Products Inc. GEORGE W. CODRINGTON Bd. Dir., General Dynamics Corp. JOHN L. COLLYEAR Chrm. Bd., B. F. Goodrich Co. SIDNEY B. CONGDON Pres., National City Bank JOHN L. DAMPEER Thompson, Hine & Flory N. L. DAUBY Vice Pres.-Gen. Mgr., May Company S. H. ELLIOT Vice President, Standard Oil Co. of Ohio SAM W. EMERSON Pres. Sam W. Emerson Co. MALCOLM P. FERGUSON Pres. Bendix Aviation Corp. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE, Jr. Chrm. Bd., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. STERLING E. GRAHAM Gen. Mgr., Cleveland Plain Dealer GEORGE M. HUMPHREY Former Chrm. Bd., M. A. Hanna Co. HERBERT P. LADDS Pres., National Screw & Mfg. Co. C. W. LaPIERRE Vice Pres., General Electric Co. P. W. LITCHFIELD Chrm. Bd., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. WALTER F. MUNFORD Pres., American Steel & Wire Div. United States Steel Corp. E. B. NEWILL Vice Pres., General Motors, Allison Div. H. J. RAYMOND Ernst & Ernst CURTIS LEE SMITH Pres., Cleveland Chamber of Commerce ARTHUR W. STREUDEL Pres., Sherwin Williams Company EDWIN J. THOMAS Pres., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company HENRY H. TIMKEN, Jr. Chrm. Bd., Timken Roller Bearing Co. A. J. WEATHERHEAD Jr. Pres., The Weatherhead Company CHARLES M. WHITE Pres., Republic Steel Corp. J. D. WRIGHT Pres., Thompson Products, Inc. BENJAMIN T. FRANKLIN General Manager JOHN L. DAMPEER Legal Counsel & Secretary SIDNEY B. CONGDON Treasurer CHARLES P. HOLLIS Asst. Treasurer June 7, 1957 Mr. W. A. Mara Bendix Aviation Corporation Fisher Building Detroit 2, Michigan Dear Bill: Thank you for your check #C45853, in the amount of $15,000.00 same payable to Air Foundation. This, to cover your 1957 participation in the Air Foundation and your traditional Bendix Trophy Event, including all record fees. Sincerely, Ben B. T. Franklin GEMG