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1340 Girard Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.
May 21, 1946

There are two reasons why I have sent you the enclosed tickets to our second Annual Intercultural-International Dance for May 29th at the Lincoln Colonnade. First of all, I feel that you are interested in a truer democracy and are anxious to help the Institute on Race Relations to work towards this noble goal. And secondly, I am anxious that you and your friends receive tickets of admission now for fear of depletion of our limited supply before next Wednesday night. In fact, several people who know of the calibre of our last year's affair, have secured 20 tickets apiece. Some ticket sellers have come back for more to sell. The Talbert Ticket Agency at the Willard Hotel is also selling tickets.
At our first annual Intercultural-International Dance last May 25th we had, what many people have declared, one of the most outstanding events in Washington. In addition to representation from Congress and from various countries throughout the world with 8-feet flags from 44 countries, we had with us an interracial orchestra, and excellent floor show and a famous movie star--Gene Kelly-- who has been considered by a current movie magazine as the most valuable star in Hollywood. 
This year's dance will embrace the same features. The floor show will be at 11:00 P.M.
Since the first of the year, our interracial organization has sponsored many affairs. Among these have been banquets at the Mayflower Hotel and the 17th & K Streets Y.W.C.A. At the latter place, speakers on the program included movie star Gene Kelly, Senator Capper and Congressman Savage. For the past eight weeks, the organization has been sponsoring a weekly Sunday night radio broadcast entitled "American All" over Station WWDC. Be sure to tune in on Sundays.
Will you kindly turn in, before or on the date of the dance, the money obtained from the sale of these tickets? Thank you.
Cordially yours,
Tomlinson D. Todd
Tomlinson D. Todd, President
Institute on Race Relations