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Frankenthaler
173 EAST 94TH STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028
Requested letter 2 Oct.
September 26, 1969

Dear Clem,

Tried to get you on the phone but you were away, and I'll probably be gone by the time you return. This is just a reminder to ask you to mail me the letter for Bennington. I quote two paragraphs from Jessie Emmet, Chairman of the Board, and I'll let you take it from there. I hate to press you but could you send it soon?

"I can talk with conviction and eloquence about Bennington's past and future in the development of our national artistic conscience. I can speak with passion about the need for us to show others how to make the arts full partners in education with the humanities and sciences.

The trouble is that when I finish I know my listeners are saying, 'And so what? Who are you?' What would help so much would be for some people with impeccable credentials to bear witness to the extraordinary relationship Bennington has to the development of the Arts, both in our past and in our potential."

I enjoyed looking at pictures with you Sunday, and look forward to That Lunch this fall, and thanks again for the reprint of your lecture, and especially for the inscription.

Love, 
x
Helen