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[[stamp]] TRAVELERS AID [[/stamp]] [[left margin]] President ELTON PARKS Executive Vice-President MRS. JAMES F. SHAW Honorary Vice-Presidents RT. REV. WILLIAM T. MANNING, D.D. MRS. WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN REV. DR. SAMUEL SCHULMAN REV. DR. HENRY SLOANE COFFIN DIRECTORS MISS MARY LINCOLN ALDRICH J. A. APPLETON EDWARD L. BERNAYS MRS. GEORGE BLUMENTHAL MRS. JAMES B. CLEMENS MRS. JOHN CORBIN MRS. JOHN C. ELLSWORTH MRS. CARL FORSCH P. A. S. FRANKLIN MRS. HENRY A. GRIFFIN MRS. CHARLES H. HIGGINS MRS. JOHN HUBBARD JAMES A. JACKSON JAMES E. KNOTT MRS. G. H. T. LEBOUTILLIER CHARLES P. LUCKEY ADAM K. LUKE WILLIAM FELLOWES MORGAN MRS. SIGMUND NEUSTADT RICHARD C. PATTERSON, JR. J. L. REISS MRS. GEORGE HAMLIN SHAW SIR T. ASHLEY SPARKS DONALD S. STRALEM MRS. PERCY S. STRAUS ROBERT T. SWAINE MRS. CHARLES H. THIERIOT THOMAS J. WATSON GROVER A. WHALEN [[/left margin]] [[right margin]] Secretary MRS. A. PERRY OSBORN Treasurer WILLIS H. BOOTH Assistant Treasurer WILLIAM F. LACKMAN --- General Director MISS VIRGINIA M. MURRAY [[/right margin]] TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY INCORPORATED 144 EAST 44TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. TELEPHONE MURRAY HILL 2-6300 CABLE ADDRESS NEWTAS April 3, 1939 My dear Mr. Seligmann: The enclosed editorial from the New York Times of February 20th is of interest if you care to read it. The fact that our Society last year, when no World's Fair was in progress, gave assistance to more than 47,000 persons will give you some idea of the magnitude of our work. Beyond this I am not going to bother you with either statistics or literature. The Greater New York Fund has recognized the value of our services and the additional burdens the World's Fair will impose upon our organization this year by granting us from their "Discretionary Funds" a special appropriation of $5,000. This is encouraging but far from sufficient however if we are to cope successfully with the problem confronting us. Will you help us to meet this emergency situation, particularly this year, by sending us some contribution - if only $1.00? Whatever the amount, we will be deeply grateful, and I assure you it is urgently needed. Sincerely yours, Elton Parks President EP/c
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