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February 1, 19^5 •

Dear P e t e j
As I s a id o v e r th e phone, t h i s speech i s so
t i g h t l y k n i t , i t i s n ’ t too easy f o r me t o haok out more
than h a l f o f i t and I am not s u re I have pared i t down
to g e t in t o th e sp a c e , b u t I have made the e f f o r t .
On page 6 , f i r s t column, i s th e r e fe r e n c e to
a 2 0 0 - b i l l i o n - d o l l a r - a - y e a r country.
I f you wanted t o
fe a t u r e t h a t a l i t t l e more, I should th in k i t co u ld be
run up f r o n t a f t e r th e opening paragraph w ith o u t b e in g
c o n sp icu o u sly out o f p la c e .
I can ’ t cut the l a s t fe w paragrap h s which
s t r e s s the o b lig a t io n to the war v e t e ra n s .
With b e s t r e g a r d s ,
S in c e r e ly ,

M r. Raymond P . B ran d t,
S t . L o u is P o s t-D is p a tc h ,
201 K e llo g g B u ild in g ,
W ash in gton, D. C.

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