[Letter from Mrs. Reed to Mrs. Kempner, July 29, 1945] Page: 1 of 4
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Iflls. DeWitt Reeb
Tloiwoob Suilbivuj Teteace
7/29/45
(Justin, Texas
DEAR MRS. KEMPNER:
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE MAYOR OF CORPUS CHRISTI WROTE ME ASKING FOR THE
LOAN OF OUR REPORT ON THE CORPUS CHRISTI WASTE PAPER DRIVE OF LAST
AUGUST 20th. AT THAT TIME I WROTE YOU ASKING IF YOU WOULD RETURN THE
REPORT TO THE AUSTIN UNIT. A FOLDER OF COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE INTIRE
DRIVE WAS SENT TO YOU IN SEPT. OR OCT. 1944, SINCE THAT PROJECT WAS ONE
CONDUCTED THROUGH THIS UNIT OF A.W.V.S.
YESTERDAY I RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER,JOGGING MY MEMORY ON THE SUBJECT,
FROM THE C.C.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I SHOULD LIKE VERY MUCH INDEED TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS LITTLE THING FOR THOSE WHO THREW THEIR INTIRE MIGHT BACK
OF ME IN THAT VERY SUCCESSFUL DRIVE. I DO NOT KNOW,BUT I IMAGINE THAT
THEY WANT THE COMPLETE REPORT FOR SOME PUBLICITY WORK AND IF THAT IS
IS THE CASE WE SHOULD RECEIVE OUR SHARE OF RECOGNITION THERE IN. IF
YOU HAVE THIS REPORT IN YOUR FILES, I SHOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SENDING
IT TO ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIANCE, BUT IF YOU HAVE SENT IT TO
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WILL YOU PLEASE SEE IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO RETURN
IT TO THIS UjsIT uk witiTE ME JUST HOW TO GO ABOUT MAKING THE REQUEST MYSELF2
AS YOU KNOW FROM OUR LAST REPORT, WE ARE RECESSED BETWEEN JUNE 15 AND
SEPT. 15 AND HEADQUARTERS IS CLOSED BUT MY SISTER, MRS. BUTLER, AND I
HAVE FOUND NO TIME FOR VACATIONING AS YET. WHEN TRAVIS CO. 7th WAR LOAN
DRIVE COMMITTEE CALLED ON US FOR HELP, SAYING THAT THEY WERE $600,600
SHORT OF THEIR E BOND QU0T4> AND ABSOLUTELY STIMIED, WE PUT OUR SHOULDERS
TO THE WHEEL. BEFORE THE DRIVE WAS OVER WE HAD GONE FAR OVER OUR QUOTA
AND THE INTIRE COMMITTEE GAVE US MORE CREDIT THAN ANY TWO PERSONS COULD
POSSIBLY DESERVE. A.W.V.S. HAS RECEIVED A CITATION AND MY SISTER AND
I HAVE RECEIVED PERSONAL CITATIONS FOR OUR EFFORTS. THE PRESS HAS DONE
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Reed, Hermine. [Letter from Mrs. Reed to Mrs. Kempner, July 29, 1945], letter, July 29, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978035/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.