Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 to Lewis L. Strauss

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GLC#
GLC07366.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 8, 1943
Author/Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Title
to Lewis L. Strauss
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Hoover asks for help in raising money for the "Boys' Clubs of America" (now the Boys & Girls Clubs of America) by asking corporations for donations. He lists several corporations that gave donations of $500 the previous year, including: American Express Company, General Reinsurance Corporation, Biddle Purchasing Company, Stackpole Carbon Company, Weirton Steel Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, United Air Lines Transport Corporation, Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Company, Borden Company, Middle Atlantic Securities Corporation, J. Walter Thompson Company, with a pledge of $500 from the Continental Can Company. On Herbert Hoover stationary and signed by Hoover.

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