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County Committees, and many other civic organizations and groups. It is supported by Brooks Emeny, President of the Foreign Policy Association with headquarters in New York, and who in a recent two-page letter on the subject says of it:

         "This is all by way of saying that the organization which you bring to my attention, i.e., "Workers for World Security", is the kind of thing that I have been waiting to see evolve. What makes it so appealing is that it strikes at the very root of the problem,  without the confusion of details as to what type of world organization is necessary." 

  The mechanical arrangements for the talk will, of course, be fully taken care of without trouble to you.  I have no doubt, if you should prefer, it could be readily arranged for you to make a record of your message which you could try out and revise so that it will meet your complete satisfaction before it is put on the wire for this occasion.  We do not expect to burden you with too long a speech - 10 to 15 minutes will fully meet the situation here, as the rallies will be held in periods probably not more than one-half to three-quarters of an hour through shortening one class and delaying anther. 

  You appreciate, of course, that this is just for the launching of the program here in the Cleveland region, but Cleveland has quite a reputation for broad undertakings of this kind, and it is the hope of all of us that if it can be made widely successful here, it will take hold throughout this country and in other countries.  For example, Peter may have told you that Niels Bohr and the editors of the two leading Copenhagen newspapers have expressed a deep interest in the program and are undertaking to organize a chapter in Denmark.  You will appreciate from the type of men on our committee here, the support of your organization, Foreign Policy Association, etc., that if in a few weeks we can, as we hope, secure the signatures of a half million or more people in this region, it will go a long way toward assuring the broad support which it would need to spread rapidly throughout this country and abroad. 

  We all hope and pray that you will not fail us at this juncture.  The encouragement of your own support has been an important feature in inspiring us here. 

        Sincerely yours, 

 /S/ JOHN B. PUTNAM