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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, June-July, 1943
1943-07-03 Page 8
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Page 2. This is actually Sunday a.m. I've been exercising my prerogative as ex-officio member of the Constitution Committee to sit in and listen to the re-wording of the Constitution. How those men (Townsend, Spink, Babcock, Crane, Haggerty, Holman) love to tamper with it. Now back to the Proxy results: you had 16 votes running about fourth, but Crane is ineligible so you are third. But I doubt if you will be elected. It's that resolution taken at N.Y. "not to ask the boys in Service to serve" but I've done some campaigning. Parker is safely in. Holman & I, each with 55 proxies out of 62 cast, are safely in. There could be a contest on several of the others but the convention vote would have to be unanimous to over throw; such as Secretary & Recorder. Boston is the convention city. Sunday a.m. I was up early this morning and went out to feed the squirrels, and
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Page 2. This is actually Sunday a.m. I've been exercising my prerogative as ex-officio member of the Constitution Committee to sit in and listen to the re-wording of the Constitution. How those men (Townsend, Spink, Babcock, Crane, Haggerty, Holman) love to tamper with it. Now back to the Proxy results: you had 16 votes running about fourth, but Crane is ineligible so you are third. But I doubt if you will be elected. It's that resolution taken at N.Y. "not to ask the boys in Service to serve" but I've done some campaigning. Parker is safely in. Holman & I, each with 55 proxies out of 62 cast, are safely in. There could be a contest on several of the others but the convention vote would have to be unanimous to over throw; such as Secretary & Recorder. Boston is the convention city. Sunday a.m. I was up early this morning and went out to feed the squirrels, and
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