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805 Lake Park Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 19, 1947

Dr. A. Einstein Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists 90 Nassau Street Princeton, N. J.

Dear Sir:

I am enclosing a check for five hundred dollars as a gift toward the million dollar fund of the Emergency Committee. Needless to say, I feel a tremendous interest in what I conceive to be the objectives of this committee and certainly have full confidence in the trustees, one of whom, Dr. Urey, is, I think, to speak here this week.

My first reaction on receiving your letter and enclosures was to telephone some of my friends here in Baton Rouge to ascertain whether they had received similar letters. The first two men had done so and we reached the conclusion that these letters had gone to the persons listed in "Who's Who in America." However, some of those listed, with whom I communicated, did not receive these letters. It seemed to me such an important issue that I went to the editor of our city newspaper and suggested he carry a story. While he was interested, he thought that if your committee had sought newspaper publicity, steps would have been taken to secure such publicity.

My impression is that local persons who are in position to make material contributions to this important cause may not hear anything about it. A very large proportion of those listed in "Who's Who" are as poor as church mice.

If I can serve the cause in other ways than to send you a trivial contribution, please communicate with me.

Yours very truly, Leo M. Favrot