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 lMay 2, 1935




Mr. C. lieeker
President, The Mieeker Company, Inc.
Joplin, Missouri

Dear 1r. Meeker:

 Your letter of April 30 iiith its enclosures,
addressed to w.r. ,Walter 11ian un, D3puty Administrator, of
this Division, h&s been received d1iring his absence.

 A letter addressed to 1r. i..angum on the same
subject has just been received from the Honorable Dewey
Short, Congressm-n.

 As 'Ir. ..angfam had the interview with him and
with Hr. Cleveland A. :e.iton to whicn you nsve referred,
we are simply acknowledging receipt of your letter with-
out atteinmpting an extended reply.

 We expect iir. i.1angum back -within -. day or two
and we will' refer bothi letters to him promptly upon his
return. We are confident that he will wish to give these ,
letters his personall attention and the careful considera-
tion that the importance of the matter deserves.

 Very truly yours,
 I
 I;

 Owen A. Locke
 Assistant Deputy Administrator
 Textile Division













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