Fe'orv. -ry 37th, 1933
■Mr. Herbert'Bay!iBs,
Ssc. Old Spanish Trail,
Irjco Chari os, Louisiana.
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Yours of -the 33rd to Mr.' Ayreo received and finis is to advise you that hr.- is’ isi Alabama and bin '.son for (30 days. lie assisted them in the-ir ^35,000,000 -bond issue and is’ how organizing then to finance a 03,000,000 .nr id go just out. of Mobile.
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I-Ie Lau arranged to have the High, it ay Commission of Alabama hold thoir ntiily Meeting at ilo'JLs on the 20th of Haro!), and h'4'3 been giving those people,acme, genuine loaders::.Ip th'.fc will'-' probably suable the 03T to get across net only Alabina’ but Miae-isoipp'i and Florida, .as, v/all, arid at odd tin-jo ho ',runs'’ over the route east and -boosts them up for'a aay or .two and then comes bach and gets on his Mobile job. In his -absence Dr-. Johnston is in charge of the o'flee and I am doing what it can to help out any plane along, the line.
"••• are- thinking: of getting up a party of one or two cars and • drive thru to this big meeting at Mobile on the 3C.th of March-. President Johnston says he v/iil go and I think we can start ■ out of this town. Could you get a car to go from Lake Charles?
1 believe. this ia very important anti, it v;il3- be a big boost for ur. Ayves in solving the big s-roblar.s he has down th:-.t uy; and it will also help Louisiana.	'
Than/.ing you for the splendid nows contained in your letter* with reference.to the finances for the marking and will say that v;c arc ready to start the marking crew east just as noon as Orange and Lake Charles and some of the other, towns in Louisiana are ‘ready to defray the expenses.
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, If there is any help'we can give you from this office we are at your command.
V/e arc forwarding the information requested to Saint Paul.
Very truly ^ars...