December 5, 1922
Mr. V.'. 3. Lee, Mayor, Orange, Texas.
Dear ::r. Lea:
I am very rial indeed to be in recoi l of your letter of December 1st expressing your hearty cooperation, m) wish to say than the committee, of which I am Chairman, with Dr. .Tohnston, the '‘resile at, and the managing iirector are trying theiV very best to ret a foot-holding to the management of the association, which has proven very difficult.
Vs have had considerable troubles locally, which we hope will disappear under what we ex; oct to give in the way of efficient manage men t and control of the Association.
•	The Committee Joes not believe it advisable to call a
convention at this time, is the Association as a whole is not in position to go before a convention with credit, but we hope to have it in ’oo3 working order within the next sixty to ninety da^s. The Committee was not advised by the President, or anyone else, of the calling of a convention.
We assure you the Committee is going to do its level best to make the Old Sranish Trail Association a creditable or sanitation, and no member of this Committee desires any honor, money, or any other compensation out o’ the Association, but is trving to put it on its feet for the -oo i of the entires territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
'"e have not yet been able to put the local office ;n good working order, having .just discharged ill employees of the Asspcistion, with the exception of !'r. Thom'son vshomws consi der a very capable man. At the present the only local officers of the Association are tho President, 'imaging Director and the Committee. e.aro trying now to employ a rood correspondent who can take charge of oo" local office and ret oat sufficient data no the members and ot .er officersof the Association who are not residents of San Antonio. n are not in position to ta.-ce ovei the work of cailin- a convention at the present, nor have we rone into the work sufficiently to ma.o recommendations to the convention as to constructive legislation for the good of the Association. ,'e hope to be able to make such reco ■■ ;endaLions won the convention is called that the rrosent condition in which we find ourselves wi tl not again occur.
V-'e assure you that we a reciate your letter and furtaer assure you t:>at iny thing this committee in 3.n Antonio can do fo- tho furtherance o tho OH Spanish Trail in Orange or for the furtherance of any project for the good of Tex is md the couth will be-forthcoming.
e believe that the Old Spanish Tnil has needed and must hive a committee composed of at least five business men in the Ci tv w '••ere the headquarters are, and we believe this would have avoided the present difficulties of the Association. V.'o are going o try to place in the office a' comr.otent man who will keep you and the other officers1of the Association circulised