& Mr, Val A. Browning, m Liege, Belgiu Dear boys: | Before leaving for California, Mr. Russell handed letter of June 17th to take care of. Your letter of me your April 22d was received, together with the samples for a trade mark, I suppose your letter was not acknowledged because new ideas began to develop regarding a trade mark, about which you will hear from us as soon as they are oryste tized. As I reeall, the design which you sent was thought to be neat, but we were not satisfied because there are already a great many eagles in use over here, and because we felt that the machine gun could be used just as readily as the design submitted and would have more attraction. We therefore had samples made of the machine eun, together with the word "Browning", copies of which the work for one thing, and we are not sure that it could be trade marked another, and therefore have not sent them to you before. are enclosed, fo On Mr. Russell's mark specialist up and had been up a trade had looked months We were not satisfied recent trip with to New York he looked by the name of Mr, Rogers, whom we expecting to advise with for several paste Attached letter to me advice, At from hereto New York is an excerpt regarding Mr. this the time I replied to lasting than a machine gun: The copy from Mr. Roger's opinion and sent you a copy, seans to think I letter Russell's Mr. Rogers is of the opinion and I think it is dated Juiy 6th. that we should trade mark the name, together with a picture of Unele John, for two reasons; first, he thinks the picture will more be second, that by “tying our name in with a pleture sun we will be able to better protect the by others. you gives my ideas, of my namely: letter that to Mr. I doubt he of the inventor of the name against the tse Russell the practicability of stamping a picture on a gun. it is a case of necessity for the protection of "Browning", you an a very be made we may have to do so if it which Of course, the name print, still Mr. and besides the smallest will not be back to this however, and if is possible. Enclosed is a print that will in a rough idea of the name together with the picture, poor I sent advisability way give This is sample must emaller, Rogers country until