January Mr. James P. 1944 Hume, %Z Wilkinson, First Dear 6, Huxley, Byron & Knight, National Bank Building, Chicago, Illinois. Jim: Your interesting letter ember jist, is hereby acknowledged appreciuted. written and its in longhand, contents are dated Decsincerely | The credit for giving you the gun, of course, rightfully belongs to the Messrs. Browning, as they are the only ones who have authority to do a thing of this kind. Whether or not a suggestion was made to them is beside the point. It does give me a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure to know that you think of and speak of me and I too will always remember the days we spent in Chicago and St. Louis. There are two times that I do not believe we will ever forget; one is the hour and one-half spent on the patio of the Hotel Coronado after the ultimatum had been given to us to either “come in" or create an impasse. The Messrs. Browning have recalled that particular incident upon several occasions. The other was the morning we spent in the hotel room waiting to be called over to see Mr. Williams. Perhaps to these two incidents we should add another, the schoolboy satisfaction of having won and returning to the Coronado, our countenances wreathed in smiles. It was nice.of you to say that Mrs. Baxter brought us the good luck and she appreciates your saying that. She did not have to look at us twice to know whether we had won or not, did she? will have Have just received your give you my quick reaction to had an opportunity to talk to you further and in more letter dated January 4, 1944 and the suggestions made. After I the Messrs. Browning will write detail. At the outset, it appears that you have been thinking : along the seme lines we have here. Mr. Browning has already instructed me to prepare for renegotiation for the year 1943 at the earliest possible moment. The "first team” will again see action before very long. We too were wondering if we could not initiate the proceedings while there are men in St. Louis who are familiar with our case but, of course, that is not feasible until we are ready and it does not appear now that we can possibly get our figures together for a conference before possibly February 15th. It was my understanding from Major Thielecke and Mr. Williams that we would again be assigned to