January MY’. We % @ Anger American Trust San 9 Company, Francisco, Dear 19,1934, Cal. Sir: In reply to your inquiry of January 18th, Mr, Schote has been in and asbout Ogden @or 4 great many years, A few years ago he called to have me examine a wrench which he had invented, his purpose being to obtain my advice as to methods of marketing. Our company owns the Browning Arms Company and has had wide experience and Mr. Sehote merely wanted to method cf marketing his wrench. get my in distribution, advice as to the best The wrench was so ingenious that I gave some considerationto the possibilities of marketing it in connection with our arms business, but after our organization had thorouchly considered the matter we decided that it would not fit in well with our general plen,. Schote has never attempted to obtain any financial assistance from me, and I have never mede e careful investi gation of any of his affairs, other than the consideration I eave to his wrench. He has fallen into the habit of cropping into my office occasionally when he is in Ogden, his visits probably averaging two or three a year for five or six years short time ago I took a cursory look at his automobile A past. cpansuisni on, but my knowledge of that type of mechanism and the short time I eave to the examination would not justify an I must say, however , that Mr. Schote's opinion as to its merits, enthusiasm and and his entitle persistencein obviously keen mind him to considerable You my information wtll and note the face of many disappointments, end technical knowledge respecte that knowledge, as the a foregoing matter of is fact, should very gereral, being Limited I have no desire to intimate in principally to generalities, any way that Mr. Sehote is unreliabie, for there has been It is suspicion. excite to him with nothing in my acquaintance which in aniliar fe are you which with cases those of merely one but is few particulars, ones estimate of a man is based upon in the msin favorablée Yours very truly,