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ae GQ ©. itheran Rese. acy IFFICIAL ORGAN—The Eleventh ‘on BOX 398). JEFFERSON STATION . L LAWRENCE REILLY DETROIT 14, MICHIGAN : DIAECToR «| ; March, 1947 Dear Christian Friend: ~ This letter is tremendously important. It is urgent that you read it . from beginning to end. Unless we can secure your attention at ence an 3 Amportant work in this day and age may have to stops. The Lutheran Research Society is just slightly over one year old. te started out from scratch with just a few people interested in what we are trying to accomplish, In this time we have grown 1,000%, fYe now reach men and women Christian leaders in every state of the union, in Canada, and Alaska, “Ye are at the service of pastors, teachers, busi- nessmen, housewlves, factory workers. fe serve members of the colored race as vell as of the,white race. Ye serve legislative and congress- ional representatives of the people, Today we have an office. While it is only a few blocks from downtown Detroit, our rent is very reasonable and our quarters adequate at pre- sent, ‘de never had these things a year agoe ‘ There are countless routine tasks in the office such as filing, book- . Keeping, clipping, marking, folding, assembling, mailing, etc. which, thank God, are taken care of through the services of fine Christian Women who have worked out a schedule anong themselves so that we ree Seive the help ve need, but af the same time it permits them io take care of their household and motherly duties, Some of these women travel as far as fifty miles each way in order to help in our office the greater . part of a day gach week, This is the way they spend their time, Te - ; would net know how to go on without this fine services ’ Ch ATTACHE ~ Besides these rbutine tasks and the job of writing, assembling, mimeo- entt Graphing, and printing the regular articles and magazines which all of ¥ “you receive, we have been able to serve in some of the following ways f M through the information we have at hand or are in a position to secure; ) fe were able to prevent communist-minded individuals fron infile rating ana af fRatraittia timoert ant teemnii cal echoeslses a faw montha aZ0- wravuing SNS Gl pewrgas' S wr ei \ Why? Because the President of the Student “Council is on our mailing list and came to us as soon as he suspected what was going on. Armed with the information gathered from our files, he presented his case to the school authorities, and these radical individuals were stopped at once from spreading their rad propaganda, 3. CORDED oF : .& 8) Dewn in a town in Missouri, Langston Hughes, tne meted contunt st poe st who wrote such blasphemous and uneAmerican eee eae Liners: _Chriat," — "Put Another 8 in the 0,S,A," and "Revolution" ra, was to i cmesy wesw es ees Tes we Gg TEE ~~ seo Se = rer. a address the local high school students, evidently for pay. Oneof she local pastors on our list remembered reading our warnings about Hughes HIG SAED Pk ANY UTQUAR OFFAL SOMOS MERA NOR SPEAKS POR ANY PARTICULAR OFFICIAL SYNOD IN IN AMERICA S 6 APR 7 pein ee ee ee em ee