Uort Spring I want more holp from you than I got 

 last year in our publicity campaign , I am a firm "believer 

 in flooding tho Stato with anti-fire litoraturo at the vory 

 "boginning of tho dry season and I T n willing to spond $400. 

 on this worli. But I want to "buy $400* worth of gingor 

 with it. Come through with progressive ideas. Tell us 

 now classes of people to roach. Tell us tho "best way to 

 ree.oh them. The combined effort of nineteen minds ought 

 to "bo as good as the worli of one good advertising man - 

 S far it hasn r t "been. 







In closing I wr.nt to return onco more to tho pro- 

 gress end of it, I am very, vory proud of the record you 

 mado this year. I say "you nade" advisodly. The [District 

 fficers can only advise, urge, corrolato and distribute 

 ideas - But as the worli, the worry and tho grief was yours, 

 so is the credit and commendation for a remarlrablo record 

 yours, Gentlemen, I am proud of you. 



1:50 Present Day Protection Problems and How to 

 Meet Them* 



HODGE: 



Tho time has gvno "by when a nan from the District 

 Office could get up "boforo a mooting li n io this and in ton 

 minutes 1 time cover the subject of fire protection problems, 

 Uo doubt our problems are less complicated now than they 



were formerly, "but for that very reason there are more of 



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