24? v/aylaud Avenue 



My dear Kennedy: 



I have been corresponding recently with our old classmate, 

 George W* Pierce, and T am really interested to know whether it is wise 

 and practical for his classmates to do something for him in his unpleasant 

 situation. I remember that sometime ago there was a suggestion of making 

 up a contribution Which would be put into the form of a monthly payment. 

 \7e have probably all of us purchased store or less of his unnecessary and 

 absurd literature. Tt has cost him money to bring it out, and where we 

 have contributed five dollars, probably net a dollar ha 8 respited to his 

 benefit. It seemed to me that if we could sev.-ral.ly agree to pay a 

 certain sum per annum to some agreed upon Trustee, Pierce could receive 

 more immediate benefit from our contributions than he does from the 

 methods wl-mch have beer, followed in the past . 



The above plan waa suggested by some of you two or three 

 years ago, and it did not meet w ith Pierce's approval. Since then he 

 has learned by his troubles, and I hear from him that he would very thank- 

 fully accede to sue': a plan, 



I heard that at one time a sister of his had agreed to make 

 him an allowance, but if T understand his rather incoherent letters, this 

 is not being done, and he appears to be in absolute need. I think I 

 realize all the peculiarities of the man, and his unreasonableness J but 

 at the same tine I think many of his classmates would be glad to compro- 

 mise with him and with their own ffielings by entering upon some such plan. 



I am very willing to contribute to this fund, but I think 



