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Dear Mr President
The following gentlemen have been sele Dr. Garfield and I wish to present to you the following gentlemen for your appointment to comprise the Committee to determine a fair basic price for 1917 wheat President Garfield will of course act as Chairman. The matter is very pressing and is I am I would be glad to know if this selection meets your approval and that we may state that it is your wish that they will serve—
Barrett, Charles J Union City Georgia
President Farmers' Union
Doak, Wm N Roanoke Virginia
Vice-president Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman
Funk, Eugene E Bloomington Illinois
President National Corn Association
Ladd, Edwin F Fargo North Dakota
President North Dakota Agricultural College
Rhett, R Goodwyn Charleston South Carolina
President Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Shorthill, JW York Nebraska
Sec'y Nat'l Council of Farmers' Cooperative Assns.
Sullivan, Jas W Brooklyn New York
American Federation of Labor
Tabor, LJ Barnesville Ohio
Master of Ohio State Grange
Taussig, Frank W Cambridge Massachusetts
Chairman Federal Tariff Commission
Vail, Theo N New York New York
President American Telegraph & Telephone Co
Waters, Henry J Manhattan Kansas
President Kansas State Agricultural College
Garfield, Harry A, Chairman Williamstown Massachusetts
President, Williams College