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HEADQUARTERS, ARMY SERVICE FORCES 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL. OFFICER 

WASHINGTON 2.5, D. C. 

6 April 1944 

MP. l:enneth B. We.me!" 

SeeretarJ" and Genera1 Manager 

Aaerican Ra41o Rel&7 ,League · ·West lfarttord 7, Connecticut 

i Dear Xen: 

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1 Through 'at/ vaJ.10ua un.de~d and ethereal sources 

1 word comes to • that. on April 26 7ou vill have completed i & quarter O't & centlll'J' &a General Jlana.ger or the A.BBL. I 

/ 11&1lt to otter 1llT s1neel"e congratulations on 70111' achieve-

; aents. 

I can remember when tb.e ARBL waa just an inrant and . you vel'e its vet-nurse. but it tuned out to be a vel!'J' lusty int'&nt,. Vi.th lots ot potential stored up in its various condensepa. .la it grev up it reall7 vent places. Xt 11111 continue to go pl&ces, unde!> 7our management, vbich I hope:.Y111 

continue ror •ny ~· i'~ 

Ve vho are connected. with the eomm.unicatione business 

know onlJ' too well how large a part bas been pla7ed b7 the 

contributions ot the ama.teurs, in the'v&7 ot nev developments in th* f'i•ld. 111 recollection 1.e veJ[f clear 1n regard to 

these earl7 da7s wlt:en the hams vere "monk•7in8 vi th shortwaves,_" to the de181on ot -some of the h!gh-poweHd engineers. There vere other thingatoo, not to mention the c1oae triendships and lnternatioBal amities fostered by the communications 

exchanged. &llODg lads 1n our own count.r7, and between lade 1n 

our eount17 and til foreign l&nda. _ 

Much o~ vbat baa been accomplished b7 the ARRL is attributable to 7our ltradersbip, orga:nizing &bilit7, engineering knowledge, bard work, and genuine love and intenst 1n the 

game. . Mo;re power to 7ou and to the League 1n the coming J'M:PS. 

V!th col"dial greetings to 70\1 and your taJD1l7, .I am, 

Sineerel.J yours, 

William F. Friedman 

Di.reetor of Co~1cat1ons 

Research 

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GEORGE W, BAILEY, WlKH, PRESIDENT ... • DAVID H HOUGHTON, TREASURER 

NNETH B.WARNER.WlEH.SECRETAAV&GENERo\.LMANAGER F. E. HANDY, wiam. COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 

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ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 

WEST HARTFORD 7. CONNECTICUT,U.S.A. 

QUIST. HARTFORD 

OFFICIAL ORGAN. !;!ST 

CLINTON B.DESOTO,ED•TDR 

On April 26th, Ken Warner will have completed twenty-five years of 

managing the League. The group of us here in Hartford plan to mark the occasion 

with some suitable affair and, as the central event of that affair, we want to 

take advantage of an idea suggested a revr days ago. It is to tell a substantial 

number or Ken's friends, those with whom he has had contact in.one way or another, 

about the coming anniversary so that they may, if they so desire, write him a 

letter or greeting for the occasion. Then we plan to gather these letters all 

together and have them boun,d into a book• with a suitable handsome binding which 

will make a memorial volume with which Ken will,, or ooursea be delighted. 

It is our plan to do all the preparation secretly -- to present the 

volume to him on April 26th as a complete surprise. In order to be sure no rumor 

of it reaches him, it will be advisable to keep all of the correspondence out of 

the League's office. i'herefore, the letter itself may bear the usual League 

address but the BNVELOPE should be addressed to Dave Houghton's home, i.e,: 

David R. Houghton 

174 Four Mile Road 

West Hartford, Conn. 

We feel a bit awkward to be thus solioiting these letters. Of course• 

Ken would be highly indignant if ho know about it. But the people outside the 

office with whom we have had opportunity to talk urge that we do it because, they 

say, there are a great many people who would very much like to write Ken on this 

occasion who might not otherwise be aware of it. 

Time is short. The job of binding will take close to two weeks. If' you wish to write a· letter, will you do it right away? Here by April loth will be 

the last moment. 

The book will be el :x: 11 ". Therefore, please write on an ai :x: 11 

letterhead and leave a good wide left margin. 

Please forgive this not being personally written ~- but even all of '18 

together could not get the letters out to.st enough except by mimeograph. Also, 

it you know of e:ay others in your organization who you think would ca.re to 

write, please tell them a.bout it. 

And please don•t forget to send the letter to Dave Houghton's home 

o.ddress, as above before April loth, 

Thanks, and 73, 

Self-appointed Committee 

Do.vid R. Boughton 

F. Cheyney Beakley 

Clinton B. De Soto 

Charles A. Service