Shanghai, 25th., Jan. 1938

Dear Bernardine,

I want to thank you first for your beautiful Christmas card which you have kindly sent to me and I am so sorry that I have neglected my friend even a card, but I think you are very considerate that the war upsets me everything. Re the I.A.T. I hereby enclosed the last two minutes of the last two board meetings which are self-explanatories. Although Esther has sent the minutes to you already right after the meetings, I know it by now that she has sent them to your New York address. I am glad to tell you that after the closure of I.A.T. it still leaves a small balance of Loc.$500.- which will enable us to restart again as a small capital otherwise I.A.T. would be automatically closed with a debt behind.

By your request, I have written to Mr. M Rolphe de Maré which I said through the introduction by you I will only too glad to do anything for him within my means. The condition in Shanghai is very bad and the daily life becomes very costly on a/c of the lacking of the communications. The big establishments trying their very best to maintain their existing condition with great effort so it is needless to say about business.

I have been very busy since the beginning of the hostility to participate the Refugee Relief Committee which I am still working as long as the hostility continues. I think it will be a great problem to solve this question even the peace comes. I am quite sure that you have read and heard by the papers or the newsreel the atrocity committed by the Japanese towards the civilians. It is even difficult to depict the real picture by the papers and pen. I am puzzled by myself why those innocents and good civilians should suffer such bigger catastrophe which they have not done anything wrong. Is there any justice?

238 La Salle ave. Piedmont 10.Califo

Piedmont 5th October 1949.

Dear Bernadine,

I was overjoyed when your kind letter reached me on the 30th of
last month, c/o Bank of Canton. it is more than 11 years that we have not
seen each other, I longing you immensely, how the things changed worldly and
socially, when we shall meet again, the joys and tears will concentrate during
the meeting, please forgive me that I did not write you earlier, owing I had a
very bad luck since I arrived here, The purpose which I came down here was
simply for my high blood pressure treatment, during the general check up, I
had contracted PNEUMONIA which took about 2 months to recover, I spent most of
my precise time with medical men, just imagine it, regarding my health, in
spite of 4 or 5 months treatment, the result was not very promising, because
I had to live on with the medicine, otherwise it will remain just like before
the treatment, so I had determined to change the Doctor, I was fortunate enough
that I have found one Drugless Doctor which was beyond my expectation, within
2 months he got my case well in hand, I am nearly normal now, but he does not
allow me to travel yet, because he wants to know how long I can hold the pre-
sent situation, he is still checking me every 2 or 3 weeks, I am expecting to
be able to visit you by the beginning of January may be earlier, beside my
brother and sister in-law are all in New York at present, so my wife is the
Housewife for the time being, my daughter Nancy is studying at Rudolf & Scha-
ffer Art School in San Francisco, I do not like her to miss the trip to Holly-
wood, I do not think you will recognize her after 11 years she is quite grown
up girl, she is the youngest girl unmarried in the WOO family, I suppose you do
remember she was acting on the stage for the charitable show, when she was
only about 8 years of age, she is quite studious, what I like my daughters to
have some self protection, especially under present circumstances.

I am sorry that I did not answer your letter earlier, owing I was
on the verge to conclude my article named:
(For nearly one century the name of China's Greatest SAGE, Master Kung, has
been wrongly pronounced by all Occidental people.
The date of his Birth has also been incorrectly celebrated since 1930. by
Oriental people)

This year 1949. being the 2500. ANNIVERSARY. of MASTER TEACHER
KUNG, an article in the United Press alluding the Birthday of CONFUCIUS whether
551 or 550 B.C. is doubtful, which aroused my enthusiasm to write 16 pages of
work to prove its correctness, now I hold my work but I don't know which is the
competent Periodical, Magazine, or Review to send, I have been introduced to
Dr. Hart of San Francisco, he recommends me to the American Oriental Society
Magazine of Baltimore, which Professor Murray B Emeneau of University of Calif.
is the Chairman of the above concern, unfortunately he is on Vacation, he will
return only sometime in November, so I take this opportunity to ask you if you
can make any suggestion where should I send my work, the nature of my article
is absolutely a new revelation, is HISTORICAL and ASTRONOMICAL, which no body
has ever written on this part of HISTORY.

The names of Shanghai people which stated in your letter I do
pratically know them all, Kindly convey my best regards to all of them, my wife
joins me to express our best greetings to you and thank you for your kind
consideration.

Your very true friend,

Woo