Document M4J2Ow7XE1nKMd14YaRVMMJL

- .'S-;\'-* * r .-t ' '}* a .V. * -i ' : .~- >-'.*+/ '*, " l > ..? V- . ' ~-l ' y fTV, .S'*. - * 7a', .Lj-` .. .... PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT JM 917 ' ` \.y.v ';Vv'; - v.ni -'-'.`v* h-.'V. :.T..., -v.. ..../.'' ' ' V* '/r ., ,; ..... -v- i -' " 1; ^ April 15, 1943. . " * b->'; ' * -' .'v, - 'H'':[X'-J *\" j-V" .U;i V'' i rf ' *" _V - > /' . l' V -i V - -4'- >. ' *> _ 'v . 1_ Ik ' r -* ` .*v * , f - * 1 '\r:;r- .H H*7.; srVr ' - a Theodore C. Waters, Bsq., - Mullikin, Dtockbridge fc Waters,^- - Baltimore Trust Gliding,, Baltimore, Maryland* ~ ,;- i *wr- v` ** yri *v .*^ Z' :: ' *" ? '( ?' vJ Dear Tad* "> ' ' . > . ~y v* v * ;'V.v'.-..'V'I aantionad to yon yasterday that Mr. Flatchar ., had increased the Mellon .Institute fee without consulting the Trustees. This is sat forth in a letter of February 8th froa Mr. McMahon to Mr. Fletcher and sy copy Indicates that you and all the other Trustees received copies* ' 1 t -v :a--'.`.y -'v -V' '' ' - ^ J : 'T `` ' In this letter Mr. McMahon confines a telephone 'conversation with Mr. Fletcher end states that *in compliance with your instructions, we are arranging to increase the .sun of our contract with Mellon Institute for 1943 from , ,$25,000 to $30,000 to cover the enployment of an industrial - if./ /hygiene engineer on the Foundations staffV In a postscript the, letter states that *Complying with your request, we are sending a copy of this letter to all members of the Foundation's JBoard of Trustees! . f1 .* y i vM 'V- v^v-lrr-: ^ ^ -;., *. * . it. *> , ^ -',:&/? i- 'V-i i- > .< , - c\~ . * h. r // f .Jf A ; O.V-T ft.1-- .. Sincerely ybura,,:r/;^''V" . _ ' . . _ V,."- ^ note this increase is hot reflected on the Treasurer's "M.ch was attached to the agenda for yesterday's "J keetihgi'X-'Thia Includes an item in the amount of $12,500 W(-wiiAvwhuich ius ccaapputiounDeWd ^*Mueililwon Ii&nslbtiltvuutwe9 CCOonubtrnaucet sMe6cvoDtu^ > 47 ' ;J. ! *-JT- v^1 a4 X^..miST v"' ism'aValmlIwJl ery eonfusing1a41nd-,3* *l ie' - MTC 013734 >v;