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JZ&taMijAeet tZZZ Mr. H. 0. Bates, Secretary National Lead Company, 111 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. Dear Mr. Bates: Thanks very much for your letter of January 7 enclosing proxy for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Directors of John T. Lewis & Bros. Company to be held on February 4, 1946. }.rHM: jmc d Secretary NL 000040808 OUR 175t h YEAR OF CONTINUOUS BUSINESS