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    "ocrText": "COPY\nSee original letter from Miss Hay to Miss Noyes August 2, 1921. Filed 630. Europe\nser ,61 taugua 881M rd bereasana\nSubject : Director, Nursing Service, Poland\n88 vergus00M aaIM at nolfootdo VM\nFind confirmation of cable sent you this morning, Your No. 14387 arrived\ndoldw How sad 101 gataist bebis-eno & fud bad bsd.eda tsdt ,Jasit etost\nSaturday noon too late to get àn answer through that day, and yesterday an\nof om bease bed troy, US 97001 189 bcs bas bentsigxe ybserla\nanswer to you was already in the cable bureau when a letter from Miss Matthews\nadw aaim begaga bar{ I aidt as\narrived definitely stating her willingness to stay; hence I am able this morning\nTedforts of of stdt to noffautsIqze IIN edt allee\nto send you definite word instead of mere possibilities.\ncoffee edd you IO% 8981111 teldo to moltosies INOV. of betsei.do rever even I\nI trust this present arrangement of Miss Matthews continuing as Chief Nurse\nabmed you at Jief ever SSOV Jant Total I medit tea of em des sov redw Jord\nwith Miss Margaret D. McCaughey (No. 5441) as her assistant, will be entirely\nsatisfactory to you. There has never been any objection to Miss Matthews choosing\nwhom ever she desired for Assistant. It will doubtless be found that a chief\nreason for her finally agreeing to remain, is the encouragement and help Miss\nGardner has been able to give her, together with the increasing difficulties\nin Posen.\nWhen your cable no. 14387 arrived Saturday, I was distressed over your\ndisapproval of the appointment of Miss McCaughey, as I feared that the appointment\nhad already gone through. I have never hesitated to make the appointments\nof Chief Nurses, and with out waiting for your confirmation of them. and this\nhas always been acceptable to you. In the case of Miss McCaughey, I did not\nhesitate to take the definite action, believing that in following the advice\nof Miss Gardner (your special representative) I would be doing as you desired.\nI trust the final decision of Miss Matthews to remain will mean no\nembarrassment as far as Miss Shellabarger, or any other possible appointee,\nis concerned. There can be little question as to the comparative efficiency of wom\nwomen accustomed to the field and those who have had no experience over here,\nand whenever the former are available they are infinitely to be perferred.\nMiss Gardner may have written you direct of the siutation in Poland\nbut will be doing so in any event.\nSigned Heaen Scott Hay"
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