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    "ocrText": "Telephone: CIrcle 5-8000\nCable Address: Amnurses, New York\nAMERICAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION\nINC.\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\n1790 BROADWAY, at 58th Street\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\nPRESIDENT\nNEW YORK 19, N. Y.\nSISTER M. BERENICE BECK, R.N.\nKATHARINE J. DENSFORD, R.N.\nRUTH G. HALL, R.N.\nASSOCIATION\nSALLY JOHNSON, R.N.\nFIRST VICE-PRESIDENT\nPEARL McIVER, R.N.\nDEPARTMENT\nMARY E. STEBBINS, R.N.\nJULIA C. STIMSON, R.N.\nSECOND VICE-PRESIDENT\nSHIRLEY C. TITUS, R.N.\nRUTH INGRAM, R.N.\nTERESA M. TULLY, R.N.\nSALLIE M. JEFFRIES, R.N.\nSECRETARY\nLE ROY N. CRAIG, R.N.\nMARGARET K. STACK, R.N.\n1897.\nHARRIETT C. COLE, R.N.\nRUTH SLEEPER. R.N.\nTREASURER\nEXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nMARION W. SHEAHAN, R.N.\nMAY KENNEDY, R.N.\nMRS. ALMA H. SCOTT, R.N.\nMARY BEARD, R.N.\nJuly 10, 1945\nMrs. Dorothy Conrad, R. N.\nAmerican Red Cross\nNational Headquarters\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mrs. Conrad:\nWith regard to the matter which I discussed informally with Miss\nVirginia Dunbar recently, and later with you by telephone, I am\nwriting to present a formal request, in order that you may have\nit before you at this time.\nWould it be possible for the American Red Cross to give some\nfinancial assistance to the American Nurses' Association in con-\nnection with the program which it has carried forward in relation\nto the recruitment of nurses for the Armed Forces in general, and\nwith the conduct of \"The Army Nurse in War\" as sponsored in New\nYork, New York, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?\nInasmuch as expenses for this project were not budgeted in the\n1945 budget of the ANA, and as this is a project which has been\nsponsored jointly by the ANA and the American Red Cross in coopera-\ntion with the Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, any assistance\nwhich the Red Cross would be able to extend to the ANA in this\nconnection, would be greatly appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\n(Mrs.) Alma H. Scott, R.N.\nExecutive Secretary\nAHS:mk\nThe National League of Nursing Education functions as the Department of Education of the American Nurses' Association\nThe American Journal of Nursing is the Official Magazine"
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