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    "ocrText": "CABLE ADDRESS: NEAREAST\nTELEPHONE ALGONQUIN 9100\nNEAR EAST FOUNDATION\nEXECUTIVES\nOFFICERS\n151 FIFTH AVENUE\nBARCLAY ACHESON\nCLEVELAND E.DODGE\nSECRETARY\nPRESIDENT\nNEW YORK\nLAIRD W. ARCHER\nJAMES L.BARTON\nWILLIAM E.DOUGHTY\nVICE PRESIDENT\nHAROLD C.JAQUITH\nEDWIN M. BULKLEY\nPEOPLE\nOF\nAMERICA\nEDWARD C. MILLER\nTREASURER\nFOR THE\nASST. TREASURER\nTHE NEAREAST\nNovember 8, 1930\nARCRECEIVED\nMA\nMiss Clara D. Noyes\nNational Director,Nursing Service\nNOV\n1930\nThe American Red Cross\nReferred\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Miss Noyes:\nIt was a pleasure to hear from you. I hope that I\nshall be able to see you in Washington before a great while. In the\nmeantime, the question of selecting Miss Teal for work in the Caucasus\nhas been referred to me.\nOur exact policy has not been determined. Our Com-\nmittee will meet on Wednesday, the 12th, so no definite decision can be\nreached until after that meeting. However, I believe that we are likely\nto continue and will therefore need someone to succeed Miss MacFetridge.\nOn this assumption I wish to tell you about some of the changes that\nhave taken place in the Caucasus SO that you can tell me whether or not\nyou think Miss Teal would be able to handle the job under the new circum-\nstances that are sure to exist if the Committee takes the favorable action\nthat I expect.\nIn May, the Armenian government requested us to pro-\nvide a new group of buildings for our Peasant Youth School at Polygon.\nThis request grew out of the fact that we had been using a military post\nand the army wanted the post for itself. When this situation was reported\nto our Committee in New York they decided to withdraw altogether and I\nreturned to the Caucasus in July expecting to effect this withdrawal. How-\never, the government was very reluctant to have us leave and they of fered\nto build a complete new plant at their own expense, if we would remain.\nThey followed this up with a further offer to pay for the cost of operat-\ning the school, if necessary.\nAs a result of this offer I did not withdraw entirely\nbut instead turned over the Peasant Youth School to the government and\nleft Mr. Gunn and Miss Chickering as consultants. In this capacity they\nhave not only had almost as much voice in the policies and program of the\nschool as they had before, but they also have had a lot to do with develop-\ning the educational policy of other schools.\nI\nam reporting on this to the Committee on Wednesday\nand I think it is likely that they will wish to continue a consultant re-\nlationship for at least a year, in order to test out this new type of\ncultural relationship.\nNEAR EAST FOUNDATION WAS INCORPORATED BY REQUEST OF NEAR EAST RELIEF"
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