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WESTERN UNION are MUNDER made / to Feed ACCOUNT or DATA Food FEH- page 2 - to Senator Ladge With respect to the Chair at Columbia, this professor was picked by the academic board and the sole condition that I applied was that the man selected must be loyal to America and to the former Polish Government. Through every means available to the officials at Columbia, this professor's past was investi- gated and he was considered from every standpoint the outstanding individual to develop appreciation for ancient Polish culture in that great University, The whole story started because of a disappointed instructor who was after the position. a man who was considered by the academic officials to be completely unsuited. All of the negotiations in this matter were completed before I went to Columbia as its President, and if any further evidence of any kind is wanted on the matter, I suggest that the head of the Polish Legion contact President Albert Jacobs, now President of Denver University and who was at the time in question Provost of Columbia University. (Continued, page 3) PLEASE WRITE OR TYPE MESSAGE PLAINLY WITHIN THE BORDER USE BLACK INK OR PENCIL-DO NOT FOLD