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[Letterhead - FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA
[oval seal THE WHITE HOUSE JUNE 24 1917]

June 25, 1917.

His Excellency Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. President:-

At the urgent request of the Archbishop of the Russian Creek
Catholic Church of New York City, the Society for the Union of Russian
Elements of Homestead, Pennsylvania, and 216 Fraternal Chapters of the
Russian Mutual Aid Societies of the United States, and 400 parishes of
the Russian Greek Orthodox Mission with a membership of 300,000 parishioners,
I introduced on June 15th a resolution asking your Excellency
to designate a day on which the people of this country may express their
sympathy by contributing toward the relief of the Russians. A copy of
the Resolution is enclosed herein. It follows the text of the Lithuanian,
Polish, Armenian and Jewish Day resolutions.

I take the liberty of requesting Your Excellency to kindly let
me have an expression of your opinion in regard to this resolution so
that I may present it together with the requests made on me to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs now considering my resolution.

I have the honor to be, Sir.
Very respectfully yours,

[signature] F. La Guardia

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