By the Grace of G-d 3rd Light of Chanukah 5718Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

At this time, before the deliberations of the Executive Committee of the Claims Conference¹ with regard to allocations for 1958, I recall your efforts last year, as I have been informed, of your initiative and energetic personal intervention in an attempt to obtain a fair deal for our projects. I need hardly tell you how gratified I was to note your real interest and appreciation of the work of Lubavitz, an interest, indeed, which has been consistent over many years.

This gives me the hope that you will this time again do your utmost to prevent an injustice in regard to our projects, whose importance and just claims are self-evident. In view of the inadequacy of the grants in the past, I sincerely trust that our projects will this time get a fair deal, and that some effort will, moreover, be made to make up for past deficiencies. With your resolute support and influence, which these projects so well merit, I hope that you will achieve a great measure of success with G-d’s help.

Assuring you of my sincere appreciation, and wishing you a happy Chanukah,

With blessing,

M. Schneerson

P. S. Although copies of the applications on the projects in question were undoubtedly made available to you by your office, I have nevertheless instructed my secretary to send you same with this letter.