Letters between Harry L. Hopkins, the Acting Director of Civilian Relief in New Orleans, Louisiana; Lloyd M. Hooper, chairman of the Alabama Council of Defense in Montgomery, Alabama; and others.
The letters concern the work of War Service Stations in Lanett, Langdale, Shawmut, and Fairfax, in Chambers County, Alabama. In the third letter, Chambers County Defense Council Chairman Charles S. Moon details that these towns are home to cotton mills that "have furnished a large per cent of o...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The letters concern the work of War Service Stations in Lanett, Langdale, Shawmut, and Fairfax, in Chambers County, Alabama. In the third letter, Chambers County Defense Council Chairman Charles S. Moon details that these towns are home to cotton mills that "have furnished a large per cent of our soldiers." He states that the mills run the War Service Stations to keep soldiers in touch with their families. In the first letter, Harry L. Hopkins voices his concern that the War Service Stations conflict with the work of the American Red Cross. |
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