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Mr. B. C. Casaxjas,
Merchants Coffee Co., Hew Orleans, La.
My Deer Ben:-
Since my very a^y6re illhhss I am pJLad^to be able to say to you th^jMT an lmj«rrlng some, but what
I	am v.Titinc about is to l^tNyouJmvw that during that tine ray doctor interested	charity hospital
here, the Kings Daughfrgsa^jiospl^l« ^ds little hospital is located in the	people because in
the interior /for our tlranb^is'^^ns, our land will not produce	nncl	our	^opl^Swm	nothing	but	saw-
riilllng, and of /qourse the t'nnar beflmg all gone there are no more savrolls; for that meascai the ivork done by the Kings Dau^flqrs Hospital id /practically all charity. Every C.octor renxisrs his services free; nobody is paid but a	os5\\oiir head/n/rse draws $2*00 per day
and shr&'is able tox^pal^^r vrf.th graduate trained nurses at $Yj00 per day anafraayffT This little hospital rendered soiic/fcondsrful oemjd.ee heretofore and maintained itself thrii [state aide v/hipJi was based on a capita of 12# I think por ppad of tho pojiAation; however our last Legislature enaclad a law appo)tatino a board of doctors to pass certain rogujSAions v/hichAal hospitals must conply vith. Our littleMt^oitnlxt^s able to conply vlth then all v/ith the ezceptiOTt^f-^fA-ray ?M.ch costs I understand from ¥1,000 to *40,000, - a cheap one would do us but since vre xvere not able to get it this year all state aide ceased and the hospital becane praotically destitute. At this point I was'called in as an act of charity. I find that if I can get an X-ray, and I think I cm get one, v/a can qualify for the state a&de and the hospital enn continue running; however in view of the faot that it has gotten no state aide this year it rent deeply into the hole and cant continue until v/e can raise oursolvos frcn the present embarrassment Mrs. Fournier, ,'^ho is tho president of the hospital, tri.ll call on you and I asked her to do it because I felt that you ere one of us, in fact v/c want as much of you here as possible tho v?e know your duties and interests are in Herr Orleans. I vish you would put your nane devm for as much