• The Board of Directors of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooper
ating Association has requested the Valley Settler to publish the
two letters reproduced below in order to clarify any misunderstand
ing on the subject.
Ed.
August 9, 1941
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht
Medical Director
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Assn.
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Dr. Albrecht:
I have been interviewed by a committee from the Women's Cooperative
Guild relative to a discussion, which was held at their recent
meeting, of a statement by one of their members who informed those
present that the reason the funds of the Maternal & Child Welfare
were terminated was because the General Office failed to send in
proper financial statements and budgets.
The impression was left that failure to receive any matching funds
for this fiscal year was due to the negligence of myself and the
Accounting Dept.
So I may properly inform this committee, I would appreciate it if
you would write me giving me your impression of why these funds
were terminated with particular reference to the above statement.
Yours very truly,
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS CO-OP. ASSN.
lcs/b
(signed) L. C. Stock
General Manager
August 19, 1941
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
L. C. Stock, General Manager
C. Earl Albrecht, Medical Director
Maternal & Child Welfare Matching Funds
Recently you spoke to me concerning a request for an explanation
as to why we were not receiving as large an amount from the
Maternal & Child Welfare Matching Fund as we anticipated. This is
quite difficult to answer, although I may be able to contribute
something. In the first place I might 3tate that I know of no
negligence on the part of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association in submitting reports that mi^ht have affected the
decrease in funds.
The funds that we have received during the past three years have
been entirely Federal funds, handled through the Territorial Health
Division. It was on the recommendation of Dr, Council that we
received these grants. We have known that there would be less funds
available as the years went on, since a surplus whictj had been built
up was gradually being used up by us. It is my understanding that
the surplus has now been entirely expended. This naturally is no
fault of ours.
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