Before the trip started, although due to delays you didn't get the issue until I had left, I had told about the projected program and asked those that felt that my efforts were worth it that any contributions that they might like to make to the cost thereof would be very welcome. About 25 of you did so and while I don't think it would be seemly to list people by name and code, you are known to me and appreciated. Thank you again very much. I particularly want to thank the girls of the Florida and Oklahoma chapters who, by their group efforts, paid my air fares to and from those places.

As I have done in the past I append here a summary of the expenses entailed so that you may see where the money went. Please note that the expenses listed below covered only that part of the trip within the U.S. and do not include any food costs.

Expenses

Income

Air Fares.

$865

Hotels..

329

Taxi, trains, buses

225

TV Station payments (3) .......... Florida chap. donation . .

300

138

Tips...

12

Tulsa chap. donation.

160

Phone incl. long distance

Donations..

265

calls from L.A.

128

$1163

Misc...

20

Total

.$1579

Net expense to me

$416

Although it would have been considerably more without the $265 worth of donations, just traveling about the U.S. plus the cost in phone calls to get it all up and to check back with Mary weekly still cost me over $400. There will be those that will say, “Don't let her kid you, she had a good time for her $400." Of course, it can't be denied that I enjoy going places and seeing a lot of good friends everywhere, but much as any of you like the subject of TV, try talking about it day and night almost ex- clusively for 10 weeks with friends, to groups, over the air, to doctors and so on and see if you can fairly call it a pleasure trip. It's a lot more tiring than most of you imagine.

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