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years they gave only $25,000. This was a verbal commitment and they welched on the commitment. I think it's scandalous. Now, this happened because C, the President retired, and Luckman became President and did not continue this understanding or gentlemen's agreement.

Did your husband protest?

Certainly, he did, but this is a sign of how poor a gentlemen's agreement can be with some gentlemen. In any case, Albert gave a check from Lever Brothers for $50,000 to the Society and asked that it be earmarked for research at the meeting of around the 1st of December, 1944. This was the first large sum of money they had ever received for this purpose, after I gave the first small contribution from Raymond Loewy.

However, by the beginning of 1945 the plans for the campaign had become chaotic. Casey had been fired. There was no one to plan or organize the campaign which had been decided on in an effort to raise five million dollars. Emerson Foote had helped greatly with campaign material but the work at organization had just not been done. I discussed the situation with Lois Maddox Miller one morning and was undecided about whether to press forward to see whether a big campaign was made or not. I was undecided about whether or not to get John Price Jones's organization brought into the picture. I remember Lois saying to me, “Are you going to let all the people continue to die and put off making any real effort to get money for research for