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We had a friend, Clarence king. I don't know what's become of him. He was an awfully good lawyer and was very much on to what was going on in the world. At any rate, he was a friend of Mr. Wilson's and mine too. So we said, “What is the crux of this thing on nomenclature - a woman's maiden name and marriage name. Can I hold property in my maiden name?””

“Certainly you can.”

“Can I execute a trust in my maiden name and can I collect money?”

Well,” he said, “it must be possible. Certainly. I'm sure, but I'll look and see.”

I said, “We'd better have a letter.”

So he wrote a letter, of which I still have the original, and have given innumerable copies of it to people. There had been a number of court decisions, some of which reached the Supreme Court. The one we could rely on originated in Wisconsin. A woman had done business in her maiden name, and was married, but continued to do business in her maiden name - some kind of a store or manufacturing concern. At some point she did not pay her indebtedness. She bought goods from some company and didn't pay or them. These parties brought suit against her in her maiden name. Her lawyer sought to evade the payment and the