Letter from Tom Pendergast to Senator James A. Reed recommending he hear Ruth J. Rubel's business proposition.
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Letter from William E. Fessant to Governor Lloyd C. Stark, discussing the obstacles he has encountered in obtaining work through the WPA due to his opposition for Pendergast and support for James Douglas.
Letter from William Igoe to Lloyd Stark about Bernard Dickmann's candidacy for St. Louis mayor .
Letter from Henry Bundschu to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Barrett, describing his prospects for winning the election and the political outlooks in Kansas City and St. Louis in particular.
Letter to the Governor from Mrs. L. M. Fry describing corruption and injustices occuring at her husband's job.
Letter from Lloyd C. Stark to James Pendergast to schedule a meeting with Tom Pendergast.
Letter from W. A. Berry to Governor Lloyd C. Stark, describing WPA graft with the Pendergast machine in Camden. He provides "a few names of the drunks gamblers and illiteratures here who have gotten positions here through Pendergast," including "W.P.A.
Letter from Springfield City License Inspector R. D. Cunningham to Lloyd Stark offering the use of an apartment during Stark's visit for the Jackson Day Banquet. He also relays a line from a local newspaper that said "from the present appearance it looked more like Pendergast was a Stark man than Stark was a Pendergast man."
Letter from Charles L. Dunham to Jesse Barrett describing his political activities over the years and his opposition to the Pendergast Machine in Kansas City.
Memo for the press containing a response from Governor Lloyd C. Stark to a report from the US Senate's Gillette Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures.
Letter from Arthur F. Smith to Lloyd C. Stark, reporting that he is temporarily withdrawing his endorsement of Stark in light of Tom Pendergast's support of his campaign.
Letter from Gorge Black to Governor Lloyd C. Stark, reporting on a meeting he attended where Tom Pendergast told the crowd that Stark "cares little for old age pension" and mentioned that he had a candidate to be Missouri's next governor.