EXHIBIT No. 26B

January 8, 1954

Mr. M. A. Hutcheson

General President

United Brotherhood of Carpenters &
Joiners of America

222 E. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dear Sir:

This is to acknowledge receipt of a check made payable to the undersigned, in the amount of $25,000.00, from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, in accordance with my letter to you of December 8, 1953.

An agreement embracing all details of the projected William L. Hutcheson biography will be drafted within the week. Same will be presented to you on my next visit to Brotherhood's Headquarters.

The biography is to be published by Raddock and
Brothers, Ltd., or Saw Mill River Press, and will be
completed prior to the Brotherhood's Convention in
November, 1954.

Very truly yours,

Mayura Pa

Maxwell C. Raddock

MCR:LM