has made application to avail himself of the offer of this Committee to assist in the refurnishing of homes, an offer which you have probably seen in the daily papers, and has given your name to us as his principal reference.
In sending you this letter, the Rehabilitation Committee urges you to consider that the great majority of those who apply for relief are strangers to the Committee, and that it cannot deal with their applications either justly or quickly unless those who do know them are willing to consider themselves as in a sense trustees of this fund, and to share with the Committee some of the responsibility of its administration.
In this present investigation, the Rehabilitation Committee expects to rely largely upon the information it receives from the references of applicants, and therefore deems it especially important to emphasize at this time its need for accurate and full information. Anything that is written is regarded as entirely confidential.
O. K. CUSHING,
Acting Chairman.
QUESTIONS
How long has Mr. .......... been in your employ? ..........
Wages per week at present? ..........
Is the work likely to be permanent? ..........
Are you in a position to state whether this applicant is temperate, honest, and of good character? ..........
Can you freely recommend the granting of this application? ..........