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Charter Members
E.S. Gosney
Otis H. Castle
Henry M. Robinson
David Starr Johnson
Paul McB. Perigord
Rudolph I. Coffee
Lewis M. Terman
C.M. Goethe
Joe G. Crick
Paul Popenoe
George Dock
Oscar Ford
A.D. Shamel
Sarah H. Gosney
Lois G. Castle
Gladys G. Crick
Robert Freeman
Merle N. Smith
S. J. Holmes
Herbert M. Evans
Chas. H. Prisk
A.B. Ruddock
Justin Miller
John Vruwink
William B. Munro
R.B. Von Kleinsmid
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The Human Betterment Foundation
(A Non-Profit Corporation)
Executive Offices:
Suite 321, Pacific Southwest Building
Phone Wakefield 6374
Pasadena, California
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Officers and Trustees
E. S. Gosney, President
Otis H. Castle, Vice-President
George Dock, Vice-President
Paul Popenoe, Secretary
Joe G. Crick, Treasurer
Justin Miller
C. M. Goethe
William B. Munro
Henry M. Robinson
Mr. Louis I. Dublin,
C/o Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,
New York City.
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May 8, 1934.
Dear Mr. Dublin:
We are advised that a sterilization bill is being prepared for introduction in the next session of your state legislature. The basic reasons for such a law are deep-rooted in the problem of race progress or degeneracy; therefore should be of interest to every earnest citizen. Knowing the wide-spread misunderstanding as to the purpose and results of eugenic sterilization, we should be glad to aid in disseminating the facts proved by California's twenty-five years experience. Can you tell us something of the trend of public sentiment on this measure, the opposition to the bill, if any, and the parties actively interested in it?
Cordially yours,
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E. S. Gosney, President
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[handwritten in] Note to Davenport
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