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This telegram, from Reverend Justin Walz to Governor Walter Huxman, protests the fact that federal funds to support hot lunches for children in need had ceased. Walz explains to Huxman that the lack of WPA "Hot Lunches" will leave the children of Ellis County "seriously in want of food."
Creator: Walz, Reverend Justin
Date: December 11, 1937
Item Number: 216801
Call Number: Governor's Files, Governor Huxman, Box 26.5, Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216801
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Huxman, Walter Augustus
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - WPA and the Kansas landscape (Indicator 2)
Date - 1930s - 1937
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Works Progress Administration
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Huxman, Walter Augustus
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable Kansans - Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972
Places - Cities and towns - Hays
Places - Counties - Ellis
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/216801