A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Commander Parramore Post 57, The American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Fred E. Young, Department Adjutant, Austin, Texas, dated August 2, 1941. Young acknowledges the application by Carswell for the Department Convention to be held in Abilene in 1942.

A Postal Telegram sent to The President, The White House, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Post Commander and Owen Ellis, Post Adjutant, dated August 2, 1941. An affirmation of the support given by the membership of the Parramore Post of the President's recommendation to retain in the service indefinitely the National Guard units and Selectees already in training and ask him to spare them "no task or sacrifices now necessary for the adequate arming and defense of the nation" and state, "The policy of appeasement and 'soft soap' has brought only disappointment and destruction to those indulging in it. Therefore, we say away with appeasement and appeasers, together with isolationists and objectors of every tint."