1 1930 CURTIS STREET PHONE MAIN 5413 DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CHURCH IN COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1929 Champa Street Feb. 5 1920. Dear Mr. Walsh: I have just been thinking that it was you I met last
Spring at 411 Fifth Ave. New York. Weren't you in charge of the Bond
Drive then? Thanks for your letter. Yes, 1929 Champa can be used as
headquarters here until things are got going. We were obliged to
vacate Curtis street, and the present office is not as desirable a
place as one could wish. However, for meeting purposes we can always
borrow the use of a hotel room. I hope to have a wire the moment it is definitely known on
what date Miss MacSwiney will be here. Wednesday is the least desirable
evening of the week. Perhaps it will be possible to arrange for any
evening other than this one? I am thinking that we could give the new
Association a big send-off with Miss MacSwiney's coming. The Relief
people may also be anxious to avail of this occasion to launch their
campaign. However we can arrange about that. The first committee meeting
of this latter body will take place Tuesday night. I am hoping that I
shall then succeed in persuading the wealthy men taking part in that
organization to come in and accept office in ours. I take it that state secretaryship is an entirely different
office from that of the local secretary? I have been suggesting an early meet-
ing of the F.O.I.F. to make arrangements to (-) shut up shop and get
into the A.A.R.I.I. I think it will be possible to get a good man to act
in Morgan's place. (---------------------------------------------------)
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The only difficulty of making the transfer I was informed today was this
one. Morgan's office is considerably in debt, and that has got to be wiped
out before anything can be done. Few people want to give either the F.O.I.F.
or their secretary any money, which means that a hustle is out of the ques-
tion. Of course the debt has to be met and paid if the Association is to
have any credit. I shall ask the bishop the boost the Recognition movement. The
clergy are enthusiastic, I have found out, and John McGauran, U.S. Sur-
veyor-General, has promised to go out to Pueblo and Colorado Springs to
speak at the opening meetings. He is a very fine orator, a spell-binder
in fact, and is a very popular figure throughout the state. He has promised
every co-operation. Of course the beginning must be made in Denver. Now that Lent
is upon us I suppose it will not be possible to do as much as might be
accomplished at another time. 2 We turn out an Easter number here, a publication that will keep me
busy for( some ) some time, by the way, and if you have any literature in
regard to the Association, one or two column articles, I would be glad
to have some to run in this number. The Register at all times has been a strong supporter of the Irish
movement and the Manager assures me that it can always be counted on,
other demands notwithstanding, to give us space. Although I had a freee hand
there were things, I had to learn, that the office was interested in, and
other things it wasn't. Through the state correspondents and some of the cleargy and
laymen I know, I shall be able later on to get a move made outside this
City. I shall keep you informed on events. Very sincerely yours, Michael Harkin P.S. Do you think would it be possible
to have (?) come here
later on? His help at the (?)
would be invaluable. M.H.