The Board of Directors
The Cadillac - LaSalle Club
Detroit, MI

Dear CLC Directors:

The purpose of this letter is two - fold:

1.  To advise the national board of the desire of a group of members in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Twin City metropolitan area to form a local region of the Cadillac-LaSalle Club.

2 . To formally petition the national board for the granting of a provisional regional charter, as provided for in the club by-laws.

Having met on the evenings of January 23rd, February 5th, and February 9th for discussion of our plans, the ten founding members are as follows:

Charlie Somers - Acting  President
Dave Kotz - Acting Secretary
Fred Hrachovina - Acting Treasurer
Harry Kaphingst - Acting Membership Chairman
Richard C. Gold
James Truex
Wilton Warner
Jim Fowler
Cliff Anderson, Jr.
Roger L. Oesterich

By the time you receive this letter, all ten should be paid up national members.

The geographic territory we propose our region to encompass would include the states of Minnesota and Iowa,. While the bulk of our membership would come from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, there are many Cadillac-LaSalle enthusiasts, and some national members, in out state Minnesota whom we feel are good potential regional members. The Twin City area being approximately 100 miles from the Minnesota-Iowa border, and the enthusiasts in Iowa to a great extent, being scattered around the state making formation of a region limited to Iowa alone difficult, we feel our proposed region could effectively serve the state of Iowa as well.

Our plans now call for a meeting on Sunday, April 2nd, to which we intend to invite all national CLC members residing in Minnesota and Iowa. We will request in that invitation that they give some thought to a name for our proposed new region, and we hope to then settle on a name at that meeting. The national board will be promptly advised of our choice.

We would herein request, if it is not now being used by any other region, to use as the name for our regional publication, AThe Herald@, and as a logo for said publication, the 1929 Cadillac trumpeter ornament, the Cadillac Herald.

We believe that we have complied with all requirements set forth in the club by - laws for formation of a region. Should there be anything we have inadvertently overlooked or any additional information required by the national board, please advise the writer at the address below.

We anxiously await the board’s response. Thank you in advance for your help and consideration.

Sincerely,

David W. Kotz
Acting Secretary
4748 Lyndale South
Minneapolis, M14 55409