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          				        December 22, 1919

Robert B. Snyder,
3219 Chestnut St.,
New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dear Comrade - 

Just a few lines to let you know all the things you think
are ture and some that you do not think are. 

                  California
J. H. is still in ^ trying to wear the enemy by attrition.
It is a slow process and takes lots of patience but it
will probably be quicker in the long run.

You see we won what we went after in California but in
so doing learned that we has more coming to us.  Now we
want to get that.

The colony as an institution has not departed from the
policy it set when it started here two years ago. We
have made some changes in methods. It is very easy to
arrive at conclusions which are not justified by facts
and many people have done this.

Very few indeed know what cooperation means or have a
grasp of the subject that Mr. Harriman has.

We have had so many among us whoes desire to experiment at
our expense has hindered progress; yet we have not been able
to wholly prevent this for to do so it would lead others to
believe we had used repressive measures.

In the future we expect to allow a great deal of experiment-
ation but it will have to be at the expense of the experi-
mentor not at ours.

Mr. Millsap writes to a member that Atascardo does not
come up to expectations, that its government is no better than
ours, that it is somewhat lacking in ideals and that the lure
of the dollars is the chief incentive.  He now concedes that
our plan is correct and that it is our ideals which will make
the community a success.

I am sure you do not agree with me on some points but I can-
not believe that our fundamentals are wrong nor that your
appraisal of  Mr. Harriman is founded on a knowledge of the
man.

					(over)


However, regardless of whether we agree or not
do not fail to write and keep in touch with us.  We are,

          								Yours fraternally,

ESW:MK			             	          		LLANO COOPERATIVE COLONY.                                  

                  		          					[Ernest S. Wooster]