[Letter] 1939 December 14, Bartow, Fla. [to] Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, Lakeland, Fla.

              Law Offices of E. A. Bosarge Wilhelmina Hawkins Telephone Bartow 676 113 E. Main Street Bartow, Florida
December 14th,  1939.

Mr. Ludd M. Spivey, President,
Southern College,
Lakeland, Fla.
Dear Mr. Spivey:
I have just finished a conference with Mr.
Alex Hatton, of Bartow.  It appears that Mr. Hatton
was employed by you, as President of Florida Southern
College, and as an architect he made certain preliminary plans and drawings.
It further appears from an examination of
a pamphlet entitled "The E. Stanley Jones Educational
Foundation", published in 1938, that Mr. Hatton's
plan or sketch was incorporated in this booklet, the
page to which I refer being entitled "Architect's
Conception of the E. Stanley Jones Educational Foundation - L. Alex Hatton, Bartow, Architect".
I now understand that another architect has
been employed; that he has probably prepared other
plans, and will be in charge of the construction on
this educational foundation. It appears also from
the conference with Mr. Hatton that he has not received
any compensation for services rendered.
In view of the fact that Mr. Hatton's preliminary drawings were used in this publication, and as I
understand it a large amount of money was raised during
the campaign and this booklet was mailed to thousands
of people, it appears to me that the drawing in this
booklet must certainly have had something to do with
the results obtained in the raising of this money, and
the natural conclusion to be drawn thereon is that those
people contributed with this drawing in mind as the type
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