10/23/43 Father's letter from overseas: "...I have a
daughter who has been a cripple since birth. I have just
received a letter written for the child by her mother, dated
10/19, but postmarked
10/10/43 [copied from father's typed
letter; apparently inaccuracy in dates] which I am enclosing
[not in E.C.F. records]. The child will be 20 years old in
November. According to the diagnosis of specialists, her
trouble is caused by having the central nerve injured at
birth (breech). She has had a teacher come to her home, and
has learned to use a typewriter fairly well, and has written
a few short stories. The child has never taken a step,
and has poor use of her arms and hands, but has shown great
stamina in conquering her disability against all odds, her
speech is difficult to understand. Perhaps this will be too
late, and she may have already gone to our Maker. When I
last heard from her, she was at ..., N.Y. If you are able to
do anything in the child's behalf and will let me know what
the fee amounts to, I will start paying each month what I can
spare payroll deductions and expenses incurred for the child.
If you are able to aid the child, please advise her aunt...,
N.J., as I am divorced and the mother is a devout Catholic;
in 1934 she refused to let the child go to a Shrine Hospital
which might have aided her..."
11/30/43 Letter to father from [
5179]: "After giving the
machine [typewriter] a good rest, thinking it had outlived
its usefulness, I took it out today, and found to my surprise
that it still works. I know you must be very worried about
not hearing from me in so long. I am sorry if I have caused
you any distress. I have steadily improved until now I can
honestly say that I never felt better in all my life. I
realize that the letters Mom wrote for me did not satisfy
you, but at the time nothing else could be done. Both my
brother and I were disappointed not hearing from you for our
birthdays. I guess you just forgot, eh, dad? Well, I guess
that's all I have to say, except please write soon."
[Comment by IMG: "The original letter was very well typed,
paragraphs and margins in line. Signature in pencil, was not
legible."]
12/08/43 Father's comments re [
5179]'s letter of
11/30/43:
"...while her speech is difficult to understand, she is
really exceptionally intelligent and bright. During her
relapse which happened about the time I saw your name in
'Coronet', she was out of her mind, so this letter gives
me great hope, and I feel sure she will answer your letter
when you write her for whatever you desire in the way of
cooperation... I would greatly appreciate it if you write
her, but suggest that you also send a copy of the letter to
my sister... I have received a letter from Mrs. H. A. H,
and she is awaiting any word from you to cooperate, as far as
possible with my daughter. The child's mother works, and at
present I do not know just what home arrangements are made
for the child. She was to have gone to a hospital, but
as she must have constant care and there were no nurses
available to give her the necessary attention, as she
cannot feed herself or take care of herself in any way..."
1/20/44 First enclosed excerpt from [
5179]'s letters to her
father: "Aunt I. R. E. showed me the letter from Mr. Caise
[Cayce], telling me that he could not give me a reading until
May. As I don't have faith in Mr. Caise and as the Church
forbids any doings with spiritualism, I do not intend to
cooperate with him. I appreciate your efforts because I know
you have nothing but my best interests at heart. We just
have to continue to trust God and consult legitimate doctors
instead of spiritualists who, most probably, are in league
with the devil."
2/11/44 [
5179]'s second letter to her father: "Aunt I. R. E.
has showed me the last letter which you wrote concerning Mr.
Caise and the reading he promised May 24. I must say, dad,
that on reading the letter I was rather angered. In it you
did not compliment mother or me. In fact, I might go as far
as to say that you insulted us. It is quite evident that you
are sold on Mr. Caise and his unexplainable powers. I read
the article from 'Coronet' which you sent Aunt, and I must
admit it made for fascinating reading. There is one point
however, that I do not understand; in the article, it said
that Mr. Caise has refused many offers to become wealthy
feeling that he should use his gifts to the benefit of others
without thought of recompense. Yet you had to join his
society (whose fee is ten dollars a year) before he gave you
a look-in. How do you explain that? I am very hurt by what
you said about mother's standing in my way. She has never
done so; in fact she has done everything to help me and
considering she did it alone as well as caring for J. A. Y.,
I think she has done a wonderful job. Mother has taught me
to think clearly, and I think I have learned well. As I told
you in my last letter I do not intend to cooperate with Mr.
Caise in any way and why. The Church absolutely forbids us
to have anything to do with spiritualism or anything like
it. That is reason enough for me. So please don't go
around saying mother is standing in my way."
3/09/44 [
5179]'s third letter to her father: "There's not
much to write. I got the book about Mr. Cayce which I have
read and found very interesting. I am still undecided as
to his legitimacy, but I intend to consult my confessor
next week."
5/03/44 Father's letter: "...I am also enclosing extracts
from 3 letters I received from my daughter [
5179], and
delayed sending this until I had received her last letter;
the poor child has been sick with a light touch of scarlet
fever, but she said she felt better than ever, neglecting to
mention whether she had consulted her confessor or not. I
answered her letter and asked her to please cooperate with
you at the time set for her reading, and trust that she will
do so. You can see by the letters she writes me that she
completely influenced by her mother and an older aunt that
lives with them, so does not have much chance for free
thinking for herself. If you are unable to accomplish
anything in her behalf, it will be no fault of yours,
for you have done your part..."
REPORTS
9/16/44 Father's letter: "...I wrote you that I would like a
Physical Reading. I will be at ... St., Ancon, C.Z... Your
reading for my daughter
5/24/44. I sent the remittance to
Mr. Godfrey, and in my daughter's last letter, she said he
had written her and they were trying to get the necessary
things together to start the treatments. I will keep you
informed as to progress..."
10/13/44 Father's appointment for a Physical Reading
cancelled due to EC's illness.
12/15/49 Father's reply to questionnaire: "Owing to the
religion of my daughter's mother, which she also follows,
I was never able to get them to use the reading, though I
secured all the things prescribed. The reason given for
not following the reading was that the priest forbid same."
11/19/49 Comment by E.C.F. solicitor: "Please take this name
[
5179] off the list. Does not wish any contact with the
organization."
4/10/52 Comment by IMG: "Miss R. I. C., the E.C.F.
solicitor, did not indicate whether the request to have
[
5179]'s name removed from the list came from the mother or
daughter. At the time of the father's letter of
12/15/49,
he was in the Canal Zone. In view of his request for the
reading and his attitude throughout his correspondence, he
could not have asked to have his daughter's name removed
from the A.R.E. list."


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