November 4, 1992

Resource & Development:

A couple of month’s ago, I would imagine through a referral from Robert Love, Sr. Of Love Box Company, in Wichita, I received a call from a individual with your company, who choose not to leave his name. The gentleman’s interest was in our educational literature explaining how 1 acre of hemp would produce the equivalent of 4.5 acres of trees, in paper pulp production. The gentleman and I had a wonderful twenty minute conversation, with the only conclusion of: we must all start asking why not.

As we can all look forward to a Presidential administration that is as concerned with the environment, as it is for making new jobs for Americans, I would like to submit to you these copies of U.S. Government Agricultural studies regarding hemp production from 1904, 1913, 1919, and most recent, a 1972 article about how Kimber-Clark in France was using hemp for paper.

For a couple of years, I have been trying to get the state of Kansas to sign a Federal application for me to grow for textiles. As I told the caller from your corporation, “I would love to be the farmer growing for International Paper”.

Since my conversation with your representative, by invitation of the Governor of Kansas, I was allowed to personally, one more time present the logical facts and true issues of hemp, and asked once again for a license to grow. I do not believe the goal is impossible. Sure does seem to be a lot of ignorance and misinformation however.

I have a store in Wichita, where I sell clothing, and by the yard, fabric made of 100/% Cannabis Sativa L. Hemp, the same plant some people smoke. This is presently the most rare fabric on the planet. The organization of which I am Founder, Kansas Environmentalist’s for Commerce in Hemp, besides being politically active, also I teach Hemp Education Classes, and hold monthly area planning meetings, first Friday of every month at 7:30, in our conference room.

I have of list of why:

Why do we import from Japan our paper on which we print our money? I have been told that this is the only medium of exchange we continued with Japan throughout World War II.

Why do we import the Cannabis fabric to produce all the hose’s used on fir truck’s including the fireman’s coat?

Why do we continue to import foreign oil, when if only 6% of the land in the US were planted in hemp, less land than we presently pay farm subsidies on, this country could be fuel independent. Imagine fuel independence, we could pay off the national debt almost immediately.

I hope you will find this additional information useful.

Very truly yours,