Exhibit 53-B--Excerpt of letter from Bert W. Newsom, general contractor, Des Moines, Iowa, to Ralph L. Warren, December 15, 1959 In these 17 years of service through you and with you 1 want to commend you for the way in which you have represented the People of the United States in your capacity, namely your fairness, and still with firmess, in the direction of government contracts, your promptness in inspection after commencement of work, also your promptness in contract changes, where desireable and to the best intrest of your department, and most important of all your promptness in final settlement after inspection. Your attitude towards small business conserns is also commendable, it is with this fairness that small business banserns are able to partake in Government contracts and to continue to do business with your department, this in turn affords the Government the most possible market for the lowest possible costs on these government contracts, the final results lower costs on your repair jobs,etc,. Exhibit 53-C--Excerpt of letter from James Dougherty, Jr., Dougherty Construction Co., York, Nebr., to Ralph Warren, December 9, 1959 * This is just a word of appreciation for the wonderful cooperation you have shown us this past year. It has been a pleasure to do business with you and to know that we contractors have someone such as you to depend upon. 58364 0-60 -27 * Exhibit 53-D--Excerpt of letter from Wm. Myers, Wm. Myers Co., The season being appropriate, I wanted to take this opportunity to complement you and your staff on the over-all excellence of your architectural, engineering, and inspection service. In past years on many occasions when problems have arisen, Mr. Warren, I have found your fairness and ingenuity a refreshing experience for me. * Exhibit 53-E--Excerpt of letter from L. W. Penn, Sr., Project Engineer, Sverdrup & Parcel, Inc., Engineers-Architects, St. Louis, Mo., to Ralph L. Warren, December 18, 1959. * * * * We also want to compliment you for your fairness in the contractual relations with the various contractors and we feel that because of this fairness the Government has received full value for its investment. Exhibit 53-F--Excerpt of letter from M. J. Newsom, contractor, Des Moines, Iowa, to Ralph L. Warren, December 12, 1959 I especially want to commend you and your office for your fair and sensible manner in which you administer your contracts, both in the interest of the government and also in fair dealings with contractors. It is indeed a great help to know you are dealing with a office with well trained and qualified personal. I cannot say this about all of the three or four Regions which we do business in each year as some are not so plesant to do business with . |