Reading 254-50

TEXT OF READING 254-50

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Date: 7/14/1929 Sex: M ReadingID: 1188

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of July, 1929, in accordance with request made by the Board of Governors of the Association of National Investigators, Inc., through Morton Blumenthal and Thomas B. Brown.

[Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Hugh Lynn Cayce, Morton Blumenthal, Tim Brown, and L. B. Cayce.]

Time of Reading 5:20 P. M. Eastern Standard Time.

1. GC: You will have before you the report of the Board of Governors of the Association of National Investigators, which I hold in my hand, which report is to be submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Association at the next annual meeting of July 27th. You will take this report, proposition by proposition, as I give them to you. You will make any corrections or amendments needed to any of these propositions. You will answer any questions concerning same.

2. EC: Yes, we have reports as given here. Now, we find there has been information given as to how the governors of same should act as respecting such report to the Board of Trustees. There has been an outline given as to the duties of the various committees, and how, when, where, and why they should act, and also as to how the cooperative spirit must prevail, would the work as is to be accomplished through this Board be performed.

3. In this present report, these we find conform to many of the ideas and SOME of the ideals. Be sure there is not too much difference made in ideas and ideals, for, as has so oft been given, these must of necessity, for the accomplishment of the purport of teaching, training, and giving to a waiting world the individual truths as may be exemplified in the individuals’ lives, until that or those individuals may become one with that purport as is being set forth - an IDEA may be beautiful, may be wonderful, but without the background of an IDEAL becomes as but sounding brass, or as the gourd without water.

4. In these things, then, let each be mindful of that place, that niche, that purport each is to fill, and FILL that with ALL of the power, might, strength, that lies within that body! So cooperate with other individuals, working in their individual capacities, that the whole purport may be as one, even as the Father and I are one in you. I speak not of myself, but that ye may know the truth, even as delivered in the day when I walked among men and became known as the Son of Man, and the saviour of a beknighted race. Here, my brethren, ye are come again to fulfill, in this place, a glorious principle, a glorious article of work among the sons of man. Let each, then, in that power that may be gained in that association of the forces as manifest through each, become one in purpose.

5. Ready for propositions.

6. (Q) It has been suggested that the president of the Association of National Investigators, Inc., present at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees of that body, a short article incorporating therein his views of the primary aims of the Association his views of attainment thereof. Realizing that many of the Trustees have not the same ideas as to the primary purport of the Association, we would ask now if the above presentation of President Blumenthal’s understanding of the Association’s primary purport would be proper and helpful at this time. (A) It would.

7. (Q) The Board of Governors is to be in executive session every third Tuesday of each month. Any suggestions for the betterment of the functioning or executive management of the organization shall be referred in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. David E. Kahn, at his office, 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. (A) Correct. This should be done.

8. (Q) All trustees and chairmen of various committees will be expected to send communications pertaining to the executives’ management of the Association or any of its branches. (A) They should, if they have anything to report.

9. (Q) The Board of Governors recommends:- 1. The creation of an office, the title to be Director of Readings. This director of Readings shall hold office until the next regular election of officers, at which time the office becomes elective, as all other officials of the organization. (A) Dependent upon that which is signified as “Director of Readings”. This well to be considered, as others.

10. (Q) The duties of the Director of Readings shall be the conducting of all readings. However, in exceptional cases other members of the Board of Trustees may take readings, providing they first obtain consent of the Director of Readings. (A) Best to obtain consent of that from whom the readings would be obtained!

11. (Q) That Mrs. Gertrude Cayce be appointed to this position of Director of Readings with a salary of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month beginning July 1, 1929. (A) Very good.

12. (Q) That all readings taken by the Director of Readings be filed by the Assistant Secretary [GD] of the Association, who shall have charge of same and be custodian of the files of the Association of National Investigators, Inc. (A) Impossible under the present directions. This must be ordered to meet the conditions under which things are operating at the present time. [GD’s note: The Cayce Hospital sec’ty had charge of all copies filed in her office under LS.]

13. (Q) Only authorized individuals shall be permitted to apply to the secretary for permission to take readings from the files, or to have copies of same sent to them; which permission must first be obtained by such an authorized individual from the secretary of the Association before such a request can be granted by the assistant secretary. (A) Conform to that as has been given, as such corrections must be made under the present conditions of operations, and as that is set forth. Then correct. [GD’s note: Two sets of files; one in EC’s office, one in Cayce Hospital office.]

14. (Q) Who should have charge of the files? (A) This may be operated in more than one way and manner. As at present the datastician is in charge of all files [the Cayce Hospital].

15. (Q) Only officers and trustees of the Association shall be considered as authorized individuals, who may secure readings from files other than their own readings. Where and when the secretary deems best, permission from the owner of a reading shall be obtained before permission is granted an authorized individual to obtain possession of, or read, a reading. (A) This, in its intent correct. In that as is under the present classifications of such, would seem ambiguous - but made correct with the conditions under which the Association is studying data for classification, would be made proper.

16. (Q) The owner of said reading shall be the one upon whose request the reading was made. (A) This conforming to same condition as has been outlined.

17. (Q) The Association of National Investigators, Inc., retains the right to use the information for all research purposes. (A) Correct.

18. (Q) There shall be at least one duplicate reading transcribed and kept in the files of the Association at Virginia Beach, at its main office, and there shall also be a copy in the hospital. (A) Correct.

19. (Q) The secretary shall have the right to deny without comment or explanation the request of an authorized individual to secure readings from files, other than his or her own. Should the secretary deem it inadvisable to grant the request of an authorized individual to secure a reading or readings from files of the Association, then the individual may, at the next regular meeting of the Association’s Board of Trustees, submit his request to that body, which body shall then and there act on it. The majority vote of the entire Board shall be deemed final determination, either yes or no, of the individual’s request. (A) Correct, when made to conform to the powers created as to the custodian, in the division. In the division, as seen, two custodians must be made.

20. (Q) When the owner of a reading gives consent to an authorized individual to take the owner’s reading from the files for reference, and so instructs the secretary, then the latter shall tender the reading, or copy thereof, to the applicant for same. All readings taken from files must be returned and the Board recommends that duplicate readings be furnished rather than the one already filed. (A) Then they should be paid for same. This should be made a portion of it!

21. (Q) The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, as an individual, without special permission shall have access at all times to all records of the Association, including the readings, regardless of their nature or kind. (A) Correct.

22. (Q) All readings at the hospital shall be in complete charge of the Chief of Staff, or his secretary or designated assistant. The secretary to the Chief of Staff shall be custodian of all the files of the hospital, and shall receive her instructions direct from the Chief of Staff in reference to the handling of these files at all times. (A) This would come rather under the supervision of the datastician. While, to be sure, those - while in charge of the secretary to the Chief of Staff shall be kept inviolate, all of records left, or while in that charge.

23. (Q) All readings issued from the files of the Association or from the hospital files shall be returned to custodian thereof. At no time shall these readings be left indiscriminately about to be read by unauthorized individuals. (A) This should be EMPHATIC!

24. (Q) All information given in personal readings of any nature whatsoever shall be considered strictly confidential. Any employee of the Association or hospital revealing information contained in readings, or other information that may be deemed personal to the owner of the reading, shall be considered to have committed an act against the best interests of the Association, and the infringement shall be referred to the Board of Governors for action. (A) CORRECT!

25. (Q) The Conduct Of The Hospital. Regarding the management of the hospital, it is recommended:- 1. That the physician designated by the Board of Trustees as Chief of Staff have complete jurisdiction over employees of the hospital, members of his staff, and those matters pertaining to the health and welfare of the patients, in the hospital. The Chief of Staff with the approval of the Board of Governors may select assistants to carry out the functions of his office. (A) Correct.

26. (Q) The matron shall be selected by the Chief of Staff and shall have complete charge of all domestic servants and be responsible for their conduct and the proper care of the building and premises, exclusive of the grounds of the hospital building. All repairs and upkeep in the hospital building shall be under the direction of the Chief of Staff. The matron in charge shall be responsible for all general conditions and the comfort and welfare of the patients. (A) Right.

27. (Q) Any complaints as to the management of the hospital shall be registered with the secretary of the hospital, who in turn will refer same to the Chief of Staff, with a copy to the matron, who shall then give their personal attention to the matter. (A) Red tape!

28. (Q) All salaries of the employees and executives of the hospital shall be paid by check. The check shall be drawn upon presentation of a voucher signed by the Chief of Staff, or the matron, to the secretary of the hospital, and the secretary will then issue a check to the amount authorized by the voucher. The checks will then go to the auditor for proper entry, final checking, and will then be signed by him. Two signatures will be necessary for the payment of all checks. The name of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall appear on the left hand end of the check. This signature can be applied to an entire book of checks at one time, but the check is not payable unless authorized to be paid, without the two signatures written or the word “auditor” printed, and over the printed word “Secretary.” A report will be made monthly to the Chairman of the Finance Committee as to the expenditures for the month, with vouchers attached and a budget for the ensuing month. The Chairman of this committee shall then endeavor to send sufficient money to cover the requirements of these two matters. (A) Very good.

29. (Q) A petty cash fund of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be maintained at all times by the secretary of the hospital for the disbursement of daily purchases by the Chief of Staff or the matron. (A) Very good.

30. (Q) The secretary-treasurer of the Association is authorized to spend moneys necessary for the routine operation of the Association in general, and for the salaries of all officials not connected with the hospital. Where any expenditure is exceptional to this usual routine or does not come under the head of necessary general expense for the routine running of the Association, and where such an expenditure exceeds the amount of one hundred dollars (100.00), special authorization shall be obtained from the Finance Committee. A bond shall be obtained for the auditor of the Association as the usual and customary business procedure, to the amount of one thousand dollars (1000.00). (A) Very good.

31. (Q) The grounds, exterior of the buildings, and new improvements, will be directly under the personal supervision of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, under authorization of the Board of Trustees. (A) Very good.

32. (Q) All leaves of absence and vacations of active officials of the Association or employees shall be arranged by the executive head of the department and submitted to the Board of Governors at least two weeks in advance of the beginning of the vacation, in order that proper notice may be given all members. (A) Very good.

33. (Q) Publicity:- 1. The year book is referred to the Educational Committee and a special report from Dr. Brown and his associates is requested. (A) Very good. Committee should be composed of at least three.

34. (Q) Who would be suggested as the third member? At present it is Brown and Blumenthal - (A) And Bradley.

35. (Q) All publications of any sort shall be referred to the Chairman of the Educational Committee, who will in turn make his report to the Board of Governors for their action. (A) Very good. Brown chairman.

36. (Q) Any educational program, or matter pertaining to a school or the establishment of an educational center will be referred to the Educational Committee for its consideration? (A) Correct.

37. (Q) An editor should be appointed for all publications of the Association, whose duty it will be to properly edit and supervise such publications, including the year book. (A) Good.

38. (Q) Thomas J. Sugrue is recommended for the position as editor, for a period of one year, from July 1, 1929, to July 1, 1930, at a salary to be determined later. At the end of his one year appointment, if he has met with the approval of the Board of Trustees, he shall be permanently appointed to the position of editor. (A) Very good. Efficient.

39. (Q) It is further recommended that:- 1. The history of all patients be taken immediately on entrance to the Cayce hospital, incorporating all information obtainable as to patient’s condition, previous treatment and previous doctors’ or hospitals’ diagnosis, conditions, and recommendations, and every detail pertinent to the ailment and general condition of the patient. As far as possible a full and complete history of the case to date shall be obtained. (A) Correct.

40. (Q) That a card be printed with the rules and regulations of all patients or guests entering the hospital as to their conduct, hours of meals, opening and closing of hospital doors, payments per week, extra meals, week-end rates and such other information as the patient should know before entering the hospital. (A) CORRECT!

41. (Q) Linden Shroyer be appointed auditor of the Association until the next regular election of the officials of the Association. (A) Not in keeping with some of the other things that’s given! That very good.

42. (Q) What further suggestions as to rules of hospital or for better functioning of Association of National Investigators? (A) Do THESE, and then we can get some more!

43. (Q) Is the Doctor the one to make the rules regarding the patients - the printed card of rules? (A) Hospital Committee!

44. (Q) Should another auditor be employed other than Linden Shroyer? (A) Why?

45. (Q) What is meant by “not being in keeping”? (A) Here you are filling a job for an individual, when that same individual has been set out or designated for other conditions! yet these may be made one - but make them conform one with another! There has been set forth that Linden Shroyer has been designated for a special work, and to assist occasionally in other ends. Now its setting out for something else to be undertaken by this body, which will require at least half his time! and the other won’t be as quickly accomplished, with all of this!

46. (Q) Should Gladys Davis do this, under his direction? (A) If she remains at the hospital! This is the hospital, not the Association directions, that’s being concerned. Just make these conform with each other! Not have the body employed for one position, then employ him for another! Combine the two! Make them conform! That’s what is given!

47. (Q) Any other advice as to the proper management of the various departments of the Association? (A) There are many conditions that are connected, or with the Association, that are not considered altogether in the report as is given here. These, however, should come under their proper classification as were outlined in the first from the report of the various committees in their functioning, as they function and report to, as they do function - and if they don’t function, fire ‘em! As they function in their various connections and associations, and report to the Board of Governors, THEN we have action. These are very good.

48. (Q) Give advice how [165] and [900] should work together on the Educational Committee. (A) There’ll be no trouble with these working together when once the purposes of each are understood by the other. Remember those associations and connections as have been in the purport and the life of each entity, and there will be seen that the purport is ONE in each, and their approach is only different.

49. (Q) Is our Educational Campaign being carried on efficiently, and properly? (A) Being carried on efficiently. Wouldn’t be any use of the Educational Committee if it was wholly properly, but these will, as we find, FUNCTION in the proper way and manner when once these have gotten together on the action of the association in this direction.

50. (Q) Would it be well to go into the school of Professor Greene, that will begin in the fall at Va. Beach? (A) This opens, of course, another condition. Here we find conditions as are at at-variance to some of the purposes of Association. The purport of the school should be studied by the Association and the Educational Committee and assistance lended, or aid given, and these work together in MANY ways as will come about, and IN THIS way may there a better understanding come of “what its all about” - see?

51. (Q) Two custodians should have charge of the files - (A) Two custodians, as has been suggested and as given, see?

52. (Q) What should be done regarding old readings, or the first readings? (A) Let that as has been given of old be an ensample. That which was gotten of old was gotten for our understanding. That which is anew in our heart and purpose, let that be set forth as the beginning of it, as set forth in how that these shall be kept.

53. (Q) Then copies of readings taken since the Association was formed should be copied? (A) Should be kept as they are at present, see? That is - now we find these conditions exist: Only those of physical readings are sent to the hospital, in the care of the one in charge of same, for study, for data to be gathered on same, see? Then eventually turned over to the one in charge, or datastician. Copies ALSO of all OTHER readings should be turned over to the datastician, beginning from the activity of the custodian or the datastician; not old ones.

54. We are through for the present.

Copy to Datastician ” ” Ass’n office ” ” [900] ” ” [165] ” ” [195] ” ” [137] ” ” [257] ” ” [341]

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 1927 CHARTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL INVESTIGATORS List of A.N.I. Officers and Trustees:

OFFICERS

Morton H. Blumenthal - President Thomas B. Brown - First Vice President Edwin D. Blumenthal - Vice President M. B. Wyrick - Vice President Hugh Lynn Cayce - Vice President David E. Kahn - Vice President F. A. Van Patten - Vice President Edgar Cayce - Secretary & Treasurer Gladys Davis - Assistant Secretary

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

F. F. Bradley David E. Kahn Edwin D. Blumenthal

TRUSTEES

Edgar Cayce - Chairman of Board of Trustees

Morton H. Blumenthal, New York, N.Y. M. B. Wyrick, Chicago, Ill. Thomas B. Brown, Dayton, Ohio Edwin D. Blumenthal, New York, N.Y. Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia Beach, Va. David E. Kahn, New York, N.Y. F. A. Van Patten, Virginia Beach, Va. Edgar Cayce, Virginia Beach, Va. Gladys Davis, Virginia Beach, Va. Gertrude Evans Cayce, Virginia Beach, Va. Franklin F. Bradley, Chicago, Ill. Lucille Kahn, New York, N.Y. Adeline Levy Blumenthal, New York, N.Y.

R2. 7/14/29 See 195-14, Par. R50 giving Historical Data and past life karmic connections of Tim Brown with others on the Board of ANI, etc.

R3. 7/16/29 See 137-121, Par. R1 giving EDB’s karmic connections.

R4. 8/5/29 EDB’s ltr. to EC:

BLUMENTHAL BROTHERS Members of the New York Stock Exchange 71 Broadway New York City

Mr. Edgar Cayce, 115 - 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Edgar:-

Enclosed please find check in the amount of 700 which please credit to the account of [[A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment)|the Association]]. This check is from Morton, Tim and myself, as the result of a small trade we made the other day, the profits which amounted to 700.

We informally held a meeting of the Finance Committee, and it is our opinion that two budgets should be made up and separately cared for, namely, one for the hospital and one for other departments of the Association, and that each month both budgets should be applied in itemized fashion to the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Morton has told me that he has already asked Dr. House to make up such a budget, and unfortunately has lost such a budget that House furnished him. Will you please ask Dr. House, or Mr. Shroyer, who made up the budget, to send me another copy of same.

We believe that Dr. House’s salary should come under the heading of hospital budget. We desire to know how much House estimates it will cost to run the hospital on a basis such that it will furnish efficient and proper service to patients, providing that the hospital is half full. We would like also, to have your budget provide us with information as to just how much overhead it will take to run the departments of the Association, exclusive of maintenance of the the hospital and salaries concerned with the hospital. Please be sure that the hospital budget includes all the salaries that have to do with the hospital. Linden Shroyer and Sugrue are not included in the hospital budget.

We note that the estimate of unpaid bills for August amounts to 7852.00, and that this includes the water connection, etc. We assume that this amount will complete all payments of back bills, and that for the month of September there will be nothing to pay except the overhead of the Association. Is this exactly correct, or will there be any more back bills to pay in the month of September? If all of our back bills are paid, then there should be no more than the overhead of the Association to pay according to the 100 rule passed at our last Board meeting, and we should be able to proceed on this basis. We believe that the greatest necessity at the moment is to turn our attention to the hospital, giving as much as we can to bettering the efficiency and service in that department, and curtail any new expenditures or enterprises in any other department.

It is a source of gratification to all of us to know that the hospital is functioning as a unit for good, and it is also a great pleasure to look forward to its greater development. We realize and understand the part you have played in this development, and congratulate you on same.

Thanking you kindly, and looking forward to seeing you or hearing from you in the near future, I remain

Sincerely yours, [signed] Eddie [EDB:MS]

P.S. Thanks for the Goldburg reading [5611-1], I believe you will hear from them. Eddie

R5. 8/5/29 EC’s ltr. to Edwin Blumenthal - of course before receiving EDB’s of same date -

Dear Eddie:

Regarding the Cavalier Hotel Stock, Mr. Hough turned in two shares, which carries with it one share of Common. I suppose you have already written about this, so you have an idea of what it is worth. There was a piece in the local paper concerning the earnings of the corporation. I thought you would like to see it, so I am enclosing same herewith.

I feel that we got a pretty good start in the right direction at our last meeting. I hope we can soon get the water situation cleared up, so that we will not have any more trouble in that direction. We have been waiting on the permit for the laying of the pipe line and now I understand from Van Patten that we may be able to change this entirely, were you all to purchase the block that Morton and Tim were considering while they were here; that is, this block - purchased from Masury [GD’s note 10/13/83: Dr. Masury who owned the Masury Mansion on Crystal Lake, which building is still standing at 515 Wilder Drive, at the foot of 52nd St., just around the corner from Hugh Lynn and Sally Cayce’s house at 413-53rd St.] - carries with it the distinct understanding that the purchaser or owner can connect with the Masury main without recourse or charge. It would necessitate the owner putting in a line immediately, which would require a six inch main to the property. Then the hospital could connect with that and have a saving of a great deal of money, as it comes out of the same source. Even though it holds us up a few weeks in getting our connection at the hospital, possibly it will be worth considering. Be sure and let me know what you think about this, for the men who have bid on the laying of the pipe are anxious to know what is to be done. These same men might be employed to lay the other main, if it is decided to be done that way.

Sincerely, EC [EC:GD]

R6. 8/6/29 MHB’s ltr. to EC:

BLUMENTHAL BROTHERS Members of the New York Stock Exchange 61 Broadway New York City Mr. Edgar Cayce, 115 - 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va.

Dear Edgar:-

In a previous communication I wrote you that I had lost Shroyer’s estimate of what it would cost to run the hospital. Please be advised that I have found this estimate, and it is, therefore, unnecessary to have you make up another to send to me.

According to that necessary for the month of August, the hospital will require $2265.49. Of course, applied against this should be what the hospital takes in from patients. That taken in from readings should not be applied against this. The hospital budget should be separate, according to Edwin and Tim’s idea, and I agree with them, and should include the following:

all hospital salaries all hospital expense,

but in addition to the expenses listed by Shroyer, the hospital grounds should also be included in the hospital expense. This latter, however, should all be paid off, according to your last statement, and aside from a man to keep same up, should not be an item of any amount in the future, as we understand it. Now, while the hospital will need 2265.49, according to the estimated budget furnished by Dr. House and Shroyer, against this should be credited income from the hospital that should be left with the hospital to pay this 2265.49. No such income should be otherwise used in our opinion. Then, after the income subtracted from the above estimated amount, we will have to make up the deficit until such time as the hospital is self sustained.

I am enclosing to you a copy of the estimate made up by Dr. House and Shroyer, and would ask you to add to this what it will cost us to maintain the hospital ground, and also estimate what we may anticipate taking in, in the way of fees from patients. Then we may know about how much must be appropriated to make up the deficit. I would also ask you to submit to me yours and Tom Sugrue’s idea of the amount it will cost to print pamphlets, embracing the purpose of our Association, to print the Quarterly and to print the Annual, adding on any other such incidentals as come under the head of the circulars, or that might come under the head of Education. Finally, then, I would like you to send me an estimate of what, in your opinion, will be the monthly cost to run the Secretary’s office of the Association. This latter includes your salary, Gertrude’s salary, and all expenses pertaining to the giving of readings. Applied against the latter, should be the fees taken in for membership and for readings. We would like your estimate of about how much is usually taken in, that we may know how much of a deficit will necessarily have to be made up.

Under the head of Educational Budget, should come the datastician’s salary, Sugrue’s salary of $50 per month, and any expense concerned with their work. The Association budget itself, concerns itself merely with providing readings, the educational budget with anything concerning literature, lectures, statistician and datastician work, and the hospital budget with anything pertaining to the hospital, its maintenance and its overhead, including its ground. Paying off on the hospital building, and paying the insurance should be included in the Association budget, as that has nothing to do with education or the hospital.

If you will have Shroyer, in cooperation with yourself, Sugrue and Dr. House, make up these three budgets, remembering to estimate about what may be expected to balance off requirements for the hospital in the way the patients’ fees, and what may be expected to be deducted from requirements from the Association budget in the way of membership, its dues and payments for readings, we will know about how much to allot each one of these budgets each month, and we would appreciate if you would keep each one of the three separate, providing so much money for education, so much for the hospital and and so much for the Association in general, and we believe three separate bank accounts should be opened in this respect. We are only waiting to get these sticking back bills paid off and get cleaned up, in order to start a system by which Dr. House will know how much he is to spend, Sugrue and Shroyer will know about how much they may spend and you will know how much surplus there is to spend in that department.

I think you will agree with us, that this is the only systematic and orderly way to conduct the business of the Association, and it appeals to us a great deal more to appropriate so much for one and so much for the other, and know that that systematic manner is being used in the expenditure of funds, rather than just haphazard payment here and there. I believe it is our idea that all other accounts be closed except these three, namely, the hospital account, for which we will provide a budget, the educational account for which we will provide a budget, and the general Association account, for which we will also provide a budget. Will you kindly try and have House and Shroyer and Sugrue cooperate with us, to furnish us with these three specific estimates, that the work in each department may progress, and that the needs for one shall not conflict with the needs for the others. Personally, I think it an excellent idea, and although I am not any longer a member of the Finance Committee, I personally thought this idea of Eddie and Tim’s, very good.

For the moment, the Association budget will be stinted a bit in order that the Educational may be launched, and that the hospital service and efficiency may be enhanced, which both Tim and I well know, as do you, is necessary, and we are going to do all at our end that it is possible for us to do, to obtain in the hospital the best and most efficient service.

Personally, I believe if we are going to have a night nurse, a general woman is not what we want, but for the world, I would not interfere. If we are going to have a night nurse, let us have the best there is, and if we are going to have a dietician, let us have the best that your market affords, and if we are going to have a cook, let us get the best in the community, even though it costs a few dollars more, and even if we sacrifice buying some property that we otherwise would. My idea is to make that hospital the standard of hospitals in the State of Virginia, and I intend to write Dr. House after these budgets are submitted, and if necessary, will personally provide the means whereby he need not skimp when it comes to furnishings patients with the best money will buy. There are some things that can be skimped, but that is one thing upon which so much depends, particularly at this time in our development, that it is pennywise and pound foolish to try to save where sick people are totally responsible upon our care.

While I agree with Eddie and Tim, that a policy of economy is absolutely essential, in order that we not get over our head and sink entirely, nevertheless, the hospital now receiving patients depended upon our care must provide those patients with everything that medical attention, efficiency and service may provide, and having said “A”, we must, in this department, at least say “B”, even if all plans for further expansion in any of our departments be, for the time being, curtailed.

I would like Dr. House to know, that if he will be faithful and give himself to the utmost, we will provide every means for him to secure the best assistants, help, and servants that money can buy, and I intend to write him to this effect tomorrow. I am sure you agree with me in this matter.

Nothing will stand in our way of providing the hospital with the best nurses, cooks, orderlies and help, so far as we, at our end, are concerned. Now, then, that we are practically giving House a free hand to build the best hospital in the State of Virginia, regardless of expense, let us see what he can do.

Very sincerely yours, [signed] Morton Blumenthal [MHB:MS]

P.S. We think, as do you, that all moneys should go through secretary & treasure’s office - i.e. through you, but that you should see to it that expenditures are made according to the 3 budgets provided by the Committee & that you will, if you see fit skimp hard on one end to bolster the weak end, keeping us advised as to where we appropriate too much & where too little. We want House to understand that he may have all the money necessary to buy the BEST MEATS, vegetables, the VERY BEST food, the best cook in the state, the BEST nurses, assistants and servants, such that in system, service & efficiency our hospital is & will be the BEST in the state. If it isn’t it will be his fault, not our’s who will provide the means.

[signed] Morton

P.P.S. Advise holding of water to see if our deal for property goes through. Will know Sept. 1. I sent Ashburn check for $1000 on it.

R7. 8/24/29 See 900-450, Par. 9-A—16-A, re. Cayce Hospital Management.

R8. 9/23/29 See Ck. Physical Rdg. 2682-2, Par. 2, for Cayce Hospital patient, advising against idea presented of seeking information for patients in a group rather than as individuals.

Background

Background

B1. See 254-49 with Reports.

Mentioned Entities

A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Morton Blumenthal, New York City, Virginia Beach, Thomas Sugrue, Purpose, Cayce Hospital, David Kahn, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Ideal, King David, Chicago, Karma, Book of Job, Dayton Ohio, Ohio

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 254-50, ReadingID 1188.