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		[Meeting of Directors held at Goodison Park,
		January 12th 1915]

Present		All the Directors except Dr. Baxter and Mr. Green.

Minutes		The Minutes of the last two Meetings were read and 
		confirmed.

Football and	The Secretary read a letter from Lord Derby
the War		enclosing a list of persons who had expressed
		their willingness to enlist and requesting him the
		Secretary to mark off the names of such of our
		players thereon in order that instructions might be
		given to the Recruiting Officers not to call upon them
		until after the close of the season.
		That he the Secretary had been able to find the
		name of H. Makepeace only.
		That he had had an interview with the players
		thereon and had pointed out to them the probable
		outburst of antagonistic feeling to the continuance of
		football which would result from the intimation
		in the Press by Lord Derby that only one of our
		players had sent in a postcard.
		That as a result of such interview several of the
		players had asked for and signed postcards and
		that he the Secretary expected the number to be
		increased tomorrow.
		That he had sent a copy of Lord Derby's letter to
		the Liverpool Club and that it appeared that none
		of Liverpool's players had returned their postcards.

Gwladys		The Secretary reported that the purchases of this
Street property	property had been duly completed and that the
		deeds thereof were now in our possession.