Copy Letter from Mr. W. C. Cuff. Cuff Roberts & Co., 6, Castle Street, Solicitors. LIVERPOOL. 2. 31 Aug 1945 The Chairman & Directors, Everton F. C. Ltd., Goodison Park, LIVERPOOL. 4. Dear Sirs, I am in receipt of your letter of the 29th. inst. together with the enclosure therein mentioned. I have already voiced - and now repeat - my denial of the right of any Director to inspect voting papers placed in the ballot box by Shareholders at the recent Annual General Meeting of the Company; I also question the accuracy of the conclusions at which some of the Directors appear to have arrived as a result of such illegal inspection. That inspection was obviously, and indeed admittedly, made for the sole purpose of ascertaining how I (and probably other Shareholders) voted at such election. This is a gross infringement of the secrecy of the ballot. It is moreover patent that such inspection was actuated by vindictiveness and a desire to wound, and it forges the latest link in a chain of insults which have been levelled at me by certain (so called) colleagues during the past seven years. My forbearance is well nigh exhausted, and unless and until I can be assured of their discontinuance I shall feel reluctantly compelled to absent myself from future meetings of the Board. You state that the marking of certain voting papers seems to require an explanation from me. As you have no right to ask for an explanation, you will not be surprised to learn that your request is ignored. W. C. Gibbins Yours faithfully, (sgd) W. C. Cuff.