United States Railroad Administration, W.G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R.R. letter just received by General Yardmaster Purcell at Scranton, from Mrs. John J. Barrett, mother of Switchman Barrett, who is fighting in France. "Mr. Purcel, please subscribe a $5.0 dollar Bond for John J. Barrett Jr. formerly employed by Lackawanna ... What are you doing to help Mrs. Barrett "send her son over the top?"
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