This is the retyped text of a letter from the mayor of
Santa Barbara California offered at my request which I
carried and delivered to the World Peace March in 1982
in May when it reached Washington DC on the way to UN.
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City of Santa Barbara
Sheila A. Lodge
Mayor
City Hall
De La Guerra Plaza
P.O. Drawer P-P
Santa Barbara, California 93102
Telephone (805) 963-0611 Ext. 201
May 10, 1982
Reverend Gyoten Yoshida:
May I congratulate you on your arrival in Washington, D.C.
after the journey walking all the way from Los Angeles for
Nuclear disarmament in support of the United Nations Special
Session on Disarmament to be held at your destination in New
York on June 7 - July 9, 1982. I extend my thanks to Santa
Barbaran Mary Jane Bagwell for her efforts in taking you all
across the continent safely.
I understand that the founder of your Nipponzan Myohoji order,
the most venerable Nichidatsu Fujii, will be heading a one
thousand member Japanese delegation to this U.N. assembly
and that he may be coming to Santa Barbara in the last week
of June to inspect a Peace Pagoda site here.
If this visit does occur, I will be honored to present the
most venerable Fujii with a certificate of recognition
for his lifelong activities for the cause of peace.
Sincerely,
[signed]
Sheila Lodge
Mayor
SL/pj
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