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670support a special cause without specification, they will leave the use of such fundsa more urgent need to our discretion.Hence, in the course of your negotiations you can present two categoriesof funds requested: 1. General, on trust; 2. special, among which a first classwould be for books and all other publications, printing, and sometimes fordistribution etc., as needed for religious propaganda; a second class, for our―Romans‖; a third class might include special 918 donations to help the poor (thiswould not include the maintenance of our House), etc. With time other suchspecial categories could be set up.A most welcome, result of your financial negotiations would be anagreement that all the people with whom Popiel is in contact regard all of theseofferings as a patriotic and Catholic work; and that they would give theseofferings precedence, over any that might be sent to the parties.They should be encouraged to urge others to give for a cause that is atonce so patriotic and religious.Then, it would be good if, aside from the funds that are not designated, wemight be able to receive some small but regular assistance, so much for a year, orfor a quarter, relative to the donations that are received, whether they are greateror smaller.I mentioned the matter of funds for books and printing. Add that theprinting could be done in Poland, substantially many books dealing with religiousmaterial, prayer books and all books which could be printed for Poland. If thesebooks could be printed in Cracow, Lwów, Poznań. I would be better to have themprinted there. The reasons for this are clear. Meanwhile, here there could bepeople who would dedicate themselves exclusively to this work. Here it is easierto choose among foreign writings on piety.Moreover, what they might send from Poland could be printed here. Butfor this purpose it would be necessary to establish sure means of correspondenceand sending manuscripts. For, even though such relations are not in the area of918 The original has ―specjalność‖, ―specialty‖.