{"value"=>"<p>Talcott Williams, Chairman. The committee was responsible for planning the objectives, extent, form, and content of the national progress survey. The correspondence of Ralph Easley and Talcott Williams is with union officials, welfare workers, teachers, businessmen, clergymen, political figures, and others regarding questions to be included in the various survey questionnaires. Among the correspondents were Henry W. Farnham, Samuel Gompers, Martin H. Glynn, Charles G. Haines, Jeremiah W. Jenks, James M. Lynch, Samuel Mather, David J. Tobin, Booker T. Washington, and Maude Wetmore.</p>"}