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(COPY) O rig . at)-3-Stockholders Copy ^/80-General 168-6 -U .P .S ta g e-S to ck • UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Omaha, Nebraska, October 30, 1928. Mr. A. S. H alsted, General S o l i c i t o r , Los A n geles, C a lifo r n ia . Dear S ir : I am en clo sin g herew ith proxy o f the Los Angeles & S a lt Lake R ailroad Company in fa v o r o f y o u r s e lf, F. E. P e t t i t , J r ., and F. H. Knickerbocker, to vote on b e h a lf o f the company’ s holdings in the c a p ita l stock o f the Union P a c ific Stage Company, and proxy in fa vo r o f y o u r s e lf and C. C. Barry as to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, meetings o f which w i l l be held in Los Angeles, on November 1 2 , n ext. No changes need be made in the o f f i c i a l personnel or d ir e c to r a te o f the Union P a c ific Stage Company. The o ffic e s o f President# D ire c to r and Chairman o f the E xecutive Committee o f the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, h e re to fo re held by Mr. C alvin , should be tra n sferred to me. Mr. C a lv in ’ s re s ig n a tio n , dated October 3, is h ereto attached. I t is d e s ira b le th at a Vice Presiden t o f Las Vegas Land and Water Company be located in Los A n geles, so th at when author­iz e d to do so he may execute con tracts or papers regarding which th ere may be an im perative need fo r ex p ed itio n and where d elay should be avoided. I t is th e r e fo r e d esired that Mr. Knickerbocker be e le c te d a V ice P re s id e n t, in a d d itio n to Mr. Bracken, whose s itu a tio n as V ice Presiden t w i l l not be changed.