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Answer to Wien 6, Berlin 7.3

Dear Friends:

No news from here.

Professor.

My best thanks for the new edition4 of the Drei Abhandlungen.

Wien.

Enclosed are newspaper cuttings5 from Berlin (I believe sent by Ferenc- zi), and two MS for the J[ournal].

I am sorry I have less enthusiasm than Abraham for the suggested theme for the scientific meeting of the committee, chiefly because there are other ones of a more psa nature about which I should like to learn. My curiosity about telepathy6 is no doubt inhibited by prejudice.

Berlin.

About Frost I know not a word except what was contained in the letter of Pfister, copies of which I circulated. I will write to P. and say that F. has been written to, but, as there is reason to believe, that the letter has gone astray, would it not be good for Liebermann to send Frost a postcard asking if he has received it. At a later stage I hope you will send me your opinion about Pietsch, so that I can inform the Swiss what they are to do.

I think your judgement about the Italian journal is probably right, but I would only remark that I did not have France so much in my mind as French Switzerland7 (which cannot be summed up by the phrase ein Paar junge Leute), which is a matter of importance in itself as well as being the only future avenue of approach to France.

I am grateful for your comments on the B[runswick] Sq[uare] Clinic question, and will read some of your remarks to our society. From facts in my possession, however, I know that Dr H[erford] paints matters in a too rosy light. There have been two distinct objections on our part. 1. The wild analysis that was being spread. This will now improve after the Berlin analyses, though only in part (because of the large number of workers of poor quality). 2. The professional one, that the relation bet- ween medical and lay workers is exact opposite of what it should be, and this will remain so while the director is a lay person (Miss Turner, as- sisted by Miss Sharp). We have to think carefully before we throw the aegis of our prestige over an institution that can do psa more harm than good in the eyes of the outer world. We should be more inclined to do so if the workers there were prepared to make the slightest concession on their part, or even to enter into some contact with us, which so far they have absolutely refused to do.

Wien.

Rank‘s idea of a Centralstelle for literature is excellent and highly impor- tant. I do not know a better available person than Reik, though I doubt if he has sufficient business-like qualities (reliability, thoroughness, exact- ness) to be quite satisfactory.

Jenseits is being translated by Miss Hubback8, the translator of Rank’s

works. She is exceedingly good. The inquiry for children’s material might be sent to Forsyth, Bryan, Mrs Riviere & Miss Low, though it is hardly necessary since I have already announced the matter at a meeting & will do so again.

With cordial greetings to all

Ernest Jones.