2 June 1932

«FL»Dear Professor,

«IP4,0»I am glad to be able to send you the best news about the response of our members to your appeal.  The strength of their response had only gathered weight in the days that had elapsed since receiving it.  Our special Sub‑Committee discussed the whole matter very thoroughly, both before and after my visit to Berlin.  At a representative meeting held last night the accompanying resolution was passed unanimously.  I am now sending out forms to secure the signed promises of the subscriptions and do not doubt that many members will state a larger sum than the minimum officially agreed on, which is approximately the same sum as that agreed on by the Vienna and Berlin groups.

I am very concerned about both the fact and the form of the new American publishing undertaking, «MDUL»The Psychoanalytic Quarterly«MDNM».«FN1.××See Jones (1957a, pp. 168‑169; 1957b, p. 180).

»  It is in direct competition with the official English‑speaking organ, the «MDUL»JOURNAL«MDNM», and, since we are dependent on American subscriptions, it may even constitute a threat to our existence.  That this should have been done without consultation with me, who has been officially responsible for catering to the English‑speaking public, or without letting me know what was the nature of their dissatisfaction with my efforts, is unfortunate, as is still more the fact that they have the official approval and blessing of the leading authorities in all coutries, including all the other officers of the International Association.  I shall of course have to bring the matter up at the Congress, and should be only too glad if I could find some amicable arrangement.

I hope you are pleased with the special Roheim double number, which is meant to be a worthy memorial both of his work and of the Princess's far‑sighted generosity.«FN1.××Géza Róheim's fieldwork between 1928 and 1931, primarily undertaken in Central Australia, New Guinea, and Arizona, had been financed by Princess George of Greece (Marie Bonaparte, 1882‑1962), and was documented in his "Psycho‑Analysis of Primitive Cultural Types," «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 13(1932):1‑224.

»  All other material had to be postponed, so that you[r] last «MDUL»ZEITSCHRIFT«MDNM» papers are appearing in our July number.  In the meantime this American «MDUL»QUARTERLY«MDNM» has already published one of them, and, before taking this matter up with them, I should be glad to know if it happened with or without your consent.«FN1.××Freud (1931a), trans. E. B. Jackson, «MDUL»Psychoanalytic Quarterly«MDNM», 1(1932):3‑6.  The piece also appeared in «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 13(1932):277‑280, trans. Joan Riviere.

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I have for some time been meaning, as I see you so rarely nowadays, to report to you about the three colleagues you trained and sent to me some ten years ago.  Of the three, there is no doubt that Mr. Strachey proves the most successful.  He is not very enterprising but all his work is very thorough and reliable and his judgement is remarkably balanced and of the greatest value.  Mrs. Riviere has also been extremely useful, both in her advice and in the actual work which you know she has accomplished.  Unfortunately in the last year or two she had shown unmistakable signs of reverting to her earlier troubles; nothing can please her, whatever efforts are made by us all, and I think "«MDUL»difficile«MDNM»" is a very fair word to use in connection with her.  The least satisfactory by far, however, has been poor Rickman.  We had hoped very much of the work he must have done during his three years with Ferenczi, and it has been a great disappointment to realise that this has not been successful.  Ever since his return, in spite of all encouragement and help, he has behaved in the most extraodrinary and negative fashion; I am afraid that the underlying psychosis must be regarded as incurable.

We have a good supply of younger members now making progress or being trained and although there is a poverty in the generation immediately succeeding Dr. Glover, Dr. Payne, and myself, etc., I think that the third generation will prove adequate to its future tasks.  The level of the discussions at our Meetings is consistently high and even my critical spirit sees ample reason for gratification at the work accomplished by the Society.

With my kindest regards and, once more, the best wishes for the success of our latest campaign together,

Believe me,  Yours always,  Ernest Jones«FN1.××The typed copy of this letter has  been preserved in full.  The second last page of the original typed version is signed and underscored by Jones; the last page contains the "P. S."  The first two pages of the original are missing.»

P. S.  This letter was delayed in the posting and in the meantime your kind note has come to hand.  In reply to your question I would advise that the committee in question be a specially selected one, not the official Executive of the Association.  I have in mind men like Sarasin and van Ophuijsen,«FN1.××J. H. W. van Ophuijsen (1882‑1950), b. Sumatra, M. D. 1909 University of Leiden Medical School, did post‑graduate training (1909‑1913) at the Bürgholzli under Bleuler; served as President of the Dutch Psychoanalytic Society between 1927 and 1933, and was a member of Jones's reconstituted Secret Committee; in 1935 he joined the teaching staff at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

» though I wish I could think of a suitable man in Vienna who would be in more immediate contact with the business direction.