BRITISH PSYCHO‑ANALYTICAL SOCIETY

                              27 February 1925  London W1

Dear Professor,

Many thanks for your letter.  It is splendid news to hear that you are seriously thinking of coming to the Congress.  Of course, no one could expect you to listen to the papers.  I think that you and I held a record at both the Hague and Berlin Congresses as being the only ones to listen to every paper, but neither of us is masochistic enough to wish to repeat the experience!

You will have received the Swiss correspondence I forwarded.  Of course, I entirely approve of Abraham's actions in the matter and think he is to be highly commended for his combination of tact and firmness. «FN1.××Refers to deliberations with the Swiss Society which wanted the next Congress to be held in Switzerland.  The 9th Congress of the International Psychoanalytic Association would be held in Bad Homburg, 3‑5 September 1925.»

You are right in correcting me in the matter of Miss Newton. «FN1.××Caroline Newton (1883‑1975), a wealthy American from Daylesford, Berwick, Pa., presented a paper, "Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die soziale Fürsorge," before the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society on 27 February 1924 and was subsequently elected a member, see «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», 10(1924):244 and «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 5(1924):510.  She was also the translator of Ferenczi and Rank (1924).

»  The Rule I was thinking of was formulated by yourself at the Hague to the following effect; "Election to membership of a foreign group shall be subject to the consent of the Central Executive". «FN1.××The rule in question is documented in «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», 6(1920):388 and «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 1(1920):209.

»  It is doubtful whether my conception of it necessarily follows, though perhaps it does.  It would appear doubtful whether Miss Newton's election in Vienna is legal.  At all events, some fuller exposition of such questions should be considered at the next Congress.

I note your remark about the Zeitschrift title‑page.  It is difficult to keep up‑to‑date with the New York changes which are so frequent.  I did not know that Stern was President, for the last I heard was from Brill that he was debating whether he would accept the Presidency. «FN1.××Adolf Stern was President of the New York Society in 1924, having succeeded Horace Frink who had been President since January 1923.

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With cordial greetings,  Yours always,  [Ernest Jones]«FN1.××Not Jones's signature, but signed "Ernest Jones" and initialed by secretary.»