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16 Ma.¥ l955 

Mr. Stuart Bed.den 

.l'ev Kil1'ord., Connecticut 

l>ear Stuarts 

l do not knov whether you ever received a repl¥ to your veey nice 

letter ot ll April, eent to me at George Washington Uni.varsity BospitalJ 

~ even it there vaa an acknovle~nt, it was probably a very brief 

cne written by Elizabeth .. 

I don 1 t know what ahe told :you about ~ illness but 'When )'OU eqthat l we.a "cona:lgned to a. rut cure in a W'aahington hospital. n I get 

the impression that perhapa YoU think that ll\Y' illnesa we..a brought on 

by overwork ot a mental character. I hasten to eliminate that impresa1on, because I do not think that '16'J' coronary occlusion 1• to be attributed to such a eauseJ 1t probably goea back a long waya 1n m:f' hiatory. It 

i• intereatillg to recall that arter ~ World War I eervice I t'a.i.led in a. 

-41cal. emm1nat1on given me by• couple o:t Ar'/1q Doctors at Camp Grant, 

when I bad been urged to •"ta.1' in the Arm:¥ and mlte a careex- of' being an 

o:tticer in the- Signal Corpe. ~Y reJected me ~or wbat they mid 'W'e,8. a 

:tunct1onal. coronary dieee.se but it mu.at have been very •li&ht 1 ~or I 

seera to have acne on eo JlllU)y years thereaf'ter W'ithout apparently anydittieulty. 

Aeyhow, you will, I am au.re, be glad. to learn that I am home nov and 

have been out ot the boapital about tvo -weeks. I am permitted to get 

dressed ... of la&t Tu.ea&q but am atlll cont°ined to the second floor. We 

like tbe house eo JlalCh that we couldn't give it up anCI. 4ecided rather to 

apend eome -=may on inatallill& a amll elevator in the back •t&ircaae well. 

The carpentry work bas been completed tor the .aba:rt but we are •till a.waiting arrival or tbe elevator cage. l hope it comes vithin a~ ar two now, 

because 1t 1• a. very eer1ous burden on IU.isabeth to ao up and down the 

trant sta1l"case so of'ten. 

I do not knov whether 1w. lmow about the atatus ot 'Zfl3' private bill, 

#0 that the •ncl.osed clipping f'rom the Wuhi»gton Post will probably be 

or interest to ycm. (I would 11.ke to have it returned, please-.) 11he 

bill ia nov bet'ore the Subcomittee on Patent• or the Senate .Judiciary Comittee. The composition ot the SubCODlllittee i•l ot~ (Wyoming) 

Chairmans 01in Johneton (South Carolina) and Wiley (Wiaconain). My Coun8el. 

bas appeared 'bef'ore tlMt Clerk ot the Suhcomdttee mid bu given him background inf'or:aation and some d.ocuments which ftre available to the Bouse 

JudiciarY Comittee but 'Which the l&tter app!U"elltly did. not incJ.ude aniong 

'those sen'\; to the Se:oate.. ! u tolA that there 1a llOthi.Dg to b& done except. 

to vait until the Subcomnittee can tind. time to hold a meetin&, 80 we have 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 06-17-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 

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our t"i:agers crossed. As you are well aware,. the pus.age ~ tbe bill by 

the Rouse 1• onl,y the t'irat or eeveral rather high hu.rdlea. I have not 

u yet :ma.de a down ~t on & nev electric razor even.. let alone a 

much-needed n&'ll autoim:>b!le. 

Thank you 'for your :iooat welcome congratulations on our J'olger award. 

The :manuscript 1• now 1n the bands or the Editorial Board or the Cambridge 

University 'hees in England, it having been to~ by their Alaerican 

representative 1n llew York 'With the recoaaendation that it be published .. 

we are bopillg to bear tavora.bl• vord any &q- nov, wt we reallze that 

there will have to be & good deal. of' cutting and tr1l1lllil:Jg bet'ore the 

thing i» really ready 'btt the printing, should va be so fortunate u to 

have the lditorial Doe.rd .agree vi.th the recoamendation ot their lev York 

of'tice. 

I wu very pleased to hear about your DJVements and 'Whereabouts 1n 

the pust -rew JIOJ1ths and am ,clad to kno'..r bow nice a ti.Jlle )'OU and. KabeJ. 

both had on yaur TIU"ious trips. we were t or course, very aorq to l.earn 

about the illnesa which •bel contracted in llex.1co. She aure:cy should 

lN.rn to give -up drinking -water outside'the United Ste.tee and •tick to 

•ither atn.ight whiskey or the local equivalent tbel'eof'. 

OoDgratulations to every~ on the birth ot the new be.by and 

•pecially to ;you. on the aeQ.ui•1tion at a third grandson. 

I will be awful.lT cross llith you it )"OU ahould comt) to Washington 

900ll. an business and tail to leave enough ti. to come by :tor a ohat.• 

l 111U1t to consult you on aometlrl.ng in connection with the private bill. 

I Jll.UJt. not do too much, tJO will bring thia letter to a cJ.ose. With 

reiterated thank.e £or your very nice one to• and .lo9"e to Mabel, I am, 

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WlI.LIAM F. J'.!lIJ:l»CAB