~teasor George &. McCracken 

9T7 Twenty-:tifth Street 

Des Moine•, Iova 

Dear Georges 

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310 Second Street 1 8 .1. 

Washington 3, n.c. 

10 August 1955 

Ye1ter4ay I had a tele»hone call :tram John Coddington, wh1ah I 

Ullderatood w.a generated b;y JOUl' tear tmt au 11 not well vith me since 

:rou 'Te bad no anewer to ycur letter of 26 JUne. However 1 I baa ten to 

uaure you tbat I u ptting alone quite vell and haw ade lots o~ 

progreaa. It would be 1llOl"8 rap1d1 ot coune, i'f w bad eoma better 

weather ao that I could. do mere walktn1 about out-doors, but I b&rdly 

need to tell you tb&t we ha.Ye been hll:d.nc a Jrett7 Hc1 time ~ it th1a 

•ummer 3uat aa no doubt you lave. Your letter bas I0118 UDan&we:red for 

a long time an4 I u.ten4 1Jt1' apoloaie&J 70u vill under1tan4 that the 11eather 

waa perhaps tbe b:lap1t factor in the delay. 

'the news ot interest to )'OU v1ll1 ot course, be that it vu deemed 

beat tbat I :retire from actiw CiTil Se:n1.ce am tbia 'became ettective 

on l August. Rovner 1 thi• d.oea not mean a complete or a'U&!.den. break 

in 1ll:f loug-atand1ng ottic:lal relationship with my ApncyJ I am going to 

continue on a coutraatual. 'ba.Bia which vill enable me to work at hooe at 

'lftY own. pace and on th:bJas which vUl interest me very much. 

I note 1rhat you haft written vith rep.rd to tba Italian archivea 

ana, trankly, the Jl&].eographic d1ftieultiea are what have loomed larle 

in Mrs. Friedman hor1son and this 1ona before you v.rote. But I 414 not 

and •till do not vorey about thi• too auchJ and, moreOYer, at the moment 

we baTe to 'bear in atnd tbat 1 t VS.U be •ometime )'et before I v1ll be 

able to trawl llbroad ap:tn. In tbe meantime 1 »erhapa 1 I can do a bit 

o't at'Uli;ying along nec::e••U'l' l.inee to prepu:e ~elf to become an am.teur 

Ploleographer. 

Your Yery courteous otter to write auitable letters ot 1ntroduot1on 

i• 'ft2:'1' much appreoiated and I hope to take JOU 1Jl> on that., say in about a 

719ar from now. 

Your rwqueat far a copy ot the citation 111 connection v!th Jira. 

Friedman'• honorary dep-ee can not be mt 1'or tlle a!zQl.e reason that 

ahe ~r J:'ece1""4 a C0'/11 of the actual citation •• it vaa presented 

'before the audience at the pw!:uatioo exerci1ea or H1ll84&1e College 

in 1938. I 11ag1ne ttat •be voul4 he1itate to wrtte for 1t nov but 

there 1• no re&•on "Why, if you v11b to do 10, you could not vrite and 

ult, although it la doubtful. whether they baft it in. their file• now. 

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Ot course, there was no seauri t;r :problem at all in her case because 1 tn 

the fl.rat place, •be worked in tbe 'l'reasUl")" Department at that time and,. 

in the aecon4 plaee, there wre no national aecur1ty aapacts 1n'Yolve4. 

Your 1tatement that you vere "uot Q.•ins curious" -.kes • curious v1th 

NIJect. to vbat 1ort ot 1nat1tut1oua 10u ha.Te in 111D4 that might be 

tntere1ted 1n my cue. I think DI)" alma mt.er would he.Te found m worthy 

- but Comell doea not and neTer has conferred any bonora.1'7 deareea .. 

In closing I want t~ tell ;you hov much I appreciated tbe last 'Ja'U&• 

paph ot ;your letter in which you baTe 10me wtey nice 'VOrda to 1ay about 

rq acient1t1c atta1nmnta. r, too, reo1JrOC&te 'by 1&7:lng to yau nov, 

tb&t I have preat admiration tor ;your •chola.rahip and lite:rar7 ability. 

The latter •t&tement zreminda me to tell 70u that a week from. nov 

we l.'N to have a conte>.-ence at our home vlth the lfev York :repreaentatiTe 

of tba Cambrldp Un1wraiey Pft••· We baTe con1i4era'ble eondenee.ticm. to 

4o and I think thaJ' w1l1 :publish our •nU1cript vben w ha.Ye completed 

tbat •ort of revising. 

W1 th rep.rd to the pr:t:wate bill - it JUl!led the Bouse,, aa 70u 

remember, but 1t aot atuck 1n tbe Senate becawse Mr. 0 1Mlhone1, Cbainaan 

ot the eomtttee lavinc the BoWle 'b:lll to e~ider, .1uat couldn't eeem 

to find. the 'time to c.ll a meetinc o~ bi• Ccmmittea. So now all w can do 

!• w.it until ..,n'*'7, when Conare•• reaa1emblea for the aecond ••••ion. 

Bovever, uo nev bUl has to be introduced,, nor 4oe• tba present one lave 

to be reintroduced., .AIJ4 it ~ well be that tbe Comittee v!U hol.4 

meetinc• 4ur113g th1• recess J u •o • and 1t it 1houl4 n»ort :taTOr&bl.7, I 

think tm Senate woul4 p&1• it early 1n J'ebrtm7. Let'• laope aol 

I am returning herewith a nice clS:pp1ng vbich I'm •ure ;yc>\ll" 1'udl.J" 

will want to retain• neu tf 1QU don •t. 

Please vrite me aoon about JOUrselt and hov 10ur 1itera.J'1' pro3ecta 

an com1:na al.Oil&• 

Inal1 

a/a 

111 th veey 'best regal"da to 70u, I am 

stncerel.1', 

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