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Eat ateemoncta i tine to pass between letters: By the time'I’ get around . “8 to writing you and Stefan,°-% find I have forgotten od, fa. JOHN HOWARD LAWSON - 848 ELYRIA DRIVE 4 “LOS ANGELES, CALIF, 90065 . ; 7 my ss ss  Mereh 12, 1967- = ' o oa "Dear Gertrude: ‘It! séens that: “we waee’ —" too much — I \ ! : | many of the. things IL wanted,to say, and regret that I | _» _ have not, made note’ of them trom - one moment to another, } i - : " i ee ". We spent a day ‘down at’ ‘Laguna Hilis with } : aud Herb “ama Ann Morass; and of course we talked of you, and Hoe : " they ‘sent their cordial greetings. ‘. { i i ; : ea =f ‘wait especially to ‘mention a book. ‘ 7 : about-uhich z6y nove had_sone correspondence with the ..; = a al author, Ethel Bertolini -;-She'is.sénding you a copy, - your genérous attention, The. book, AND MY HEART WAS AT HOME, a fictionialized, sémi-documentary account of the, Lives of people who faced: the bitter struggle a inst deportation. These stories of the foreign-born, and of the remarkable work-of the Committee for’ their defense ,have 2 warmth and’ honesty which stems from the feeling which went pate the book. | | t j fe i :* and I trust you will give it: (as { am sure. you will) aly | i i [. { e ’ | ~ i ~ "Phe book ‘hab received a remarkable response from working: people~- not only those who “; were related ‘to this experience, but,in general veople . who do.not take much interest. in. “Literature” have found) something that touches and moves them-- and I imagine this would be true of this sort of peopie ‘in other ae She ‘hes some remarkable letters of the sort)” + pte r) . working .hard,.’. I received an. “Anvitation from the film ue association hh in Moscow “to come to the cinema celebra- °' vt . tion of the f£iftyeth. anniversary ,. but it is not at all~- ; “ o, * possible for us. 2m Bo abr oad:inow or in the foresceahle H a ee future. . , t Oy i f 43 As I, have noted in prévious letters, ; : : { am concentrating (along with many incidental and time- . : eo 8 consuming yasks) on my autobiography. I finished one ‘ ‘volume running only through the twenties, and received: : : some flattering comments, but I. decided that - the first. - volume had to go through the’ thirties ° in order to ‘face the, Sdcial-volitical issues., because the account of the cultural meaning.of what is called. “Conmitment! ‘and. how it affects the arts is the core of .the book . ‘ matters, in.my opinion, on which there is wondertut : “ confusion.: ; i i I , . ' swe and I are well, ‘and both of us are i Y | I wish only that we’ could sit down with you and Stefan and really talk about these things. It is nice to imagine, and sad that it cannot. be reakized. sue jeing in love to you both, Ogee |, a ay oe ef tors anianeni on ae enti =. rec eee oa i NW#: 45838 Docid: 32339014
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