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From: LAWSON
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JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90065

March 12, 1967.

Dear Gertrude:

It seems

that

we allow much too much

time

to pass between letters. By the time I get around

to writing you and Stefan, a

find I have forgotten

many of the things I wanted to say,

and regret that I

have not made notes of them

from

one moment to another.

We spent a day down

at Laguna Hills with

Herb and Ann Morais,.

and of course we talked of you, and

they sent their cordial greetings.

I want especially to mention a book

abont-which you_have.had.some_correspondence.with the

author, Ethel Bartolini: She is sinding you a copy,

and I trust you will give it (as i am sure you will)

your generous attention. The book, AND MY HEART wAS

AT HOME, a fictionialized, semi-documentary account of

the lites of people who faced the bitter struggle

against deportation. These stories of the foreign-born,

and of the remarkable work of the Committee for their

defense have a warmth and honesty which stems from

the feeling which went into the book.

response from working people- not only those who

were related to this experience, but in general people

who do not take much interest.

in "literature" have found

something that touches and moves them- and•I imagine

this would be true

countries. She has some remarkable letters of the sort)

Sue and I are well,

and both of us are

I received an invitation from the film pm

association m

in Moscow to come to the cinema celebra-

tion of the fiftyeth anniversary, but it

is not at all

possible for us to so abroad now or in the foreseeable

As I have noted in previous letters

I am concentrating (along with many incidental

and time-

consuming fasks) 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

•face the Social-political issues.

because the account of

the cultural meaning of what is

called "Commitment" and

how it affects the arts is the core

matters,

opinion, on which there is wonderfui

confusion.

I wish only that we could sit down with you

and

Stefan and really talk about these things.

nice to imagine,

and sad that it cannot be realized.

Joins in love to you both, ch

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