ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

May 26, 1947

Mr. Jay Leyda
6227½ De Longpre Avenue
Hollywood 28, California

Dear Jay:

Did you ever get Sylvia's manuscript from Reynal & Hitchcock? I left
it there in January as I promised, but when I telephoned them in
March when I was in New York for a couple of days, I was told that it
was still in the office.

At any rate, I have been meaning to write Sylvia a long letter for a
long time, as I made a number of notes on the manuscript. But my
comments are essentially those that I asked you to relate to her.

During my semester of teaching Creative Writing here at Atlanta
University, I have come across a number of manuscripts of my students
in which they have wonderful material stated clearly but undramatically,
and the full potentialities of the drama in their material is not
realized. That is what I felt about Sylvia's story. However, I shall
very shortly now write her a letter about it.

Unfortunately, all of my lectures had piled up while I was working on
"Street Scene" and had to be postponed to the spring season, so I
have been terrifically busy teaching here four days a week and going
off by plane almost every week-end to speak somewhere. However,
commencement will be very soon now, so I will have some time to attend
to my correspondence.

I am going to Chicago for about ten days when I leave here, but expect
to be in New York around the 20th of June. If you and Sylvia are there
then, I certainly hope that I shall have the pleasure of seeing you.

I send you both all of my good wishes as ever.

LH: wmb