Dec. 21, 1949.

Dr, Roger Stanaér,
Dept. Bacteriology,
University of California,
Berkeley 4, Calif.

Dear Rog!:

Aa you must know, Englesberg has written me about coming here during
'50~'51 as a postdoctoral fellow. He gave me very short notice (he needs
my endorsement before Jan. 1), so that I have to consider this very hur-
‘rledly. If we can accomodate him at all, our facilities are so limited
that he will have to work very closely with the rest of our group — we
have no private lab in which he could be insularized. From random talk,

I have the impression that he may be a ldttle bumptious. I would appreciate
it very guch if you could give me your opinion whether it would be best
for both of us for him to work in close proximity for a year. Anything
else that you can tell me that would be relevant would also be appreciated.
It would be best of all, of course, if we could have a personal interview,
but this seems to be out of the question.

Shanks very mich,
> Simeerely,

Joshua Lederta rg