March 12, 1959

Mr. Walt Kelly
c/o Simon + Schuster
New York, 6.Y.

Dear Mr. Kelly:

One of your admirers (myself) was delighted to read the G.0. Fizzickle
Pogo, which has so much practical wisdom. {§ was especially diverted to
notice (In some early chapters) that Pogo was quite disinterested in'messing
up the moon’ -- | forget now (having had to part with my own copy), but
was a Starting a soclety?

Howbelt, I couldn't refrain from remarking on this bond of common Interest,
It would be an unequal bargain, but could | ask you to part with a print
of this scene for a small consideration, e.g., the enclosed reprint on the
Same subject?

Yours sincerely,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics

‘(9 Cf yy Dw

P.S. 1 could have made some more profound remarks
about the interplay of Art and Science, but I*don't
have @ typewriter with the Gothic typeface that you
have made necessary for: the event.