July 8, 1966

Mr. Howard Simons
Washington Post

1515 L Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 26005

Dear Howard:

I am delighted to have your letter of June 21 and gladly accept
the conditions. I will assume the agreement is an informal one,
d.e., revocable without penalty by notice from either side.

The $51 payment is entirely satisfactory for the present. If the
column is widely syndicated there may be an argument to review the
matter, but it is not my intention to pursue this for personal
income. The extra $1 is not much to the point: I had hoped to
arrange for airmail delivery of the Post but will take this up
with your Circulation Department.

We both hit upon Science & Comscience: but I would still prefer
this as a subtitle. It strikes me as too self-conscious and
restrictive a title. My friends here all like "The Next Move”.

{I would not want to make a commitment for more than one column per
week. But as the backlog is in danger of becoming dated, and

spot comments may become of great interest in the future, is there
any way of running an occasional second column on, say, Wednesdays
too? For example my piece on “Black & White Noses" has become
very timely in connection with the CORE/SNCC/NAACP hassle over
fundamental issues.

We can discuss these points over the phone.

Sincerely yours,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics

JL:eif