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DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY
AND IMMUNOLOGY November 20 ’ 1956 .

Derr Josh and Esther:

November 15th wes the beginning of Winter as far as T am concerned. Snow and sleet
practically paralyzed the city. I wes very surprised tc see what little effort the
citfies expended in removing it. We had a meeting in the south side .f Minneapolis
that night, and although we experienced no undue difficult; in getting to and fro,
there were numerous c#r abandoned. More snow is forecast for today.

I am anxious to get tc Madison for a short visit soon and had hoped to crin Lois
and the children al-ng. That will be impossible unless the weather improves. Ih
as much as tne children sre in school, travel with them requires the weekend
whereas I can take of! in the middle of the week without undue inconvenience.

Any way I tentatively plan to drop in on you during the last week of November
if I come alone <s is most likely--the weckend of Dec. 1 otherwise. lease
let me know if this time will permit me to see you or if you are booked yp
already. I will confirm my plans via te°epnone by Mon. Nov 26.

There is little new here ard no problems that can't wait. My relations with the
Gepa‘tmert continye to be excellent in spite of my non-medical slant. Lichstein
has been particularly helprul.

I sometimes lose patience with the cell culture boys. Cell culture hes its head
in 1950 and its tail in 1850. I doubt that Dulbecco and Puck and a few others
are going to be able to drag the tail up to the 20th century. I must admit again
thet Syverton listens to my wild ideas much better than the rest.

The shadow of Henrici hang on the department. Whenever the Dean of the Med. Schon]
visits us we get 30 min. of reminiscence. He seems to be a ghost that nobody can
live up to, so is a combination saint and hobgoblin. Very few of Henrici's
concepts of biology have filtered down.

I think I'll shut uo and extend my best wishes to yo. and yours until I see you.

Ch yes sell Mari that I told her Ike would win by e greater popular vote than
before.

Yelen Bernstein wrote about her different F's. ‘nfortunetely she didn't exactly
sey that they were infective although IT got this impression. Makes me happy
because it fits the surface factor nection better than chromsomal factor idez.

Yours,

veg lew