June 22, 1954

Dr. Walter Carter

Head, Entomology Dept.
Pineapple Research Institute
Box 3166, Honolulu, T.H.

Dear Dr. Carter:

Thank you for your letter of ths 18gh. In fact, Steinhaus and I have been
in touch with one publisher, W. H. Freeman, 549 Market Street » San Francisco,
5, Galif., with whom I have been on friendly terms, about the possibility of
& translation of Buchner. For one thing, Freeman did not get too encouraging
a respense in a preliminary market survey, but I don't know how broad a field
he covered, If you feel at all strongly about this, I am sure that Mr. Freeman
would welcome your opinian on it. The main reason the project has been held
in abeyance has been the problem of finding a suitable trahslator. It's a dog's
work, and would have to be paid rather unhandsomely. If you can suggest anyone
who would find it a labor of lowe, that would help solve the problen. The
ideal candidate from many points of view would haw been Richard Goldschmidt
(Buchner's professor!) but he has lately been rather 11] and we do not dare pro-
pose it to him under current conditions,

iam sorry to learn you did not receive that reprint, for I cannot imagine
what could ever have happened to it. Another is in the mall. Is there any chance
of begging from you possibly remaining copies of your preceding papers—~ I know
ths chance of thefts being any residuals is quite remte. I was particularly
impressed by Ito's (1938) Liniings. Have you any reservations on the role of tle
symbionts in this story? One would, of course, like to aee a microbiological
tack in this kind of wrk, crossingections, and so forth.

   

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