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Rahway, Ne J,
. November 2, 19535

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wis.

Dear Doctor Lederberg?

We hope that you will pardon the use of this form
letter but its purpose is to save time and trouble for us
both. We are in the process of preparing for publication a
book entitled "Introduction to Bacterial Physiology,” to be
published by W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, Calif.,
some time in 1954, This book is designed as an undergraduate
college text, since we think that bacterial physiology need
not be restricted to graduate students and hope that this
volume will f111 a necessary and useful place among the text-
books in this field. In this volume we wish to make use of
material which you have published as indicated below. “e
already have the permission from the publisher to reproduce this
material, but naturally would like to have your approval as
well. Of course, we shall be most happy to give you and the
publisher credit for the origin of the material requested.

The material we wish to include is the following:
1. Figure 2: “Genetic studies with Bacteria® in "Genetics in
the 20th Century," L. C. Dunn, ed.; MacMillan Company, HN. Y., 1951.

2. Data from Figure 1: J. Bact., 65, 399, 1952.

In order to save you time and trouble, if you would
Simply sign the enclosed duplicate letter as indicated and
return it to us, this would constitute your consent for the
use, as specified, of the material listed above. Thank you
for this favor.

Sincerely yours,

/VMF We W. Umbreit, E. L. Oginsky

Signed