ME or de h iby NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE CORNELL UNIVERSITY _ ITHACA, NEW YORK LABORATORY OF BACTERIOLOGY Jamary 20, 1949 Dra Joshua Lederberg’ Department of Geneties University of Wisconsin Madison 6, Wisconsin Dear Joshua: : , . . At long. last I think I am in shape -to be able to start handling the cultures. I still don't have an adequate microscope but I think I can get by witlp:the equipment at hand. Hence, if you were to send out the - cultures we could see how much difficulty I would have in handling them and making a few preliminary isolations. Sorry to have been so slow in getting around to it .but I guess you know how repair jobs can drag out. Very truly yours, f i / U. Re elle MRZ:Je