THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Department of Medical Genetics
Genetics Building
MADISON 6, WIS.

May 7, 1960

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
School of Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Dear Josh:

| too was rather surprized and annoyed at the restrictions placed by
the McGraw-Hill Book Company on the television film. However, after some
discussion with them and with Herskowitz | signed it anyhow. They said
that any previous commitment | had made in connection with the other film

was notgin direct competition to this. In fact it is not; they are at
ey quite different levels.

You might be interested in knowing that Tracy Sonneborn simply refused
to sign the contract, he tells me. Apparently this was deemed satisfactory
or else the whole matter was dropped. {I'm not sure exactly what he did
but perhaps you would like to correspond with him directly. If 1 had known
then what | do now | would have raised objections too, and perhaps the three
of us could have made some considerable impact. 1 too am through with
making television appearances. The other film is going to be shown some-
time next fall. | have long since lost any interest in it but the mechan-
ical parts of it are still going ahead. {t is not likely that ! will be
going to Los Angeles or anywhere else with this.

We are still not moved into the quarters that you were supposed to
move into but still expect to momentarily. Otherwise things are going
along very nicely and we are very happy with Ernst Freese. {| do want
to see both of you very much and | am sure there will be a chance one way
or the other soon. Best wishes.

Sincerely,

Lon

“ James F. Crow

JFC/bs