15th Septenber, 1947. vear Lederberg, ¢ i.am glad to hear that the relations of two- and fcure strand crossing over eventually got themselves Sorted out. You seem to have foumd the mathenat ica of crossing-over and recombination as fascinating as I did. Unfortunately the limit is sct very sharply to one's activities in this field by the limitetions ar available data; as I suppose is the case in almost every , branch of genetics. I shall look forward very much to seeing your paper in "Gemetioa", ‘lay I congratulate you on your appointment to «iseonsin. I paid it only a very short visit, but I found both liadison, and the staff of the University, very enjoyable, Please give my best wishes in particular to Drs. Brink, Huskins, Larsen and Neale. Dre Darlington asks me to say thst he hepea the Paper you vere preparing for "Heredity" will not be lost in your westward move. Best wishes to wre.. Lederberg and yourself, Yours sincerely, Dr. J. Lederberg, Dept. oi Senetics, University of Wisconsin, Hladison ,, “«isconsin, U.S.A. on