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Dear Friends,
Our season has been rather heavy, without much sign of productive work. The matter gives me much concern and I am planning various ways of tackling it. On the other hand I am glad to say that the Clinic activities are progressing very favourably. The staff consists at present of eighteen physicians who are giving at least five hours a week each. Owing to technical difficulties in regard to the arrangement of hours (the poor patients mostly want to come in the evening) only fourteen patients have been allotted at present. There will shortly be nine controlled analyses in operation; of these Glover is taking four, myself three, and Rickman and Bryan one each.
Adler is giving a course of lectures in London this month at the Tavistock Clinic (a general psychotherapeutic clinic unconnected with us) but I have not heard much about it.
We have unofficial news that the committee appointed by the British Medical Association »to investigate psycho-analysis« is really being formed and we have of course prepared our attitude accordingly. I will report as soon as there is further news.
I am looking forward to hear what Ferenczi has to say about America and also what Eitingon has been able to arrange with the Swiss. Lugano seems to me a much more suitable place than the Adriatic and there are evident advantages in holding a Swiss Congress at some distance from their analytic centres, Zürich and Geneva.2
With best wishes to all,
Yours sincerely,
Ernest Jones.