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Budapest, December 2, 1924
Dear Professor,
Your letter of the 27th of the month crossed mine. Since then I was, to be sure, waiting for the reply of the Committee members, which I have now received.
The matter with Emil v. Tószeghy (formerly Freund) is as follows: After long waiting I finally succeeded in obtaining from him (and Frau Rózsi) the power of attorney with the authorized legalization of signatures required
by Dr. Rosenfeld. I sent it immediately to Dr. Rosenfeld, who today sent me the enclosed letter.1 Since Emil is so difficult to get for a new official function, and since, as he told me orally and in writing, he would like at all cost to dispense with the orphans' agency proceeding for the sale of Tóni's share, it would be good if you or Fräulein Anna would appeal to Dr. Rosenfeld to see that the notary (who is, in fact, very forthcoming) does not require this formality. Unfortunately, I have become so distrustful that I even presume behind this difficulty some dilatory intention or other on the part of the Rank family, without being able to show anything more than subjective reasons for it.—Perhaps you will look up the notary personally, already before notifying Rosenfeld, and achieve what is necessary from him (in order to confront Dr. Rosenfeld with a fait accompli).—If all that does not work, then I must ask you to send the enclosed letter along with the likewise enclosed power of attorney to General Director Emil v. Tószeghy and urgently request from him a settlement of the matter within a specified time limit. He wouldn't deny you that; with me he wouldn't take such trouble. In any case, all this red tape is threatening to delay the matter, perhaps also the general meeting. In any case, I will be in Vienna on December 20, if the general meeting is held; to be sure, neither the transfer of Tóni's share to Eitingon nor his participation in the general meeting would be possible if the matter with Emil and, in that connection, with the notary is not se