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2, June 1932
Dear Professor,
I am glad to be able to send you the best news about the response of our members to your appeal. The strength of their response had only gathered weight in the days that had elapsed since receiving it. Our special Subcommittee discussed the whole matter very thoroughly, both before and
after my visit to Berlin. At a representative meeting held last night the accompanying resolution was passed unanimously. I am now sending out forms to secure the signed promises of the subscriptions and do not doubt that many members will state a larger sum than the minimum officially agreed on, which is approximately the same sum as that agreed on by the Vienna and Berlin groups.
I am very concerned about both the fact and the form of the new American publishing undertaking, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.1 It is in direct competition with the official English-speaking organ, the JOURNAL, and, since we are dependent on American subscriptions, it may even constitute a threat to our existence. That this should have been done without consultation with me, who has been officially responsible for catering to the English-speaking public, or without letting me know what was the nature of their dissatisfaction with my efforts, is unfortunate, as is still more the fact that they have the official approval and blessing of the leading authorities in all coutries, including all the other officers of the International Association. I shall of course have to bring the matter up at the Congress, and should be only too glad if I could find some amicable arrangement.
I hope you are pleased with the special Roheim double number, which is meant to be a worthy memorial both of his work and of the Princess's far-sighted generosity.2 All other material had to be postponed, so that you[r] last ZEITSCHRIFT papers are appearing in our July number. In the meantime this American QUARTERLY has already published one of them, and, before taking this matter up with them, I should be gla