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23 August 1933
Vienna, XIX. Hohe Warte 46
Dear Jones,
As an exception, I will for once not write about the bleak misery of these times which at present stifles all more meaningful activity for me. I am glad to have an occasion to preoccupy myself with an admittedly smaller but tangible matter.
I hear little from you, feel as though I am isolated and stranded, perceive as if from afar that unpleasant things are brewing in the I.P.V., and I am almost prepared for the eventuality that our organization will also perish in the current world crisis. Berlin is lost, Budapest devalued by the loss of Ferenczi, and one cannot tell in which direction they are drifting in America. Of course we shall put up a resistance, and you as president will organize this resistance.
With the death of Ferenczi the post of vice president is also vacant, a gap torn in the executive. As you know, Eitingon is going to Palestine and will therefore be inaccessible to some extent and recede into the background. I think one should find a replacement. After a year's absence Princess Marie is with me again, and this leads me to suggest that she be moved into Ferenczi's place. Not only because one can make an impression with her abroad. She is a person of high intelligence, has the working capacity