ISTITUTO SIEROTERAPICO MILANESE
“SERAFINO BELFANTI’”

ENTE MORALE AGGREGATO ALLA UNIVERSITA DI MILANO

Direttore Seientifico: Prof. Augusto De Barbieri

Via Darwin, 3% - MILANO
Direzione Scientifica TELEFONO 2. 35.74.44 (8 linee)

April 21,1956

Dear Joshua,

Needless to say ,1 was very pieased to huve your
letter,especiaiiy as it carries the news that you may be able
tu spend some time here next year.I hope your plan will materia-
iise ! We would be very anxious to see you and Esther again. ry
to make a reality of it.

Unfortunately 1 am unable to give you reaily good
advice about Fachinelii. I have simply never heara his name 5am
Since Maccacaro had some troubies with Checcacci and Left him,

l have been moire or tess out ot touch of him and am/ TR a posi-
tion to find out anything definite about this chap. Waxxexthexe-
Zaxe your soiution No.3 (postponement until next year) is proba-
bly inadequate aiso for the student in question,if he has had a
Scholarship for this year, Probably solution No. 2? iNnieht be aavi-=-
sable;it is always good to encourage bacterial &eneticessbut wouid
he be able to ao anything there’ I] Supoose ne would need some
é-icance at Least at thg beginning,bnt am not so sure that ne
could tind micn there. 1 am surry to be so Littie pelpruis; Lt
coula ao better if there were no naste., In any case,you mignt
consider it -usetul to take no chance on the issue and deciae tor
suiution No.l(simpie regrets).

it was gratitying to hear the news about wevton. UY
too ai shuring my time between bucteria ana menywith Rame hocke-
Teller supuort 1 have started some work on um:n genetics in bar-
ma,odut it 18 stilt going slowly ana I can spend there oniy a small
fractiog of the week ,tur sack of adequate funos. At Least orice a
week 1 realise 1 snoudd write to barry;wiis you please give ny
apologies Yor having still kept this at tne stage of intentions’?
i nope to spend a tortnight ( = two weeks,piease pardon this
anglish expression) in Engiand,end ot May,essentiai-y to Lecture
in Capbriage. I nad «a vague plan to spend two or three months
in the States, with tne pretext or Cold Spring Harbor Syposiua, out
nave given it up. it is stiis aizrticuit to seave nere tor song
periods,

Yours ever,

“ace