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    "ocrText": "2101 South Lynn St.\nArlington, Va.\nOctober 17, 1946\nDear Selig,\nI had meant to write you last week and tell you how much I enjoyed\nyour pleasantry with Otto. The whole thing worked out perfectly; it was\na nice, civilized way of putting the little man in his proper place. (I'm\nclear, John Dewey must have always raised hell with Otto's manuscripts.)\nMost significant, however, was Dewey's comment on your pamphlet; never was\nso much said in so few words. At 89, the old man still appreciates a\ngenuine piece of\nAs I wrote Mark, I am very excited about his thesis. I have\ntalked to several people in Washington about it and all are interested\nin reading it, so it will be some time before I return the manuscript.\nI need hardly tell you that Mark has caught hold of a subject of the\nhighest import to contemporary social and economic thought, and already\nhe manifests amazing insights and understanding. I do not think it is\ntoo much to say that he can do himself and the world a good service by\norganizing the main efforts of his intellectual life around this subject.\nBen Stephankky was in town for a few days last week and, as always,\nit was a delight to see him. In addition to being very able, he really is\na first-class human being. As Hannah points out, there is a real Sholom\nAlechem quality about him. He stayed with his future in-laws, who seem\nto be receiving him in a decent style. Ann left for England early this\nweek, but we feel pretty confident that everything will work out. She is\ndue back the beginning of next year and they plan to get married immediately\nafter her return.\nLately, I have heard comments from several people on Sam Berger\nand I am afraid that the right people say the wrong things about him while\nthe wrong people commend him highly. Incidentally, the AF of L Assistant\nSecretary of Labor, Philip Hannah-- very authentic personality--went to\nEngland last month to attend a housing conference. I saw a good deal of\nhim before he left and I told him to inform Berger that a lot of people\nwere getting to feel that he was \"selling out\" to the British. Hannah\nsaid he would do that without mentioning any names. My intentions were,\non the whole, honorable. Perhaps a little needling of this kind will\nprovide the kind of shakeup tham Sam needs very badly.\nHusky and his family are doing very well. You never saw a prouder\nfather; I get daily bulletins on the weight of Rebecca."
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