5 NOVEMBER 1948, Page 5

From Chicago—" Dear Biographee, This letter comes to you as

the result of items in the world news or other indications of prob- able subjectivity to reference interest among consultants and other reference centers in this country." This is the kind of thing that makes Anglo-American understanding so difficult. The sentence, it may be explained, is the opening of a letter asking for information to be used in a Who's Who volume.

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