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April 18th., 1932.

Dear Dr. Heil:

I am in receipt of your letter of April 6th., which I only just opened, as I was absent from New York for about ten days.

I can understand your position perfectly well and I realize that you should spare no effort in order to save Art in America from discontinuing its publication, as we all have appreciated and do appreciate the effort made by this magazine under the so very efficient an editor as Dr. Valentiner. Unfortunately, however, these are times when we all try to cut further our expenses and not to increase them, and I feel exceedingly sorry that I should be compelled to turn down your proposition, as much as I would like to comply with your request.

I know you may answer me that the sum is not a big one, but during these hard times we have all had to set up principles and have to resist breaking away from them. I do hope, however, that our not answering your appeal will in no way check your efforts to keep up this interesting and worthy magazine.

Believe me to be,

Yours very sincerely,

(Germain Séligmann)

Dr. Walther Heil
Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, Michigan.

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