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STANDARD FORM NO. 64 * x ‘ x \ J Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERN} MENT OT DOT, Ft mm pe: 5/1/19 SAC, BOSTON 2 Fe% O PE My ween cee “supyect: HENRY AGARD WALLACZ | CORR ree Information Concerning terse Refer 5 IS H : ‘ tog RNa aN sali than eee Penningten ty. Suing Tamm ha. Neage.. | k etter from Boston to the are Gendy.. FOAMERON, Editor-in-Chief of the} tf Reference is made to an earlier AY ich stated that DONALD ANGU ittle Brown Publishing Comp in Boston, was soliciting a wate uw. Aa memoir book from HENRY “ALLACE. The Bureau by return letter / , 7 requested that it be advised of developments and, if possible, fk furnished an advanced copy of the book. J flo [ ___d April 27, 1949 advised that the editorial reports of b7D e Little Brown Company for March, 1949 reflect that Mr. WALLACE , has submitted a manuscript entitled, #New Deal Memoirs." This book will cover Mr. WALLACE's personal experiences in the ROOSEVELT Cabinet, will not allude to his pre-Rooseveltjan activity and will contain no references whatsoever to his activities since the advent of the Honorable HARRY S. TRUMAN to the Presidency of the United States. The editorial report further reflects that, after submitting the manuscript, Mr. WALLACE revealed to Mr. CAMERON that _ «) he had a contract with thgMiarcourt Brace Publishing Company which iS covered the instant work. ‘Mr. WALLACE further advised Mr. CAMERON <M. that he did not "regard the contract as binding." The Little Brown ON Company's attorneys reviewed the contract Fors) that as a matter of law it would appear to be quite binding Ynless>the parties clfige. to mutually abrogate it. The present status of the book is n dependent upon Mr. CAMERON's conversations with theircourt, tice Company. Mr. CAMERON is endeavoring to have the Harcourt AG se AGENCIES — n J} Company agree to a mutual abrogation of the contract. CE ES So = points out that Harcourt Brace might well choose to hold ®7D Bw: ta Mr. WALLACE to his contract and choose not to publish the book until eet some distant date. € e t 8 The foregoing is furnfshed the Bureau and New York for informative E #2u a purposes. 0 4 Dent BSG/ner a fa | “4 tO - 129 bac TITS /33 100-2057 ra ReEGURYED NE ec: New York Office TAINED 125 oS ae BIT AOE VM cla THON CONTA | Be 3 Sen ASSIFIED - 4 a ee x f v