[Says he will contact his agent to help him with his manuscripts; complains that his last novel has been rejected by Farrar & Rinehart , because his other books sold poorly; says that he is currently writing a novel about the C. I. O. , which he believes to be "the most important and hopeful development in our affairs in a longtime"; designates the A. F. L. as an anachronism.]

[Agrees to read the galley proofs of Harte's book; wonders how he can be interested in Sinclair's work and write for the American Mercury , a magazine Sinclair considers the organ of incipient fascism; gives his ideas on "industrial democracy"; says he is convinced that workers ought to be members of a democratically controlled organization.]

[Sends him an unpublished article that might be helpful in his biography; says he working on Little Steal ; promises that the plot will be gayer than his other labor novels; mentions reviews of The Flivver King in The Nation and no article in Liberty . ]

[Hopes Harte's praise for Our Lady is deserved; mentions that Common Sense has never paid him for an article; calls Harte's praise of Our Lady too extreme; discusses religious themes in Our Lady ; requests that the last sentence be modified.]

[Congratulates him on his success; says he will not write an introduction to a biography of himself; suggests Theodore Dreiser or John Haynes Holmes ; gives a suggestion of his own on how to make the introduction.]