Dr. H.H. Laughlin - #2. who has made a study of the hereditary considerations involved in such cases so that we might get into the record testimony from the most approved sources tending to support the theory of such laws by showing if we can that such a patient is the probably potential parent of defective offspring and that considerations both of public welfare and of the welfare of the individual patient counsel the performance of the operation in view. Could you give us such a deposition or indicate some one else well qualified and willing to do so? If so, I think we could arrange simply to forward agreed interrogatories to which the person testifying could make such written answers under oath as appear to him proper. But to have the matter in place at the trial will require some expedition, and if the suggestion appeals to your interest I would very much appreciate hearing from you just as soon as convenient. Also if you have knowledge of any later cases in point, decided by the courts after those cited in your book, I would appreciate receiving a reference to them. Thanking you, I am Very truly yours, AES/A. [end]