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time that it came out, of course, we were part of RCA so there was never any case about worrying where the money was coming from.

Why do you think...?

Then we got help from two different sources. The Book-of-the-Month Club bought the book club rights the year before the thing came out for a very handsome advance.

Were you instrumental in having them buy it?

Oh, sure. Do you mean personally?

Yes.

The firm was. We have maintained a close friendship with the Book-of-the-Month Club.

Well you must have alerted them to what was going on.

Everybody knew what we were up to, particularly the Webster-Merriam people. We got a frantic note, saying that their dictionary was perfect and nobody else had a chance against them. Of course the name Webster is not copyright. Obviously Mr. Webster has been dead for quite a few years. There is nothing to stop you or anybody else from using