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You hadn't had a juvenile section before?
No, and now at one fell swoop we had one of the great juvenile editors of the country. This was in 1936. She's still with us on a part time basis. Everybody adores her. Louise was a great asset to us. And William Faulkner. Imagine getting Faulkner for Random House! Edgar Snow also came with us.
Oh, I knew you published him, but I didn't know how-- So you got all of these.
Suddenly besides having just a few authors we had a real distinguished list overnight. With the Smith and Haas merger we became really important publishers.
Were there a lot more administrative responsibilities on your part?
No. It meant no more playing bridge and backgammon in the afternoon or going off to play tennis or long vacations. No more four-month trips. Now we had an expanding business to take care of.
But there must have been someone that was in charge of the personnel.
The way it was supposedly divided was that I was going
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