BR TO JOHN CONRAD RUSSELL, 1 MAR. 1944
BRACERS 111011. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

Peacock Inn
Princeton N.J.^a
March 1, 1944

Dear John

Thank you for your letter of Jan. 22, with its financial information, which I was glad to have, though as regards Mollie it is depressing. Thank you also for $356.07 duly received — it was good of you to send it.

Will you tell your mother she got half the royalties on Prospects of Industrial Civilization, but it is a long time since they last amounted to more than a shilling or two. At an outside estimate, there may be 10/– due to her, but I think it is not more than 4/–. I will settle it up when I come home.

What you propose about your Trust and Conrad is exceedingly generous — you are a good person. If you can do without the income for the present, it will be a great help to have it for Conrad’s education in England.^b But hang on to the capital. I have made a will insuring that you and Kate and Conrad will have equal amounts, taking account of your Trusts, so you needn’t worry about capital. Besides, after the war you may want to go to Cambridge, or into diplomacy, where one can’t live on one’s pay. So any arrangement even about income should be very temporary. But I am really impressed by your generosity.

I hope you have by now seen Lucy Silcox and the Lloyds and Cousin Claud.

If you know roughly when you will be leaving England, please let me know, as I am determined to get home while you are still there. I should return in any case, on account of the Trinity Fellowship, which gives me a niche for the rest of my life, and a chance to do serious work. Kate returns in the summer.

Politics here is depressing. I don’t think Roosevelt will be re-elected. I don’t like the Russian attitude about Poland, or ours about Italy. I dread conflict between us and Russia about Germany, and between us and America about Persian oil. However, perhaps my fears are excessive. Much love.

Yours affec. father
Bertrand Russell.

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  Peacock Inn | Princeton N.J. above deleted <letterhead> HOTEL LAFAYETTE | UNIVERSITY PLACE | AT NINTH STREET | New York

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