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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Montgomery Evans
Boston. Mass,
Feb. 10, 1927.
Dear Mr. Evans,
93,
I was very sorry that I could not see you before my departure. I was so busy and both on Monday and Tuesday so tired that I was glad when I at last was on the train. I have handed over all the MSS. to Brother Schneider [Max Schneider]. I have furthermore given his address to Mr. Jacobs [Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs] who had called me up on the phone Monday. He told me that he had an appointment with the two young printers for Monday night and wanted me to attend. Of course, under the circumstances I could not do this. So I asked him to get in touch with Mr. Schneider after his talk with those printers and he promised to do so. Things seem to progress very slowly this way.
Through these developments I am of course a little removed from the direct cooperation with the work in New York. Therefore it appears to me as though you and Schneider were to take a more active interest in these matters which demand immediate attention. Let me recapitulate them:—
1) Printing of MSS. There are
a) The Hag [The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]. MS. is in the hands of Myrtis Morgan. Dorothy Olsen was to go to New Orleans but it has so far not been possible to procure the necessary money for the trip. As soon as the MS. should be in our hands this matter should be treated in connection with Mr. Komroff. Have you any suggestion as to how to get hold of the MS. or enforce Miss Morgan?
b) Book 4, Part III [Magick in Theory and Practice]; Liber Aleph; The new 777. The Dossier on the World Teacher Campaign. Essays on Truth [Little Essays Toward Truth]. Schneider has the first three of these MSS. while the others were given by you to Jacobs.
2) Production Sale of Plays. "The Three Wishes" is in the hands of Mr. Shaub. This affair is handled by Br[other] Schneider. Another play "Ania Zina" is said to be in the hands of Miss Morgan. One of her reports was that it was given to Mr. Belasco.
3) Sale of Books. You know all about this.
4) Raise some capital. I am sending you herewith a copy of a financial statement received 10 days ago. Could you make some suggestions how to get this amount of approximately 2000? I have approached one or two people, without success. Do you not [know] people whom you could approach? Beast wants or prefers to have this matter treated as a business arrangement. In case you could not find a friend or an acquaintance who could provide the money on the basis of the statement: do you not know of a way to get this amount? I am told that on the basis of 10% there are certain firms who give the money. There is also the Morris Plan. There are certain second class Banks of money lenders. I was told about these things on the day of my departure. What do you know about this or how could you contribute to get a financier. This matter seems to me at present as the most urgent and the amount needed is certainly not excessive when compared with the securities, taken even those only that are in the U.S.A.
I really wished you could do something in this matter. If you get in touch with Br. Schneider you will hear that the prospects with regard to The Three Wishes, are quite bright. All that would naturally increase the security.
I do not know about the latest moves of Dorothy. She wired me on Feb. 8 "Important events pending", letter to follow, but, of course, I have not received this.
If you would write me soon your views to this letter you would greatly oblige me. I have a new job now which requires much travelling. All the New England States and Northern New York, including Albany, Poughkeepsie and Buffalo etc. belong to my territory. I do not see so far how far I can contribute.
93 93/93
Yours fraternally
Karl Germer
In case you should sell Books, please pay amounts to my account Trust Company of North America, 93 Liberty St., New York.
My address is: 171 St. Botolph St., Boston. Mass,
I have your three Holy Books [Volume I, Volume II, Volume III] with me. I hope you can spare them. If you want them I shall return them to you at once. The Golden Bough I lent to a man in N.Y. who gave me the Blue Equinox instead. Mr. Schneider knows all about it. The Blue Equ. is in the hands of Mr. Schn.
1. The business of carrying out my work may be regarded as settled, provided that the income from New York, and that from London, are paid regularly—as we may assume. But, in order to secure and concentrate in one place the assets, a sum of capital is required which may be estimated as 400.
2. The following sums are urgently needed— Hotel Bill 20. 0. 0 Dentist 30. 0. 0 Tunis (storage, etc.) 66. 0. 0
The Tunis debt has long been overdue, and may at any moment involve us in the loss of 3 cases held in storage there. These contain the most valuable part of our assets from the point of view of immediate work.
3. It is proposed to secure to the lender or lenders the amount of capital advanced in 3 principal ways. a) An adequate part of the stock books in London.
b) An adequate part of the stock of goods now in storage in Chicago.
c) Copyrights at present being offered in Paris, Chicago and New York.
4. It is proposed the secure the interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable quarterly, on any capital advanced by my interest in my Settlement Trust in London. This is of the value of between 4000 and 5000 pounds. The income is at the disposal of the Trustees, and I can arrange with them to make the payment of this interest a first charge on the income.
5. It is, however, hoped and expected that the entire amount may be paid back within a few months at the outside, either by the sale of large quantities of either of the two stocks of books, or by a contract in respect of one of the copyrights.
It will be noted that the capital asked for is considerably in excess of the actual amounts required to be paid immediately. The balance is to be used for pushing the stock in various ways.
6. Those to whom this memorandum is addressed are requested to regard it primarily as the prospectus of a regular investment, as safe as, and more profitable than, any that can be found in other quarters. And to govern themselves accordingly.
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