Record of a Friendship

not be able to produce a single orgonometric thought if I were to dis­
continue my work on the human structure. And I returned to New York
at the end of November, and swiftly chose from a list of about 120
physicians, educators, nurses, social workers, psychologists, etc. etc.
about 40 of the best-suited people, and began to establish an Orgonomic
Infants' Research Center for the STUDY OF HEALTH and not of
sickness. We must finally get away from pathology and start our work
with the healthy child. We have already had two meetings and the first
child demonstrated was Peter. I shall report on the project at the con­
ference at Orgonon to some extent. We shall have with us several
actually practising child nurses and social workers. One whole day will
be devoted to this problem.
The Raknes situation in Norway is known to me. He is a very
courageous and honest man. I don't think that he can really be touched.
The work is too far along.
The doctors should, of course, not have asked money for Orgonon
from you. It was probably a routine mail ing.
Albert Einstein performed here quite an amazing somersault in
publicity articles, with a formula on gravitation which nobody under­
stands and which has no experimental basis. It sounded a bit frantic. The
gravitation problem cannot be solved without careful study of the cosmic
orgone energy.

Summerhill School

Leiston, Suffolk

My dear Reich,

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February 2, 1950

I fear that this letter is to be a big grumble, but you are the

only friend I have to whom I can let off steam, and you will have to be

the victim.

I'm filled with worry. The school lost £ 860 last year because fees

do not cover expenses. In three years I have used £ 2250 of my own to

keep the ship afloat, money I got from the military as compensation for

damage and that should have been spent on repairing the property. The

parents simply cannot pay bigger fees, and I have had the sad task of

telling the worst payers that they must leave. I think the school will have

to be cut down to half the present number of pupils, and then I can do

away with a few teachers and housemothers. Then the snag will be that