Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

My dear Kirtannananda,
Your absence from New Yo rk is not advi
sable while I am not there. Therefore I
ha ve postponed your journey to Montreal .
Please take care of the bill of Lading for
clearing the Mridangas. I think the ship
Jaladuta must be reaching New Yo rk by
this time. Please do the needful and clear
the valuable goods. Hope you are all well.
Yours ever well wisher,
A .C.Bhakti ve danta Swami
67 -2 -6 San Francisco
17th February, 1967
My dear Brahmananda,
In continuation of my yesterday 's letter
and in reply to your very long letter of the
13th February 1967 I beg to inform you
that I have received one letter from Mr.
Payne and the copies of the schemes dated
19th January 1967 which did not fructify.
It appears that Mr. Payne has not been
success ful to secure any financial assis ­
tance till the 14th february 1967 and it is
hinted therein that I may also try for the
source of money. I have, therefore, re ­
plied him and the wpy of the reply is enclosed
herewith please find.
So my opinion on the house purchase
is clearly defined there. We must have a
sale contract and then let us try for the
fund combinedly. That will be some prac ­
tical proposition. So far things have been
done in "entire negotiation is irregular"
as stated in your letter. Now it appears that
Mr. Payne is not very hopeful himself for
raising the fund otherwise he would not
have written me as "It had occurred to
me, your Excellency, that there might be a
pssibility of money source in the area in
which you are working. This I do know,
money men and their operations there are
not so sophisticated or unimaginative as
they are here." I think if there is sale con ­
tract, it may be possible to raise the fund
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by combined effort both here and there.
Without sale contract it will be not practical
to raise fund.
So far records are concerned, the secretary
here told me that they are prepared
to pay enough for the records up to 1500
pieces.
Do not misunderstand me that I have
no interest in having a permanent building
at New York. I want the house more than
you; my only objection is that " This is not
a regular business tra nsaction" as admitted
by you. Why not make it regular now
as suggested by my letter to Mr Payne? If
you can have a sale contract then every
thing will be regular and it will be easier
to raise fund. What is the difficulty in get ­
ting the Sale contract as suggested by me.
I have not sent the Pass Book. But the
letter of transfer is sufficient and I hope
you have already sent the le ter to the
Bank. Hope you are all doing well. With
my blessings for you all,
Your ever wei wisher,
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-2-7 San Francisco
17th February, 1967
Carl E. Maxwell-Payne
William Alfred White Inc.
513 Avenue of the Americans
New Yo rk 1 1. N.Y .
Dear Mr. Payne,
I thank you ve ry much for your letter of
Fe bruary 14, 1967 and I have received the
copies of your schemes which did not
fructify.
From a letter of Mr. William J. Taylor
dated January 20, 1967 it appears that he
authorised you for first mortgage negotiation
and I do not know how Mr. Taylor's
Lawyer can change this arrangement.
I can also understand from your letter
and other sources that so far you have
not been able to secure any financial