Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

friend of the Director since 1928. Flemer had been instrumental in
Harvard's invitation to the journalist to take a visiting professorship
for two years termimting in the spring of 1933." Mitrany had met
Frankfurter through Flexner ind found a thoroughly congenial friend in
him.
Dr. Mitrany asked Flexner to invite him to the Institute for
a year to enable him to write a certain paper. Though the Director de-
clined because he was not ready to organize the School of Economics, he
expressed interest in Mitrany's possible later appointmnt.29 Strangely,
it was the offer of an appointment to Yale, where the political scientist
had also lectured, and news that Harvard was seeking funds vith vhich to
call him in permanently, vhich precipitated the question of his employ-
Eent by the Institute. During February Frankfurter added his veight to
that of Mitrany, vho for personal reasons did not vant to remain avay
from England, and by the 21st Flexner acted on a consensus between them
that Mitrany should be nminated at the annual meeting, to return to
England for the next acadmic year to study the organization of the new
School, hopefully to be opened in October 1934. The plan vas carried
out. 30
During this period Flemer had been led to decide on a broader \
School, to embrace not only economics, but political science, history \
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and "a lavyer like Frankfurter." Mitrany made clear that he regarded
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some synthesis of knovledge in .the social sciences essential, although
he conceded that.each scholar should "specialize in som field.- The
important thing in his mind vas that "the members of the group should
start vith some rympathy of outlook upon their comnon road." Re frankly