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to be try&'to persuade Dr. Riefler to shape his course in research to
Rml's vievs. Straus seemed to be certain that Mr. Bamberger would
make but feu more .gifts to endowment during his lifetime, though he had
no doubt the Founders' bequests would take care of the Institute's needs.
The tvo men argued vigorously, they reached no accord before the Board
meeting in April, 1935.13 Then, despite his knovledge that in following
his usual proceedure, Flexner would have cleared the eppointments vith
Mr. Ba~berger beforeproposing them to the Trustees, Mr. Straus precipi-
tated a debate, evidently joined by Mr. Hardin. The minutes recite:
A question was raised as to whether, instead of begi~ing two
new schools in the coming autumn, it would not be viser to
attempt a forecast of the possible budget of the School of
Ecommics and Politics and a survey of the costs involved in -
the support of the two existing schools over a period of fif-
teen years. The Director stated that such a forecast was, in
his judgment, impossible, and that the Institute could only
develop if it carefully kept within the sum of money available
from year to year, retaining a safe margin. 14
This was tantamount to saying that since new funds became available only
on a year-by-year basis, the Director could not vithhold development of
the first modest outlines of the Institute, especially since he was en-
countering vigorous competition for them. Tk other point in the debate
arose from the fact that Dr. Morey was the academic sponsor for both
appointments. 'The importance of a more definite understanding with the
Trustees of Princeton University vas raised," say the minutes. Flexner
defended the planned cooperation: not only was it working out vell in
Fine Hall, but it vas successful as betveen the Bart01 Institute and
Swarthmore, and between the Carnegie Institute's Department of Embryology
and the Hopkins' School of Medicine. In both cases vhat he called "free
trade" prevailed. Ibreover, he described the relations prevailing in