Hatherill, George (1898-1986) Typed letter signed. London, Addressed to H. Jack Lang. , October 28, 1959

File — Box: 1, Folder: 25

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

This collection consists of letters and supporting documentation, books on the art of letter writing, a small miscellaneous grouping of catalogs and photographs, and issues of The Wolf Magazine of Letters from June-July 1979 to Summer Quarterly 1991. The earliest letter, from the Marquise de Sevigne, dates from 1695; while the most recent was signed by entertainer Mike Douglas in 1980. Most of the letters date from the 19th century. The collection, which now numbers 85 letters, will continue to grow; in conjunction with his gift, Mr. Lang established a gift annuity to be used for the maintenance and augmentation of the collection.

Dates

Creation: October 28, 1959

Creator

Hatherill, George (Author, Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The records are in English

Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.26 linear feet

Additional Description

Condition

Very fine. Pencil notation in lower right corner, staple holes in upper left

1 page, 9"x 7" (4to)

Transcript

[top left, typed black ink: “Address any reply to The commissioner of police of the metropolis, New Scotland Yard, S.W.I, quoting: Postage must be prepaid Your reference No.”]

[top right, typed: “New Scotland Yard, London, S.W.I Tel.: Whitehall 1212”]

28th October, 1959

Dear Mr. Lang,

Your letter to hand yesterday, with the enclosure. The report is quite true that we haven’t any drug problems here as I told you and I am inclined to think that the figure of 350 known addicts, with 1500 unknowns, is perhaps a bit high.

It is true, also they are older than the American counterpart, as most of them rather developed this habit after the first World War in the Gay Twenties as they called them.

It is quite correct to say there are no clinics to deal with them but they are allowed to obtain prescriptions with the authority of the Home Office Drug Department from doctors if it is absolutely necessary. I do not know of any experiments that are being made.

So really, what it amounts to is that when considering the American narcotic problem there is little or no comparison with our problem and it is rather useless to turn to us to see what we are doing.

Hoping you are keeping quite well.

Yours sincerely,

[Signed] Commander Hatherill

Mr. H. Jack Lang, Lang, Fisher & Stashower Inc, 1010 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

[Bottom right, in pencil: Commander Hatherill]