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TLS signed “Ray,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 19, 1953. Letter to his agent H. N. Swanson, in part: "Yes, of course I should have remembered about these story rights before, but I just didn't. David Tyler and Eddie Carter had quite a correspondence about them at the time of the King Features Syndicate arrangements, and I guess I took it for granted that you were posted and that everything was all right until I just happened to remember the business about ARGOSY and THE KING IN YELLOW. I quite agree with you that the St. John Publishing Company should be told the situation, so that they can stop the story if it is possible. At the same time I hardly think they would care to decide the legal issue involved. You will just have to pass the buck to me and say that I failed to inform you that the rights were not free, or that I did inform you erroneously that they were free, whichever you like…Apart from the annoyance, what would happen if VERDICT does come out with this story and my name on the cover? Obviously Popular Publications, if they feel strong enough, might seek a temporary injunction and cause the withdrawal of the magazine from the stands. I don't think for a moment that they would do it. They couldn't sue me because they haven't lost anything; they have not been damaged." In fine condition.
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