ae Bie ST. COMPANY LOUIS, MO. February 10, 1933 (Dictated February Mr. John 9th) Browning, c/o Je M. and M. S. Browning Co. Ogden, Dear Utah John: Considerable correspondence accummulated during the time I was gone for the past two weeks at the conventions and since I returned I have been handling This is why 1 have not answered your letter of the more urgent matters first. January 25th. We that I note to expects he gun without his tang the sending are and cost post with tube to fit one us as for Mills. barrel single of the in line do so of course, shall, requested combinations dis- with your In view of what has already happened, however, J am Won= cussion with him. dering if any complication could possibly follow such an arrangement and be interpreted as an admission on our part that he had prior claimto the Possiblywe should think it over a bit beforewe offer to give him a idea. I shall appreciate your further thought on the matter. barrel in writing. Am inclined to fear the method suggested in your letter of making the I am inclined tothink Val is giving the barrel heavier would cost too much. Atmatter some thought and we can discuss it with him when he comes over. be taching a rather rigid rib or supporting member under the barrel might detrimental in that it would make the lower part of the barrel lead“to use It would be a pretty hard job for us to undertake Mir. Jordants expression. to do here in any quantity and I am afraid of what it would cost us. I am fearful that such attempted correction would be prolonging the evil in the meantime might do us injury, in that, as you state, competitors and day My personal would promptly take the matter up and pick our scheme to pieces. guns delivered this unit. We not should is that we reasoning have should be thing right from the and that probably will mean of these for received orders any. I received delivered only Val's was out and which I obtained through that I had not been as successful in have just been marking time since we two or three is all heavier tubes for guns, but outset, do the right the time the that free have publicity letter about the gum getting editors and wished afterwards ile the publicity as we were. received Val's letter and, therefore, I am unable to write to any owners and see what their experience has been. As a matter of fact, if any of these guns had been out and trouble developed we would have heard about it promptly, I have no doubt, in view of the ex-