stefansson-wrangel-09-20-087-001

Maurer

New Phila. O. Dec 15 - 1924

Dear Mr Stefansson

Your letter came to-day. I am sorry to hear
that Mr Noice is again trying to make it unpleasant
for you. I believe that if you would ignore his threats
or call his bluffs he would soon try to find some
other way of making a living. I hope you will get
best of it, in any trouble he may try to bring to you.
On Dec 13. I sent the biography of Fred's life which you
asked me to send. I hope you can get out of it
all you need, no doubt you will want to make
it as brief as possible. As to my coming to
New York, I want to thank you for your offer. I
would be glad to come and visit with you and
Mr Taylor, but believe the expense can be saved.
Business has been very poor this year, with me
no doubt you can use money for other purposes
which would do more good. If you think it of
enough importance, I could come any time after
Dec 25". I will give you my opinion of Fred's
letter, which may help you to determine what to do.
My brother Tom was in N.Y. about a month ago. I
asked him to call on you and take several matters
up with you, but unfortunately you were out of city.
My opinion is that Fred did not want to leave the
island, and that Knight and Crawford insisted
and brought forward the argument about
the storing of food, and he was persuaded to
go with that reason, and gave that as his reason
in the letter. no doubt he also felt that the
two young men needed some one with experience