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Feb. 19, 1977 Jack oboy oboy:

     Had a note from Muhrer, said he "loved that Artist piece" or mine, and had found underlined:  two short stories of mine in the files!   Wrote to him and said I enjoyed doing the Artist' piece and hoped they liked underlined: one of the stories at last.  Gave him names of bookstores in area and Washington that underlined:  might be interested in handling FOOLKILLER, I sent a copy of the FOOLKILLER to Comstock, editor of the underlined:  W.Va. Hillbilly shock him out of his W.Va. wits, or maybe I am wrong?!  Comstock had a piece about a strikepoke in the last issue and I wrote him about underlined:   that and the fact a newspaper editor refused to print a word "funkeybutt" I had in an article - editor said the word had a "bad meaning" where he came from (the Deep South) - this was a Hearst paper - you'd think ANYTHING went in THAT!?  A Negro was here today, friend of my son's, and he read my piece in the FOOLKILLER -- said he didn't know until he read it that artists had such underlined:  a bad time -- he thought any time they wanted "freedom" they got it and no questions asked!  He hoped to see more of my stuff and also the FOOLKILLER.  Leo (the Negro) has a lot to learn about the U.S.A. - he works for a guvmint agency too -- moving furniture about.  A nice fellow, but I wonder where he has been ?!  We'll have to educate  him, slowly.  Salud,

Jack II 115 E Maple St. Va. 22301