(Sir Alexander George, 1882-1968, Professor of Political Economy at Aberdeen 1921-1934 and Edinburgh 1934-1956)
Typed Letter Signed to Viscount Waverley,
(Sir John ANDERSON, 1882-1958, Statesman) consoling him on his return to hospital but congratulating him on his Order of Merit, saying the news about the O.M. can only evoke shouts of joy... the O.M. is not merely commendably select and few, but singularly free from members who are somehow doubtfully up to the expected standard. This is indeed the crowning acknowledgment of a career which has really been quite extraordinary, 3 sides 4to., 8 Abbotsford Park, Edinburgh, 11th December