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Dr. Osis turned, well, a little fuzzy. Although he was interested in the experiments, and especially approved of the one’s designed by Drs. Silfen and Schmeidler, he was ambiguous about his name being attached to them. Janet explained: "He’s afraid of the board, and won’t become part of any experiment that doesn’t have board approval." I decided to take matters into my own hands -- and sent a report of the SRI magnetometer experiment directly to Dr. Montague Ullman, president of the ASPR, and Director of Community Mental Health Center at Maimonides Medical Center. In the cover letter, I explained what an honor it was to be a test subject at the ASPR and work on Osis’s breakthrough experiments." I then complained to Arthur Twitchell and John Wingate, both being ASPR trustees, that I resented the gossip about Moi taking over the ASPR. I explained that I hadn’t the credentials to begin with, and wouldn’t WANT to do so even if I had them. I further compound about the declining morale. Both said they would investigate. I received a letter from Dr. Ullman dated 26 July, the day Silfen, Janet and I did the interesting box experiment: "Dear Mr. Swann: Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in sending me the report of your work on the West Coast. I was very much impressed with your ability to achieve so startling and challenging a result. I hope that we can move toward a similar line of investigation in connection with your work at the American Society for Psychical Research. At any rate, I would very much like to explore this with you and wonder perhaps if we either