Paul thanks Mus for her long letter and is sorry to have missed Mother Bloom's birthday. Mother Bloom was a popular communist figure in the 1930's. Paul asks Mus to keep sending magazines (with chewing gum and show laces tucked in). He mentions having heard of Miriam Sigel's success at Camp Unity, a progressive camp in Upstate New York. Paul describes his days and the work he and the others perform. He also describes the various cafes in town, each run by a different political group: the Republican left, the Anarchists, and the Communists. Paul says the Communist cafe is the most popular, but the Anarchists have a radio.