	edelman group in plan to buy morse shoe mrs a group led by new york investor asher edelman said morse shoe inc agreed to provide it confidential company information and that his group would make an offer to buy morse only in a friendly negotiated deal the group also said in a filing with the securities and exchange commission that its members would not without morse approval buy or offer to buy any company securities giving the group a pct or more stake in the company edelman and his group said his terms held until the earlier of days from march or the date on which morse announces a definite agreement for its sale at the same time the edelman group said it cut its stake in morse to pct from pct reuter 
