October 24, 1938 
Mr. Jeremiah Iftmter 
Explorers Club 
10 W. 72nd Street 
lew York City 
Dear Mr. Boater: 
.. . „ 5J Tni& is *5 ust a confidential, personal note on the subject 
that I discussed with you the other evening. 
1 d0 h °Pe that it may be possible for the Club to consider 
making the President an honorary member of our organisation in some 
way. I know you would be surprised to learn of his intimate knowledge 
of exploring and scientific research afield. 
It is a little early to talk about the results of this 
last Presidential Cruise on which I had the honor to serve as biolo- 
gist, but we have gotten together a really outstanding collection 
although small in numbers of specimens collected. ?here are 
ber oi new shells, four new species of echinodenns, new plants, I 
think an undeseribed variety or subspecies of bird, some new crusta- 
ceans, and a host of the larger game fishes which are so rare in 
Museum collections. Among the fishes, too, two new species were 
xound. Keporta on all of these will be published just as soon as 
tne manuscripts are completed, and before Christmas we hope to have 
some of them in print. 
These results are all due to the President's personal and 
wholehearted interest in the collecting of scientific specimens for 
Museum and study purposes. I do think that some such honor paid to 
the White House would be all to the credit of the Club and would per- 
haps set a precedent that would further encourage the present execu- 
tive and those that will follow him to do likewise by science and 
exploration. 
