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Commander 0. A. Ballsy 
U.S.S. HOUSTON 
c /o P.M.V' / 
San Pedro, California 
Bear Commander Baileys 
That was certainly a nice letter you wrote me in apprecaa- 
tioa of the pamphlet on the scientific results of the Presidential 
Cruise. 
I am headed for the coast some time in September. If I 
can arrange it, I shall certainly go through Los Angeles and say, 
"How do you do" to you at Long Beach. 
I would like to make that Alaskan cruise, too, hut I under- 
stand it is to be a very .ittick on®, though lately the papers have put 
forward the possibility that the President might return by way of the 
Panama Canal. Tnis is an anniversary year for the Zone and so he no 
doubt will be sorely tempted. But from the looks of the political 
situation, he will have to stick pretty close to Washington. Next 
year will be a lively one. 
With kind regards 
Sincerely 
Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates 
