Prom air mail letter to 2fr. James JfcConnaughey, The Kettering- 
Oakwood Times, 2600 far Hills Building, Payton 9 . Ohio, 
February 21, 1957 : 
They [the Secretary’s advisers] want to be certain that 
if the vessel is damaged the insurance company would not sue 
the Soithsonian after paying you (the owner of the vessel). 
What they fear is a subrogation clause that may be in your 
insurance policy which would render the institution liable for 
any o everything beyond the first $1,000 if the vessel is in 
collision, wrecked , or lost. 
Tell me something about a subrogation clause, if any. 
I would have coi, suited an insurance friend of mine, but he 
would not know anything about the nature of your policy. Do 
you carry' collision damage, and do we need it in order to 
escape any and all liability above the first $1,000? 
