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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 
The Marine Laboratory 
439 ANASTASIA AVENUE 
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 
CABLE ADDRESS: MARLAB MIAMI (FLo) 
COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE 
ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR 
IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO: 
Apps Ich 
May U, 1956 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Department of Zoology 
U. S. National Museum 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D. C. 
Dear Waldo : 
I am happy to say that Jack Randall has agreed to join our staff 
next year. A slight difficulty has arisen, however, since the 
administrators of red tape in this University have insisted that 
they will not approve my offer of a position unless they have 
three letters of recommerriation and some proof that he has his 
Ph.D. Inasmuch as Randall is in the Pacific and hard to reach, 
and since I have already offered him the appointment anyway, and 
since he has had to chase between this and another job on short 
notice, I would appreciate it if you would, with your usual kind- 
ness, help me out. 
Brief letters of recommendation from Ted Bayer, Dr. Leonard Shultz, 
and yourself, and, if possible, a statement which indicates he has 
his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii would satisfy red tape and 
confirm my own recommendations. 
I am so sorry to bother you about this but the paper work must go 
on. 
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With best regards. 
Very truly yours. 
FGWS :1s 
F. G. Walton Smith, 
Director 
