developed a system of cataloging by which specimens are filed systematically. 
In that case the name is the essential point, Then he turned to me and said, 
’’You might try asking for a cataloger, making the requirements you have just 
given here — that they have some zoological knowledge and knowledge of 
systematic arrangement/’ Mr, Graf added, ’’But you’d better be ready, if 
necessary, to defend yourself and tell why you have suddenly gone professional 
with cataloging, when you used to consider it clerical,” I said, ”111 defend 
it on this basisJ I’ll ask for some one who can catalog and file specimens© 
He can’t possibly file them without a knowlege of systematics,” The 
matter was left at that. Dr, Wetmore told me to go ahead and asked for on^. 
He wanted to know how long we could use such a person, and I said for at 
least a year without question. He said all right, 
I don’t know just what else to ask for, I thought of Greaser, 
and will suggest his name. He could name up our phyllopdds, and perhaps 
other things. Would you want to let him work on our crayfish? 
I think I forgot to say that these professional people will be 
brought in from all over the country; this isn’t just a local affair, 
I also thought of Ralph Bailey and talked to Myers about him, Myers will 
suggest his name, since Ralph is chiefly interested in fish and I think 
Myers would be glad to have him, I told Myers that I’d be Mad if he 
would suggest Ralph’s name, thus mailing it more impersonal; u don’t want 
to seem to be suggesting boy friends, but I’d do it for him if there were 
no other way, Myers said he already had him in mind and would be glad to 
do it. 
Another thing, we aren’t supposed to do any writing to these 
people or tell any one what we know, I’d like awfully well to let Ralph 
know on the q,t,, just so he could be thinking about the possibility, but 
I guess I can’t, Graf and Wetmore say that if this thing ^oes through, it 
is going to break in a hurry and there won’t be time to make specifications 
then. We must tell now what we want, for they may not have time to consult 
us again after the thing gets going. 
As I said, Greaser is the only outsider I can think of in our 
line who is availablef* Do you know of any one you would want and who would 
be eligible? I wish my brother could get in on it, but I wo^uLdn’t dare give 
his name myself, and anyhow his line is chemical engineering, I will suggest 
^ward Ball, I was sure the bird people would do it (and thereby hangs a 
which I will tell you when you get here), but this morning when I 
said to Friedmann, ”I suppose you will be asking for Howard Ball,” he said, 
”No, I hadn’t thought of ii him. If you want him, you ask for him,” That 
last remark is the end of another dirty deal that the third floor people 
have handed Howard, It’s a long story, so I won’t waste air mail postage 
on it. 
This, then, is the plan I have so far: I shall ask for a 
library/" cataloger thirough Mr. Gorbin and a specimen cataloger for our 
specimens. Then I shall ask for a taxonomic worker, trying to write the 
request around Greaser’s abilities if you think I should. Should I ask 
for some one else as aid or taxonomist, or should I ask for a specialist 
on some other group — worms, for instance, or some groups of the Crustacea 
not worked on. here? ^ v 
