March 21, 1955 
Dear Dr* Sclimitt: 
I donH know whether I can get this letter to you before you 
leave Chicago or not, but 1^11 try* Your letter of the 19th came this 
morning and we are all so glad that you will soon be back* I do hope 
you can make it by Monday* 
I had lunch with Mrs* Schmitt today and have just come back 
from it* Dr* Wetmore had not phoned her about your wire of Tuesday 
and she didnH know that you are already in Chicago* She looked just 
grand in a new blue coat and hat* 
This is a hot day. We walked up town with our tongues hanging 
out. The weather report says colder tonight, however. 
Miss Neil ran out of copy work this morning, so I have 
started her making geographic cards for the annelids. I am a little 
dubious about it. I haven H had a good chance yet to look at what 
she has done so far. She is nervous as a cat about having any one 
poking around while she is working. When she went out at noon, I 
thought I^d look over what she had been doing, tut I had the 
hardest time finding the cards she had already done. I don’t know 
whether she had actually hidden them purposely, or not, but I found 
them stuck away in her table drawer under a lot of other stuff. 
I didn’t have much time to look at them because Mrs. Schmitt came 
along just then. She’s slow as molasses, and will spend the next 
month on one drawer, probably. 
I’ve put Miss Neil in Mr. Malone’s room now. She was in 
here until yesterday. I’ve been able to do quite a little cataloging 
In the next couple of days I will finish up what I have 
on my table and then will clean up your desk and try to sort over 
the mail. I was thinking that I had better go through the letters 
and pick out any ones that ought to have your immediate attention. 
There may be some of them that I can write myself and save for your 
signature, although I have answered as they came in any that I could 
take care of. 
Today’s paper says that the relief bill will probably pass 
Congress Saturday. I think that is the bill which will provide the 
money for this extra help we hope to get. 
I wonder if you got the letters I wrote to Iowa City. The 
first one had a copy of my memorandum to Graf in it. You probably 
didn’t get the second one. It didn’t amount to anything, anyway. 
I was thinking about moving, but decided to stay where I 
am. I’ll be hot, but I’ll save money. 
I guess this will be the last letter I’ll have to write you. 
v/on’t it? 
