About the Concilium cards, th^ did go through those that were 
back of Mr, Shoemaker. They proved to be mostly duplicates, Howard said. 
Also, they got all that were left at the libraiy. Howard went around and helped 
pick them out himself. Howard has certainly been a jewel in this work, and I 
think I«d be sunk entirely if he weren’t so good to help hold up the heavy end, 
I had an opportunity to say so to Er. Tv'etmore, and I spread it on as tliick as 
I dared, Er, Wetmore asked me pointblank how Howard was doing, and I made it 
sound as well as I could. He said he was very glad to hear it, and repeated 
the criticism that he had already made to you of Howard. I said, «0h, do you 
think so? I think you are v/rong." 
A letter which came from Mr. Swett just after you left gave the 
Panama address, so my other letter was properly addressed. 
Mr, Maloney just came in looking worn out and worried, with his hands 
and clothes dirty. I hadn’t seen Jiim all morning and wondered where he was. 
his end of the stack cleared out, and Mr® Maloney has been clear5.ng one section 
of vshelves® He says that is all he is going to do| he is going to let Mr* 
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Shoemaker worry about the rest of it* I told him that was a good ideal Mr* 
Shoemaker may be down this afternoon, and may not be back until tomorrow* Nothing 
has ever come of your note to Stejneger requesting Bartsch to get his fetuff out 
of our stack* Since Dr* Wetmox^e has been so genial toward me, I wonder if it 
v/ould be a good trick for me to mention it to him next time I have occasion to 
see him, or if I»d better keep my nose out of it* I»ll ask Mr* Bryant* Mr* 
Maioney says that there are also quite a few co/irals up in our stack, as well 
as some fishes* The fishes may be some that you were saving for Hildebrand, 
and I would hesitate about turfaing them over to Myers. 
Miss Furtos made a mess of things in her paper* ”The Ostracoda of 
Ohio^’ published in the Ohio State University Bulletin is not her doctor^ s thesis, 
but the abstract published by the Ohio State University Press te aryf abstract 
of her doctor* s thesis, which has not been published and is not to be published, ‘ 
but which had the same title as the big bulletin* I had to write to her to 
straighten out the matter of dates* She said that she thought since the doctor 
thesis would not be pbblished it would be all right to use the same title for 
the bulletin* The bulletin is dated Februai^^ 15, 19SS, but she shys it did not 
actually come out until Ju3-y, 193S* Miss Rathbun is quite disgusted* 
If you are still awake when you get this far, you will be glad to 
know that I can^t think of anything more to say* 
Sincerely, 
