Dec saber 11, 19 
W» ChaSt STOtt 
Holly wooa Security Building 
6S81 Hollywood BouleTard 
Hollywood, California 
Dear Mr* 
lour letter of Decanber 5 haa juat come to hand and 
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My blood is type £, I just haa recent occasion to supj)ly some to 
ay mother -who is now reco?ering froti a. rather serious belated appendicitis 
operation. The urine analysis I will attenc to before leaving Washington. 
Dr, Taylor is Professor of Botany, but bo is being taxen primarily 
for iiiarine silgae. I shall, iievertheless, caution him regax'ding the plant 
inspection la*?s, code addresses likewise, and to Drej. Fraser and Manter as 
well . 
Reg&x*ding tiia Jiiovle film fiaa the alcohol, I sin tranani btirig a meaoran- 
Guin to Dr, Wetaore toaaiy and hope ooon to give you soiae word on that score, I 
am hopeful tlmt is rill be favorable because ay outfit, as govermaeit property, 
has always beaa passed in free hcjretQfore, la case of question, it has been 
shipped to Ffushington in bond, iaid se ha ve no aiffi col ties at ell i end. 
It may bo that I vcill have to take your jaovie film to riisliington wi.th ase aixd 
ti'ien retuia it to you by express after re&cMng home, Th,„t would aitail very 
little aelay. 
With referexice to my letter of the 9th, For the taaperatars read- 
ings and saxaples desired by Dr, Cusixiatin ana the Havy, I do not nmt you to 
have any too great concern. If we find that it will xun into too much work 
mid time, ae could aalce perhaps half as many. With the arift of the sliip, the 
£0 fathom intervxil that Dr, Cushaian mentions Ih virtually out of the qestion, 
and between the mainland ano the Galapagos we could put over an occasional 
string of water bottlos for shut readings we could obtain. These are things 
that we can fit in wherever they will conveniently, I would like to do what 
I con in this particular, but that is a matter which we can discuss after I 
arx'ive on the coast, proviaed Dr, Vaughan is ssilling to laaxe the salinity 
deteiminations on the samples we bring back ana I'uniish the bottles for con- 
taining them. 
