H. H. BARTLETT 
C. D. LA RUE 
B. M. DAVIS 
E. B. MAINS 
W. R. TAYLOR 
D. V. BAXTER 
J. H. EHLERS 
W. W. TUPPER 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
ANN ARBOR 
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 
4 December 1933 
F. G. GUSTAFSON 
L. E. WEHMEYER 
C. A. ARNOLD 
K. L. JONES 
W. C. STEERE 
Dear Dr. Schmitt; 
Yours of the 2nd arrived in good styie today. 
I think that the matter of ascription of the sponsors] 
can be fixed up all right. It looks at present as if it will be judged 
that ray leaving for a spell is simply an asignment on duty ana vilthin the 
province of the President* consequently* no action by the Piegents. 
I still await the *harf number; most of the things I need 
are here* the main missing item, ventilators* being the most bulky! Tvhen 
f 
they come? I ctm pack* The local Am*Ry«Sxp# office judges a week ample 
time to promise delivery. I will cheque my trunk. Are tnese plans O.K.? 
You have not told me what course to pursue if I get to 
L.A. before the 30th. Should I go down to the wharf and cheque up on the 
arrival of equipment, or keep out of sight? I thought of arriving on tne 
28th, perhaps late, and next day checking on arrival of stuff and visiting 
local institutions at L.A. and Pasadena. Gan you recommend a hotel? 
Professor Bartlett asks me to say that we think very ¥/ell 
of Dr. Archer. Pie has had more than an ordinax'y share of bad luck, as well 
as physical handicap. Prof. B. felt that the v. Hagen trip would give him 
the chance to do thie sort of thing he is superlatively efi active at, i » g * > 
fi^ld mycology? and v/ould be better for him tPian the drudgery at present iiis 
share in Washington* The risk and hardship admitted. Kow-ever, tnei*e snoj^d 
be some chance of success before he gives up his job. I do not know Dr. Arciior 
personally 
Cordially 
