l^oveiaber 14, 1924 
Dear Brjuat; 
I no doubt aili have t:lLied t,o you about ttiis before I go. 
Bolin, of Stanford, is visiting Myers at present. When I mentioned, 
as a feeler to draw him out on the subject, tiiat hr. Fish had put in 
an application foi’ the iicadean;-^, he siild tiiat he coula, not coaveive of 
Uxeir looKing for a chiei', that he tiiought 'tiiey were very nearly 
bankrupt and had uifficulty in paying the interest on tlie new addition 
to thoir 
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ihe only thing I can suggest, unaer tne circumstances, xs 
tiiat 
you write to ?felber fisher and sound Iiim out as to the opportuneaees 
of inakiiig an approach 
the time ie opportune, you jaight send the 
longer letter of which ths ui'ul't is attached, in your own woras, of course, 
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do feel, however, that a feeler is aecassaxy ia aavance before oriels 
whole hand is shorn* 
