June 10, 19^5 
Dr. Waldo L. Schnitt 
Chief, ^liithsonian Expedition 
c/o American Snbassy 
Cairo, Egypt 
Dear Dr. Sc.bmittj 
I received /our letter of June 6 yesterday and it sounded 
more like you ttian any so far. For a while I was afraid you were 
lost in Moses* bullrushes, or were they on the Kile? 
It*s a great pleasure to be able to tell you that we finally 
have a considerable amount of film under ouz’ care, all developed 
by the Okie St. lab. It came to us on June 3, marked as from the 
**Bept. of State, Wash., 25, D.C. Leopoldville No. 176, 177, 178.” 
So I cannot be sure that this is from Stanley^/ille or Leopoldville. 
As far as I know you could vsend film from one town and it is stamped 
by the tom with the Amer. Consulate. An^’waj’', it contained 10 boxes 
of 16 mm. color and 5 rolls in filmsacks. I have just finished a 
phone conversation with Mr. Griffin of the Service Dopt.of the Okie 
St. lab. He is on the lookout for the air freight shipment but has 
received nothing so far. That man has been a great comfort to us. 
He has been iTiOi'e than cooperative and has gone much out of the way 
of his regular duties to phone us regularly and make every check 
possible on the whereabotits of all film that we do not have. The 
black and white situation would seem to require the aid of the 
Pinkertons since we still have seen none and Porter Studios states 
they have received none. Don*t worry an/mcre. Gannichael, as he 
writes you, is aware of the problem and I feel confident that he 
will move properly. Dr. Friedmann received your letter and asked 
me to tell you that there is nothing to do but wait for developments 
on this film business, especially since Carmichael is on the alert. 
As to news: This is our second week of sub spring weather. 
Rain, V/ind, and Gold have been in comB^and of cur attire. 
Dr. Marble and Mr. ileinrich died, both of heart conditions# 
Dr. Bassler came back to work yesterday and he looks like a million. 
His recovery has been amazing. Dr. E’riedmann has a new secretary. 
Th6 Sniithsonian has been featured in the Post quite frequently, often 
in color articles. Apparently this springs from the tour which Dr. 
Carmichael gave Eugene }'!yer of the institution. I think that you and 
Mrs. Schmitt will be interested in the new First Ladies* Hall. I 
never cared for the exhibit before but now am enchanted. The House 
passed on the new $36 million dollar (I think) History and Technology 
Bldg, for us (to be erected in sweet bye and bye between 12th and liith) 
on Tuesday and sent the bill with a very complimentary voice vote to 
the Senate. Dr. Pettibone will be leaving around Tuesday. However, 
she has received another grant and ’idlll probably return for a long 
stay next February. 
After all this furor I hope you will let me see all the pictures. 
I am really quite excited about them. 
