UNITED STATES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Fish and 'Wildlife Service 
Technological Laboratory 
2725 Montlake Boulevard 
Seattle, Washington 
November 5, 1941. 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
United States National Museum, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
This is to thank you for your interesting letter of October 
30. I think I can best answer it by enclosing a copy of a letter 
I have just prepared for Mr. Fiedler. Under the arrangement out- 
lined Marvin could contribute his practical information to the 
first mentioned report and obtain credit, and for his biological 
data in the second report could also be given credit. By making 
two reports we can also solve the author problem to better advan- 
tage, since the three biologists are most concerned in having 
biological reports come out under their names, and Mr. Christey 
and Hr. Carlson would derive most benefit from the practical type 
of report being considered. 
If you have any suggestions to offer with regard to our 
present plan we would certainly like to have them. 
I am quite sure the boys will be glad to receive the speci- 
mens you are sending. At the present time Pat is doing some 
laboratory work in the hope of obtaining some idea of the size 
of the male crabs when they become mature. There seems to be 
sufficient data in this respect with regard to the females. We 
are working up a little bit of this information in advance in 
order to make it available to the Alaska Division in case anv 
questions arise regarding regulations. 
All the folks join me in sending their best wishes. 
Sincerely, 
R. W. -Harrison, 
Technologist in Charge. 
Enclosure 
