June 3, 1941 
Mr* Roger W# Harrison 
u, 8. Pish and Wildlife Service 
272b Hontlak© Boulevard 
Seattle, Washington 
Dear Roger: 
Hatural ly, I aia hoping that we can raise a little grant, 
but that, as you understand of course, is predicated on the contin- 
uation of the investigation into tine next fiscal year. 
Meanwhile, there is the matter of the disposal of the spec- 
imens that your field biologists will have collected this year, I do 
think it would be best if all of them were shipped back here to Wash- 
ington first. Then if Pat, for instance, were willing to work up 
ooae plies© of the investigation, that part of the material could b® 
sent back to hint. Though he will not be continued on the pay roll be- 
yond tha expiration of the fund, we had talked over his doing certain 
of the work toward his doctor's degree— a study of the embryology, 
the condition of the egg samples, and the number of eggs perfoaalo* 
we weighed out certain s ©looted portions of live egg masses, I have 
the first lot here with me, and any additional material of that sort 
should go to him, too, if he decides to do something along that line 
for hie thesis. Of course, all the material collected is government 
property, but any and all of it will be available for whatever studies 
we my want to make in connection with the biology of the king crab, 
I have ih salad one systematic paper describing the various 
species from that region, with some remarks as to the sise and growth 
of those that wo collected on the first trip. This second trip will 
natural ly add to that data and if so me one carries it on from where I 
leave off, well and good. Or else, if there is not time, I could lator 
combine that data with what I have here. I also plan to look through 
the stomach contents, but that material would be available for some 
on© els© if they war© to promise a careful study of the various mater- 
ials contained in the several stomachs saved. 
In short, it seems best that the distribution of the mater- 
ial to be studied be handled through on® office, and I shall be glad 
to do it here for the sake of keeping all the records straight, inas- 
much as we have all the stuff taken on the first trip already. 
