Mr* Roger ¥* Harrison 
3*8* Eish ahd Wildlife 3 or vibe 
2725 Monilak©' Boulevard ) ' ; ; 
Seattle.* 'Washington! 
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Dear Rogers 
Here is a soo-j: u a 1 $5 > y i 0 r b which concerns more particularly a 
hop® of mine that if you do get your appropriation extended you might 
be able to find a few dollars which will enable me to rlre some help 
to measure the email or its that; I got and also to pay , for agpiatrince 
to yet the m i x’e. ien^§ .of all the crabs plotted on a /curve. Fifty 
or sixty dollars should do the two Jobs*, because I would expebb to get 
some catnpeteiit student. to do it in his spare time. 
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I had hoped to. avoid asking you for further help, but I m 
finding great difficulty getting time for the job myself. I have seen 
Joe since dictating ray other letter, and he tells . me that there is 
some hope that your appropriation may be 'Continued for the remaining 
summer months. I hope that it may, for, from what’ Joe tells me, you 
have had some remarkably successful laauls. It is hard to believe that 
you got almost as many crabs in one day as we got all of last season. 
I am really happy for your sake. I would like to, have a copy of that 
part of the .progress report that you send to the Bureau which deals 
with the’ king crab investigation. 
If you cannot spare the money for these measurements and 
plottings, I am got along vdthout, but 1 did lose my assistant in 
Alitak, as you will recall. 
I am distressed to hear that your older girl broke her arm, 
I hope that it is ell well knit by this time. 
Joe is busy as a beaver and, as you no doubt know, expects 
to leave for Puerto Rico on the 29th, He took me out to a farewell 
luncheon Friday. 
My vary best to you and yours. 
Sincerely, 
WLSiLMo 
Waldo L, Sohmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marina Invertebrates 
