>eea ober 19, 1940 
:<y:-orandu'"i to r. ll&net&m > 
la response to your memorandum of •"Member 19, Messrs* unooehar, 
Christey, and I have collaborated on a aeries of recomend at i one and state* 
nente regarding the recently eanolcied first expedition of the Alaska Crab 
Investigation aa set forth below. 
Should amplifications of any of mi"- rosaries he desired they can be 
furnished* 
Tills letter will more directly set forth our 1 'ms if not so burdened * 
Ton are already acquainted with moat or all of the details as the result 
of our several personal conversations# 
I 
We do cot think that Captain A, T* Felaen is the proper sen for the 
position ho occupies in the act tn »*" the Alaska '"lag Crab Investigation 
or that ho SHoxild be continued in it* He has so tact, and doe; not possess 
the ability to get along with other people# He w*t 'era captaincy 
of the 1936 -’Tondcl eyo" venture for just thin reason* 
"e has not a real friend on board either of the aseped it ion , s two 
vessels or any that would particularly ear© to serve un'er or rith him on 
another cruise. That is on-hat 2 calls' so for the undor-aigned* 
® in generally obstinately opinionated (bull-headed 5 , non-c ^operative, 
n ra-coreiital , and painfully accretive about all matters oven minor ones , 
•••art i sent to the best interests of the expedition* He is an unsatisfactory 
and difficult mn to deal with, certainly in the field. 
