’Te is lae“'litT in iniative* in interest In ths morale and welfare -of 
t .0 personnel under ala, in •;> j ,b ■ of canning, crab'' , and human nature. 
R© has shorn himaelf to be of exceedingly poor Jud •went, and woefully 
lacking In foresight* ".'Ms is best sir was In the inexcusable wrong timing 
in both of the omlsos planned to sorry out t >s purposes of tbs inveoiiga- 
tion. As it was the expedition rent north at a tine that crabs were known 
to be scarce or Inching in the are 5 g Investigated, the first season’s 
operations should havr b - ®r. started ?.t t v t tine when they were actually 
brought to an ©ad, and the Bering >ea operations, due to the limitations 
of funds, wrong ti lag, and weather will be fore :-d to end about the time 
they should fey all reason begin* 
This wrong tiding In sortethlap that Captain Reiss:* eh -aid be called 
upon to explain am! justify. In this connection it appears to u ; that 
the '"lab and Wildlife wvies was °rmely misinformed by someone on the 
sponsoring side of this investigation as to the true conditions existing 
in Alaskan aters regarding the distribution end abundance of King crabs 
pcrticalcrly an the : @rvlce ran directed to undertake canning operations 
during the period it hoe done so and air'" «dv hae been advised to do so 
next year* 
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© do not thin!: that the R 
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"Tondeleyo* is a "it or suitable 
vessel to take back to Alaska partioula ly to the Bering ©a because of 
her inadequate po or, lac : of proper enuinmont (a. navigation Instruments 
including chronometer, b- roaster, log lino, ete.j b. Inc o storage 
better/ newer for radio in caw..® of breakdown of the auxiliary power plant, 
to oay nothin:’ >f an emergen©:' light or two| the vessel is wholly without 
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