Dear Bruces 
II : 
Your let oer of December 7 is most ;elcome because it brin. s up several 
points that have been distressing Ados, it seems, and which I thought could 
be settled between us without disturbing you with them. 
Perhaps rou should ask A. '.os to let you see his file of the letters that 
have passed between us two • This would give you a more intimate view of 
what seems to be the trouble. 
In ny letter to A nos, 2. XII. So were included the following paragraphs: 
"You no aoubt know iron Carl /Dhuster/'uow we conduct ourselves and 
dress, and that, woo, the Smithsonian likes to have title to the scientific 
materials and collateral inxor-iation resultin ; from joint expeditions of this 
sort. Also, Bruce has informed you of this. We are not niggardly with 
sharin the spoils — zoological, rather, biological — photographic and liter- 
ary as Carl can tell ■ ou. I .now mi are a writer and do a lot of free- 
lancing. tie Institution is not adverse to the kind of publicity that you 
dispense, but, at the same time, likes to know what is going on. To that 
end, the Institution would like to see in advance of publication anything 
you may want to ret into print regarding the expedition, and asks that 'with 
the Secretary's permission* i indicated somewhere j that photographs published 
outside or pul licain >ns carry a courtesy of, or credit line, Smithsonian- 
Bredin Ex, edition; this to o with photographic results. I-or that reason 
we fur.* ish the film used , and of course retain master or ori inals for our 
files. Du licates (copies) you will be welcome to. About the se things i 
anticipate to difficulties. 
"In t‘ is connection, I have always been hard put to it to keep a running 
lo of our activities, and shall ask ou if you won' t keep one for the cruise. 
V/ith carbon paper a dug record can ,e kept, and thus serve both you and us. 
This sort of thing was my lot in the early day;.. Lower California, Alaska, and 
the first Caribbean expedition I ever was on — the Joseph Conrad — on which I 
met Bruce Bred in. I turned over an original copy in a re cor i book, such as 
I shall brin along, to Mr. Hartford (A ?), who sponsored that expedition." 
^ 1 i t Y Om (vK tpT r\ @ y 
Ask Bill Arnos to let you re ad ’is replies to those requests. One of his 
early complaints concerned the' processing of the films. He insists that I 
"assured" him that he co ilJ recess the film he exposed. Mo: t regrettably, I 
