
          Recd. June 30

Princeton May 31st 1939

My Dear Dr.

Your kind and very acceptable 
present of the lamp and the accomping [accompanying?]
[tube?] came to hand safely I would have
answered [added: your letter] [crossed out: it] before this time but
the commencement of a new College term
and the beginning of summer course
of lectures amid all the confusion
of apparatus in the Hall has occupied
me more than usual - I have
sent off a reccomendation for 
Fischer and hope he may succeed
since you think him worthy and
needy - The matter of the [half?]
tube is certainly a very curious situation
If a sufficient quantity can be procured
you should by all means stick to the
examination of it and little by little
you will get at the truth - I have

[left margin]
James Alexander lost his oldest child last Saturday you may recollect
that it  was a deformed child blind and helpless The family however was much
attached to him and are deeply afflicted with his death.
        