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March 1, 1936. 
My Dear Mr. M&cKaaaa: 
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It. connection with this trip I certainly hope that 
you will ~ o t id thin reach of Washington so that^I can see you 
before we sail. I hope also that I shall be able to at least 
say *Kov; do you do* to Mr. Chrysler, and to let him know that 
I air* not sure he is aware thet he has done the biggest thing 
that anyone ever did for the National Zoological Park. We 
hare joked among ourselves about this gift that he has made 
to the American children, but it. really is not a joke. Mo 
matter wh&t the motives are, he has done a big thing for these 
children. The Herald this morning stressed the point and made 
a comparison between Little So-and-so in London who could see 
a giraffe, and Little So-and-so in Washington who could not, 
the object being that the little So-enu-eo from Washington 
was as much entitled to see one as the little So-and-so from 
London, and after this Expedition he will he able to uo it. 
ho you well know, the Zoo has had a struggle from 
the time it started, and this is the first time th at anything 
that might be termed munificent has fallen our way. 
The advertising value to the Zoo is aimply enor¬ 
mous. Wc may be certain that in today's editions of more than 
one thousand American newspapers there is an account of what 
we intend to do, and I would wager that some thousands of 
people who never knew that there was a National Zoo in wash- 
iagton, learned about it this morning. All of this is very 
pertinent to all of.us. 
I find that instead of getting calmer as the time 
goes on, 3 nr staying at the 3 am* high altitude of excitement 
that 1 started with. It is going to be a wonderful experience 
for uo, and unless something very dire and unforeseen happens, 
it should be' a success. As I have told Blackburn© jokingly, 
that if all we bring back is a lame zebra, the Zoo is at least 
a lame zebra ahead. But we shall get more than that, and I 
think th © re is a very great possibility of getting giraffe and 
rhinoceros, which we are featuring, as well as a lot of other 
exceedingly interesting species. 
The Coordinator's office is helping us in getting 
together a certain amount of camp material. A complete medical 
