MRS. Matthew W. Stirling 
3311 ROWLAND PLACE, N. W. 
WASHINGTON 8, D. C. 
March 11, 195H 
Dear Don Alejandro and Perry: 
Good of D.A. to think of suggesting J oh>-;n 2 / 
send the letter along for us to read. We are Terj 
hapiy that all is going so well with j’ou - as one 
alwax’-s wonders - things can change in even one 
2 ?ear as you both well know. 
I talked to Velva,last night and she says that 
Perry is due back about the g9th, which is sooner 
than I expected. He will just miss Matt’s lecture 
bv dne dav! Joe is bus.y working on the final 
X olishing. 
We went to New York Fridao' to see Frank. 
Roberts receive the Viking, or rather V/enner-Gren 
award in archeology. Had a good time visiting with 
New York, Philadelphia and Boston anthropologists 
who were down for the dinner. Came right back 
S a t ur d a2' m o r n i n g. 
The birds have begun 
here so perhaps Spring i 
with you when 2^o''i return. 
s 
to twitter a little bit 
coming. Bring it along 
Be sure to give oiir regards to Fairchilds, 
Dr. Clark, Trapido, Curtis, Mendez, Zetek. 
I’ll cook up some bananas when 2 ^ou return. 
Best 
