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At the Second National Conference, of the Citizens Cornmittee 
for the Hoover. Report^ it was announced that the Comittee will 
disband June 1 and that it will conduct a concentrated drive 
between now and then for the enactment of six major reorganizations, 
Veterans, Agriculture,'Post Office, Civil Service, Medical Services, 
and National Resources. No mention was made of S. II36, the 
Smithsonian Institution, or the Commission of Fine Arts, and it 
appears that the program which the Committee has undertaken will not 
leave it much time for such minor matters. 
Although hopes were expressed that a new organization would be 
established after the elections no concrete plans were revealed. In 
the long view outlook the chief danger "lies in the tendency of this 
group to evaluate its work in terms of naked percentage of Hoover 
Report recommendations enacted. 
There has been some correspondence on . S. S. S. Copies of letters attached 
show correspondence relative to The Panorama of Science. Thus far we cannot 
find any evidence that the Smithsonian Institution is to receive 5 ^ from the 
sale of this volume, and I do not see why we should. Ne neither prepared it or 
approved it, and you warned them to leave out the name of the Smithsonian in 
connection with this matter in your letter to them of November 21 , I95I. 
My letter of February 28 , to Mr. Monett was taken up withl 4 r.Hanson so it is 
his draft. I am very particular not to send them anything that he does not 
see in view of the delicacy*of our negotiations with them. ¥e want nothing in 
the records which might be embarrassing to us. As soon as we collect all of 
the infoi-mation, it will be talcen up with Mr. Hanson for preparation of a 
letter of reply to the one of March 3 , I952 from Mr. Monett. You will note 
that he indicates that they will soon resume payment. I do not know where 
the funds are coming from unless they are selling capital stock or borrowing 
money on promissory notes, but the enclosed letter from PIr. Rogers of 
Jacksonville, Florida indicates at least some of their contacts will not be 
successful. Any letters t-rritten either to the Series Publishers or to out¬ 
side persons on this subject will have lir . Hanson' s approval. 
Jim Zetek can tell you all about the projected trip of Dr. E. R. Hall to 
Panama since he has all of the correspondence on the matter. If Dr. Hall's 
trip goes through as planned, you mi^t even see him before you return. 
Grover Loaning has replied to your letter and he still wears a chip on his 
shoulder. I will, however, not bother you with this now. Mitman has the letter 
in hand and he will call it to your attention when you return. I thought you 
might be interested in seeing a copy of Admiral Combs' letter of February 5^ to 
you so I am enclosing a copy of it. 
I don't know whether the news has reached you that J. A. Roebling died 
early in February. I sent a letter of sympathy to the widow as did Mr. Aldrich 
