January 21, 1946* 
Hr. James Zetek, 
Canal Zone Biological Area, 
Drawer C, 
Balboa, Canal Zone. 
Dear Zetek: 
Things are moving along with me and I really begin to 
feel that I am going to get out in t|re field again. After two 
years I can assure you I need it. The outfit covered by the 
accompanying letter has one more box in it than I had contemplated 
originally. I found that we were out of the fiber storage cases 
that we U3e for holding the cardboard boxes in which we pack sraal^. 
bird skins. Mr. Wilding, our Pc^perty Officer, ordered some and 
was told that they wou2|d not be along for some weeks, so I had a 
wooden box made and packed it up with the necessary containers full 
of cotton. At the last moment as this shipment was about to leave 
the fiber cases came in so X had one of them crated and sent along. 
Please note that the crates are put together on one side with screws. 
If you open them for customs examination please take out the screws 
and keep the crates so that I can use them again in shipping the 
outfit back home eventually. 
The annual meeting of the Board of Regents is behind me and 
various other troublesome things. I still have a meeting of a Committee 
on Policy at the end of this monthj a lawsuit over an art collection 
given to the Smithsonian years ago on February 12, and various other 
si m ilar pleasant matters to adjust before I get away. I have set March 
1 as the date. 
Incidentally I have been in touch with the Array Air Forces regard 
ing my plans and have a letter this morning from Maj. Gen. Norstad tell¬ 
ing me that he is asking General DeFord in Panama to look into the matter 
down there for me. All I want is a place to work. I think it will be 
available. I believe I told you that I had Jaque in mind as a base from 
which to operate. 
I was in New York Saturday night for the annual dinner of the 
Explorers Club. We had about 500 in attendance. 
Sincerely yours, 
A. Wetmore, 
IP 
