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bit safer is one that I do not like, i.e. to withdraw one of the articles 
of our own men from the report and substitute Du Val’s article for 
it. If the article we withdraw gave a good coverage of the subject 
we could publish it early as a number in the Miscellaneous 
Collections. I am not recommending this action very strongly since 
I do not like it but I thought it should be brought to your attention 
as a question of policy and its possible safety. 
I do not like to be pushed around by outsiders who claim 
our articles are controversial and who want their own side printed. 
If we followed this position scrupuously the preparation of the 
Appendix to the Annual Report would become so burdensome that we 
would have to finally give it up entirely. Personally I think that Cole 
and Du Yal have a lot more interest in propaganda than Bowman has, 
and I believe that their present attiude in this matter is stimulated 
by their desire to get some free Smithsonian advertising. 
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We have contact ed Mr. Burds-ek at the Canal Zone and 
will await some more information from him before replying to Mr. 
Cole. We would, of course, like your own opinion on this. I feel most 
strongly that we should either print Du Val’s article in this report or 
terminate the correspondence with a very short letter since we have 
nothing to gain by an argument. 
Sincerely, 
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J. E. Graf/ 
Assistant Secretary. 
