January 19, 1949. 
Dr. W. M. Stirling, 
Officers’ Club, 
Albrook Air Force Base, 
Canal Zone. 
Dear Matt & Marion: < 
Our Regents meeting last Friday was the most enthusiastic one in 
helpful attitude toward the Institution that I have seen in twenty years. The 
Chancellor came down to preside and we had some very interesting dis¬ 
cussions. In fact, the Regents became so interested that they have asked me 
to arrange a dinner meeting here at the Institution on March 1, so that it is 
the next thing on the docket. You will be interested to know that the Chancellor, 
in the course of the discussions, remarked on a very vivid memory that he had 
of your own statements before the House of Appropriations Committee back 
in 1927 when he was a member of the committee. He said that this had made an 
impression on him that he had never forgotten. I remember very well his 
speaking to me at the close of the hearing. 
All this is preliminary to say that my plans for getting away for 
February 4 have gone out the window and that I am busy now getting some new 
reservations. 
In view of all these uncertainties I believe that you had better go ahead 
and make your plans for Barriles and any other points without reference to me. 
I think that I had better get out to La Jagua as soon as I can get through with 
my business with Zetek, since I want to work that country as thoroughly as 
possible in view of the excellent arrangements at the moment. What I will be 
able to do beyond that will depend on circumstances. I may find it desirable to 
stay in eastern Panama, or to make another reconnaissance down to Punta Mala, 
depending upon the time I have available and circumstances. I hope that I will 
be able to stay dov/n until the first part of May. This would mean that any plans 
for western Panama would come another year. 
Sincerely yours, 
A. Wetmore, 
Secretary. 
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