UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND 
ORGANISMS 
April 22, 1947 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o Dr. James Zetek, 
Canal Zone Biological Area, 
Drawer C., 
Balboa, Canal Zone. 
Dear Dr. Wetaore: 
We are expecting you back sometime over the week-end, and I assume 
we will put in part of Monday on the rehearsal for our hearings which 
are still slated for Tuesday the 29th. 
We have just completed the monumental task of furnishing informa¬ 
tion on the scientific research of the Institution in biology, geology, 
anthropology, astrophysics, and American ethnology for the President's 
Scientific Research Board. Dr. Keddy has been putting in practically 
full time on it for about three weeks, and we have had to have a great 
deal of help from curators and heads of offices. It was a rush job 
and supposed to have been completed by the 17th, but we did not get 
in our final consignment until yesterday. All told I think a very 
good job was done, especially considering the limited time we had. 
After considerable sparring, we have learned that Dr. Bosch is 
in this country, so we directed a letter to him telling him of our 
understanding and stating that if these facts were correct you would 
be very glad to discuss the matter with him after you arrive at your 
office. The question of funds is still up in the air. Some of the Army 
people have suggested that we ask the Rockefeller Foundation to assist 
in the packing and transportation. I am a little bit reluctant to do 
so since I doubt very much if the foundation would stretch a point far 
enough to pay for the material we are receiving. At any rate, that 
point can await your return. 
lfte have been quite busy with several matters which will be brought 
to your attention on your return. 
Interior Bill is out today. The overall cut was $139,000,000, 
or 47/?. Most of this came from Reclamation. Bill Prather got almost a 
5O5? cut, but all but $750,000 was in new money for 1948 so he is not 
suffering too much. 
Dorothy was thrown by her horse about three weeks ago and suffered 
a fractured hip. She is, however, resting quite comfortably and we 
anticipate no complications. 
■TTC -: nmh 
