UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND 
ORGANISMS 
March 18, 1948. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Dr. Aldrich and Dr. Friedmann asked me if you had said anything 
to me, or to Mr. Graf, about Chan Robbins’ appointment on the S. I. 
rolls if he should be dropped from the Fish and Wildlife Service. I told 
them that you hadn’t mentioned it to me but that I would ask Mr. Graf. 
Mr. Graf said he knew nothing about it and to write to you. 
It seems certain now that Chan Robbins will be dropped from the 
rolls of the Fish and Wildlife Servide April 5. Mr. Graf said that if it 
is your wish to put him on to advise me and the necessary steps will be 
taken. Mrs. Carwithen says that Weber’s position in the Division of 
Birds is still available. I hate to keep bothering you with these matters 
but no one else can decide them. 
Your letter of March 14 reached me this morning. In record time 
I should say. According to this time schedule my letter to you of the 
11th arrived the day after you had written to me. 
I telephoned Mr. Christensen this morning and gave him your 
message re the Chairmanship on the Reception and Entertainment Committee 
for the AAAS Centennial Celebration, and he said that he would take the 
matter up with the authorities and let you know what they decide to do. 
You must have a de luxe jeep to be able to drive 800 miles, in the 
time that you have had available, and still be able to move around and 
collect birds ! Please get some rest out of this trip - your schedule for 
the next few months is very full. 
Spring arrives officially on Sunday and with it I hope some warmer 
weather. Dr. Swanson had a heart attack in his office but I understand 
that he is getting along all right. Mr. Setzler and Mr. Mountford are to 
be on a radio broadcast from Australia on March 19. No short wave 
radio sets in the Museum other than yours and I have told them that it 
was out of order ! /'A 
Sincerely, 
