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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
March 8, 1948 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore 
Parida, Herrera 
Republic of Panama 
Dear Dr. Wetmore* 
I am transmitting two letters from Fenimore Johnson, one just received 
March 5, 1948, and the other referred to in his lettey August 25, 194?- I 
I am sending the August 25th letter since it bears on the same subject. If 
you will give me your decision, I should be glad to paSs it on to him. You 
will note that he wants to know/in 30 days. 
The clipping from the Washington Star for March 7, 1948, is self 
explanatory. This was a side of Taylor which was unknown to me. 
Kill ip has brought down a memorandum recommending that given 
to Chung Wu a student of Chinese coniferae who is working at >rn 
Botanical Laboratory at Yale University. Mr. Wu has apparer !y a, great 
deal of work on Chinese coniferae in the herbarium and field Vn Chinn and 
he had a grant to study the specimens in American Herbarium bu|,*itNU 
run out in June about the time he finishes his work at Yale. . He said that 
we had a very good collection and we have a considerable number, the Rock 
collection being among them. He is asking for a grant of $200 to $300 
to care for his living expenses during his stay in Washington while he is 
examining our collections. His appeal is strongly backed by Professor 
E. W. Sinnott, Stirling professor of Botany at Yale, Killip thinks that 
$300 would do the job, and he recommends that it be given to him. I would 
rather finance Mr. Wu than to^KS monograph prepared and leave our col¬ 
lection out. Mr. Dorsey informs me you have ample funds in research. He 
does not know your opinion regarding these matters but he feels it would 
be less injurious to us to make a mistake in hiring him than in not hiring 
him. 
While you are having a good time with the birds in Panama you are 
missing the spring season in Washington. I have heard many bird songs in 
the morning. 
/ I am also attaching a letter to Mr. Zetek which you will probably want 
J to discuss with him before you come back. Some of these questions are brought 
up to be sure he has considered all sides of the problem. 
