mind for transfer from some other Government Department, since 
this will very greatly simplify the matter in view of the 
orobable limited time at our disposal. I do not know whether 
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it will be possible to give a Civil Service examination and 
obtain a certificate of eligibles before the bars are let down, 
although if you indicate the desirability of this, we will be 
very glad to go ahead. There is, of course, the chance that 
we could request an appointment pending certification, but I 
think the Civil Service would be rather loathe to go with us 
on this in vie?? of the impending embargo on appointments. 
There is always a chance that the Classification 
Board might object to our filling this position at P-5* Dr. 
Richmond attained the rank of P-5 at the time he was Curator of 
the Division, and when Dr. Friedmann was appointed Curator, Dr. 
Richmond was maintained at P-5 owing to his long experience. 
I think we should try to hold the job at Professional 5, but I 
am not so certain that we could put some one else in Dr. 
Richmond's position without being questioned rather closely by 
the Classification Board. The uncertainty on this point is one 
thing which should be borne in mind. It might be that a request 
for filling this vacancy would go through without any question 
at all, but if it came up before some one who had the whole 
history of this case in mind, they might welt suggest that it be 
made a P-4 job. I am simply mentioning this possibility to you 
so that you can give it considers.tion. You know the entire 
history much better than I do, and try fears may be entirely 
groundless but in view of the lambasting the Personnel Classi¬ 
fication Board has gotten from certain Members of Congress, they 
might scrutinize some of these cases very closely. 
In the meantime, nothing will be done until we receive 
Yford from you, since I am certain that you have rather definite 
plans for meeting just such an emergency. 
The paper this morning carried the report that the 
Senate Economy Committee was going to work again after a four- 
day vacation. Senator McKellar is still too sick to meet with 
them, but he will undoubtedly be in on the final writing of the 
Committee's bill. The paper indicated that the Committee would 
work on the ruins of the House Economy measure which now carries 
only about $42,000,000. They will attempt to bring this up to 
somewhere between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000. In order to 
refresh your mind, I am sending you a clipping ?vhich gives the 
House Bill as it finally passed the House. 
