UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SM IT! I SONIAN IN STITFHON 
Wr'is/iiilf/to/l ~.J. D. 
' r.s.A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
VIA AIR MAIL January. 13 , 1954 
HOLD FOR ARRIVAL 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore 
c/o Zeppenfeldt 
Hoogstratt 12 
Curacao, Netherlands West Indies 
Dear Alex: 
Enclosed is a letter to you from Dean Smith of the University of 
California, He sent this to my care for transmittal to you. He also 
asked me if I would like to send them my opinions of George's ability 
and I am enclosing for your information a copy of the letter I wrote 
to Dr, Smith. I hope they decide on George for this chair as I'm 
certain he would enjoy the work and also do an excellent job for them. 
You have really picked a good time to be "from 1 ’ Washington as far 
as the weather is concerned. We caught part of the storm which hit 
most of the eastern part of the States and the city is still digging 
itself out of a good healthy snowfall. Everything was tied up on 
Monday and the Government workers were dismissed an hour and a half 
early. Though there Is still plenty of snow around today things 
aren't quite so bad. 
We had our hearings on the sixth, but I’d sure hate to attempt 
to prophesy how we will make out. 
We just received a letter from Jim today and, I believe, you 
will be interested in the following excerpt from it: 
"I wrote you that it is almost certain that I would 
return January 28th and I am sure you gathered that I 
was anxious to be back. I kept a very detailed daily 
record of everything of importance in my progress, and 
this record was turned over to him /his doctor/” each 
month. I advised him of my intentions to return. I 
just received a splendid letter from him. His conclu¬ 
sions coincide with mine except that he goes further 
due to his long experience with similar cases. 
1 ! TT O • 1 
He finds. 
as 
doe 
s Dr. Valenzuela, 
tha 
t I am 
physically able 
to 
err* Pi 
dually undertake 
some 
work, thai 
my condition is 
V 
under 
good control, and 
the 
plan of 
treatment quite definitely.outlined. This feeling A-l 
is fine but it does not mean the old pep is back. He 
finds the blood pressures, pulse rates, and heart 
