UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
Washington, D. C. 
November 16, 1936. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o Consulado de Los Estados Unidos del Norte, 
Guatemala City, Guatemala. 
Dear Doctor Wetmore: 
I was very glad to get your letter and know that every¬ 
thing was going very well with you. The Daveron matter has 
finally been cleared up. After a long talk with Messrs. Miller 
and Kellogg, they recommended that $485.00 would be a fair and 
reasonable payment to both parties, and this sum has been de¬ 
posited in his Baltimore bank for him and notification sent to 
him. I also sent a form down requesting additional locality 
data on the specimens. Mr. Miller was veiy well pleased with 
the specimens and Friedmann informs me that the bird specimens 
are Jabirus. I had not realized that the citizen was so size¬ 
able until I saw the skeletons. 
Blackwelder wrote in and asked for another check of f1,000 
on his project. He claimed this will see him through. I talked 
with several others and decided there was nothing to do but send 
the money since it had to leave here before November 20. Accord¬ 
ing to Nick, this will still leave a balance of §500 on the allot¬ 
ment . 
Budget figures have just arrived. There were only three 
increases (l) f10,450 for M. & 0., including £ 3,500 for the water 
connection, §4,750 for the high pressure water line, and §2,200 
for new hose. We did not request the latter, but in view of your 
oral discussion with them at the Budget, they probably decided 
to give it to us now rather than argue later. Unfortunately, the 
appropriation language carries a statement indicating that this 
sum can only be spent for the three items in question; so that it 
is good only for one year. The second increase was §4,800 for 
four guards under P.C., and the third increase $9,500 for printing 
and binding. I understand that allocation of the latter is made 
§5,000 to the Museum, bringing us to §30,000, and §4,300 to the 
Bureau, bringing them to §13,300. In checking up the books for 
1938, we asked for an increase of §18,000 for the Museum, and 
§16,000 for the Bureau, a ratio of nine to eight, which about 
agrees with the present distribution. The remainder of the print¬ 
ing fund includes sms.ll increases scattered generally throughout 
the list. You will note that the total under this for the 
Smithsonian Institution is $25,250 which, as you once surmised, 
is about the price of the "Winnie Mae". I hope that the same 
