July 5, 1964 
Dear Maryanna: 
salute 
for 
The ATF'to Dr. Ripley 1 s proposed study $f increasing efficiency among 
Smithsonian workers. I have been so inundated by remarks from the S.I. party 
about what Dr. Ripley can do to increase efficiency that I find it difficult 
to type, l-'y ears fairly burn. 
Thank you for the many bits of wit which you sent along with the numerous 
and rather tiresome sheet of official garbage. We were sorry not to be able to 
reply to earlier request but our mail schedule didn*t make it possible to 
get the forms back before July 1. 
The Fairy Island Times has officially folded its doors due to lack of 
enthusiasm, will power and mainly lack of intelligent writters. Such snide remarks 
as: ?f We have eard of fair weather sailors but never of all weather sickers tf 
died much to Bob Long 1 s pleasure. 
The attempt to put booby jokes on a par with elephant jokes now hangs 
on hiss HallJi willingness to put the enclosed sheet in the droppings. 
As letters get shorter, tempers get longer and we might even be friendl 
by the time we get back to Washington - It looks like one and all will be 
trooping back. 
V 
^•3. My major reason for writing this letter was to comment on your work so 
far toward the annual report. Although you nay feel that Mr. Wirtz*s contributions 
to trie first ATF trip were small t. is is no reason to drop h _m from the list 
of personnel for that period ( Feb-March, 1963)* Otherwise the report shows again 
your true ability along these lines. 
Remind yourself and Judy to look at the Modern Living section of the June 26 
Time if you don 1 1 believe that the bare bosun is coming into style. 
