Dr. Charles A. Ely 
6139 Pahukula Street 
Kuliouou, Hawaii 
May 7 , 1964- 
Dear Dr. _ly: 
X havexi f t the heart to write Vin, you win have to pass on the 
information! There is going to be an Aleutian trip for Hoetian and 
Banko in early June and Vin was planning on returning immediately 
after the May COS cruise in order to "begin work on it(Aleutian)." 
The sad thing is: there is no work to be done11 I feel like this 
is squashing enthusiasm but what can one do? Mr. Banko says he 
will make all arrangements and they will take little more than the 
clothes on their backs. He suggested that Hoe man could even meet 
him in Portland! I There is a lot Of work here to be done - Banko 
has had no heup on his reference file system yet; Dennis is asking 
for volunteers; taxidermy has a long road ahead with Jillson turning 
out 3-5 birds a day; and Linda is losing wight running erands for 
me. So - it would be great if Vin would cone back, but not to work 
on the Aleutian phase right now. Let me know as soon as you can 
since it will make a difference in funding, etc. 
How - Dr. Humphrey and Fred were talking about the July, August 
and September SC® cruises - I was jotting down the following notes 
to send to you. 
a) take Leeward trip in July; August and September to Marshall, 
Gilberts. 
b) Give Gould a "Good Rest", August and September. 
c) To the Leewards, Gould and a Botany-type person should go. 
Stop at Pearl-Hermes, and 2 or 3 others. Wlslocki might 
be good to go. 
d) ATF trip will be back for August-September and so will 
Cromwell. Should staff Marshall-Gilbert cruise with people 
with experience in hopping from ship to island camp. Bratley 
would be good for one camp leader; Hackman would also be good. 
Sundell cannot be away from DC in August; Fred needs to 
