BCF : With Warren on leave Busted will probably have to go alone. I haven't 
talked to him yet but think that he can do it. Aprils King and Woodward; 
Bay ! King and Amerman; June ! Busted and Woodward. Warren will probably 
be coming back in June to start writing. 
AT SEA* Assuming the -Leeward trip the March crew would be * Wirtz, Clapp, Stadel, 
Boeman, Amerman. The grid work still has priority and we will not have 
word for some time. Bight now it is doubtful if we will go into the grid 
for March or April. If the grid is closed in April, we will plan an at sea 
collecting trip as close to it as possible. For this reason the April 
crew will include Gould, Busted and ^merman for sure. Merrill and % M 0 nt 
seem like the other two. 
May atfsea* G 0 uld, Anderson, Busted, Woodward, % Mont. 
June at sea* Gould, Anderson, Amerman, Du i-1 ont., Man ZZ. 
1 still suspect that Pat will be quitting sonetime this summer but he is 
not commenting on this now. I really don't blame him for waiting to see how 
things develop. Anyway he has promised me an answer by 1 Msy. If he does 
quit we will try to fill the position from outside as soon as possible. I want 
to be on the record now as opposing any deal to keep Pat or any of the others. 
Despite the bad deals he has been given on the project (?) his work and 
attitude doesn't justify any more than he is now getting (in grade raises are 
OK). i,K ' + 
I'm sure changes will have to be made in the future but if we can keep 
a month ahead we will be in fair shape. Inere will be competent people here 
most of the time but only a minimum back in D.C. for writing. Lehner may as 
well stay in D.C. until just before the ATF trip (if Fred wants him). I'll 
send Boger back right after the March at sea to take over Fred's work. 
We will have 8-9 people here frcm late March through mid April but can 
keep most of them busy on the offshore islands, etc. and perhaps some writing 
or something. I can see frustrations trying to keep trac# of them. D 0 ug H. 
can't get here too soon. This doesn't leave us much padding for new things 
that open up so keep your fingers crossed. 
