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MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY | a a ie 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ALAS Ths. 
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Number 210 Activities for September - i (October, 1931 
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FOREWORD 
The monthly progress reports, on which this Monthly Letter is 
largely based, are in the main very satisfactory and informing and every 
one of them is being read with interest by the Chief of Bureau and others. 
They are meeting in a large way the purpose for which they were designed, 
namely, a means, which has hitherto been lacking, of keeping administra— 
tive forces in Washington in fairly close touch with the work of the 
hundreds of technical. assistants of the: Bureau scattered throughout 
the United States and.in foreign countries. It is our understanding that 
Administrative Memorandum No. 22 BE, dated February 9, 1931, has been 
placed in the hands of every such technical worker of the Bureau and that 
such supplemental instructions as have been issued have also gone to the 
workers. 
With the object of giving individual credit and indicating indivi- 
dual responsibility, the request has been made that each substation or 
subproject leader prepare a separate report-——all such reports to be ac— 
cumulated and sent to Washington--rather than an edited and combined re-— 
port from the head station. .This gives opportunity, to the rank and 
file of the workers who hold such responsible rositions as subproject or 
special subject leaders, not only for self-expression but also a chance 
to show their ability in condensation and clearness of statement. 
In the use of monthly reports for news letter purposes, brevity of 
statement is a great help, and therefore when the nature of the work 
makes it desirable to present the information at some length, or perhaps 
in tabular form, a brief summarized statement may also be given. Readers 
of the Monthly Letter will note that an effort has been made in Washington 
to utilize extended statements by reduction and condensation, but it 
would be much more satisfactory and probably more representative of the 
thought of the writers if they would add such condensed statements. 
It does not follow, because the report, or any portion of it, from 
any station or substation does not receive notice in the Monthly Letter, 
that it has not passed muster. There are space limitations, and the general 
plan is not to cover all work each month, but to make selections so that 
the work of all those in responsible charge of projects or subprojects 
will be presented from time to time. 
C. L. MARLATT, 
Chief of Bureau. 
(November 28, 1931.) 
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