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              NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
              2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE,, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
                  Established in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences
under its Congressional 
                     Charter and organized with the cooperation of the National
Scientific 
                            and Technical Societies of the United States

 
                               February 5, 1956 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           Doctor I. F. Lewis 
           University of Virginia 
           University, Virginia 
 
           AV dear Doctor Lewis: 
 
                     I want to show you the enclosed memorandum of 
           conversation yesterday with Professor Leopold. He is 
           looking formard to seeing you here on Saturday and, if 
           agreeable to you, would be glad if authorizations could 
           be initiated through the Administrýttive Committee of the

           Council on that day to permit the solicitation of funds for 
           the support of the coordinated inventories of disappearing 
           species of wild life which he has in view. 
 
                     Since talking with Professor Leopold, I an not 
           sure but that you may wish to obtain the advice of your 
           Executive Committee upon any recommendations which the 
           Committee on Wild Life may make. In that case, the matter 
           might be explained to the Administrative Committee on 
           Saturday, by way of information, so that they could be 
           prepared to take positive action by mail later, if your 
           Executive Committee should endorse Professor Leopold's 
           plan. 
 
                                         Sincerely yours, 
 
 
 
 
                                         Albert L. Barro,7s 
                                         Executive Secretary 
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