HERBERT L PRATT                                                      
               FREDERIC C. WALCOTT 
   Chairman of the Board                                                
                   President 
   ELTINGE F. WARNER                                                    
                 F. B. DAVIS, Jr. 
 Vice-Chairman of the Board      AMERICAN WILDLIFE INSTITUTE            
                  Vice-President 
   FREDERIC EWING                    Incorporated in District of Columbia,
July 22,1935    T. E. DOREMUS 
Chairman Executive Committee                                            
                   Treasurer 
                                    INVESTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.

   ALDOC LEOPOLD                                                        
                 HENRY P. DAVIS 
Chairman Technical Committee                                            
                   Secretary 
 
 
                                                                 June 10,
1938 
 
 
 
                    Prof. Aldo Leopold 
                    424 University Farm Place 
                    Madison, Wisconsin 
 
                    Dear Aldo: 
 
                                I deeply appreciate your letter of June 9th.
I have 
                    written Pirnie asking him for information concerning
the manner 
                    in which he desired payment of the $1,000 we had made
available* 
                    A copy of the letter went forward to you yesterday. Just
as 
                    soon as he replies to my letter these funds will be forthcoming.

 
                                 I'm delighted to know that Pirnie and Hochbaum
are 
                     on their way to Delta and I am confident that their
work on this 
                     project will warrant the expense on the part of the
Institute. 
 
                                I am writing Hoyes Lloyd as per your suggested
letter. 
                   As soon as I have a reply from him I will send you a copy
of it. 
                     Incidentally, Gardiner Bump is quite enthusiastic over
this 
                     project--you have already received a copy of his letter
to me 
                     of June 7th. This makes four out of five of our Technical
Coamittee 
                     giving this project their approval. We have been unable
to hear 
                     from Dr. Ellis in quite a while. So, we are assuming
that he 
                     is in the field. 
 
                                We deeply appreciate your interest in this
matter 
                     and your maintaining the contact with Mr. Bell, Senator
Walcott 
                     has also written to him informing him of our action
in making 
                     these funds available. 
 
                                In reference to the postcript on your letter
I think 
                    this will be entirely satisfactory insofar as we're concerned,

                    but in view of the fact that I have already written Pirnie
I 
                    would rather wait until I hear from him directly before
sending 
                    him a check. If it becomes necessary for him to have
money 
                    immediately, we can supply it. 
 
                                With kindest regards and every good wish,
I am 
 
 
                                  Secretary 
D:g 
 
 
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