UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
                        ANN ARBOR 
             SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION 
 
 
                     August 27, 1937. 
 
 
Mr. Aldo Leopold, 
Chairman, Technical Committee, 
American Wildlife Institute, 
1532 University Avenue, 
Madison, Wisconsin. 
 
Dear Aldo: 
 
          Your note of August 22 enclosing copies of your 
correspondence with Doctor Bell reached my desk today, 
almost simultaneously with copies of your letters to and 
from President Ruthven. Naturally, I am delighted at the 
prospect of the Biological Survey's being able to keep 
Long's work going, even if only on a temporary basis at 
the outset, and am writing Doctor Bell of my desire to 
cooperate in any way feasible in making this possible, as 
you will see from the enclosed copy of a letter to him. 
 
          So far as the University's relation with Long's 
work is concerned, we have, as you know, been suffering 
during the last few years from a drastic decrease in appro- 
priations, which has made it impossible to give him the 
support that I should have liked. Even now, in spite of 
considerable improvement of the situation, salaries of 
practically the entire staff are still less than prior to 
the cuts, and current expense money is way below normal. 
Under the circumstances, it has not been feasible to put 
Long on the regular payroll, although we have occasionally 
helped him out by small payments, and have also invested 
quite a bit in the way of equipment. 
 
          I have done my best, either to place him elsewhere 
in a position where his particular talents could be used to 
advantage, or to continue his work here under some sort of 
a cooperative arrangement. In addition to my talks with 
you, I have discussed the matter repeatedly with Bell and 
less frequently with Gabrielson; but it was not until 
Gerstell came across this summer with a small contribution 
for a cooperative project that I succeeded in prying loose 
any money. 
          I want you to know how much I appreciate both your 
letter to President Ruthven and your other efforts to prevent