NORTHEASTERN WILDLIFE STATION              BRUCE S. WRIGHT
DIRECTOR
OPERATED COOPERATIVELY BY THE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON, D. C.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK, FREDERICTON, N. B.
Tanuary 23rd, 1951.
Dr. Robert A. McCabe,
Asst. Prof. Wildlife Management,
Department of Wildlife Management,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wise.
Dear Bob;
I have inquired if it would be in order for
me to offer you a job as a field assistant on our National Research
Council project next summer, and they have replied that it is in
order and your American citizenship is not a barrier to employment
on NRC funds.
say
They in part as follows:--"The only question
that comes to mind is the rate of pay which you may propose. The
National Research Council has set 4250.00 per month as the maximum
salary for Ph.D's who are employed during the summer months on
special projects....As I interpet your letter Dr. McCabe is interest-
ed chiefly in a stipend that would cover his expenses for approxim-
ately three months* As you are in the best position to asses his
requirements you might suggest a salary that would be adequate, when
submitting your application to the Associate Committee on Wildlife
Research."
I see no reason why we should not ask them for
the maximum allowable salary provided we can put up a good project.
I have just completed a two-year project on the ecology of the bald
eagle, and we want to get another project started this year. I
want it to be a study of some phase of the the woodcock's breeding
ecology, and I would like you to set it up and get it started so tb~w
it can be carried on next year by one of our students if necessary.
I ouite understand that in three months you can do no more that get
a project underway, but we must get started if you want the job as
applications for grants in 1951 will be considered at a meeting of
the Associate Committee on Wildlife Research in Ottawa on March Ist.
Please give this some thought and let me know
Yes or No on whether you want the job as soon as possible as if you
do not I will submit for a student on some other project.
Sincerely,
Bruce S. Wright,
Director.