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Pr·:)f. George E McCr.actten 

College 9r Ltber~l- .Arts Dr~Ke Untvprs1ty . · Des ~.;01nes 11, · Iowa . 

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Arl1ngtoil;, VR. · · .2a ·tlovember 1949 .· 

. Deer .Ge.orge: 

ReceU>t' ot 1our letter .r)r 7 November ·1s acknowledged. I .shell keep it.as.a momento'becauee of the several very .nice snd perhaps undeserved·. things which you say. You 

flatter me too much. 

I. em going ~o ask Mark to. se~ 1f he can York out 

a tour.tor you again th~a coming su~~er. 

With cordial gr~et1ngs and: beet wishes tor ahbappy 

Christmas time·, X ara .. 

s1ncerel1.-yours, 

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.. ·-.., . I am.-sure ,.tha.1; · yo\r bave. ·been .apprehensive that m7 long . . , ·allence me•ns'that:t ·was. offended l>1,·your letter ..... Your ap- .. . . · . · prehensio.ns, if' .the7-· ~x1s·t, ~e· .entfrely unwa~rante4. I have . ,· · , ·" ·s1mp;ty flagra.ntly ~~en .let.ting a. lot· of things drttt while ~ -. · . we are goi.ng tnrougn· some ~t. tne trial-s and tr1bul•t1·ona of 

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un1f'1ca.ti~n." · My o:rt1c~· h~s moved"-'out. ~~ Nebraska Av~nue 

·which does ·not plea·se~ me _tQo ·mucb ;.becaus.E?· it means driving 

. again through tra!fi·c and ~ don• t · ll_te· tttat .... tr I· felt sure . that.my office ~ould .. st~y where it- is· now I ·might cons1der . --. · . try-1ng to_ f.1nd· a 'place· ~lose by but. I feel that we. m1gh1i . . ' ~ .. have another· otiange· .and ·r ·don·· t want .. to keep moving. . ~ . . - . . . . ~ 

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. ·. In r'ege:rd. to. 'the.: s1 tuat1on wtilch you wante"- to call to 

·.: · ., m.y attention,. I ·w1.+.r. onl7 .say that things ·are ·pretty. t4ell 

under control and ·:~re· worlting out all ·right. Mark and I 

had been aware of tbti undercurrents "•nd elemenlis in ·the 

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. sl tuatlon but ·thanit·· 'you: nevertheleas tor· m.ent1on1:ng tbe 

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·. I ,,.·nt. to -sa1. tha~· "I .·aar ~ery g:iact that· yo·u ·anJ01~4: your ewamir detail w1 th'. us ·and my only regret· ·1s that you 

··and ;t:dld not spend_mor.e ~i~e .together. r.t.tiinlt it.was . entirely ray·. fa.tilt b_ut 1n· apolQgy will. ~.ay. that I bad· a · 

pretty d1tf1cult time· on account·of·personal ~roublea which 

kept me 1n •··low state. t feel somewhat bet'ter. now and hope . , . to· cont1nu~'. to: imp~ove·. .... · · · 

.- -!· . ·:" It th~~~ t~ · a~y · cbanc~. at '.al.i. I hqpe that you· will ·be 

· ..- '· .: ··able -to :t>• with ~· -~ga1n next summer. There w1ll ·be pleni1 .. .. .: .. · ·, to. di>'. . . . · ..... 

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" · · :w.1tn v,ery best reg~rda~ I'am 

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Prof. George E. VcCr.a.ckeri 

College of Liberal Arta 

Drake Universit7 . Des aoinea 11~ Ipwa 

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··Thanks for your .nice letter ot 16 Febniar7, and I 

hope fOU Will pardon ~1' apawering it at this late date. 

Yes;.1t ·is·:true that. I hs.ven•t·b~en well ror the paSt 

few months. I went to.the h~pital oYer a month' ago to see 

it the m,edicos could st~aighten.me out •. Fortunatel7 I have 

been making some progress ~'hope'· to be out of the hospital 

soon. 

I am glad you have got yourself settled •1th respect 

to 7our acti'Ya dut1 training (or this ewioier. We had been 

working.on it ·tor your duty here, but somehl>1f or other the 

ASA peop~e_don•t know the inside ropes,regarding·the 1ecuring 

or detinite coamit•ents of f'unda for the ·following fiscal 

.year. .A& ·a matter of fact ASA just 18sued a Memorandum to . · the. effect· that funds are available for 15-90 day tours for 

the re~ of FI 1950, but· that beginning l July this year 

15-da,y tours onl.1' .. will be available •. So, you see, 1ou haYe 

· d,one . wis~.11 t~ ~roe~~ as you have. 

The new prganization is,moving along slowJ3', all be it 

with some creaking at the joints. l venture to say, however, 

that after it has'been in operation a.year, it should be running 

on a-fairlf saooth track. 

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