571 Commercial Street ,
Provincetown , Mass

Jan 9 1941

Archibald Mac Leish
Librarian of Congress
Washington D.C.

Dear Archie,

Knowing that very little of this
sort of thing goes on in Washington without your being in
some way consulted, when Gerald and I were talking last night
about how best to get an old friend Dudley Poore in touch with
the Division of Cultural and Commercial Relations with Latin-
America, we naturally immediately thought of you. Dudley is
very much interested in the work of the Division proposes to
do and is anxious to be of service in some way. In my opinion
he has exactly the qualifications required to make himself extre-
mely useful.

As you know he was at Harvard at the same
time I was and wrote some first rate verse in his youth. He a
also took the same postgraduate course in driving an ambulance
behind the French front in 1917-18 as I did and later served
in the Post Despatch Service of the army. After the war he was
a great deal in France, Spain and Italy and, even later, when
he was teaching English at Harvard, he continued to spend
his summers in the Mediterranean region.

Italian I hardly know anybody with more profound
erudition in French and Spanish literature. He is very well read
in the history of Latin and Latin-American countries. He reads
and speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is immensely versed in
the history and culture of the Iberian peninsular. His college
work has given him considerable experience in lecturing if that
should be needed. Among the people I know I cant think of
anybody whose experience and capabilities stack up so favorably
for the sort of work that I understand is being undertaken by
the division.

I am sure that you can advise him as to who
to see and when to see them.

Take care of yourself and give my love to Adc.