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Siler informs Hench that Ireland is in the hospital. The Reed Memorial Association plans to place plaques on the building where Reed died at the next meeting of the group, which Hench will attend.

Siler agrees with Hench that Emilie Lawrence Reed's pension should be transferred to Blossom Reed. Siler requests Hench's opinion regarding the wording of the plaque to be placed on the building where Reed died. Siler regrets that the plans for the Camp Lazear preservation have fallen through, but suggests that General Bliss may be able to help with the matter.

Siler encloses minutes of the Walter Reed Memorial Association and asks Hench to review them.

Siler regrets that Hench is unable to attend the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. He discusses his visit with Bliss and his efforts to preserve Building No. 1. Siler informs Hench about his plans to have a plaque placed on the wall of a building where Reed had died.

Siler requests that Hench send a number of reprints of his paper, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever," to the commanding officer of the Army Medical Center.

Siler discusses suggestions to change the inscription on a plaque memorializing Reed's place of death. He discusses a resolution introduced in Congress to honor the memory of Reed. Siler informs Hench of Osborne Wood's death.

Siler regrets that Hench was unable to attend the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Association. Kean told Siler that Hench approves of the modification of the inscription on the plaque to memorialize Reed's place of death.

Siler informs Hench that the plaque commemorating the room where Walter Reed died has been placed at Fort McNair. He discusses the subsidy paid to Blossom Reed by the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Siler believes that the project to publicize Reed's work, proposed by Sidney Wallach, would be a waste of money and only benefit Wallach's company. Siler informs Hench that Kean has been ill.

Siler provides more details concerning Kean's medical condition before his death. Siler will confer with Lawrence Reed about Blossom's house in Pennsylvania, but believes it has been rented, and that she is to live with Lawrence after her discharge from the hospital.

Siler informs Hench that members of the Reed Memorial Association will meet with Sidney Wallach to discuss his proposed publicity campaign. He regrets that Hench will be unable to attend the Association meeting, and offers to change the date to accommodate him.

Siler inquires if Hench might be able to attend a meeting of the Reed Memorial Association on his return home from Europe after receiving the Nobel Prize.

Siler sends Hench photographs of the plaque placed on the building where Reed died. He congratulates Hench for being awarded the Nobel prize and hopes that he will be able to attend this year's Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting.

Siler enjoyed reading Hench's report on the Camp Lazear dedication. He is sorry that Streit, who has been in the hospital, could not attend the ceremony. The monthly payment to Blossom Reed has been increased to $100.

Armstrong requests biographical material on her son, Jesse Lazear, for a college reunion event.

Owen details the arrangements for Hench's speech at the University of Virginia Alpha Omega Alpha society.

Owen thanks Hench for speaking before the Alpha Omega Alpha society at the University of Virginia. He found Hench's lecture enjoyable and inspiring.

Owen, Jr., believes that Alpha Omega Alpha will react favorably to Hench's suggestion that Kean, Cooke, and Moran be made honorary members.

Hartzell informs Hench that he cannot find the information Hench requested on Dean, and suggests that he write to Grand Rapids.

Wyllie requests permission to borrow Reed materials from Hench for an exhibit at the University of Virginia.