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Wallach sends Hench correspondence between Wallach and Siler concerning a proposed commemorative program for Walter Reed. He asks Hench to use his influence with the Reed Memorial Association to arrange a meeting to discuss the project.

Wallach sends Hench a copy of a letter he has written to Siler at Hench's suggestion.

Flexner thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for a memento of Walter Reed.

Flexner comments on Peabody's manuscript and corrects details about Welch and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Flexner praises Peabody for his account of the events leading to the Congressional recognition of the participants of the yellow fever experiments. He offers some editorial comments and suggests a few corrections of the story.

Quinn informs Hench that the wood from Building No. 1 may have to be fumigated for termites before shipment to the United States. He provides details about duty rate and clearing customs.

Quinn instructs Hench on the best way to ship boards and lumber salvaged from the remains of Building No. 1 from Cuba to the United States.

The writer sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Morgan requests Kissinger's address and mentions the Shut-in Society, which provides wheelchairs to needy persons.

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

The Franklin Institute requests permission to broadcast a drama based on the yellow fever experiments.

The Bettmann Archive requests that Hench return original documents related to yellow fever.

Permission is sought to photograph the painting of Walter Reed recently completed by Miller. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

The Editors of Outlook forward a contribution for Kissinger to Kelly.

The Commission of Fine Arts and the Chairman of the House Committee on the Library disapprove of the monument to Reed, Carroll, Lazear, and Agramonte. They suggest a memorial fountain instead. Included is a copy of Senate Bill #6067. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

This is an invoice to Kean for the return of a marble bust of Reed from the Smithsonian Institution to the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Purdy's publishing house, Appleton-Century, is interested in Hench's planned book on Walter Reed and yellow fever.

Thomas Lazear transcribes a note written to him by Admiral Dewey on the fly leaf of Dewey's autobiography. The message praises Jesse Lazear.

Hunter thanks Hench for the part he played in the Camp Lazear dedication.