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Washington DC
Jan. 27. 1927.

Dear Waldo - 

Just a few words to let you know that everything is moving along all right here - at least as right as can be expected in your absence. You will know by now that we lost Miss Catlin last November. I thought we would do the best we could and get along without a typist until your return. I did not want to take the responsibility of trying and failing to land Miss Shifflette and I did not think it would pay us to [[cross-out]]to[[/cross-out]] break in a temporary girl, so I did not bring up the question of help at all. But apparently it would have been of no avail if I had for it seems that out of all appropriations 2 1/2% must be saved and turned back into the Treasury, and one of the ways they have of saving this amount is by not appointing anyone immediately to vacancies when they occur. To my surprise a couple of days ago Dr. Stynger called me up to his office and said that Dr. Wetmore was now ready to take up the matter of filling our position. I said that unless Miss Shifflette could be appointed I did not care to take the responsibility of appointing anyone permanently in your absence. He told me to take the matter up with Mr. Traylor and see if Miss S. could be appointed. This I did and Mr. Traylor found that she was at present employed at the Veteran's Bureau and could not be transferred until the end of her probational period which will be about the first week in April. Perhaps you will be here by then and will be better able to engineer the matter than I. I communicated with