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February 24, 1942

Mr. John D. Driskell, 
c/o Navajo Indian Service,
Window Rock, Arizona.

My dear Dave:

I have been out of the city for the last week and have just received your letter of the 18th. I knew this matter was coming up but it did not occur to me that you would give it serious consideration for, as you will recall, it required considerable selling to get the Indian Service to take over the equipment and yourself but after they were once committed, they were very glad they had included you in the transfer. 

As I view the situation, if you accepted the offer made you by the Kellett Company, you would be giving up the possibility of social security with the Government, and as the matter stands, you have been inducted into the civil service and all of the years you have been working for the Government will be applied on this social security. The Kellett Company, as I see it, is in need of a test pilot now. What they will need at the close of the war is another question and they may not have a place for you, and to my way of thinking, they, as well as lot of other concerns, will have to go out of business. 

Then there is another angle--you would probably spend the difference between your present salary and the salary offered in conducting the business of testing for the Kellett Company and the high cost of living in Philadelphia.

Therefore, much as I regret to have to say it, my advice to you as a friend is to stay with the Government. 

I have been hopping around the country here on field trips and have been too busy to get out there, and do not think it advisable to make the trip until after the plywood has arrived; therefore, keep me advised and please consider what I have had to offer you. 

Sincerely yours, 
Roy Knabenshue.

cc - Mr. E.R. Fryer, Navajo Agency. 
- Mr. Knabenshue, National Park Service. [[red checkmark]]
- Mr. Alexander.