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This afternoon we went out to the University in ^[[insertion]] an [[/insertion]] attempt to find Chardon or someone who could be of aid to us in meeting some entomologists. What was our surprize to hear nothing but Spanish being spoken on the campus. Even the girl at the information desk was a little weak on understanding English. Finally we got Chardon's office address in Edificio Padin. We went to town but decided not to call that afternoon as we didn't know the office number We sat & ate ice cream instead.

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This morning Dick phoned Chardon and made an appointment to see him at 11:45. First we went to town and [[strikethrough]] Di [[/strikethough]] did some arranging for licenses, and Dick bought a suit. When we got to Chardon's office we found that it was the headquarters of Puerto Rico Relief Administration. This makes him a pretty busy [[strikethrough]] do [[/strikethrough]] man these days. After waiting quite a while we got to see him. He is a nice appearing man, with a surprizingly scholastic turn of mind - one would never suspect it to look at him. His specialty is [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] Fungi

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He gave us an autographed copy of his monograph "Mycological Explorations of Venezuela".
Speaking of Relief administration I am told that the PRRA (Puerto Rico [[strikethrough]] Relief [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] Reconstruction [[/insertion]] Administration) is taking the place of what used to be the PRE RA P.R. Emergency R. Assoc. Chardon is the head of this new PRRA. I was also told that he is well in line to be next governor of Puerto Rico.

In the afternoon we went looking for more suitable places to live - and eat. The first place we looked, the Olimpo apts, suited us to a "T". The word apartments is somewhat misused as the place really is a rooming house. We pay $9.00 a week - laundry extra. Then we went to the Union Club across the street to see what could be done about meals. They were willing to take us a boarders, so we agreed to their price of $15 a week a piece. The food is clean and American style, and that is all that counts.

Transcription Notes:
Chardon - Carlos Eugenio Chardon "Father of Mycology in Puerto Rico"