Hockerman, C.D. 1965 General 5 Jan. 14 Honolulu Yesterday, during a brief stopover at the Bishop Museum, Max was told by one of the people there that 3 people from the museum's entomology department were going with us on the coming trip. It seems Preventive Medicine Unit #6 has been busily pulling strings behind the scenes again. A little late in the day Max called the museum and found that only one person, a fellow he knows, is scheduled to go. I was under the impression that this sort of thing had been straightened out and we wouldn't be saddled with these people anymore. If they had tried to foist three people off that would have done it. One I can put up with - three of them would have been entirely too much to stand. One person doesn't add a great deal of extra gear. Three people would have necessitated at least 1 ½ extra boat load on and off of each island not to mention extra food problems. At any rate, I don't intend to spend one penny of project funds for gear for these people (or that person, whichever it turns out to be) unless ordered to do so. As I understand it the people from the Bishop Museum who went on the Marshall's trip still have not paid their expenses for food. They are so tight they squeak and are quick to take advantage of anything they can as long as it doesn't cost them anything. So far as I'm concerned, any gear they don't bring along and find they need they'll just have to do without.