1948

I have to think about making both ends meet. If I am to excavate at Apollo and work toward the publication of that site. I need help. It is far more than one man can do and still carry out the program for Curium. For help in publishing the antiquities from Apollo there is nobody better qualified than the Youngs, and we are terribly fortunate in having them still here with us. If they are not asked to stay on it will be probably because they have been offered a permanant job at home. Mr. Hill doesn't think it would be fair to them to influence them one way or the other at the present time. As fellow members of the expedition we are all naturally interested in their future and welfare. Hill has described their work on the terracottas, which Mr. Hill has described as being "extremely good". In addition to these, however, we have the sculture, bronzes, inscriptions, pottery, and small finds, to say nothing of the tombs of Ayios Ermoyenis and the finds from other sites. It is Mr. Hill's thought, this would be a long that they might work on the inscriptions. this would be a long and arduous job but one for which they are particularly well qualified. John, as you know, has had quite a bit of experience in this line. they would be working on these while i directed the excavations so both programs of excavation and publication would be going forward at the same time. this is the economical way of working, of course. Nothing would be saved, consequently, by losing them, but our program, on the contrary, would suffer a very severe set back. To retain them, we may have to face a deficit and restrict excavations as much as possible, but at least we should be able to work efficiently toward publication.

As I think I wrote you in my letter of January 15th, the Youngs have taken their reports both on the stadium and their work on the terracottas with them to Athens, and if they have been approved by Mr. Hill, they should be in your hands before long. They have been offered for the School houses, one month they are expecting to stay at Athens one of the single month they they are in luck, as its very hard to find anything there at present. I'm alone here at present working in the west work room, working over plans and sections, and studying coins and lamps. Christo is mending the pottery. Enlargements of the Apollo films have not arrived yet from Landon, and I haven't begun yet to have the time to photograph any of the finds yet from the recent "dig". All photography has to be done out of doors, and this, as you know, is not the best season. it will be some time before I can give you any intelligent report. Maybe the Youngs reports can you will continue to be patient. I hope fill in the gap for the present.