[ALASKA] W. BARTON GREENWOOD Commissioner in the Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Typed Letter Signed. 2 pp. Via Airmail to Mr. George R. Hunt Children's, Philadelphia, February, 1950. The Commissioner is requesting Mr. Hunt provide his expertise in helping the Native Alaskans with controlling an outbreak of the mumps:

"Dear Mr. Hunt: In accordance with a request to this Office from the Acting Area Director, Alaska Native Service, you are requested and authorized to proceed from your place of residence in Philadelphia, Pa. to Juneau, Alaska, and such other points in Alaska as may be necessary for the purpose of acting as a special expert in the control of mumps among Alaska natives. … You will be furnished transportation b)' common carrier from Seattle, Washington, to Juneau and such other points in Alaska as may be necessary and, upon completion of your duties, your transportation will be furnished back to Seattle, Washington. From the time you leave Seattle until your return there, you will be allowed a per diem in lieu of subsistence in the amount not to exceed $10.00 per day in accordance with Section 5 of Public Law 600. Per diem authorized during your travel in Alaska will conform to the amounts allowed regular Alaska Native Service employees in travel status in comparable locations. During this time you will receive no salary…."