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functions come in.
Yes, that is where one of our
Alexander in particular is the soil
expert for the Department of Agriculture,
and who %
extremely
4g { familiarwith all the problems right fron, you might say, a
Alderson Reporting Company
Washington, D. C.
tour out in Nevada, on
certainly want him to come into the picture.
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has in mind a small agricultural experiment station on one
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of the nearby atolls, perhaps somewhat different than the
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usual agricultural experimental station, but we get
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involved in that, too, in some respects.
We are supporting it,
That will be the function of this office, that is,
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to make sure that all theelements necessary to a complete
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survey be provided, and that the necessary samples are
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arranged for, and that they are adequately documented.
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We would
Actually the Commissioner of the Trust Territory
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We will of course presume tat the interests will
go considerably beyond what the NRDL might itself regard as ifs
‘legitimate and proper interests,
Such matters as the :ioniza-
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tion of soil constitutents is important to us.
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be important to NRDL.
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components only.
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So this would be one obher facet of his interest.
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to the soil collections in Pakistan.
It might not
They may be interested in radioactive
We are very much tangled up with the problems of
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caleium movements in coral atoB and the crystaline forms
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in which the calcium salts are found.
The equilibrius
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