| Description | Greatly appreciated being asked to work at Merck - hopes he will be of help - thanks Woodruff for approaching the Rockefeller Foundation and A N Richards on his behalf - comments on his passport - will be in New York soon after 4 December but would prefer not to start work for a week or two - thinks Merck would get better results with Peoria penicillium strain than with their original strain - comments on this - Dr Moyer has had encouraging results in increasing the yield of penicillin - asks if Woodruff has received preliminary report from Peoria, which was sent to Washington - comments on way in which report is circulated. |