August 11, 1941,

Dr. Williem B. Needles, President,
Northern Illinois College of Optometry,
Drexel Blvd. at 42nd Place,

Chicago, Tllinsiss

Dear Dr. Needles:

Dre Hub wrote me August 6th telling me of the diffi-
culty thet you are having in regard to the Spencer microscope.

I might explain to you that ordinarily I would have
mo dtttioulty in this aa 1 heave youn able to. eccmmmniate several

of the individuals here in a professional way. I thought I had
the matter taken care of but a certain quirk arose that threw a
monkey wrench in the machinery, and now rether then to pay some
of these fellows the full price I am using circuitous means. Of
course, I an not mentioning the direction that I am goings

The University on all scientific equipment receives
a substantial discount, and on almost everything that is bought
by the University the faculty are permitted to buy with a smaller
discount than the wholesale. But I have rum into something here |
that I do not care to buck, so I will go around if possible.

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the students at the University of Pennsylvania, pd
hand the Spencer scope that he desires. :
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supply this under the plan that you wrote to Hub before November
that would be too late and I would prefer to place the order in

Philadelphia so that Bobby could have it when he enrolls there in
the middle of September.

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becuase I do not want to ask certain favors
are blocking it at the present time so that their friends can get
_ the discount. |