http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/060e4c7659794de8e7dfc482026a9bf9.pdf 236b21b75ed43b8102a712d371530ff9 PDF Text Text Septemebre 10, 1971 Dear Andy, I spent 6-days in Europe, exhausted, returned to find your some maneuvers for you. two in Washington, and letters, First, as to your questions. and to the Department of Psychiatry, somewhat and immediately tried Your appointment to the V.A. should,like all appointments at the medical school, be independent of me or any other person—all appointments are for an indefinite term, and while tenure is granted only after five years service, there are no discharges of staff members except with an extensive warning. to the visa, I called Washington and after As many calls, reached the best office. I indicated that your appointment to the VA was in the national interest since you are coming to develop a drug addiction treatment program focussed on the returning Viet—Nam file a veteran. Under these conditions, special will allow "Temporary 'H" petition"-~ it is and if possible to approved, it you to come to the states, and wait here for the permanent number to be assigned. At that time, you will have to visit the immigration offices (possibly in Washington) for certain formalities. With this information, I am prepared to file this petition on your behalf, and will do so as soon as it is received. The State Board problem is more thorny. Dr. Volavka has struggled with the Board, and I would defer your questions to him. As he is in Athens for a.few weeks, I will hold up this inquiry until he returns, and ask hint to answer you. I do not know about bathelo quarters at either location, but will defer this inquiry also until some data is established and then can ask specifically. In Washington this week, the principal question was the ways to expedite the development of a narcotic antagonist of long duration and to improve on the available drugs. Funds are available, and should your enthusiasm not flag, I am confident that we can build as strong a program as your energies will allow. best I am up to my eyeballs in work; and on top of it all, am planning to return to Europe on September 21 for two or three weeks. Our projects in Athens are doing very well; and the work will be expanded to Jamaica this winter. I look forward to your joingng the group-- I now have four fine co-workers in clinical programs, and three experimentalists-- my best group ever. Our best to Betty. As ever, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: ?, Andy Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-025-7-477 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence