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\date {September 28}
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\to {Ms. Jeri Foley\cr
The Sequoias\cr}
{\noindent Dear Jeri:}

The refund check from Medevac had already been deposited in the joint ALS,
BDS checking account before I called your about this matter.  In any case
this is the only way that it could have been cashed, legally, as it was
made payable to Bernice.  The check was for $\$$277.25 and marked as a
refund occasioned by double payment.

In reviewing my records, I find that I had also been charged for this Medevac
service on my July Sequoias' bill, with a charge slip signed by you on 6-8-82.

In thinking about the matter, I am wondering whether this might not be a
legitimate charge that The Sequoias or Medicare should bear.  After all,
the trip was just as much a part of the medical expense occasioned by
Bernice's heart attack as any of the other charges.  Perhaps there should
be a formal ruling on this matter.

\sign {\hfill Sincerely yours,\cr\ssqip\cr
\hfill Arthur L. Samuel}

\fin			 % C'est tout.
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\to {attention Arthur H. Bredenbeck\cr
Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn\cr
Attorneys at Law\cr
216 Park Road\cr
P.O. Box 513\cr
Burlingame, Calif. 94010-9978 \cr}
{\noindent Dear Mr. Bredenbeck:}

I am enclosing two checks, one for $\$$702 made payable to your
organization and the second for $\$$25 made payable to Mr. William R.
Gray as requested in your letter of September 22, 1982.

A minor discrepancy exists in the Case Number as shown on the Community
Property Order to be 73974 and as shown on Mr. Gray's bill to be 73971.  I
have recorded the number as 73974 on my check as I assume that this is the
official one and that the number on Mr. Gray's bill was a typographical error.

It probably will be simplier to have the stockbroker handle the transfer
since the mutual fund is a Dean Witter issue and since he has so recently
transfered some other securities for me.  If he raises any issues, I may
come back to you.

I am glad that your simple solution to the problem, that I engineered,
work so well and I want to thank your for your services.


\stanford  
\to {Ms. Lauren Bing\cr
Holland American Cruises, Inc.\cr
26th floor\cr
Two Penn Plaza\cr
New York, N.Y. 10121\cr}
{\noindent Dear Ms. Bing:}

Holding space on your forthcoming Silver Jubilee World Cruise, I am
considering the possibility of bringing a small personal computer with me
and of volunteering my services in giving a series of informal lectures on
computing for those fellow passengers who might be interested.

As to my qualifications --- I am an Adjunct Professor Emeritus (currently
recalled to active duty) in the Computer Science Department at Stanford
University.  Before I retired in 1966, I was with IBM for 17 years,
holding such positions as Editor-in-Chief of The IBM Journal of Research
and Development, as Consultant to the Vice President in charge of Research
and Development, and as Associate Director of Research. I have been on the
faculty at MIT, at The University of Illinois, and for the last 16 years
at Stanford University. I have lectured and published extensively and have
received over 50 U.S. patents.

I have already had one Rotterdam experience in doing this sort of thing,
on the 1971 world cruise, when I gave an impromptu series of lectures on
the Japanese Game of Go, chosen because Japan was one of the
countries visited on that cruise.

In all fairness, I must admit that this earlier series of lectures was
none too successful.  After initial meetings, with some 50 or 60 persons,
the attendence dwindled so alarmingly that I soon discontinued my efforts.
No advance planning or publicity was given to these lectures and many
people later in the cruise expressed disappointment that they had not seen
the one posted notice.  Obviouly, many people attended out of curiosity
and many with a real interest in the subject did not learn of the lectures
in time.  I would not want to repeat this experience and would only
consider lecturing if some advanced publicity could be given.

If you would like to talk with me about this matter, I can be reached during
California working hours on (415) 497-3330 or at home on (415) 851-2943.

I would appreciate hearing from you as to your interest in this proposal
in the very near future so that I will have ample time to procure a suitable
computer and to prepare for my talks.


\sign{Arthur L. Samuel} 
\fin			 % C'est tout.
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\date{June 22}
\to {Mr. Jack Dillon\cr 
The Sequoias\cr}
{\noindent Dear Jack:}

Thank you for your letter of May 22nd regarding a solar energy study here
at The Sequoias.

I have recently been able to see the extent to which solar heating is now
being used in several eastern Mediterranean countries and to observe the
wide variety of different types of solar panels that are used.  Most of
these countries are well ahead of the U.S. in their usage of solar
heating, particularly for domestic hot water heating.  I was told that 25%
of the private homes in Israel are so equipped and I can well believe this
figure.  Most of the installations were extremely ugly and seemed to
depend upon gravity circulation. This requires that the storage tank be
located higher than the solar panel.  Most of these tanks were
cylindrical, mounted vertically and bearing advertizing legends to
identify the manufacturer.  In many Israeli cities, there would also be
rectangular cold water tanks mounted above the cylindrical hot water
tanks, apparently to meet local restrictions against direct plumbing
connections.

In other countries, there were many installations with no visible storage
tanks where circulating pumps must have been used.  There were some
installations in which a cylintrical tank was mounted horizontally along
the top edge of the solar panel.  There were even some in which polished
metal (presumably stainless steel) covers enclosed the storage tanks and
joined them to the frames of the solar panels and hiding the piping.
These were quite attractive.  In fact, the contrast between the worst and
the best was so marked that I am moved to urge that we not accept any
proposal that would involve unsightly roof installations.

I also saw quite a number of installations on sloping roofs that did not
face south and where the panels were raised from the roof to improve their
directionality.  These were not nearly as unsightly as I had assumed that
they would be.  I now believe that we might well consider this arrangement
here at The Sequoias.

Since we already have a central water circulating system, we can do
without local storage although we would probably need additional
circulating pumps which could be installed in the utility rooms.

I believe that the proposal made in my memorandum of March 16, 1981 is
still valid.