∂MEM William F. Massy$$Zohar Manna∞

Dear Bill:

Here  is  why Zohar  Manna  is worth  more  than the  $25,600  we are
proposing to pay him.

1.  He is one of the world leaders in the field of proving assertions
about computer programs.

2.  Besides the 29 papers  listed here, he has written the  only book
in  English  on  the  subject.  The  book  has  been  translated into
Japanese  and  perhaps other  languges.   It  is used  as  a  text at
Stanford.

3.  The  Computer Science  Department wants  to recommend  an Adjunct
Professership for him, but it is blocked by somebody's  quota system.
We will propose  a Senior Research Associate  position as soon  as we
can fill out the papers.  We need to hire another paper filler outer.

Enclosed are copies  of letters that were  obtained in response  to a
request for comments on a proposed Adjunct Professorship.

4.   He  has  been  offered  a  full  professorship  at  the Weizmann
Institute.

Enclosed also are additional  copies of a biography  and bibliography
that your office has apparently managed to lose.

I understand from Pat  Devaney that this new  bureaucratic imposition
is  a  consequence of  government  bureaucracy, and  is  not entirely
Stanford's  doing.  In  the first  place, Stanford  should not  be so
cowardly, and should at least once defy the bureaucrats and  not just
lobby for better treatment.  Secondly, the salary  recommendation was
made in March.  Thirdly, all  the information I am sending  you about
Manna is in  your files anyway.  Finally,  I don't believe  that even
most of  the Administration's increased  desire to second  guess what
principal investigators do with the project money is the government's
fault.   The  %2bureaucratic  ethic%1 has  developed  at  Stanford in
parallel with  its growth  in the  society as  whole.  Please  make a
greater  effort  to   resist  your  tendencies  in   this  direction.
Otherwise,  professors  will  be  unable  to  head  laboratories  and
departments and still function as professors.

If your office must have this kind of information, why not collect it
by telephone and yourselves prepare the paperwork with a copy  to the
the PI?