00100	                     COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
00200	
00300	                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROJECT
00400	
00500	                          February 26,1972
00600	
00700	
00800	Mr. Joseph Scroggs
00900	Personnel
01000	
01100	Dear Mr. Scroggs:
01200	
01300		This is to recommend a salary increase for Mr. Lester Earnest
01400	of  5%  in  his  capacity  as  Executive  Officer  of  the  Arificial
01500	Intelligence  Project  and Research Associate in Computer Science.  I
01600	understand that such recommendations  are  considered  by  the  Staff
01700	Compensation Committee. The raise should be retroactive to December 1
01800	as that is his annual review date.  The money for  his  salary  comes
01900	entirely  out  of  ARPA  contract  SD-183  of  which  I  am Principal
02000	Investigator.
02100	
02200						Sincerely yours,
02300	
02400	
02500						John McCarthy
02600						Professor of Computer Science
02700						Director,          Artificial
02800	Intelligence Laboratory
02900	
03000	cc. Professor George Forsythe