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mitton by Dr. Fredeziok Le Hoffran to the United States Radiun Corporation, requesting that the corporation do some- thing in hehalr of Misa Fryor who 1a the complainant in this bill of complaint, the corporation weote to Dr. which letter I have seen and copited to the following effect: "Wo certainly sympathize with the young lady whose condition you decoribe, but are somewhat at a loss to know just what to says sinoo under present condition it 18 rather dangazous to take a position which mightbe minunderstood or tend to establish a precedant. So fax as our information goos, scientirio investigation to date does not prove that redio-sotivity has been the cause of noma or the conditions componly attributed to it. IS you deen it worth while, we would be vory glad to have Dr. Frederiok Ba Flinn, Assistant Professor of Physi- ology in Industrial Hygione, Gollega of Physicians and Burgoons, Columbia Univorsity, 437 West 59th Street, New York City, saa the partiquiar patient whom you mention. No doubt you are that Dr. has done a great deala of work in connection with the question of radium polsoing and, conneguently, should ba in a position to rondor valuable assistence in the trentment of this case," Subsequently an article was published by this Dr. Flinn to in this lester in whioh upon purely nogativo evidence and without reforence to the literature other than to the Drinica: article, which it purported to enewox, Dr. Flinn arrivod at the conolusion *that an industrial hazard doos not exist in the painting of luminous From my experienco in this mattor in behalf of the Consumor's League, I know that the proper acientifie knowlodge as to the proper- ties of substances is limited to e vory few people, whith renders proper investigation in the mattor exceddingly and the United State Radium Corpora- tion has done everything it could to obsoure the issue and Fonder propor rolier to its enployoes impossible. Subsoribed and sworn to before ma this 16 day or July, 1987. KATHERINE G. T. WILDY Ben Notary Publie of N.J.

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