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DO NOT ADDRESS THE SIGNER OF THIS LETTER OFTHE BUT ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO N BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C. AND REFER TO No. A21/JJ-65RI(065) OF MEDICINE WASHINGTON, D.C. 10 July, 1928. Dear Sir: Your letter of 26 June, 1928, about the precautions necessary in handling radio-active substances has been studied with a great deal of interest and profit. Your instructions are being embodied in orders which will be promulgated to the Navy. Please accept my sincere appreciation of the kind and thorough reply to my request. Very respectfully, press E.R.STITT Surgeon General, U.S.Navy. Mr H. H. Barker, Vice President, United States Radium Corporation, 535 Pearl Street, New York.