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    "ocrText": "May 5th, 1931.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nDr. Flinn called me on Monday morning, and he seemed\nto be in quite a \"stew\" over the forthcoming report of the U.S. Depart-\nment of Public Health.\nIt seems that he was called to a conference in Washington\nthe latter part of last week to discuss this forthcoming report, and I\ninfer that the discussion revolved itself into the U.S. Dept. of Public\nHealth advising Dr. Flinn, in a nice way, regarding their forthcoming report,\nand some of the recommendations which they vere making. The reason for\ndoing this is probably to forestall Dr. Flinn's taking an antegonistic\nattitude toward the Government's report at such time as it is published.\nDr. Flinn sected to feel that that was the purpose of the meeting rather\nthan to discuss with him his work and tie his work in with the Depart-\nment's investigation. That is, he got the impression that they seened\nto have no consideration for his work in the field and the results which\nhe had obtained.\nDr. Flinn further received the impression that the report\nwas very damaging in its nature, and that the Public flealth Dept. felt\nthat at the present time the industry was highly hazardous, even when\nconducted along lines taking into consideration all possible precautions.\nIt is my impression that Dr. Flinn may be exaggerating\nthese points to & slight extent, although he stated that the feeling of\nDr. Leake, and his associate, was to the effect that the only way to\nreally protect the employees health was to discontinue the industry. He\nsermed quite upset that you and Dr. Lind had not succeeded in more forcefully\nshowing the Department where some of their tests were subject to severe\ncriticism, and probably did not form the basis of the conclusions which\nthey are drawing from same.\nI told Dr. Flinn that we really had little information\nas to the outcome of your conference there, but that you did indicate to\nus that you believed the analysis of the Department's investigation was\nnot subject to much criticism.\nIt seems that the Department advised Dr. Flinn that\nDr. Alice Hamilton was bringing pressure to bear to force them to issue\ntheir report, and that they expect to make a report upon their work at\nthe June meeting of the American Medical Association."
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