Letters Received to H.H. Barker, May 7, 1931

MAY 1 I 1931 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY May 7th, 1931. Mr. H. H. Barker United States Radium Corporation 535 Pearl Street New York City, New York My dear Barker: With regard to the forthcoming report of the United States Department of Public Health, let me say that I have heard nothing from Dr. Leake since I visited Washington early in January. He promised to send me a copy of the revised report after it had been submitted to several other persons who might offer some suggestions, but I have not received a copy and so I as- sume that it is still in the process of revision. It is rather nfortunate that there is not some closer cooperation between Dr. Flinn and the Depart- ment of Public Health, especially since some of these men in the Public Health Service are close friends of Dr. Flinn. Dr. Flinn doubtless has made a large number of measurements and if he has kept a systematic record of his measurements, these statistics should be of value to the Public Health Service. Dr. Lind and I made a careful examination of the experimental data and while we could not, of course, examine in detail the extensive data sheets which were available, our inspection of several cases chosen at ran- dom certainly convinced us that the work was fairly care- fully done. I think we also came away feeling that there was hardly an escape from the conclusion that the workers in the dial plants became slightly more active from year to year. The activity of the workers was very low and I doubt whether one should be alarmed about the health of these workers as a group. Sincerely yours, Herman Schlundt Herman Schlundt. hs.as