Letters Sent to Mr. Roach [John Roach], November 18, 1931

November 18th,1931. State Department of Labor, 571 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, N.J. Attention Mr. Roach Dear Mr. Roach: Upon inquiry I find that Mr. J. D. Hackett, of 80 Centre Street, N.Y.C., is the man in the New York Labor Department,under whose supervision our operations fall. For further information as to the haz- ards connected with work such as we are doing, I would suggest that you communicate with Dr. Harrison Martland, of the City Hospital,Newark,N.J. and Dr. Frederick B. Flinn, Department of Industrial Hygiene, Columbia University, N.Y.C. You doubtless recall that the Federal Department of Health have made a survey of the use of luminous material in the wateh and clock dial industry. As far as I know their survey has not been published - however, I am quite sure that should you care to write to the Department, attention of Dr. J. S. Leake, Office of Industrial Hygiene, U.S.Department Public Health Service, Wash. D. C., or Dr. L. R/ Thompson, Office of Industrial Hygiene, Public Health Service, Wash. D. C., they would be glad to give you their opinion as to the hasards connected with the industry as now conducted. The nature of our operations have been materially changed since the days when injury occuned to our operatos. It is the general consensus of opinion that the major part of the hazard was eliminated with the abolition of the practice of pointing the brush with the lips. There have also been many other recommendations made and put into effect for pro- tecting the health of those employed in this work. There are now people employed in this type of work in the States of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvenia, Illinois and California to my definite knowledge, and I believe that in all instances the respective State Labor Departments have acquainted themselves with conditions under which the work is being done, and have approved of same. We at the present time are not employing as many people in this type of work as compared to what we were employing when in Orange, although our operations are of such a nature that it would materially handi- cap us if we wore not able to carry on with the fow operators which we non have. Our operations are of such a nature that we cannot forsee where we would be employing any large number of people in this type of work. There are four on our present staff of painters.