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June 18, 1924
Dr. Theodore Blum
140 West 57th St.
New York City
Dear Sir:-
Te acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 14th
and regret to learn that Mrs. Kuser' 8 condition is not improv-
ing very rapidly.
With regard to your request for financial aid in
the payment of her bills, we regret exceedin that we cannot
take on this obligation at the present time. The status of
the Hadium business does not warrant our assuming any addi-
tional obligations for the present. le have always made it
a practice to take care of our employees during periods of
illness and no one has ever lost any pay through absence on
that account, but in view of the fact that Mrs. Kuser has not
been in our employ for almost four years, we do not see how
we could consider her in the same class as our regular em-
ployees.
The results of the very thorough investigation which
we are making upon this condition, which you claimed was caused
by her employment in our plant, have shown so far that there
was nothing in our work which might be considered the cause of
her condition. Our investigation is not thoroughly completed
but ve have every reason to believe that it will show up as
we expect it; therefore for us to assume payment of Mrs. Kuser's
bills at the present time would be establishing a precedent
which we do not consider wise.
le sincerely hope that there is some way that a per-
son in the circumstances of Mrs. Kuser can secure all the med-
ical and surgical care and the necessities which go 10. th that
care without question of her financial ability to take care
of it being considered.
We are sorry that we cannot help you in this way.
Very truly yours
UNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION
HBV/H.
Vice-President
June 18, 1924
Dr. Theodore Blum
140 West 57th St.
New York City
Dear Sir:-
We acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 14th
and regret to learn that Mrs. Kuser' S condition is not improv-
ing very rapidly.
With regard to your request for financial aid in
the payment of her bills, we regret exceedingly that we cannot
take on this obligation at the present time. The status of
the Radium business does not warrant our assuming any addi-
tional obligations for the present. We have always made it
a practice to take care of our employees during periods of
illness and no one has ever lost any pay through absence on
that account, but in view of the fact that Mrs. Kuser has not
been in our employ for almost four years, we do not see how
we could consider her in the same class as our regular em-
ployees.
The results of the very thorough investigation which
we are making upon this condition, which you claimed was caused
by her employment in our plant, have shown so far that there
was nothing in our work which might be considered the cause of
her condition. Our investigation is not thoroughly completed
but we have every reason to believe that it will show up as
we expect it; therefore for us to assume payment of Mrs. Kuser's
bills at the present time would be establishing a precedent
which we do not consider wise.
We sincerely hope that there is some way that a per-
son in the circumstances of Mrs. Kuser can secure all the med-
ical and surgical care and the necessities which go wi th that
care without question of her financial ability to take care
of it being considered.
We are sorry that we cannot help you in this way.
Very truly yours
UNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION
HBV/H.
Vice-President
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"ocrText": "June 18, 1924\nDr. Theodore Blum\n140 West 57th St.\nNew York City\nDear Sir:-\nTe acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 14th\nand regret to learn that Mrs. Kuser' 8 condition is not improv-\ning very rapidly.\nWith regard to your request for financial aid in\nthe payment of her bills, we regret exceedin that we cannot\ntake on this obligation at the present time. The status of\nthe Hadium business does not warrant our assuming any addi-\ntional obligations for the present. le have always made it\na practice to take care of our employees during periods of\nillness and no one has ever lost any pay through absence on\nthat account, but in view of the fact that Mrs. Kuser has not\nbeen in our employ for almost four years, we do not see how\nwe could consider her in the same class as our regular em-\nployees.\nThe results of the very thorough investigation which\nwe are making upon this condition, which you claimed was caused\nby her employment in our plant, have shown so far that there\nwas nothing in our work which might be considered the cause of\nher condition. Our investigation is not thoroughly completed\nbut ve have every reason to believe that it will show up as\nwe expect it; therefore for us to assume payment of Mrs. Kuser's\nbills at the present time would be establishing a precedent\nwhich we do not consider wise.\nle sincerely hope that there is some way that a per-\nson in the circumstances of Mrs. Kuser can secure all the med-\nical and surgical care and the necessities which go 10. th that\ncare without question of her financial ability to take care\nof it being considered.\nWe are sorry that we cannot help you in this way.\nVery truly yours\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION\nHBV/H.\nVice-President\nJune 18, 1924\nDr. Theodore Blum\n140 West 57th St.\nNew York City\nDear Sir:-\nWe acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 14th\nand regret to learn that Mrs. Kuser' S condition is not improv-\ning very rapidly.\nWith regard to your request for financial aid in\nthe payment of her bills, we regret exceedingly that we cannot\ntake on this obligation at the present time. The status of\nthe Radium business does not warrant our assuming any addi-\ntional obligations for the present. We have always made it\na practice to take care of our employees during periods of\nillness and no one has ever lost any pay through absence on\nthat account, but in view of the fact that Mrs. Kuser has not\nbeen in our employ for almost four years, we do not see how\nwe could consider her in the same class as our regular em-\nployees.\nThe results of the very thorough investigation which\nwe are making upon this condition, which you claimed was caused\nby her employment in our plant, have shown so far that there\nwas nothing in our work which might be considered the cause of\nher condition. Our investigation is not thoroughly completed\nbut we have every reason to believe that it will show up as\nwe expect it; therefore for us to assume payment of Mrs. Kuser's\nbills at the present time would be establishing a precedent\nwhich we do not consider wise.\nWe sincerely hope that there is some way that a per-\nson in the circumstances of Mrs. Kuser can secure all the med-\nical and surgical care and the necessities which go wi th that\ncare without question of her financial ability to take care\nof it being considered.\nWe are sorry that we cannot help you in this way.\nVery truly yours\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION\nHBV/H.\nVice-President"
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