Memorandum to Mr. Roeder [A. Roeder], October 13, 1925

U.S.R.C. INTERIOR MEMORANDUM Date Subject For Attention of Mr. Roeder. Answering Memo. of Dear Mr. Roeder: It is my opinion that the process we now use for the extraction of radium, etc. is far more practical than the one covered by the patent of Mr. Williams. I attended the meeting of the New York Pathological Soceity held on Thursday last and heard Dr. Martland's talk relative to "radium necrosis" etc. He must be given credit for having done a good deal of work on the Mallifer, Carlough, and one other case. The mass of data which he presented together with his extremely self confident manner relative to his work, could not help but produce a rather sympathetic attidude on the average audience. However, it rather seems to me that he cannot be given credit for attacking the problem from an unbiased stand- point. A good many of his conclusions he apparenily drew before the work had progressed far, and consequently the data found has been whipped into such shape as to substantiate his conclusions. Part of the techinal data presented shoulde certainly be backed up by a little more complete data and careful state ent of the facts. It occurs to me that there is a possibility that we might establish that intravenous injections were made in the Mallifer case, provided we are ever successful in obtaining specimens of her organs, which we have been repeatedly promised, but don't obtain. Should the examination of her organs show the only radio-active material present to be radium, it would certainly be to our advantage. Of course if mesothorium was used intravenously the test would have no significance. Very truly yours, H. H. Barker.