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    "ocrText": "June 23rd,1928.\nMr. H. S. Pryan,\nGuaranteed Radium, Inc.,\n240 Clayton St.,\nSan Francisco, Calif.\nDear Mr. Bryan:\nWith reference to the publicity recently given to the\nfive girls who were suing us for injuries claimed to have been incurred\nat the time of their employment at our factory in Orange, during 1917-21,\nI may say that this was the method which the Attorney for these girls\nchose to try these cases rather than in the courts.\nFortunately for him and unfortunately for us it proved\nto be a rather effective method, for he was able through the press to\nbuild public opinion to such an extent that I believe had we been forced\nto go to trial the cases would not have been settled on their merits, but\nupon the notions and ideas, of the court as well as the jury, obtained as\na result of the wide-spread publicity. For this reason we felt it\nadvisable to settle these Cases out of court, in view of the fact that the\ncomplainents agreed to the establishment of a Medical Board, which would\nin time definitely ascertain whether their condition is a result of\nhaving leen employed by us.\nWe are confident that our attitude of not thrashing these\ncases out in the press was a wise one, for had we attempted to supply t)\npress with information it would have been a continuous rangle between\nthe complainants and ourselves, whichwould have benefited neither one\nBy the settlement of the cases we feel that the publicity will of nec\ncease much sooner than it would have had the cases been continued in\nAs it is now news is scarce with regard to these cases, but had the\ndragged on in court for a matter of one or two years, there would h\nalways been new news every time the matter was up for a hearing..\nAt the moment we believe it best to make no predic\nor statements regarding our opinions as to the condition of these girls\nto leave the matter rest until such time as the above refered to Medical\nBoard has had an opportunity to examine the girls and report tleir findings,\nwhich of course, we as well as the complainants must accept as final.\nI trust that this information will serve to cl\nrather puzzled state of mind regarding all of the publicity\noccured.\nVery truly yours,\nHHBarker:RH\nVice President"
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