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    "ocrText": "September 5th,\nMr. H. H. Barker\n2.\n1 9 2 8.\nThe Hamburg Americanische Watch Company use mesothorium as well as radium.\nThis is the only company concerning which they have definite information as regards\nmesothorium.\nThey stated that none of the above companies have experienced any trouble\nor sickness with any of their employes at any time which could be remotely traced to\nthe radium paint. The gentlemen I interviewed stated emphatically that the cases in\nAmerica were the first that they ever heard of where the health of the employes was\nclaimed to be effected by radium paint.\nIn the Gebruder Junghaus plant they have had girls for a period of ten to\nfiftenn years with absolutely no injury whatever. This statement was made in one of\nthe letters which I saw. The Hamburg Americanische Company is apparently a small\ncompany and their last report as regards the length of time their employes had been\nwith them is as follows:\n1 girl - 4 years\n1 girl - 3 years\n2 girls - years\n2 girls - 2 years\n5 girls - 1 year\n3 girls - the year\nThis, of course, refers to the present employes but does not mean that they have not\nhad others who have been with them just as long but who have left. The factory manager\nof the Gebruder Junghaus Company has been with the organization fifteen years.\nThe gentlemen I interviewed did not know for certain whether brushes were\nor were not used in all the plants mentioned but agreed to find out and let me know\nlater.\nWhilst I was in Brussels I interviewed Mr. Lechien, General Manager of the\nBelgian Radium Company. I asked him concerning poisoning cases and he stated that he\nhad never heard of anything of the kind in Europe and was quite sure that none of the\ncompanies had had any trouble. He did state, however, that as far as he knew brushes\nwere\nnot\nused. The usual means of applying the paint being through a small cornucopia\nof paper with a tiny opening.\nThe above information is not very detailed because there appears to be\nnothing to report of a positive nature. I gave information to both Mr. Lechien and to\nthe men in Germany concerning the real facts of the suit in this country.\nVery sincerely yours,\nRBM* JR\nP.B.Moore\nR. B. Moore\nDean of Science\nDictated by Dr. Moore but\nsigned in his absence."
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