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    "ocrText": "copy to each of the members of the Committee. In my discussion\nwith Dr. Fialla I offered him our report, but he declined, stating\nthat he felt he should malce an independent investigation, and that\nhe felt if he read the report he probably would be inclined to\nfollow the suggestions therein contained without developing all the\nbasic information necessary for his tests. While I do not\nentirely agree with Dr. Fialla's method of approaching the problem\nalong these lines, still I see his point of view, and I certainly\nbelieve in encouraging him, for by so doing I believe we will get\nbefore him the essence of our work. In fact my discussion prac-\ntically revealed in a verbal way everything which we have done,\nand Dr. Fialla has now consented to make a few preliminary tests\nwith the Wulf machine to determine the amounts of material which\nhe can detect. Before he proceeds with the tests on the com-\nplainants he states that he will be anxious to discuss the problem\nfurther with us.\nDr. Fialla asked whether or not we had tested the girls, and\nI told him that you had, and with the exception of Itrg. Hussman\nhad stated that you found no indications of the presence of radio-\nactive materials, and that in Urs. Hussman's case you were not\nprepared to maice a definite statement either one way or the other.\nThis seened to make quite an impression on Dr. Fialla and he stated\nthat in the event that he found the presence of radio-activiy we\nwould have to consider the matter more carefully. I am satisfied\nthat Dr. Fialla will approach the problem very intelligently, and\nI don't believe but what we will have his best cooperation throwghout\nthe work.\nI give you this information as I appreciate that you will be\ninterested in the progress which we have been making. You will\nalso be interested to know that the first impression of the Committee\nis that these girls show some definite bone lesions of a nature which\nthey have never seen before, and that while they cannot definitely\nstate that such lesions are due to radium, still circunstantial\nevidence rather points toward such being the case.\nI am going to be very much disappointed if after all this\nwork has been completed we are still confronted with the matter\nof circumstantial evidence, because it has been my hope that this\nmatter could be definitely gettled one way or the other.\nSincerely yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker :RH"
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