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    "ocrText": "activity has not been located he will then hospitalize one ease at some\nlater date or probably immediately.\nInasmuch as this phase of the work is very vital to us it\nis our desire to cooperate with Dr. Fialla and enable him to be definitely\nsatisfied regarding the complainants containing any radio-active substances\nat the earliest possible moment, and we believe that a great deal of\ntime would be saved by having you present at these tests. Not only would\ntime be saved, but I am confident that both Mr. Lee and I would be\nthoroughly satisfied with any conclusions which you might reach in this\nwork.\nI suggested that Dr. Fialla was perhaps a little tempermental\non some matters, but I know that he has high regard for you, and feel\nconfident that you would have no difficulty in cooperating with him in\nthis work. We have not suggested this matter to either Dr. Fialla or the\nCommittee, for we felt it would not be wia to raise the issue until\nsuch time as we were assured that there was a possibility of your being\npresent.\nWhile nothing definite has been said regarding Dr. Flinn,\nstill in my discussions vith both Dr. Craver and Dr .Fialla 4 am quite\nsatisfied that it would be very unpropitious for us to suggest his\nsitting in on these experiments. I feol that Dr. Martland had discussed\nthe matter with Dr. Ewing, and 1t is undoubtedly through this channel\nthat the Committee may be slightly biased toward Dr. Flinn. and I\nbelieve by not doing anything to aggrevate then, but by giving them our\nbest cooperation in a quiet manner it will be possible for us to make\nthen realize that Dr. Flinn is thoroughly competent in this field before\nwe are finished.\nile are, of course,disappointed that it will be impossible for\nyou to be present during the coming week, but most sincerely hope that\nyou can so arrange your program that it would be possible for you to\ngive us one or two days the first part of the week of November 5th.\nIn case you be in New York on November 5th, I would endeavor\nto have the Committee arrange their program to aake these tests on that\ndate. With everything arranged it dould be possible to complete the\nexamination of the 5 girls in the one day. of course if one of them\nhad to be subsequently hospitalized, it would of course, not be\npractical to expect you to remain for such examination.\nAs you know we have had a club held over our heads through a\ngood deal of this litigation, and we feel that in this particular instance\nwe have some definite information alone/ a subject of which we have\nknowledge and therefore propose to take a very firm atand in this matter.\nI don't believe that we would ever be satisfied, even though wa have\nthe utmost faith in Dr. FiallA's integrity, in the outcome of thase\ntests unless either you or I could be present.\nYou realize, of course, that we expect to pay your expenses\nas well as for your services in this work.\nHHBarkersRH\nSincerely yours,"
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