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TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DEC 13 1928 OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL IN REPLYING WASHINGTON ADDRESS THE SURGEON GENERAL u. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE December 11, 1928 Mr. C. B. Lee, President, United States Radium Corporation, 535 Pearl St. New York, N. Y. Dear Mr. Lee: In the past several months the Public Health Service has received numerous letters from prominent medical, scientific, and public health officials ex- pressing a keen interest in the industrial health hazards of radium painting, and asking that a conference be held to discuss this problem. In view of the importance of this problem, especially as it relates to the adequate protection of workers in the future, I would greatly appreciate your attendance at a conference at which this matter will be discussed. The conference is to be held at the Butler Building, No. 3 B St., , S. E., Washington, D. C., on December 20, 1928, at 10:30 a.m. Sincerely yours, membership (H.S. Cumming) Surgeon General