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January 28,1929.
Dr. James Ewing,
Department of Pathology,
Cornell University Medical College,
First Ave. end 28th St.,
N.Y.C.
Dear Dr. Ewing:
I have passed the bills of Memorial Hospital, for
radiographic work on the five girls under your care, along to our
Accounting Department, and they will be taken care of in due course.
Tie quite agree with you, Dr. Craver and Dr. Failla as
regards your disposition not to issue any formal statement relative to the
cases. There is nothing to be gained by such a procedure, for we assume
that everything is being done that is possible to give aid to the girls.
As you are undoubtedly aware we have three suits now pending involving
something like $1,125,000 and are informed that Mr. Berry is anxious to
have a formal statement from you to use in the prosecution of these new
cases. It is our belief that any new cases must stand on their own merits,
and not on what has taken place in the past.
Furthermore it was quite definitely bought out at the Con-
ference held, in "ashington December 20th, at the request of Surgeon General
Cummings, to consider the probable hazards connected with the luminous
material industry, that all of the publicity given to the subject has had a
tendency to jeopardize the legitimate uses of radium. It is our belief
that with any formal statement from your Committee Mr. Berry will go to
the press with same and endeavor to arouse public sympathy in behalf of his
clients. We are only too willing to give cognisance to the importance of
the general situation, but don't believe that there is anything to be gained
by the press's method of presenting this to the public. There are
industrial conditions arising daily which are fully as important, if not more
so, from the humanitarian aspect as the one with which we are dealing, but
receive little or no publicity. However, it is our belief that the undue
amount of publicity given the "radium cases" may be attributed to a large
degree to the efforts of certain individuals who for one reason or another
had an ax to grind.
We see no reason why Dr. Craver and Dr. Failla should not
study the case of Miss Florence Holloway of 306 Langford St., Asbury Park,
N.J. and render her what assistance is indicated. As you may appreciate
we have no way of fortelling what may be involved in the way of legal
difficulties in any such case.
Sincerely yours,
HHBarker:RH
Vice President.
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