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TREASURY DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES LRT/EMW PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE WASHINGTON, D. C. AND SANITATION Room 1-123, "C" Bldg. 16 Seventh St. S. W. Feb. 13, 1929 Mr. C. B. Lee, Pres., United States Radium Corporation, 535 Pearl St. New York, N. Y. Dear Mr. Lee: I think you will be interested to know that the Surgeon General has appointed the first committee which is to advise us as to the nature of tests which we should make with regard to the type of worker best fitted for the radium dial industry and for the methods of detection of radium in workrooms. Below are given the names of this committee, and I believe the first meeting will be held on February 25, 1929. Prof. William Duane Prof. Herman Schlundt Prof. S. C. Lind FEB 14192 Dr. Alice Hamilton Dr. Gioacchino Failla Dr. 0. H. Gish Dr. L. F. Curtis Dr. C. F. Burnam Respectfully, Instumpum (L. R. Thompson) Surgeon in Charge