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    "ocrText": "UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI\nCOLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY\nMarch 5, 1929\nMr. H. H. Barker\nUnited States Radium Corporation\n535 Pearl Street\nNew York, New York\nMy dear Barker:\nI have given serious consideration to your\nletter asking me to tell you whether I will be available on Sunday,\nMarch 17, to conduct and participate in tests for radioactivity on\nMrs. Canfield. I have thought this matter over and will say that\nyou may count on me to be there provided it is reasonably sure that\nI can start back to Columbia on the train that leaves Newark at\nsix 'clock Sunday evening. I am sorry that Mr. Berry objects to\nDr. Flinn for it seems to me that a direct way of finding out whe-\nther Mrs. Canfield is active would be for Dr. Flinn to conduct\nboth the gamma ray and the epxired air tests.\nSince it was reported to you sometime ago that\nMrs. Canfield was inactive, it seems to me that we ought to have at\nleast one other impartial observer to help in conducting the test.\nVery likely her activity, if any, will be very low and possibly\ninactive, in which case the results of two observers would be far\nmore conclusive than observations by one person.\nIf Mr. Berry offers any objection to my parti-\ncipating in the tests, I hope that you will secure Dr. Failla or\nsome other competent person.\nFurthermore, it seems to me that the test\nshould also include the determination of radium in a sample or two\nof excreta. This last suggestion is especially important in case\nMrs. Canfield is found to be quite radioactive by the expire air and\nthe gamma ray methods.\nPlease advise me as soon as you have some defi-\nnite information whether or not you want me to come. I should like\nvery much to know soon because the Visiting Committee on Junior\nColleges is making up its itinerary.\nWith very kind regards, I remain\nSincerely yours,\nHerman Schlundt\nHerman Schlundt.\nHScb"
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