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    "ocrText": "Cohmbia University\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons\nMAR 111929\nEPIDEMIOLOGY\nINDUSTRIAL HYGIENE\n632 WEST 168TH street, NEW YORK\nPUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION\nSANITARY SCIENCE\nINSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH\nMr. C. B. Lee\nUnited States Radium Corporation\n535 Pearl Street\nNew York City\nMarch Wadlings\nDear Mr. Lee:\nI have just made an electroscopic test on a Mrs. Maddinger, who\nworked for your concern for eight years. According to my findings\nher body contains approximately six micrograms of radium. Her\njaw conditions are just beginning to develop. She seems like a\nrather sensible type of girl and one who, if handled properly,\nmight agree to some settlement without going to law. I examined\nher with the understanding that it was not a legal case, but that\nI am interested in the diseasesand want to get all the information\nI can about it.\nI was wondering if your company and the insurance companies\nwould like me to feel out the situation and get a release from\nher if she receives compensation such as would be allowed by com-\npensation law. Of course I would consult the compensation au-\nthorities in Jersey to see what allowances are made in that case.\nIt is just a thought on my part in order to cut down any more\npublicity for you people. It may be that I can get the confidence\nof these girls and handle their cases like the ones in Connecticut\nare handled. I could put out a feeler without mentioning your\ncompany at first.\nIt is understood that I receive no compensation for this work and\nthat I am doing it because of my feelings for both your company and\nthe girls on account of what I consider to be a very unfortunate\nposition for both and one which calls for extraordinary consideration.\nI am going to Waterbury to examin their girls next Wednesday and will\nbe gone the rest of the week.\nI might say that there are three or four more girls from your Orange\nPlant who want to come over to see me for examinations. I told them\nI would be glad to do so with the distinct understanding that they\nare not legal cases and that I was not doing it to help them start\nany law suit.\nCohmbia University\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons\nEPIDEMIOLOGY\nINDUSTRIAL HYGIENE\n632 WEST 168TH STREET, NEW YORK\nPUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION\nINSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH\nSANITARY SCIENCE\nMr. Lee\ncontinued.\nI have given the matter considerable thought before consenting to do\nthis work and felt compelled to do so because of the accusations\nthat have been made against me. But on the other hand it would\nseem that a situation has arisen which might prove to be beneficial\nto both the former employer and employees. Of course knowing me as\nyou do you cannot help but realize that I am not trying to inject\nmyself into the matter after the manner of friends in Newark.\nVery sincerely yours,\nFridench B. Think\nFrederick B. Flinn\nDepartment of Industrial Hygiene\nFBF/EF"
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