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October 14th, 1930.
Dr. L.R.Thompson, Asst. Surgeon General,
United States Public Health Service
Washington, D.C.
Dear Dr. Thompson:
Thanks very much for your letter of
October 11th and we are certainly glad to know that you will soon send
us a typewritten copy of your findings so that we may have a chance
to consult with you further if it seems desirable before the report
goes to the printer. Your courtesy in this matter is duly appreciated.
It is unfortunate that all of the Government depart-
ments do not show the same willingness to cooperate with interested par-
ties. Certainly we are agreed as to the point in the whole investiga-
tion, i.e. whether girls who have been employed only under existing
conditions are liable to become radioactive, and hence the only
interest any of us could possibly have in the difference between the
findings of Dr. Flinn and Mr. Knowles is in the extent to which such
findings might affect this important question.
I don't think there is any manufacturer, but who will
admit that the old method of luminizing in which the girls ate the
material was positively dangerous, but what we all want to know now
is whether our existing conditions are such that the unfortunate
occurrences of the past are not likely to be repeated, and of course,
in making such a determination, it would seem wise that every
uncertainty or question should be removed before a final report is
submitted.
Again thanking you for the eminently courteous and
cooperative spirit you have manifested, I am
Very truly yours,
Vice President.
CHG:CDR
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