Letters Sent to S.C. Lind, December 6, 1930

December 6th, 1930. Dr. S. C. Lind, University of Winnesota, School of Chemistry, Minneapolis, Minn. Dear Dr. Lind: Referring to the Tuck and Metz cases, I may say that the Tuck case is as far as we have been able to deternine probably a légitimate case, although we are not fully apprised as to the extent which Mrs. Tuck may be suffering. Ve are rather disposed to settle this case out of court if we can agree with her and her counsel on terms of settlement, and we are working on such a proposition at the present time. With reference to the Metz case, we do not believe this woman to be suffering in any way from radium poisoning, and consider her more or less of an imposter of the type who is endeavoring to obtain money from us upon the suffering of her fellow workers, rather than upon her own. She is also represented by counsel who are very unscrup- ulous as to their methods of attack. We feel quite confident that we are going to have to go to "the bat" in this case, and further feel that if we get a square deal there is no reason why we cannot win. The case is to be tried by a Struck Jury, which as you probably know will be of a much better type than the average petty jury. We had made arrangements with Dr. Moore whereby we sent him a retainers fee, such fee to be applied to his bill for services in coming to New York at such time as occasion might demand. We are, however, averse to this procedure and would nuch prefer to pay such bills as are rendered by the men whom we call upon for testimony, such as yourself, with the hope that you feel quite sure that there will be no question but what your bills will be paid and paid promptly. Inasmuch as there are several companies involved in this matter it makes a very much more clearcut proposition, and one which does not involve our geining the con- sent of several parties, who do not at all times appreciate the exact situation. I hope you will feel quite ready to serve on such a basis, and in case we have taken up unduly of your time in the matter of corres- pondence and consideration of these matters, there is no reason whey you should not send us a bill for such services. I would be the hope of our counsel to have a conference