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    "ocrText": "-2-\nwas subsequent to 1926 only, and they furthermore brought in a number of\ngirls who were not employed in the industry at the present time - the only\ntime they were employed was prior to 1926.\nLet me again state that it is my firm conviction that the Clock\nCompanies are interested in the situation as it now exists, for we are all\nagreed that in the past there was undue exposure. The fact that some girls who\nwere employed prior to 1926 show the presence of radioactive materials in\ntheir system does not contribute anything to the condition of the industry as\nnow conducted. If the Dept. of Public Health, desires to conduct a survey\nof the industry as a whole, then in ay opinion they are entitled to treat the\ngroup as a unit, but when they attempt to determine whether or not the industry\nis hazardous as now conducted from the determinations of radioactive materials\naccumulated in the system, then they must confine their data to girls employed\nafter 1926.\nWhile the insert on graph 12 depicts the conditions found among the\ngirls subsequent to 1926, still when we analyse this graph as compared with the\nmajor graph in this table, we nota that girls employed since 1926, as a group,\nare storing radium in their -ystem at a faster rate than girls employed during\nthe entire period - which I don't believe to be a fact. Dr. Thompson rather\nemphatically stated, that he personally did not believe that such a picture\nrepresented the true facts.\nI quite agree with you that a careful analysis of the report fails to\nprove convincingly thet the industry as now conducted is hazardous - However,\nI take the position that there are few people capable of reading and properly\ninterpreting this report, and that there are innumerable instances in the\nreport where a part of the data or graphs could be segregated from the report\nand quite grossly misinterpreted. It is things of this nature which we are\nprimarily interested in eliminating.\nDr. Leake* summary of the report, at Philadelphia, is eminently fair\nin Ky opinion, and a final report based along the lines of this review would\npresent the conditions as they exist.\nUnfortunately the Clock Companies have taken a very antagonistic\nattitude toward the work of the Dept. of Health due to the nis-statement of\nfacts in the report as to conditions in the clock companies. In my opinion\nsome of these mis-statements are trivial in nature, but severtheless they\nserve to shake the faith of the Clock Companies.\nWhile we have teken rather a strong position regarding the interpre-\ntation of the data, nevertheless, I am disposed to support the Department of\nPublic health in their troubles with the Clock Companies. I am of the\nopinion that a round-table discussion in the near future with the Clock\nCompanies and the Dept. of Health will ajust these differences, and there\nwill be no further trouble.\nSincero ly yours,\nHHBarker: :RH\nVice President."
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