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    "ocrText": "1228 A\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nDIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 4, 1938\nMr. C. B. Lee, President\nU. S. Radium Corporation\n535 Pearl Street\nNew York, N. Y.\nDear Mr. Lee:\nI received your interesting communication of November 2 addressed\nto Dr. Curtiss. Frankly, we were as much astounded at the sensitivity\nof this instrument as you were, even though we did know of its ex-\nceptional characteristics.\nWe are glad that you were able to discover the location of the waste\nmaterial and hope it will prove of some value to you. I say this in\nrather a humorous vein that, after our experience in different plants\nin your city, it might behoove the managements to have one of these in-\nstruments on hand to locate material they do not know they have.\nAs regards vacuum cleaners, I presume you received that idea from\nDr. Hatch, I would like to call your attention to the fact that vacuum\ncleaners work because the screening mechanism, namãy, the bag, permits\nan egress of air and cannot hope to collect all dust particles. There-\nfore, there is a tendency to disperse dust in the room. However, this\nproblem can be readily met by small amount of thought. The bag may be\nlocated out of doors with the windows adjacent thereto closed which\nshould permit the evacuation of spaces and areas considered necessary\nwithout recontamination of the plaist atmosphere.\nI am taking this opportunity to remind you that I shall be in your\ncity next week perhaps on the 8th, and at that time would like to make\ncertain measurements of the light conditions in your plant. This will\ntake very little time and it will inconvenience you very little as it\nwill require no moving of materials or equipment.\nTrusting that this arrangement will be satisfactory to you and\nthanking you for your many courtesies extended to Dr. Curtiss and\nmyself, I remain\nVery truly yours,\nNOV A 1938\nJohns J. S. ROGERS\nIndustrial Hygienist\n(Engineer)\nJSR:hm"
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