Ask the Scholar
Page 1 of 3
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
OCR
December 12,1927.
Mr. Josiah Stryker,
c/o Lindabury Depue and Faulks,
Broad Street,
Newark, N.T.
Dear 11f. Stryker:
We have checked up on all the points covered in
the conference at Nr. Roeder's on November 30th, with the exception
of interviewing Dr. Cameron of the Radium Chemical Company. Dr.
Cameron has not been available until this week, and we propose to see
him at the earliest date.
As regards the decrease in the number of our employees
in the application plant after the trouble was first discovered ** we
do not believe that this information will be of particular value since
our employees were only a few. When we first learned of the difficulty
we immediately had our people examined by the Life Extension Institute;
and we find there were only a total of 6 at that time.
We continued to run our application plant with more or
less help as the business demanded until about May 1925, when we
started the Starkey Dial Company of New York City, in the application
business. We continued in Orange with two or three operators until
the end of the year. Of course there was more or less uncertainty on
the part of our employees, and some undoubtedly quit on account of the
newspaper publicity, but this department was so small that the facts
of the case would not be of any great importance.
We are enclosing herewith copies of these examinations
made by the Life Extension Institute in March 1924. Dr. Fisk, Director
of the Institute says that he was impressed by the earnestness of our
desire to find out if there was anything wrong with our employees. They
made tests for metalic poisoning, and found only what he considers con-
ditions common to the general run of factory workers. There is another
point in this connection which may be of impordance, and that is that
the original reports on these examinations were given to the girls. You
will notice that these reports advise them to consult their family
physicians. Had we been disposed to "cover up" as the plaintiff's charge
certainly we would never have given reports of these examinations to
our employees.
While the Life Extension Institute are not particularly
anxious to become mixed up in any litigation, Dr. Fisk states that they
Page data
- Page
- 1
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- 8d78e226e13c44cf
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 75722147
- Core
- doc
- Type
- document
DTO data
{
"id": "75722147",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Letters Sent to Josiah Stryker, December 12, 1927",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147",
"collections": [
"Safety Light Collection",
"Records Related to Radium Dial Painters"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "75722147",
"label": "Letters Sent to Josiah Stryker, December 12, 1927",
"core": "doc",
"dtoType": "document",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "75722147",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Letters Sent to Josiah Stryker, December 12, 1927",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147",
"collections": [
"Safety Light Collection",
"Records Related to Radium Dial Painters"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
"url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75722147",
"naId": 75722147,
"levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
"recordType": "description",
"ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
"seq": 1,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0001154_Page_1.jpg",
"mediaId": "8d78e226e13c44cf",
"ocrText": "December 12,1927.\nMr. Josiah Stryker,\nc/o Lindabury Depue and Faulks,\nBroad Street,\nNewark, N.T.\nDear 11f. Stryker:\nWe have checked up on all the points covered in\nthe conference at Nr. Roeder's on November 30th, with the exception\nof interviewing Dr. Cameron of the Radium Chemical Company. Dr.\nCameron has not been available until this week, and we propose to see\nhim at the earliest date.\nAs regards the decrease in the number of our employees\nin the application plant after the trouble was first discovered ** we\ndo not believe that this information will be of particular value since\nour employees were only a few. When we first learned of the difficulty\nwe immediately had our people examined by the Life Extension Institute;\nand we find there were only a total of 6 at that time.\nWe continued to run our application plant with more or\nless help as the business demanded until about May 1925, when we\nstarted the Starkey Dial Company of New York City, in the application\nbusiness. We continued in Orange with two or three operators until\nthe end of the year. Of course there was more or less uncertainty on\nthe part of our employees, and some undoubtedly quit on account of the\nnewspaper publicity, but this department was so small that the facts\nof the case would not be of any great importance.\nWe are enclosing herewith copies of these examinations\nmade by the Life Extension Institute in March 1924. Dr. Fisk, Director\nof the Institute says that he was impressed by the earnestness of our\ndesire to find out if there was anything wrong with our employees. They\nmade tests for metalic poisoning, and found only what he considers con-\nditions common to the general run of factory workers. There is another\npoint in this connection which may be of impordance, and that is that\nthe original reports on these examinations were given to the girls. You\nwill notice that these reports advise them to consult their family\nphysicians. Had we been disposed to \"cover up\" as the plaintiff's charge\ncertainly we would never have given reports of these examinations to\nour employees.\nWhile the Life Extension Institute are not particularly\nanxious to become mixed up in any litigation, Dr. Fisk states that they"
}