Letters Sent to R.H. Whitehead, March 2, 1926

March 2, 1926. Mr. R. H. Whitehead, Vice President and General Manager, The New Haven Clock Company, New Haven, Conn. Dear Mr. Whitehead: This will acknowledge receipt of your two letters of March Ist. The article appearing in the Sunday American was sensational indeed, but revealed nothing more than what has been published from time to time since the instigation of the two suits against us some time ago. Based on the most authentic information which we have been able to acquire, we do not believe that there is any such disease as "Radiom poisoning, but of course this fact does not relieve the uncertainty among employees caused by the publication of such articles as occurred in the Sunday American. We shall be very glail indeed to co-operate with you to the fullest extent on any independent investigation which you may eare to undertake. The writer, thio is familiar with the Sorimlae for luminous material, will be in New Haven the early part of next week, and we can go into this subject fully. However, tre have a suggestion to make which we believe will expedite your efforts and be far more satisfactory from a scientific standpoint than should wre furnish you with what information we can. Dr. Frederick 3. Flinn of the Institute of Public Health, College of/Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 437 West 59th Street, New York City, hes for many months been malding an exhaustive study of this subject. He has examined the Radium painting operators in practically all of the Hastern application plents and has had reports from similar examinations made abroad. His findings are almost ready for publication and should be out shortly. This is by far the most exhaustive and authentic study which has ever been under- talten on the question of the ill effects from radioactive luminous material. Should one of the physicians from Yale or the New Haven Hospital come to Dr. Flinn's laboratories, he could secure kmowledge that would take many months to find out through study and experinentation, and we certainly would be very glad to have Dr. Flinn reveal all he knows on this question. He Imows our luminous material formulae. As we understand it, the examinations in the various application plants have not revealed any conditions that are (Contimued)