Letters Received to H.H. Barker, December 13, 1928

RADIUM SPECIAL SERVICE RADIUM SOLUTIONS IN RADIUM THERAPEUTICS RADIUM BATHS APPLICATORS TO ORDER THE RADIUM EXTENSION SERVICE NOT INC. DEC 151928 MEDICAL & DENTAL ARTS BLDG. 185 NORTH WABASH AVE. TELEPHONE DEARBORN 1665 CHICAGO, ILL. December 13, 1928. Mr. H. H. Barker, 535 Pearl Street, New York City, New York. Dear Mr. Barker: Am enclosing, herewith, clipping which is self ex- planatory. Am also enclosing a photostat copy of retraction three years ago, which is self explanatory. I went over to the editor and had a talk with him in reference to this continued publicity of untruth and the damage it was doing, as I have already done with the Tribune. In both cases they state these stories originate with their New York correspondent, who is there on the ground and of course they took it forgranted that he knew the situation thoroughly before writing. It seems to me that if an effort were made by your firm to straighten out the situation by getting it clear in the minds of these reporters, that whatever happens radium is not to blame, that it would help materially in clearing up this situa- tion and set us right in the minds of the general public. I am frank to confess that our business has been practically ruined, as a result of this publicity. However, with the hope that there would be no more unfavorable publicity, and that the charges against radium, of itself, would be rem futed by you, we have continued on in business and taken our loses. We felt that eventually we would win financially and that we were really rendering a humanitarian service, but to date we have been disappointed in that we have failed to find one word published by you or anyother Radium concern denying the charges or any explanation whatever, that would help to set the matter right in the minds of the general public. It scems that if the writers in general knew posi- tively that radium could not legitimately be blamed for this condition, they would be rather hesitant in continuing to write putting the full blame on radium. The result would be a cese sation of this publicity. Very truly yours, RADIUM EXTENSION SERVICE HMA/GM By transcripting