Letters Received to H.H. Barker, June 12, 1929

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA June 13, 1929 JUN 131929 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Mr. H. H. Barker, Vice-President United States Radium Corporation 535 Pearl Street New York, N. Y. My dear Howard: There are several things about which I would like to say a few words at this time. In the first place, I want to thank you for your very generous offer to ad- vance me some money which the two insurance companies owe. I shall be glad to re- imburse your firm when I receive payment for the insurance companies. Let me suggest that we arrange it on the following basis: I am most concerned with the money that was actually paid out for traveling expenses. In looking up the bill, I find that this total amount for the two trips to New York was $214.30. Suppose we throw off the thirty cents (.30) which will leave $214, and since you have already advanced me $60, the balance would be $154, and with this amount in hand, I shall be in good post- ition to carry out my summer plans which I outlined briefly in my former letter to you. Perhaps, it would simplify matters for you to advance me the $214, then when the money comes to you, take out the $60 which I Owe you and send on to me the bal- ance of $154. I don't know whether the reprints hai arrived when I wrote you about a week ago, but the package has now come to hand and I have read over again the paper and it seems to me it covers most of the important points. It seems to me that we now have in hand sufficient data to publish a second paper incorporating the rate of elimi- nation of radium in the excreta. We could include vi th the data on Miss Fryer and Mrs. Hussman the determinations made on the excreta of Mrs. Dunschott and those of yours on Miss Dunn. Doubtless the question of publication of these results should be taken up with the Committee, unless you feel that the Committee simply co porated with us in carrying forward our experiments. The expense of the experiments, I understand, was borne entirely by your company. Shall I proceed to write up these results with a view of publication. Fully two weeks have now elamsed since I wrote to Dr. Flinn, reminding him of the desirability of calibrating the garma ray instrument by means of the standar d ampules which you have supplied. Thus far I have received no reply so I assume he is still engaged in completing the experiments. Probably your attention has already been drawn to the July number of the Popular Science Monthly. The first article in this issue features the five radium dases. Some hope is expressed of their ultimate recovery upon the basis of the radioactive deposits consist largely of mesothorium instead of radium. mg I assume that either you dr Dr. Flinn will supply members of the Committee and also Dr. Failla with copies of our paper. We must not forget Dr. Martland. I am sending copies to Dr. Moore and Dr. Lind, and the rest of my distribution will be largely to local friends who are interested in this investigation. I hope you wi 11 also supply Dr. Thompson of the United States Public Health Service and his Associate Dr. Ives, and please do not forget Mrs. HHughes and I assume that the watch companies 9