Letters Received to H.H. Barker, June 16, 1929

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY June 16, 1929 Mr. H. H. Barker, Vice-President United States Radium Corporation 535 Pearl Street New York, N. Y. My dear Howard: I wish to thank you first of all for the check of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00). I understand that this is a private transaction between the United States Radium Corporation and myself, and moreover, when settlement is made with the insur- ance companies, I shall then reimburse your company to the extent of two hundred and ten dollars ($210.00). I trust that this simple statement of the situation will suf- fice as a record of the transaction completed. I am pleased to get your opinion about the preparation of the second paper and I shall proceed with this matter. Unless I have serious interruptions, I hope to get a preliminary copy of it in your hands before you sail. Perhaps, I had better write Dr. Flinn that I am preparing the second paper and ask him whether he has any experimental data which he would like to have in my hands, and which he would like to have go into the paper. This experiment on determining and testing the activity of the offspring is very interesting indeed. This questinn of transfor of radium to the offspring has been asked me several times, and I have always been obliged to answer that no experi- mental data are available. It seems to me that this experiment of Dr. Flinn's should be extended to the children of Mrs McDonald. You will recall that Mrs. Metz is but slightly radioactive, but Mrs. Tuck is about as active as Mrs. McDonald. I shall write to Dr. James Ewing as you suggest. It seems that the experimental data which we obtained as the result of the hospitalization of Mrs. Hussman and Miss Fryer do not give any evidence of an increase in the radium elimination from the use of parathyromon, but I have recently discuesed the matter with an expert from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and he is strongly of the opinion that this treat- ment should be continued over a period of three to six weeks in order to g'et positive indication. It seems to me that all of this work on the detection and estimation of radium, which we may be doing more or less separately in that it is done in di fferent labora- tories, still might well be looked upon as cooperative exporiments, for I feel that by cooperation we shall make much better progress of the problem than by working indi- vidually. Surely, by working in a cooperative spirit, we will all feel far more free in expressing our ideas and offering suggestions which will lead to new experiments, and I hope that Dr. Flinn will feel this way about the project. If he has reason to organize his program of investigation on an independent basis, I think that I for one would like to know about it at least, and I think that we should come to B distinct understanding in this matter before you leave. With very good wishes, Irremain Very sincerely yours, Herman Schlundt HS :RO Herman Schlund t