Letters Received to H.H. Barker, June 7, 1932

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY June 7th, 1932. Mr. H. H. Barker United States Radium Corporation 535 Pearl Street New York City My dear Barker: We have just received the depressing news that the Macey Foundation will not be interested in coming to our assistance in our radium research. We quote in full the letter: "I greatly regret to report that I have just had an interview with Dr. McNeal of the Macy Foundation and he states positively that the directors of the Foundation will not give you a Grant for the work on radium. He thinks it wise for him to give this information as frankly as possible, so that you may look elsewhere. He regrets the decision but re- ports that the Macy Foundation is under the control of Dr. Kast, who is interested mainly in migraine and arterio sclerosis and has no interest or knowledge of the physiology of radium. Against this stone wall I find myself quite unable to make any entry. "I am returning your fine monograph with regret and hope that you may obtain aid from some other direction." James Suring. Dr. Flinn writes that he will be using the ionization chambers during the month of June. Moreover, he states that the chambers he now uses do not belong to the United States Radium Corporation and yours that they have developed such a high drift that they can be used no longer for making the expired air tests. Consequently, we have postponed our visit to Elgin. We have written to Dr. Leake of the United States Public Health service and have requested two ionization chambers and a Lind electroscope head for temporary use. As soon as we hear from Dr. Leake we shall go forward with our plans for our visit to Elgin. Sincerely yours, Herman Schluntt hs . as Herman Schlundt.