Letters Received, February 2, 1933

LAW OFFICES SIDNEY H. NEWMAN 75 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 513-514 JERSEY CITY, N. J. - MONTGOMERY 2625-2626 February 2nd I933. United States Radium Corp. 535 Pearl Street, New York City. Gentlemen: RE: Grace Shea, formerly Grace Seal In response to your communication of January 27th last, I have been informed by my client that she was in the employ of your institution for a period af at least two years and not the period referred to in said communication. According to the history of her case as furnished to me, sha stated that a short time after her employment with your institution, she complained of intestinal disturbances, headaches, and generalized weakness. These facts were disclosed to your company by reason of receiving treatment on numerous occasions at the medical room provided for by her employers for such contingencies. At the time of her complaints she was in actual contact with luminus material. During the course of her employment and after the termination thereof, my client had been under constant medical attention, visited many medical institutions, in furtherance of relieving her of the conditions complained of, without results in that lirection.Specialist were unable to determine the nature and cause of her ailments. At myrequest her case was referred to one of the nations foremost authority on radium poisoning who has definitely diagnosed her ailments as that of an active case of radium poison- ing with the possibilities of the same becoming progreesively worse. For your information she is undergoing constant attacks of vomiting,her vomitus being of a yellow consistency. She has lost considerable weight, her teeth became discolored and loose, her resistancy lowered, complains of feeling of weakness, heart changes, pallor of conjunctiva, and general loss of body tone. A blood test reveals presence of anemia and lynphocytosis.Words cannot express the pain and anguish of mind resulting therefrom. Trusting that your company will extend to this unfortune- ate victim the consideration which she deserves inasmuch as the same was created thru no fault of herown in furtherance of the interests of your company. SHN: SS Sidney H. Newman FEB 5 1933