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H ARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLI C H EALTH | 55 SHATTUCK STREET j BOSTON 15, MASSACHUSETTS ; January 21, 1946 Mr. A l l e n Dj Bran dt Research Laboratory American S o c i e t y o* H e a t i n g *: V entilating Engineers 10700 E u c lid Avenue C leveland 6; Ohio Dear Aliens |Answerig Kehoe's Committee l e t t e r of January IS, I would favor s tro n g ly an employment o ffic e at our forthcoming meeting in A p r i l i n C h i c a g o . I do n o t s e e why t h i s c o u l d n o t b s e t uo j o i n t l y w ith the I n d u s tr ia l P h y sician s end Surgeons and everything would be handled by & person s ta tio n e d an o ro p riatei y at each desk, b u t both desks could very w e ll be i n th e ssme "l a c e , I would n o t l o o k f o r a n y t h i n g s t a r t l i n g t o come from our c o o p e r a t i o n ! w i t h Mr. S t r o n g , A f t e r a l l , we c e o r e s e n t only s o m e t h i n g l i k e 300 persons, alth o u g h I do not doubt t h a t i t has grown. I t c e rta in ly Is not over 400. If you snd Bowditch aoprove, I w ill f i l l out h is q u e s tio n n a ire op which I no^e t h a t both of you have c o p i e s , as b o t h a r e l i s t e d by S t r o n g . a s b e i n g on h i s m a i l i n g ''i s t , as am. I , and I w i l l send t h e coDy i n t o Mr. S t r o n g , ! P l e a s e r e f e r t o h i s q u e s t i o n . Uy a n s w e r t o number 1 is t h a t our b u r e a u i s in t h e bands of our s e c r e t a r y and is *or o u r members o n l y . I f em o lo y e r s i n q u i r e , we would r e f e r them t o men we know a r e i n t e r e s t e d * My ans we r t o 2 would he t h a t our f i e l d is i n d u s t r i a l h y g i e n e , b o t h e n g i n e e r i n g and m e d i c a l a s o e c t s . On i t e m 3--we n r e f e r to h a n d le 'o u r in a u ir ie s o u rselv es. Item 4 w i l l be our s e c r e t a r y . Ite m 5 --we w i l l l i s t t v e c u s i i ^ i e a t i o n s o f any member so d e s i r i n g , and i f an i n t e r e s t e d e m o l o y e r a s k s us f o r names, we w i l l `h r n i s h t vem i n w h a t e v e r d e t a i l t h e member f i l i n g t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o e r m i t s . In g e n e r a l i t would be b e s t s i m o i y t o g i v e t>-e emo loy er t h e nem of our member and l e t t h e * c o rre s p o n d in t h s t f a s h i o n . Tinker 6 and 7 I would have no a d d i t i o n a l comments. I would s i g n t h i s as 'heirmsin of our Emo''oyment Committee,! I s u g g e s t t h a t Bo w d itc h and B r a n d t a n s w e r t h i s t o me w i t h c o p i e s t o e a c h o t h e r and t o Kehoe. I f we d o n ' t a g r e e , we w i 1! s e t t l e t h e d i f f e r e n c e s a t once by c o r r e s o o n d e n c e , and I w i l l t h e n w r i t e Mr, Strong. j Presumably both you and Bowditch w i l 1 see th a t your frien d s g e t y o u r hew a d d r e s s e s w i t h i n a r e a s o n a b l e t i m e . Th is is n o t a comnla i n t o f c r i t i c i s m , j u s t a humbb p r a y e r . ! Sincerely yours, OC*. M. Bowditch R. K^hoe / Philip Drinker