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FILE NAME: John Crane (JC) DATE: 1935 Jan 10 DOC#: JC065 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Lanza from IL Manufacturers' Assoc. RE Silicosis Meeting with Agenda Attached 1 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Dr. A. J. Lanza, M etropolitan L ife Insurance Company, New York, New York. Dear Doctor Lanza: I an attach in g copy of circu lar which sent out yesterday regarding the S i l i c o s i s Meeting on January 31a t. I received a note in t h is morning's moil from Dr. Leroy Gardner in which he stated you have Indicated to him th a t you could not be present on January ? l s t . I hope th at there may be some mieundorstanding. Tn your telegram o f January 4th you In d ict! that any date during the week o f January 27th would be accept'11 In my reply of the seventh I indicated that wo were accordingly arranging the meeting for January 31st. In view of th ie c 1 r e s i st anos and in view of the fa o t that our announcements have gone out I earnestly hope that you w ill arrange your plane to be * i t n us on that date. With assurance of our genuine a p p r e c i a t i o n of your cooperation in th ie matter, I am, Cordially yours, JLD L (eno) / V _x_e__o__u__ti_v_o Vl<re*Pro8iae. .' AFTERNOON TECHNICAL DISCUSSION on O CCUPATIO N AL DISEASES from the MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW FLORENTINE ROOM, CO N GRESS HOTEL Bcfiitnlnf I 30 p.m . This conference being entirely of scientific character involving technical details of medical practice will be restricted to physicians employed or retained by member firms or their insurance carriers. The conference is intended espe cially for physicians who are handling the health and accident problems of m e m ber firms. ADM ISSION TO THE AFTERNOON SESSION WILL BE CONFINED TO PH YSICIA N S W HOSE NAMES ARE INDICATED BY MEMBER FIRMS ON THE ATTACHED CA RD . The speakers will be: DR. L. U. CARDNER, Director of the Saranac Laboratory of Saranac Lake. N. Y . An outstanding authority on lung diseases. Subject: " PATHOLOGY OF SILICOSIS." DR. A . J. L A N Z A , Assistant Medical Director of the Metropolitan Life Insur ance Company of New York City and formerly Chief Surgeon of the Uni ted States Department of Mines. Subject: " ETIOLOGY, CLIN ICAL FINDINCS AND PREVENTION OF SILICOSIS." DR. HOMER L. SAM PSON , of the Trudeau Sanitarium, Saranac Lake, N. Y. A well known authority on chest X-rays. Subject: " ROENTCEN FINDINGS." The speakers scarcely need introduction. They arc the foremost authori ties on occupational diseases in this country. Discussion will follow each address. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association feels certain that executives of Illinois factories will avail themselves of this opportunity to inform themselves o f the latest developments In the occupational disease menace and how they may be met successfully In the best Interests of employes and employers, /AMES L. DONNELLY. Exccutiv Vice rrcsi.l -t Il l in o is M a n u e mo so1 r s 'A s s o c i a t i o n th t January 9, 1935 You are Invited to attend an Occupational Disease Conference Including Slllcoit* and Other Dust Diseases Under Aulpic o f the ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY J935 at the CONGRESS HOTEL'^ Chicago --- Geld Room ^Dinner at 6:30 P. 2prtctdtd by tcKnical.discussion jnjna afttrnoon for industrial physicians PURPOSE: To acquaint Illinois Employers with the NATURE. LEGAL ASPECTS,, "-r EXTENT and PREVENTION of occupational diseases. Speakers and Their Subjects: F. ROBERTSON IONES ' of New York City . PETER J..ANCSTEN Central Manager of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives Subject: `Problems of Compensation in Occupational Diseases. Chairman of the Illinois Industrial Commitsion Subject: - Occupational Disease and the Industrial Commission," DR. C. 0 . SAPPINGTON e l Chicago Consulting Industrial Hygienist Subject: "Some Medicolegal Phases of Occupational Diseases." This will afford an unusual opportunity for the executives of Illinois Industrial establishments to haar the ^ fetc^t. most comprehanslre expositions on tin subject of occupational diseases which has become > critical prob in In Illinois as well as other States. In Illinois, silicosis alone has betn the cause ot $iu,tHJO,U0u civil suit* against manufacturers w ith a nationwide record of approximately $50,000,000 In damage claim. Mr. .jones through hie essoclaflon hat kept In exceedingly dote touch with medical and leetl developments in connectilon with the occupational disease Itustlon In the United Stitts. Pr, Sapplniton If 6na of the b n f known tge d s lliti In medical and legit probttms. Ha Is everywhere t*cei n lx e d it a lupstiet dutt and chemical anslrtf, f ,,j. r` Mr. Angsten hat Voted ttM fls I ItNnHaA f* ftlcddltloriafdlseistt during a lo M aiW V irltd espirlinta wRh Industrial accident* and haaltfi nsxsrds. tie n il been chajttnih a f the industrial comimislon under threei goavrseirnors." **y&I*. The addreeias w ill fake up akcli phases oecuaitlonal diiestet aa~ : rfftfA'famM? r^ '1. tttoiPAL cAiii U.v,,i d> ` UOAL ASPICTt *> p i d AD1QUAiTfIi UUCctliLiALaTtIOioNn <1 . f . PRiVfimoN , Ul.QM.VUWPOINT tiURANCI !1`