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Ju ly 17, 1957 M r , M an fr ed Bow ditch Lead In d u stries A ssociation 60 E a s t 4?.n d St r e e t N ew Y o r k C it y 17 D ear: M an fred ; j. .. . I'm s o r r y t o h av e k e p t you 'w aitin g fo r . a r e p ly t o y o u r l e t t e r s of M ay 13 an d Ju n e 24 ab o u t t h e AP H A b o o k le t on le a d , bu t I1v e b e e n t in d e r t h e gun at sh o r t e r ran ge th an 'you r office, and the com pu lsion h as b e e n m o r e than I could r e sist . In p r in c ip le , .x tm m z tixat y o u r p r o p o sa l t o m an e u se ox th e ix uuoiSGi in th e M on ograph on Le ad is a good on e. I w ould ce r t ain ly n et ob ject to an y su ch m e a su r e th at w ould -give w id er d ist r ib u t io n to th e in fo r m at io n con t ain ed in it . I th in k th e on ly q u est io n w ould be th at o f A Pi-lit a u t h o r it ie s, w h o m igh t fe e l t h at {1} t h is i s u n d e sir a b le in i t s e l f , o r {2} t h at it w ou ld m ilitate again st the d istrib u tion of an APH A pu blication , th ereby costin g the APH A both p r e stige and a retu rn on it s prin tin g c o st s, 'th at is for th em to d e cid e , but I would e n co u r age th em to gr an t su ch co n sen t. T h is, h ow ever, is lik ely to be an acad e m ic poin t, sin ce I can n ot se e how th e job iof revam pin g th e booklet can p o ssib ly be done by th e date you h ave se t . Th is is a lab or of love w h ich I h ave to h an dle in a v er y dilu te fo r m in th e m id st of a h eavy lo ad of o t h e r w or k . I can n ot See how I can ge t th e "sp a d e w or k " don e b y an yon e e lse . A ll of m y a sso c ia t e s a r e b u sy w ith t h e ir own e xt r a c u r r ic u la r t a sk s, an d all of th em a r e b u sy en ough W ith th e d ay 's w ork of the D epartm en t to fillu p th eir availab le tim e. I agreed to ac ce p t th e ch air m an sh ip of th e grou p th at is to do t h is jo b , know in g fu ll w ell th at it w ould be m uch e a sie r to do th e job in toto th an to a c t a s th e coor d in ato r of the grou p and the prin cip al ed itor of the m ate r ial. I h ave h ardly h ad tim e to th in k abou t th e com p osition of th e grou p m u ch le ss to a ssig n the t a sk s. H avin g don e th is b e fo r e , I know what it t ak e s, an d if th e jo b is fin ish ed by Ja n u a r y 1959, I sh all th in k it h as b een ac co m p lish e d w ith ap p r o p r iat e sp e e d . It m ay go m o r e r ap id ly th an I an t icip at e , an d p e r h ap s I sh ou ld h ave t u r n ed it o v e r to so m e on e e l s e a lt o g e t h e r , b u t m y s e n se o f d u t y {o r w h a t e v e r it i s t h at h as gn aw ed a t m y p sy ch e) in th is m at t e r v ir t u ally com p elled m e to ac ce p t . T h is 'will h ar d ly p le a se you , an d b y w ay of m ak in g a m e n d s, I a g r e e h er ew ith /< 0002594 M r , M an fr ed Bow ditch - (2).- Ju ly 17, 1957 to h elp you in an y w ay I can w ith th e h y gien ic a sp e c t s o f y o u r M on ogr ap h . I 'll a lso do m y b e st , a ft e r Sep tem b er fir st , to exped ite the p r o g r e ss of th e r ev isio n of the booklet. I vacate on o r about A u gu st fir st fo r a m on th , durin g which th e on ly le ad I m igh t co n ceiv ab ly b e co n cer n ed w ith is a sm a ll le ad b ead on a fly lin e (if I can n ot r e ach a p a r t ic u la r sp o t by an y oth er m e an s). I am m ost gr atefu l to you fo r th e in dex, w h ich , I agr e e is m uch n eeded. W ith r e sp e c t to th e su b je c t m at t e r in y ou r le t t e r of M ay i7 , I can h elp but lit t le , I know of v e r y few d at e s th at a r e n ailed down d u r in g 1958 w ith th e excep tion -of th o se you know .ab ou t.. I sh ou ld sa y th at A p r il an d M ay a r e lik e ly to be bad m on th s, th at N ovem ber is lik ely to be equ ally bad , on g e n e r a l p r i n c i p l e s. Ju n e is t h e m on th o f d o c t o r a l e x a m in a t io n s an d co m m e n c e m en ts, an l the m id -su m m er' p eriod is u su ally out of the pictu re b ecau se of v acat io n s. Th e fir st h alf of -Decem ber is. n ot too bad u su ally , an d in m y. exp er ien ce F e b r u ar y and M arch a r e fa ir ly fr e e o f m eetin gs aud co n claves of v a r io u s t y p e s. T h is i s the; b e st I can d o, foxr m y 1953 c a le n d a r , w h ile lik e ly to be ' el' filled , is as vet u n certain . din ee rely your s , RAK of D ictated but not read . Robert A. Kehoe, M. D.