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The Saranac Laboratory FOR THE STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE EDWARD L. TRUDEAU FOUNDATION Saranac Lake, N.Y. July 28, 1944 Dr. George M. Wheatley Assistant Medical Director Metropolitan Life Insurance Company New York, New York Dear Dr. Wheatley: July 25 and 26. This vrlll acknowledge your two letters of I wish it might he possible for me to ac company you to Thetford the week of September 11 but I shall be very much involved here as the Trudeau School opens at ti^t time. .jI would suggest that you make your several contacts with Dr. Stevenson, the company physician of Johns- Manville at Asbestos. He and Mr. Sherry, the general manager, will be most helpful in arranging for meetings with the rest of the Canadian asbestos producres at Thetford. They will un doubtedly see that you have transportation between the two places as the trip by rail is a long and tedious Journey although the air-line distance is some 30 or 40 miles. You will undoubtedly see Mr. Ivan Sabourln who is general counsel for Johns-Mansville in Quebec. real Interest. I shall await your observations with very Sincerely yours. LUGtRH Leroy U. Gardner, M. D. Director 091)3 July 23, i*U \ ...*> .?r 1rt -* 3. Hr. Uror U, Gardner Samsae tebmtorlii f I.7 Cfcurte Strait xfl &*urOv Bardmert ` -' tyU>ti!*ea about MmI nry probably tta iik 'tf tliite Sli- arraagaeanta ban net beam made to rlnlt thetford, but if yam aragelag to ba la that wlalaity at that ties, it mU ba eery helpful to ue If we would aaat nd parbapa loeh anr tea altuatiaw tofathar. In your latter of July 6th, you aaatlea tea foot that yoo olll ba ateltiaf tea aabaatea alnaa tea fellavlaf waak, ahlab any aaaa teat yaa hara already ooaplatad yoar rialt* Xf tear# la laforaatlon ahlah yaa would aalra aaailabla ttiaua roeult of yoar trip, X noold appraciata havlnc It* If tear* in tndivlduala.that you would ng(*it X aaat or aay atapa that. yoe. would auffaat X follow up In relation to tela problem at teetford* X will ba dad to ba Informed* '`X ban net aa far raealnd any' information aw mortality from tubareulaala at Ibatford or tea Prarinca af Quebec, although I ban bad m aeksovledgeaaat of ay latter froa Or. Tourangeam* Sincerely yourt, DR. WHEATLEY insistent Uadical Diractor 0953