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WILL T. BLAKE P A U L F. W A R D SECRETARY March 3, 1947 Lr. nobei t a . .enoe C o l l e g e o f l-.edi c i n e ^nv er s ita g f Ciuci: c i no i n n a t i ,. -h- o L e a r L r . r.<shoe: '.is i s io s c in o v i sdire r e c e i p t of your l e t " e r re g a rd in g le a d haz a r d s ; t h e Magnus M e t a l r i a n t . -er;.' g l a d t h a t you h a v e w r i t t e n t o me f o r v ^ u r l e t t e r h a s d i s c l o s e d a : ew t h i n ~ s t h a t I d i d n o t know end a l s o g i v e rae an o p o o r t u n i t y to e>:ols n my p o s i t i o n i n r e v r d t o my r e p o r t . My v i s i t ;vas made a t t h e r e o u e s t o f Mr. K u t l e d v e o f t h e M a r t i n s e r v i c e Com. cer-y and a. l e t t e r f r o m t h e mane cement c f t h e p l a n t . I t was siy p u r pose arid d e s i r e to he of h e l p ir. lo ca tin g ; and e lim in a tin g : le a d h n s a rd s r; trier th a n to i n any way av oid r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a case of le a d p o iso n ing. b irc e you have been given a copy of ay r e p o r t, which I hope is a c o rre c t one, you w ill note t h a t p a rts of the p lan t were not in o p e ra tio n and I d i d not s e e t h e c l a i m a n t o r any m e d i c a l r e p o r t s . I was a l s o t o l d t h a t one of t h e i r men who h a d beer, e n r a g e d i n -wheeling s c r a p m e t a l was s a i d t o h a v e l e a d p o i s o n i n g . The p l a c e where he w o r d e d h&d b e e n c l e a n e d a.nd I saw no e v i d e n c e s of l e a d d u s t a t t h a t t i m e , b u t you w i l l n o t e t h a t I q u a l i f i e d my s t a t e m e n t w i t h t h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t h e may ha v e b e e n ex osed a r o u n d t h e f u r n a c e s . L a t e r when h i s c l a i m was f i l e d I saw- a s t a t e ment f r o m t h e c l a i m a n t in. w h ic h he n o t o n l y h a d w o r k e d a r o u n d t h e f u r n a c e s b u t had pou red m e t a l w h ich , from what I saw, p r o b a b l y c o n t a i n e d So oer c e n t l e a d . I t seems t o h a v e b e e n . t h is e x p o s u r e w h ic h may he.ve a c c o u n t e d f o r h i s d i s c l i t y . I have n o t s e e n t h e c l a i m s i n c e i t was f i r s t f i l e d b u t i n t e n d t o l o o k i t ivo. e v e n e v e r hac. any t h o u g h t o f q u e s t i o n i n g t h e d i a g n o s i s o f any c a s e mane oy y; o o r y o u r a s s o c i a t e s . I n f a c t I h a v e a l w a y s h&d t h e h i g h e s t r e g a r d f oi- y o u r o p i n i o n s and h a v e c o n s i d e r e d yo u an. a u t h o r i t y on q u e s t i o n s oer t a i n i ng to lead . I deeply r e g r e t any m isunderstanding or m is i n te r p r e te t ion of nny of ay motives in r e r i r c to t h i s p l a n t , e s p e c i a l l y i f i t has Dr. Ho b e rt A. Kehoe, C i n c i n n a t i , Ohio 47 caused jo a any inconvenience. I recently beare of several other cases of lead poisoning in th is p la nt and air. glad, t h e y a r e u n d e r y o u r s u p e r v i s i o n . Very tr u ly yours, Medi c a l I n v e s t irta 420 ! HE 0014:8 J