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I Department of HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service National Institutes of Health * Bethesda 14,Md. lunanii. emurc or umim tm wuaauc doud mpaifumi mstttjit aitonm. uarm/iE or kxtal teajmcm mnoauL t&yrr Msmuix lUnOfUL IN5TT7UTI Of UEKTAL HEAATM 4WHU. wtwmnmru. ugrmm. MTlM^iimniHgflyinHWffiUfji Aim m umvxm Augut 24, 1955 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT RBSGKAL Or. William X. Smith Itv Tork University Fost-O'aduate Medical School 477 First Avenue Wow Tcrk 16, lew York Dost Dr. Saith: I hsrs your comnents on ay Editorial on "Silicosis, Asbestos is and Cancer of the Lung" and your inquiry concerning my acre recent activities in field studies on occupational cancer problems. The Canadian case referred to in the Editorial applies to the claims made by the widow of a Mr. Maurice Labbi, 805, St. Catherine Street, TroisRivieres, Quebec, Canada. The legal procedures in regard to this case which were negotiated before the Workmen's Compensation Coanissicn of Quebec took place during the last few months of 1951 and the first few months of 1952* The Special Legal Advisor to the Minister of Labour of Quebec was Mr. Louis F. Cantin, 225, Qmde-Alle, Quabee, P. Q. Canada. My activities in field work on environmental cancer were discontinued during the latter part of the sumer of 1951 when I was requested to stop such sctivities end have no further oontacts with Industry or state health depart ments in matters of environmental and occupational cancer. This event was brought about fay a complaint, as I was officially told, about my activities in regard to studying conditions bringk^g about lung cancers enang workers nployed in the chromate industry, made to my superiors in Washington in behalf and in the interest of the American ohremote industry by Dr. Lanza, as its medical representative. Dr. Lanza apparently acted In the role of a lobbyist because in a telephone conversation on July 25, 1951* I had in regard to this matter with Mr. 0. F. Tarr, Vice President, Mutual Chemical Company, I was told Dr. Lanza had taken this step in behalf of the American chrwmte industry. The immediate reason for this complaint was provided by a copy of a manu script prepared by Dr. Kancuao and myself on observations made in Ohio on cancer and health hazards among chromate manufacturers which I had given Pag* 2 Or. Williat I. Smith August 24, 1955 before it* publication in Induatrial Medicine and Surgery to Mr. Tarr, who had forwarded this copy to Or. Lanza. A* a result of ttaie event, it was strongly suggested to a* to take ay nan* off these Manuscripts and it ia for this reason that my name is lacking on the seeond paper dealing with the Joint investigations on health hazards among chromate manufacturers conducted by Dr. Mancuso and myself (Occupational Canoer and Other Health Hazards in a Chromate Plants A Medical Appraisal, U. Clinical and Toxicologic Aspects. Ind. Med. A Surg. 20*393-407, (Sefrtsber), 1951.) Due to these lobbying activities of Dr. Lanza, not only my field studies have come to an end slnoe 1951 but there was for aoa time serious inter ference even with ay experimental work in the field of occupational cancer because I was not able to continue for some time my cooperative work with the Mutual Chemical Company on blood reactions in chromate manufacturers. It was only after a rather long delay that I finally sucossdsd in reac tivating this pzoblma. I om saylhat duringths lifetime of Mr. Tarr, I had enjoyed the most harmonious, cooperative relations between the Mutual Chemical Company sad the Caroinogsnic Studies SsotLon - as my section was called at that time. It is ay belief, however, that through the interrantion of Dr. Lanza, not only the Interest of American industries with canoer hasards to workers employed in these industries, bub of the American people at large, and of the American medical profession, was seriously daomged. W. C. Husper, M. D., Chief Kxviraiaental Cancer Section Haticnal Cancer Institute .