Document 44mEoVdx6BpykKX846YvpRQMx

S2DE&0S2B January SO, 1948 Ur. K. Dunn, treasurer Hew York Office Thank you very much for your letter of January 86th.* X appreciate your consideration of this more than X oould tell beoause X realise that a lot of ooney is involved and that the returns we ay expeat will store or less be tangible rather than a definite financial dividend* However, I do honestly feel that Brake Shoe has made a tremendous contribution through this study to our knowledge of dust diseases and X have been extremely proud of the fact that you and management have taken the enlightened end liberal view of the whole situation* Whichever way the experiment turns out X am quite sure that the contribution will he no leee important* X know that Sr* Torwald sincerely believes that it will give us the answers otherwise he would not suggest lt6 being done* If we ere able to show that our grinding dusts are not oapeble of '~ producing definite occupational disease in experimental animals, we *-? will not only feel better about those oases of modulation we have oaused but will be able to evaluate future exposures muoh mare readily* If, on the other hand, we find that definite silioosis oan he produced then we know where we stand. The implications of this study as X have said before, are far-reaohing and as Dr* Vorwald has pointed out, if results thus far prove to be conclusive, we will have to change oar present thinking and interpretation of nodular x-ray shadows in occupa tional disease* I lave high hopes for the results of this work and after smny discussions with Dr* Gardner and Dr* Vorwald, it is a piece of research that has been needed for a long time* dm X oorreot in assuming that you will inform Dr* Vorwald of our pfoislonT X think this should corns from you* Again many thanks for your grand cooperation* LEHmp Medical Director SPNY 000419 ABEX-028 SCF-ABEX-0450