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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1946 Nov 12 DOC#: RBM110 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Mr. Manfred Bowditch from Vandiver Brown RE Dr. Gardner's Work on Asbestos 41 .a Uoveaber 12, 19-46 *...' . : . Hr. Manfred Bowditeh \ Field Director .; - ' The Saranac Laboratory"';- Saranac Laics, If. Y. ~ ': Dear Mr B o w d i t c h s ' '?. /'v".i & * [ : -V .' . ...As a member of the group who advanced certain suns of money to The Saranac Laboratory for asbestos dust experi ments conducted by Dr. Gardner and which were completed sono tine ago, wo are interested in iaioving whether other members of your staff are in a position to assemble the accumulated data and prepare a' final report thereon. As you are aware from earlier conversations, the preparation of this report was unavoidably delayed during the war period, although our most recent correspondence indicated that Dr. Gardner believed it would bo completed this winter. Several interim reports vrere prepared, by Dr. Gardner and distributed to various members of the underwriting group and under date of February 24? 1943 ' he submitted an ^Outline of Proposed Monograph on Asbestosis" which indicated ffiiat 7-iis develQpcent^HrTiis~tliesis v/as^THTrly well catured."""Thee 'lead STtobelTsv e ~that~~auvolieTTalrly cToselyassoelated with, him in the conduct of these experiments or who, being an expert in the field, might review the accumu lated data could;give the Industry a report that would be valuable. / , At your convenience, I would appreciate receiving your comments on the foregoing and I would also like to .refer \ you to my letter of November 20. 1937TlioDr. Gardner and his reply oTlfovimber 23 hicK~lnitiaTed These experemits, frith ^^ticuTar refersnce T o tile~~piragr^lls^wQ~c^sfT&te "that tTTe Iresuits' of these stu3TeT`Tre^'o beTthcl^opeFFy"oF^the contri- | Sutors and that manusc^^ ~tTte1rolSTTTTye TSr"trer,~ InTbarittcifoFarnroval before"T ^ l I c a ^ o n i HTtTIougti,ybu`*wni note from these letters fche arrangemenc "originally contemplated three years of experimental work at 5,000 per year, they were actually prolonged for.two additional years. Sincerely yours, V3:S CG Mr. Ernest Huehleck i*. Seasbey Matt is on Co Ambler, Pa, Mr. Sumner Simpsonvy Rayb estos-Manha 11an,Ini Ti**i ta. pnrti*t. r. i n n . Vandiver Brown . Secretary R r\ I