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OFFIOE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL IN MPLYINN AOOftKSS TMB IUM IO N OKNIRAL U. S. PUtUO KCALTH MRVIOt 'V Passed Aaslat&ot Surgeon B* X. Oyer* Acting Dirsotor, Hygienic Laboratory* U* S* Public Health Service, Washington D. 0 ^ * ^ i;W w Sirs ;.... V Receipt i s acknowledged o f a memorandom dated October 11 signed 1 the Proffeeissor o f Ohemistry, rela tin g to the p ossib le health naqaoe o f a inew fu el fo r gasoline engines* l4 appears to 1his o ffice that the p o s s ib ilitie s of a real h ea lth menace do e x is t in the use o f sooh a fu e l and i t i s deemed advisable that the Service should be provided with some experimental evidence tending to support th is opinion* Yon are requested, therefore to take up with the D ivisions of Chemistry and Ifcarmaoology in the Laboratory the question o f designing c er ta in experimental work calculated to furnish dependable data on the subject and to transmit th is plan with your recenmeDela tions to th is office* By d ir e c tio n of the Surgeon General* R esp ectfu lly, IMS,ABB. (A. M. STIMSOH) A ssistant Surgeon General*