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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1933 Feb 21 DOC#: ML107 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Mr. Cummings from Dr. Harbaugh RE Removing Information from Asbestosis Study for Publication Date: 2/21/33 Title: Better Author: Harbaugh Receiver: Cummings Comments: "While the members of the Board feel that the data contained in your paper could be made use of by unscrupulous persons in a manner most damaging to the industry even though the paper is made unidentifiable a: to the location [studied], they do appreciate your point of view and also the significance! of your scientific contribution, and they do not wish to be unreasonable or unfair in the mattr of publication of the paper." Harbaugh went on to siy that they would approve the paper if all geaographic reference: were deleted. For example the title would toe changed from "Studies on Silicosis Occurring in a Southwestern Mining Community" to Studies on Silicosis Occurring in a Metal Mining District in the United States."