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' RES ID ENT-ELECT PAST PRESIDENT h h ; enk ih AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY v: ;A? : A- . TREASURER ! . : : A 4 :r. 7 t-1January 17, 1946 . .t .p a r .y :: . . U:Cr . : Zr M. D . - .. x :. N. . iTH 7- :: AS ' -.-r,: H v '.Ah Sdward C. h o ln b ia d , M .D .# :.lanaging D ir e c to r , iixr.erioan A ss o c ia tio n of I n d u s tr ia l Jhyaiciw us Surgeon, 28 S . Jaokson 3 l r d . , Chicago 4 , I l l i n o i s . Dear D r. Holmbladii I h are oanvassed our E xecutive Committee to determ ine t h e i r reactio n , to your re o e n t l e t t e r re g a rd in g th e 1945 co n v en tio n . I have f i l l e d in th e an s w ers to th e q u e stio n s on th e a tta c h e d s h e e t as in d ic a te d by th e m a jo rity o f o p i nion o f our Executive Committee. I t i s the consensus o f th e Executive C o m itte e th a t none o f th e b rg a n ira tio n s involved in th is convention are s u f f ic ie n tly fa m ilia r w ith th e broad requirem ents fo r tra v e l red u ctio n to determ ine w hether t h i s m eeting should j u s t i f i a b l y be h e ld . I t i s o u r o p in io n t h a t we sh o u ld a sk th e p ro p e r Government agency fo r an opinion ae to w hether th e m eeting should be held or w hether i t should be o a n o ele d The p la in fa o ts re g a rd in g th e p re e e n t s ta tu s o f th e m eet ing should be p re se n te d , along w ith an estim ate o f the atten d an ce and type of p e rs o n who w ould a t t e n d . By p r e s e n tin g th e f a c t s and a sk in g f o r a d e c is io n as t o w h e th e r t h i s m eeting sh o u ld be h e l d , we can o b ta in a d e f i n i t e r u l i n g and a v o id any fu rth e r d iscu ssio n or argument from any o f the groups involved in th e m eeting. 7 /ith re g a rd t o y o u r f o u r th q u e s ti o n , we do n o t f e e l t h a t h o ld in g o f s p e c ia l re g io n a l m eetings would be of p a r tic u la r b e n e fit to th e American Indus t r i a l H ygiene A s s o c ia tio n a in o e we a lr e a d y nave sev en a c ti v e lo c a l s e c t i o n , and th e re g u la r m eetings h e ld by th e se lo c a l s e c tio n s would e lim in a te th e need fo r any other reg io n aljm eetin g s. Sie w i l l bo a n x io u s to know w hat r e a c t i o n you have o b ta in e d from y our l e t t e r and any d e c is io n s which may be made r e g a rd in g th e a n n u al n e s t i n g for i945. ' Very tr u ly y o u re, BCB ty i I . E . C. B a rn e s, S ecretary. CC: E x e c u tiv e C om m ittee, Amerioan I n d u s t r i a l Hygiene A s s o c ia tio n . I . ((# i 03085