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rican Medical Association S T R E E T C H IC A G O 1C. I L L I N O I S WHITEHALL 4-1300 C O M M IT T E E OK T O X I C O L O G Y 7" " Toraid Sollm ann, ' ' Chairman Bernard E. C ord^r'^K ts ~ -Secretary ` 1* September 9 , 1 9 5 ^ . A A 4 r tchter tOommiesloner jtal Sanitation i f New Y ork D e p a r tm e n t sh jg tr e e t [4 New Y ork R ic h te r : |f b i s iB in re p ly to .your l e t t e r 0f August 2Ath in v itin g 90 to e x p r e s s a n o p i n i o n on th e p r o p o s e d S a n i t a r y Code Iffor p a in ts and c o a tin g s. pfhe proposed s ta te m e n t appears a h i t ambiguous sin ce the i t s may a l s o c o n t a i n l e a d . We s u g g e s t t h e f o l l o w i n g : J ffc- JjfARNING; T h is p a i n t c o n ta in s an amount o f l e a d J p h i c h may b e POISONOUS a n d s h o u ld n o t b e u s e d to ipftint c h i l d r e n 1s t o y s o r f u r n i t u r e o r i n t e r i o r s u rf a c e s in d w e llin g u n i t s which m ight be chewed jy c h i l d r e n . 11 fmflfgb|a re s t i l l u n c o n v i n c e d t h a t 1 > l e a d i s a s a f e l i m i t , f& p o u r s e n t i m e n t s i s c o n t a i n e d i n t h e memo p r e s e n t e d a t Standards A s s o c i a t i o n M e e tin g s e v e r a l weeks a g o . A Was f u r n i s h e d M r. R a y b i n . jM gret the d e la y in th e subm ission of th e se comments t. they w i l l a r r i v e i n tim e t o be o f u s e to you a n d ta s. HU m Sincerely yours, 181 182 182 18` 18! 18 18 1 ! 11 u 1 / n / B ernard E. Conley S e c re ta ry A M .A A; . . --- (" - e? ---are a-c many o f i r a eouW 'by John Carter Vince: t. vi.on thcrslore, which pcrmltied ary res with profit-, '.'he auv.wr, rra{.|'U ry of gUU Dulles tihwrd to -* ' measures to cuib *V: whose i*erve* were low to *uch devices. 1Th' inly obi''impoiad was that tqey nbano,e practice s< n on s i Jhcy wore Cari Brent Swisher of Johns Hookln* !maln. I area a mounting need for th re-aval- , In August, 1019, th* State! Depart u -lion of the functions of the court ment hurriedly Irsued a volume en by "dsmocr'cy," which, he says, titled, "United States Relations with the field of foreign pci- y 'ihim Y.\l idar.i. New York, Ncv. 4. 19.14*.}!L:;vns, to do so. "will l-i 'be -one n n determine" them China," with the hope that It would -t Britain's ap.'kc.vriiafi shfulrf 1unless th" court, shout to bd fur- allll, or at least make better informed, To Curb Lend Por'iSwr'.o.i'.,rivy to this ,'Ji "tr.e iieaijt tho In'ahfd with a second and moot fitly th* current and rather, severe criti K jh* ' ' was particularly elgnlflcir.t -Britain herself has long been an acr under thta provision. At any he has proposed that all such Utatlve restrictions should In 'tu bs subject to Irevlewj by the ergnnlzatlon, and that the lmon of such restrictions for more one year should be subject to approval by the [plenary body of organisation, whatever lj. may be chasm Elsenhower appointee, Judge cisms of American policy As should Harlan, to Join the seven chosen by have been anticipated, the qops was Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, an vain. ticipate*'the process. This China "White Rape how- The layman, who well realises that ever, was unprecedented In two re- the Supreme Court (In Swisher's spects: Its slze-rt.OOO pafces (as words) "now stands exposed as a Cicero once said, "If I hnc time, I power group competing with other would write you a shorter letter"), groups wielding political .power In our r>na lta inclusion of reports f om For' society," constitutes the bulk of this It|ffn Serv(ce offlcer, ;ja 1he field "democracy," and so the topic deals r(D lvi,, and sendee) and i <^morar.da Health Dr5.Trtrr.eM Dr m Uc'itiffl lo Label ca Paint !ficnd*xi i To th* Eorrot or Tns New Toss Twos: The item In The Times of Oct, 3" reporting the adoption of a sanitary code by the Health Department which requires a warning label ion paint containing more-than I percent lead stating that It Is 'harmful" and '* ----------------- i-------- U with -an Issue Of vital importance tc , nutllnlnp t h ,, v iew , of: John Carter "should hot he appbed to toys, furhis dally life. Th* layman has week- |;vlncenl- th(n chief of the i Division I!ture or Interior surfaces which mig'-l opics of The Tin ly Illustrations of positive power as-1 of Ch!neM Affalr- who accompanied jbbna cchewed by children.",i* gcod new* v > c sections by the court. And if he for- ->|c, Presll,cnt H ;nrv A. Wallace on t0 `hose concerned with this proven- gets about Its exercise of negative i rJJ mission to Ch'na In Jena, 19i. | >n of lead poisenlng in ckl'drer.. from the m Shores Iw Jlma On n height t!:o ;Potanin, c, nonr R,ive-r` power, j didal I which an occasional Inspection of jn - ! S9B2torg bought thft, lh, je; Foreign and admlnlatratlve decisions | ;...|c(. officers wore, too 'jsoft" on It inak.es positive by refusing , Chinese Ccmmunista swi went to [ ^For the years V'5 tv 5 vl::rt- -. ,r l deaths anil H5 cnsr-i .-f i hil.i.i.e-I ilead poisoning have brer, r t r h y | the Health Dcpnr'merda | In veepin g view o f th e! 15 t!,fm "hou,d r *frMh ntattliOon''s capital flive 1m*mcr>'- ! work, L Identity Withheld I |)YSto.rkL, ouCishicaangdo, Boston, Baltimor*. C-ntln my, I, ` rlnei nnd a anllorj whe^tal-.ol :>he 1Truth or Quibble ' j The State Department poon re* York City- Health Derertm'i :v. r rep. 3V and Stripes on Mount feurlbachl, "I!, [the tcurlj," writes Swisher. "Is ! gatn*ii Its sanity, andithe following Iula'tior. Is yc. t cf a brce '-icals re* jo Jlrni, ono bloodstained day in no longer generally accepted as the : summer Secretary of Statsi Achesnn | tlonal attack cr tills problem which ibninry, IPdf), are joir.e.1 om-c m ne. Is lima they stand Ihu haerreefec hr-vnws s, vehicle j largely of revealed truth, passive Instrument of as tho t h e ; refused to law, committees Identify inquiring for into the the Senate circum jhas engaged the efforts o! many in- jdividual' and organization* for - the ora than flvo lime* Ilf of 'sc, to iemorlallie the gallouit hutbry of tho Tomorrow--.the 370th -Iversary of the corpe-Lthe merial will be dedicated as r symbolic but* to ill ths marines vho have i | jcwftmollgahre'iimicpchootefrwd,defertraotoeramerbnmed.tithnfiomeinrm*egtsietlhelt[voeAIencsndotdiuim)vcroisedimenudpaoIileftvtiplidetrhougearaanssslls :.i1wmbmsteao.harvn,teAico1e.lhtn9sa1.it..l...o9no)fcfpfircgGe~Feipvroeaisnrnr.eeegira"dgasnlgautMoiSr.d,,pemsa(ar'tnphtjvXUocelererttA!,(jhht(mmoDuofree.fisr*nicci,fe,ceorarr.ernn*-i.I' mpfcinoirmarfoolglrytrimhnai*matschtiiahv.ht*eajseclouailnbrb,dcsee.releiannaOtgshe.lroodeatnapdw,ihelpi.vataehj[ileTnohtpth,ee'(mensrtoephireseidees rationalization." Yet as late as 1839 in. in the event that Formosa fell to , o, lh< ..do )t m(W at, . yen their Uvea In the service of the Justice Roberts, pursuing ths efforts the-Reds.; Mr-. Acheson a&la that he ; i nltcd States since 1775.' begun by Chief Justice Marshall to took the responsibility.I j | v. vCreation of StandagdV ' prove "Judicial self-abnegation" In a In January, 1952, the! Statb Depart-[ Some may be curious as to--how- The-1 s ix fig u r e s court history replete with evidence to ment vvas quite firm jvvithj the M e-' the figure of I per cen t' has been I Old Glory ` training to drive ths the contrary.(now. according to Pro Carran committee, thfcrv livcstigat- j determined. It Is tho re'rnlt o f ' a 1 Plev flagpolo 'n to , ths vol- fessor Swisher, at a new high), wrote Ing the Institute of Pacific Relations:. | project initiated in Marchs 1W3. hv[- ' On High eanlc rock of the moun is follows: tain. v.re Immortalized It Is sometimes said that 'the bj' th# famous ric'.ure taketj by Aaao- court assumes a power to over "It Is the view cf the department, the American Academy of Pediatric.*, that preserving the Integrity cf the j through the American Star.-Jarda reporting by departmental Officers la :aocintion, to create a - standard ACso.t Tttrd Press photographer Ttcsen- rule or control the action of the a matter of principle of thje highest 1paint which may be safe'for uso on tel. Tie men were from (Company people's representatives. This Is Importance. It is equally impnr child ren'*! toys, furnitu:r"lfa'nl sate- , k,;> Twenty-eighth Reglmejnt, Fifth (Marins Division, (in Feb. 21, 1945, a mlsronrepllon. When an art cf Qongres.s is sppropriat-'.y mer.ior8r.dA in which -lew; firs ex* rior' surface a Through the cf faci domeao!:*icjhd*'vca'.lm'.rer"'-!* Iwo days aftab ths bloody 1ivaslor. of challenged In the court aa not chtnyed In th e. fnrmtlion of policy. can Staim nin .\?*-ocialLio:' iCh-'. pwo Jim* began, t.is Twe uy-elghtn conforming to constitutional man The i dense of theie documents [re full cooperation cf (he 1/ ail -Ind-k-: 7J,_- Regiment had readied ' h ban of date. the. Judicial branch * IJoun'. Surlbachl, the higsest point has only one duty--to lay the bn the bleak Pacific Island. By night- ' article of the Constitution which quested by the committee] would un* doubtedly expression inhibit the free of views by:th Oinfdficefrrsanfkt tries Asfioctati-n,, ar.d Ftiaoilint,itValiransi*hb_eAeLr;l-Ip.vcts>*iqbt-r.Jr tyAo t?tryir .x z . m sell of the next day they had sur Is invoked beside the statute and tho department." j '' together experts. jn child:en'a ctls*- rounded It. Company E s arted the Jerilous climb tho following morning. to decide whether!; the I squares with the- former. latter, " At about 10:35 P. M. th slx-mnn The only power It has, If such it his attitude `was impeccable. The eases', toxlcolog-y, pair.1 nrarufactur*? Senate Committee was not Entitled 0 | and public such documents. I--f|1M- --r-.|I\cheson'.i-; inmtua.n.aoniiiip|i oa.*f health *D-*r.. >A, under 'the i * '-.riL.ich chairof tm istachmenl raised the 'lag, and the may he called, I* the power of law firm.had lost an Important case ! Union Carbide.and Carbon Comp:*.*.;-. Inspiring sight of Old Gl ry flying proudly on high was visitle to ma judgment. This court neither ap proves nor condemns any legisla It would not have conqeded) tho right Ii t 1* tills multl-disclplln* group" h of Its client to see the nvemorania , recommended, aftel* csreful siudy, rines all over tho Island, many of tive policy. that Junior lawyers Had pijepared to the standard of 1 per cent or leas for *hom still were engaged 11 hand-toid fighting with the enimy. , Actually, an eirller flag- But those words were written In an opinion holding Invalid the first Agricultural Adjustment Act, and, for enlighten. Mr. Acheson! andihls ners. j ! Effect on Officers part p ain ts.to'be used on surfaces which may be chewed by children. It Is recognized by all tho experts the dissenter*, Justice Btone (liter Ths publication In ths China "White that Informatlvo, labeling is only cr.e to m Thrto raising had (iljnalsd ths Chief Justice) accused the majority Paper" of.'report* from ths Foreign [step In preventing lead pol.orVnc, tame arrival of tha mi lines atop of doing Just what Roberts said It Service officers in the field.began me | The peeling cf paint containing n Homs ths strategic mountain, did not and could not. So Roberto' chain of events which lied to the sit-(high percentage cf lead applied (o enwa>bhrought ahory;by.AnJ ,o?fficer in "m ark, w T ken by many as a quibble--a viewpoint? which subse- uatlor.-described by a group of former walls and woodwork years ago In Foreign Servica officers, whose els- ( alum areas cf bur cities is the source bis map ease. As It.waa b ing raised |! quent actions of the'Supreme Court iiuer.t letter Ths N'evy Y'ark Times ! of much of the childhood lead poi- ho position attached to k rlece of Ihavc Mth. strengthened The Im publlshed on Jan. 37: i -| isoning we see today. For this pre- Apane.^e pipe, enemy trooj k emerged {rom {heir -Cftve* and launched nn j pression on ly,'as Is now Chief widespread that Justice Hughes not re "The conclusion hair be'Ajme ir.es- iventlon wa need a vigorous program , capable, for Instance, jhn'J* Foreign-of education which will (reach par- ^ a u lt, .After thryjhad b?en beaten , marked: is (he Constitution what the Service' officer who report}# on p er-[ent* of pre-school. age' children in ^ fcnrt Uie mountAln cl ?ared, the Judges say It Is. but also too many sons phi event* to tha ve.-y beat o f , thc*o localities nd Intensification, of flag, hurriedly borr >wed from judges make th e , Constitution say hlfl ability, * v hlchj At t|:a tlmo h* ' alum clearance to rid communities of * Navy landing craft, w u irought lip T* mountain. . Organized realatanc* what they want it to. 8,1 Uh Island laated unUl March 1 The `Liberals'.Civil War conuclentioujily bclifvo.< to b In the in- housing which' breeds thlk-and other tert* of the United siatei may ub- health problems. L *- sequentlv find hi* loyalty ind inter* i . GEORCr. M. WHf.ATLKY, M. D,, marine casual lies w ire heavy. After reviewing the recent history rity challenged end jmay even be CJiairman, Committee o i Accident "ri'ong those who lust th- lr lives In of ths court, and contrasting that un forced out of the service ar d discred "| Prevention. America'i Academy " l,r phasej of tho battlo -vers three favorably with Stone's principle that ited forever a* a private^cl.iien after o f Pediatrics. '' ' six men who r.ad taken part In 'courts are not the only agency cf many years of distlnrwfshcd icr/ice. , New York, Nov. S. second flag-raising, The other government that must be assumed to A premivm therefore'! hoai been put 184 ourvlvod the battle and the war. have, capacity to govern," Swisher upon reporting: and ; uprn recom : Members of Uoualnj; Committro 7 later.pijied for tholr llkeneuei makes these observations: mendations which arc ar ib!ftU6unly 'rio THlEniroa or T)H Ntvr York Tivsn: ^Marino Vfemortld. Hie Rosen- qWhen the Supreme'Court became stated or so cautiously ae^ forth aj | jn your'issue cf Nov. ? you pFr.tno , 1`Plctura was publish ed 'widely, overwhclmtnely the product of Roose- to be dencivln-.*