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i r " v * -**vi*r COUNCIL ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Am er ica n M e d ica l Associa t ion 5 3 5 NORTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO tO. ILLINOIS DIVISION OF ENVIRONM ENTAL MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SE R VI CE S AREA CODE 312 S27-1SOO t Le m u e l C. M c G e e , M .D ., cha irm en ......... Wilm in gton , D el. 1 E, S. J o n e s . M.D., rice chairm en ................. Ham m ond, In d . : V. C. BAtRD, M .O ................ ...................................... Houston f P e t e r J . Dt N a t a l e . M .D ................................ Batavia. N . Y. i W i l l i a m D . N o r w o o d . M .D .................................... Richland.W a sh ) R ic h a r d A . Su t t e r . M .D ........................................... St . Louis l Pa c k a r d T h u r b e r , J r .. M .D.................................. Los An geles ; J a n H , T i l l i s c h . M .D ....................................Rochester, Min n. ; j R. Lo m a x W e l l s . M .D ..............................Wash in gton , D . C y G e o r g e F . W i l k i n s , M .D ................................................ Boston R a y m o n d L . Wh i t e , M.D., d ir ect or COUN CIL ON O CCU P ATI O N AL H EALTH AugUSt 26 , 1963 He n r y F . Ho w e , M.D., secr eta r y JEROME T . S i EDLECKI, a s s is t a n t secr eta r y L e e N. H a m ES, a ssista n t secretary . G. P. Eddy, M.D. Medical Director Carborundum Company Bonded Abrasives Division P. 0. Box 403 Niagara Falls, New York Dear Doctor Eddy: Thank you very much for your letter of August 20, pointing out certain criticisms of a passage in the new document on the Pneumo conioses prepared by the subcommittee of the Council on Occupa tional Health. We understand your concern and appreciate your bringing the matter to our attention. The introductory section in which the passage you refer :o ,ucurs was written by Dr. Edgar Mayer who was also chairman of hu. Committee on the Pneumoconioses. I notice that you have not sent a copy of your letter to him. It seems in order for us to call hi attention to your letter. I am therefore sending a copy of your letuu:: along with a copy of this one to him and to each of the other members of the Committee as well as to Dr. Lemuel C. McGee, the chairman of the Council on Occupational Health. I would assume that Dr. Mayer will probably correspond with you about the matter after such consultation with other members of the Committee as he considers advisable. This is a matter in which neither I nor Mr. Hames, who staffed the Committee, should of * course take any action on our own account. But we will be happy to act as a clearing house for correspondence and further informa tion if this will be helpful to the Committee in deciding what A t t e n d T h e 23r d A n n u a l AMA Co n g r e s s On Oc c u p a t i o n a l H e a l t h , Ja c k T a r H o t e l , S a n Fr a n c i s c o , Se p t e m b e r 25-26, 1963 G. P. Eddy, M.D. -- 2 August 26, 1963 action should be taken. Also I shall bring the matter to the attention of the Council on Occupational Health at its meeting in San Francisco on September 22 and 23, 1S63. I trust that you and Dr. Mayer will keep me informed of any action taken, appropriate correspondence and any plans for any corrected statement sent to the Archives of Environmental Health. If I can be of any assistance at any point in these negotiations, please feel free to call on at any time. Yours sincerely, HFH:ew cc - Committee on Pneumoconioses L.C. McGee, M.D. Katharine Boucot, M.D. John Talbott, M.D. Raymond L. White, M.D. Council on Occupational Health -X r 0005397