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{ JZ. March 4 L965 R. E Sckardt, M.D. Dire ctor, Esso Research ana Engineering Company Medical Research Division ?. 0, Box 45 Lin inn, riew Jersey O7 0 3 6 Dear |>ob: I am most grateful to you for your frank statement of your viewpoint about the situation here, and 11 am sure, from your reaction, that you have understood the reason for ny remark concerning our personal and professional relationships. I only wished to make sure of your understanding, for purely personal reasons, without making any inappropriate comments. M"any friends and professional acquaintances have suppo sed that I would have chosen my own successor, where as I was but one voice, and merely an advisory one, in the choice. This is no complaint, for this is th e way - and the proper way - of institutional proce dure. As a rule, it works out well. Since receiving your letter, I am the more award that our views are similar. I am also aware of the disparity between such views and those held by the profession generally. This, as I see it, is the largest, and perhaps, for medicine generally, the most disastrous blind spot in our present professional outlook, for as surely as the world about us is changing, so certain is the fact that vie in medicine will be supplanted, unless we waken to the facts of life and adapt our research and practice to the developing needs of society before it is too late. However, as I have concluded, there is more than| one way !,to skin a cat", and I hope for the best. I haye had the opportunity of expressing my views in K. T 0015392 2- - Hm .' V. v/ords and action for nearly forty years, and while I hall continue to do so, as long as I am still around, have "had my say". With best regards, Sincerely yours, RAK:meh Robert A. Xehoe, M.D. 0015393