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, THE TRUDEAU FOUNDATION FOR -- THE CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PULMONARY DISEASE AT SARANAC LAKE. N Y. THE SARANAC LABORATORY THE TRUDEAU FOUNDATION THE TRUDEAU SCHOOL AT TRUOCAU, N . T. THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY THE TRUDEAU LABORATORY .3M ...r, r, .oocarc Johns--ar.vilie Corpcration 22 East 4Cth Jtreex Yew York 15, hew York F.c : T.esearch Program v'ith -iatomaceous :larth Lear ;.r oocaro: '.Ye are pleased v.lth the opportunity to pursue further the investigations apropos diatomaceous earth in accordance with cur original proposal dated June 14, 1948, and as revised under date of Tcverber 30, 1948. ith reference to your letter of December 2?., 1948^ giving an interpretation of'those^proposalSj I would concur except for paragraph three cn~aa.te 2. it is unvn.se for us to jeopardize our research position which we would do should vie acquiesce in having no responsibility for publication cf our findings. Medical research is not conducted on that basis. Rather, it Trust renain free and in a position to servo in the best interest cf human welfare, ".e canr.ct deviate from that position and I do not believe Johns--"-anville vnshes us to do so. Therefore, it is yurged that the agreement pertaining to publication be in accot*"* dance with cur original nfoodsal' as recorded cn_oage~c'. That being the case, there is then a mutual responsibility which safeguards the interests of Johns-Manville, yet upholds the traditional spirit of research. Sincerely yours AJV :tw WJUL> Arthur J. Vernal d, 1..1. Director PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT Q5Z(o(0-oo\ 00012541 EXHIBIT I