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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1964 Apr 13 DOC OC423 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Corning RE Selikoff Article fi fl fi fi fi'fl fiflfi fi'fl A April 13 1964 Mr. F. H. Edwards Corning Fiberglas Company Toledo Ohio 43601 Dear Mr. Edwards tA You and Dr. Bishop may have noticed or had your attention drawn to the article Anse of Dr. Selikofanfd his associates which appeared in the Journal of the American Wetn RN Medical Association dated April 6 188 1964 My letter to Dr. Talbott John H. Talbott M.D. Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association reached him too late to permit me to act in any on manner the information which you had given me An examination of the article demonstrates that it deals solely with asbestos as its title implies Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia No reference is made directly or indirectly to fibrous glass or to Fiberglas and so far as I can see the evidence presented and its interpretation is not biased or unreasonable If there are criticisms to be made I am quite content to leave them to my colleagues who specialize in the pneumoconioses and their aftermath You may be interested to know confidentially that Dr. Talbott telephoned ee me and informed me of the impending publication offering me the opportunity to ee e comment promptly for publication in the Journal Having read the article I have informed him as I have you that I have nothing to day HL elt. I am pleased of course for your sake and my own at the outcome of this . oe matter Cordially yours ; RAK ts b Robert A. Kehoe M.D. 44