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^ A..- * ** ^ PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT July 31, 1951 K&UBiHUJM TDi ' J Mr. Georg* A. Benlagtoa Kr. V. V. Cook*' Mr. Clyde D. K>rlr.tt Mr. Viillltin Kurod* Kr. O.B. Tarr Mr. A. E. Vr.u Virt Kr. T. C. Vatare On July 241h I b-b >. ooni erase* uith Dr. aches!*, th* Surgaaa Gcnarul of the* Public Health borvice o:nocrninE the proposed public-'.tiaa of c report of th* dialed tic:: of employ*** of the ehra=t te pltat in Ohio* Just previously, I b d .. diccursioa or. this rma rubjcct vitli Dr. KLLier, viso It herd of the Dixie!oa or Iniut!tri:.l Hygiene of the. Public Ha-itb f-orvice, end h* told no th-.t he -v' :1s stiff f It tho c;.c vy -.bout to* Euupsr-Htnaujo report r.r I did. There -ere pre.^nnt conff'".nce besides Dr. fcheole. Dr. Villi'-us, As6i5t.nt Surgeon OBaoral in ch rgc of Ett tea Rel. tianc, Dr. Miller, i.nc Gyeelf. I .^.->i* t brief et tenant rointinj out to Dr. Schoeie th~t the r^'-ort ir iiicrtion, v'-ile it repi*esented * lor of pr.lnrtr-kinE -.sui riet-:il&u uork, cor.*,' inch t. consider tic nuuber of eopuaptiom; valet ver* purely a setter of opinion end tb t th* public -ticu cf rue.1', urnur tiens vouid give ris*o to _ gr*-- t de:l cf -Icf pnrehanaiou cod fnlue impressions. I stressed forther th t both tit Public He. if:. Dervict i j of ar t geneles depended uaon tnc coopor tic;- of industry in order to successfully i*.n-uub their Investir floss la thi gcicr 1 field of inrurir. ,1 he 1th rad th t if t.'.ay neodlessly `at .onload industry, they vcrold be un-.ble to count ir>on such co--.,vsre.- tloa. I .--Iso suy .ufcted th t : 11 itndi-iE cf in-Vu tri. 1 pi r.tr bo bundled by tha ptrsoonai cf t .e 1:1vision o' ltv.u. tti.-.i Hy icno so n t: cbvi tt- h viug reprusentt- tlvss frwa cilfirent Ft-.ier. vir-itin,. ca cst-blishae.it fur v.o k ae fur- pos*. 1 pointed out tu t the Division or Iniu-tri i hy ieno h- r, a u yw r: of soever- icnao in ti.ia vork -aid h f built up throng?, the :-? ri tx hi.j. degree of coufi-fcuce on tiio p rt cf lnuuutry which ,;re tly f- ciilt ted their work. Dr. riiilur tt tea th t toe Bucp*r->br'.cuso report cent ir.uc st- to-.aits -t v ri nco vit~h t .v. r,- vrt nf.ai^ly to be ..uL.lisheu by ills Divisioa vhich cent inev: thu recultr of their studios of c..run ee pi r.ta* Tti Surgeon Geuer. 1 uMinted out th> t he h d no control owr ,^:yt iu... fiu-t Dr. fi jicuao, \r.io heads up the Division of Industrie 1 'y^.icno in the ft t<. of 0:_io, r.ifc.ht '-ish to publish but he did h-.vc ouch Juricuicti aM- ov. - t:.o oflieem in hie o-.t. lx.p rtuent. Dr. Eebeele fla lly st th-t he vouid non r..he _ docisio.i ..iiiwtif Dot >.- .1^ :Ma ti.e tter to Dm Sobrell - r e- oi u-.i t.c 11 tion->l Inofitut o; i e _ti. one to Dr. Villi : a, t-.c AErictut Jur, Uonr:.l. Tnc B tioi.ui C. near Inut- tufe it on* k Confidential July 31, 1951 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. George A. Benington Mr. W.W. Cooke Mr. Clyde D. Marlatt Mr. William Rurode Mr. 0.F. Tarr Mr. A.E. Van Wirt Mr. T.C. Waters On July 24th I had a conference with Dr. Scheele, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service concerning the proposed publication of a report of the clinical examination of employees of the chromate plant in Ohio. Just previously, I had a discussion on this same subject with Dr. Miller, who is head of the Division of Industrial Hygiene of the Public Health Service, and he told me that he and his staff felt the same way about the HueperMancuso report as I did. There were present [at] the conference besides Dr. Scheele, Dr. Williams, Assistant Surgeon General in charge of States Relations, Dr. Miller, and myself. I made a brief statement pointing out to Dr. Scheele that the report in question, while it represented a lot of painstaking and detailed work, continued a considerable number of assumptions which were purely a matter of opinion and that the publication of such assumptions would give rise to a great deal of misapprehension and false impressions. I stressed further that both the Public Health Service and other agencies depended upon the cooperation of industry in order to successfully pursue their investigations in the general field of industrial health and that if they needlessly antagonized industry, they would be unable to count upon such cooperation. I also suggested that all studies of industrial plants be handled by the personnel of the Division of Industrial Hygiene so as to obviate having representatives from different Federal Agencies visiting an establishment for the same purpose. I pointed out that the Division of Industrial Hygiene had had years of experience in this work and had built up through the years a high degree of confidence on the part of industry which greatly facilitated their work. Dr. Miller stated that the Hueper-Mancuso report contained statements at variance with the report shortly to be published by his Division which contained the results of their studies of chromate plants. The Surgeon General pointed out that he had no control over anything that Dr. Mancuso, who heads up the Division of Industrial Hygiene in the State of Ohio, might wish to publish but he did have such jurisdiction over the officers in his own Department. Dr. Scheele finally stated that he would not make a decision himself but would refer the matter to Dr. Sebrell [unintelligible] to the National Institute of Health and to Dr. Williams, the Assistant Surgeon General. The -2- National Cancer Institute is one of the component parts of the National Institute of Health, all of which is a Division of the Public Health Service. Our conference was very pleasant and I suspect that the subject matter was not entirely new to either Dr. Scheele or Dr. Williams. I will keep you informed if I hear anything further. ajl:le A.J. Lanza, M.D.