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February 14, 1935 .PY.'JY.. Vs. Regar A. Hitehina Roes 905, 1608 Walnut 5trtt Philadelphia, resnayltania Dear Ur, Ultehlna: SEMICT: Coordinating Agency for Duet inveetigatlen 2 have reeeiTed your lattar of February 6 with elx Inclo- aurea partiteat to the Duet Synpoait* at Pltteburgh, the Temporary Orgaalnation Cornelttee on Indue.trial Duet froblema, and Tentative program of Initial Activities, Z have read theee with iaterMt and an pleaeed to note that you are making progreaa in your endeavor to formulato naana .wfcarebr .ladoetry tmr be kant Informed "" duet dleeeeee and alao whereby the induetrial health and legal hax- arde nay be mitigated. I here followed thla problem rather aloeely for a auaber of yeare add an fully aware of * ygtff"4I ** *and importance to both ucrkoeu and laduatry. The Bureau of Mlaee.han always eonaiderod duet dlo- oaeee ae an outatandlaa baalth problem in the mlnaral indsetriaa and although oar funde for doing euok work have been rather limited we hare managed to make a sadber of iirreetlgatioae and here dome work on jree- tieally all phaeee of tho problmb Ve hare receeeed a groat deal ef oar health work but Z here managed to continue inveetigation and de velopment ef reepiretora and alee a eeell amount of work on metheda for making dnmt etndioe and determiaatioaa of duet in air, fur the peat several gontha, however, Z have been endeavoring to roaumo the work and hope that the preeeat decrees might he kind enough to tako interact in me proposals and provide aona funde. note that one of year- ineloearoe roletee to oon^lhutione for tarrying on the work your oomnittee propooee. Z think the total tm eetimnted for tho initial eetlrltiee ie modeet and you ahould have no difficulty la mlaing it. I have often wondered why induetry the iaeurence oompaniea either" alone or eomhinmd. hao not utm many tinea thla eun anxuully for work on duet nrobleau. It la, of oouree, necessary to toll you that the Bureau of Ulnae doee not hove any fonde which it ean expend in thle natter. Zt la illegal to make eontribu- tloae of oay kind ualeee epeelfically authorized by Coogroae. ieeord- iagly, all we can contribute ie our eyepathy, good wiahee, and any y%*--, eerrloe or advleo whieh we oen give from our fund of information e,,the iuveetlgatioae we may neke frua tine to time. ary truly yours, ee ?a* fieldner \ee flit flllica ?. Tant, Supervising Lagineer PLAINTIFF exhibit