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. i * a m . m . m . a s a m m *<* REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OFFICE OF THE 8URQE0N GENERAL IN REPLYING ADORE THE SURGEON GENERAL U .S . PUBLIO HEALTH BERVIOE TREASURY DEPARTMENT] BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WASHINGTON Pass4 A ssistant Sorgon B . 1 . Dyer, Acting D irector, Hygienic Laboratory, U . S . Publio Health Serrice, Washington, D* C. Sirs \ Beceipt i s acknowledged o f a memorandum dated October 11, signed bV the Professor o f Chemistry, re la tin g to the possible health maa\aoe o f a new fu el fo r gasoline engines* I t appears to 1his o ffic e that the p o s s ib ilitie s of a real health menace do e x ist in the use o f such a fu e l and i t i s deemed advisable that the Service should be provided with some experimental evidence tending to support th is opinion* You are requested, therefore, to take up with the D ivisions of Chemistry and Pharmacology in the Laboratory the question o f designing certain experimental work calculated to furnish dependable data on the su b je ct, and to transmit th is plan with your recoEmenda tions to th is o ffice * By d ire ctio n of the Surgeon General* R e sp e ctfu lly , AMS:ABB. (A. M. STIMSON) Assistant Surgeon General#