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' . Mr. Prank Hammar Hammar Brothers White Lead Works Past St. Louis, 111. ' y ' Map 7, 1920' Dear, Mr. Hauimar: ' ' ... ' X baye _a letter.--froBj-.3fcy Alice 'Hamilton'stating that :. you had been discussing with her aom'^ possibilities of investigating lead poisoning, ;ind uhioh investigations taight be financed by the. Associ ation of .'Shite Lead Manufacturers,-sand she suggested that I write you in regard to-the natter. ..-. We have been carrying on 'here, as perhaps she; has told you, fqr the past two year's a JiepartGse'nt devoted to industrial medicine, and-have connected with it a group of men who.are particularly trained in matters of this sort. It happens that some ,d/f` the men in the. department have been developing methods relating to ldad, T53i.jtcb.may .prove to bs of some- particular value, and-who have thought/tha^ certain possibilities existed of studying lead, poisoning that gave a c-hanbe of: obtaining valuable results, if they could be financed. The expenses ard'jso considerable we did net feel that it was possible to do It ourselves.vforwja' there any possibility that you will be in ' . hi ' - ' . ... this neighborhood ,tsp0n?, /)If soy I\shall\be glad if I -could have ah opportunity , i' /\.' * to talk with you andy-h-t i!^e 'lame-itlfte .with Dr. Drinker and. Dr. He-iman. I am obliged to go to California about the 28th of this month, and shall be gone about a month, but I shall be vary happy if we can have an opportunity to take up the matter sometime before t^en^ Or, if it is necessary, to postpone it unt il aftor my return#//. If' therp'is' anything we can do in this matter for the benefit of bettering conditions/^or health,,I shall be glad to carry it further