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FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1922 Dec 9 DOC#: GE056 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Dr. Hamilton to Harvard Medical School INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE HARVARD. MEDICAL SCHOOL 240 LdNawooo avenue, Boston, mass. Dec 9th X922 Your' l e t ter has f i l l s ? toe with a. mixture 6f pl?ebe-hf$-had lisasay, pleasure -because you-.are .so nine -ip ,& t. once accepting my plan* hut di gtoay because you gee to'to think i t a substitute . f or the erie -that the, Drinker *. and I. gulte a-s. m&ch;.ae. h# ; has-been 'p-ropo-aing ip-you Inde-eij 1 B w w ' f$-A -mQjfeeni4M$Wto go behind h is bank an? take finrmyself alone a job> which, i f i t is to be ?one thoroughly,* w i ll 'need -topq-h .kpe-rt Tfashtledge which I do-not possess. What I- suggested was a rapid, preliminary survey, of the medical end, of factory conditions, and of any Sp ecial hazards -whieh might be' found * Then- 1 thought that,, -after consultation with jjr, smith*. a s-c-hemu :.of'ito%fl:ipAl'< . . pfabt ice-could be-.workr-d out which you. could put in -fares .-In a il the plants as a Harvard Medical .Sciiobl'- Sthhdarcf, without" incurring.'the" Opposition which Dr., Smith* a plan would. This is what I vunderstood him to want. As to the. larger plan, of a complete survey covering .'a l l the ph&Fe.s .of factory health management, that 1" shall" s-tifl ho-e. fo r, and th is w ill not take i t s place. Perhaps when you oomeuc here a fte r Christmas we con matt with Dr. Shattuck, Dr. Drinker. Dr, Leo and the rest and discuss i t . i'-att immensely. taken with the' idaa. D r ,, SttoUhiliM cherished- year to yes thousands-, o f working people., i t .has. never b.ee/p v-.\rv-} So you see, I do not want to supplant Dr, Drinker in any TrV\;y. I only want to ck a small preliminary job. cord ially yours O x^ J