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M arch 30, 1955 CONFIDENTIAL, - D r. W illiam F . A she D ep artm en t of P rev en tiv e M edicine The Ohio S tate U n iv e rsity C olum bus 10, Ohio D ear B ill: Thanks fo r your le tte r a n i fo r the copy of your le tte r to Bob Young. I am s o rry that Yeung b eliev es that I prom pted P e te rs o n 's inquiry, fo r that m eans that he thinks th a t I am gunning fo r h im and th at I am doing so behind the sc e n e s. Not th at it w ould have been an y m a n ife s tation of bad faith on ray p a rt if I had in itiated an in q u iry via the C ouncil, but I would n e t have done it th a t w ay. I have the g re a te s t p o ssib le in te re s t in y o u r e ffo rts a t Ohio S tate, and if I h av e anything to sa y ab o u t m a tte rs th a t im p in g e upon th e m , I sh a ll s a y it to you. I sh all c ertain ly not s ta r t anything behind y o u r back to c re a te p ro b lem s for you. I was s u rp ris e d w hen P e te se n t m e a copy of h is note to M ilh e r, Inc. , fo r I did not know th at anyone had in stig a ted an en q u iry . It was not rem ark ab le, how ever, that he sent m e a copy, since he keeps m e fu lly in fo rm ed (as th e C h airm a n of the C o u n cil's Standing C o m m ittee on Education and P ro fessio n al T raining) of everything that concerns th is su b ject in the a ffa irs and co rresp o n d en ce of the C ouncil. Your com m ents on m y view s and a ttitu d e s, in y o u r le tte r to Young, re p re s e n t them v e ry w ell, but I w ant you to be v e ry s u re of one thing. I reg re tte d your leaving this school, and m y re g re t continues, but it d oes not d e riv e ,in an y w ay, fro m y o u r r e tu rn to the fie ld via Ohio S tate. R ath er I re jo ic e a t y o u r re tu rn , and if the know ledge of o ccu p atio n al m ed icin e is sp re a d m o re w idely in m ed ical education o r p ra c tic e by your being th e re , ra th e r than h e re , I re g a rd m y p erso n al lo ss as a gain fo r m edicine and the com m unity. One o th er com m ent seem s p ertin en t. I have m issed none of the m ajo r a c tiv itie s cf the C ouncil on In d u stria l H ealth , in m a tte rs of policy, fo r quite a few y e a rs. D uring th at tim e the p ro g ram of M ilh er, In co rp o rated h a s n ev er been d iscu ssed o r brought to o u r atten tio n . If Bob Young c le a re d it, he did so c asu ally and in fo rm ally and w ithout p resen tin g the facts. _ S incerely yours,