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October 23, 1259 Mr. Manfred Lowaitch Director ai Health and dai'ety lead Industries Association 00 last 42nd iStreet Hew Yorh 17, li. Y. Dear *Ianfred: Oince you have been needling ne (properly enough, yet -jcntly) Dor a response to the request Dor a program of research aloar.; the lines of rar some tin tall; in Hew Yarn, L direct this letter to you with a copy to Mr. haathe, rather than the other way around. Z rer;rct that I was unable to jive you a satisfactory answer on c.iis subject at a nuen earlier ate. The prospect ox e a r r y m j out a suitable ,.ro;;rau antrijuoa :,;o prcatly, .inu 2 wiahtu very much to eniouru upon it. My eixiiculty, aowever, as 2 warned you at the tisse oi our pleasant luncncon unu interview, v/aa on uncertainty as to the availability of rpuce ana facilities or the worn. I aid not want to noise a proposal .-.hich v/u could not carry out, and yet 1 didn't want to reject the oppor- t'uixty ii it ieoulu be jraspoa. The issue is now clear, ana it has turned out* as 1 scared it would. It is now evident that y/o cannot art cap t to -.,n a variety ox compounds of ieau in a comparative manner. This v/iil :.vc to hu postponed Dor at least two years. Hue reason lies in the ..tern r.cecssijty of our worhiny as hard, ad as rapidly as possible, .,n the .stablishmont! of a satisfactory standara for particulate ieau in readily -a..s^roaole /ora in urban air generally. Legislation is i..tninent {I returnee snorjtly Iron a conference with California officials) on this .atter, '.7 snail (;ave to use our entire facility (two rcsoir-tory .ia;.:hura anu accessory c-Quxo:.;cut) -or ...c least uwo /ears, in astaxiishin:;, >:aunt it ativeiy, the re-lationchi > between the industrial stu'tuara, ..s it re..ates -o a0 nours per wee.., *.u ...i--- uj oxanarci, . ua as t.o e i.aseu on constant ,(or nearly constant) respiratory exposure. ace we arc able to obtain a xoraula by which wc ca calculate the roiationshi ~) ^v-'uVvC-vi} hsxi.ic and title, in terms of the respiratory absorption of respirable lead n x.o ataosphcie, we can turn to etaor spec..s ox .uc aroolem. Pc; .re soxi1(atoa , acitfevor, t.. *>ec c^aj .so aOae wxx.. 1j, a-.oeu. 'V/'c are about to berjin the construction of an addition to tho laboratory at on 4.six...tea Cost ox' about x.o /.dxiion collars. x v/ixi xaae is to ha ..lonihs from now (if Wo can start promptly) to complete this audition. I can then obtain sone additional space lor one or core respiratory chambers, .it present no such space is available, anu I cannot use one o1 our two chambers for your problem. If the worl; in which you are intc-resteu can wait, *,vo shall .U..V<LI "owui teh 'otost r :la l . - ji ad toi balie a proosul lafcer. I f i t canaot v;uit , ;ou v/ l l Uave lo approach solleone e l se . hiciclc-ntaliy, if tlxe Lead Industries association v/erc -co consider -t rcasible and uc-sirable to nave sono sisaro in th provioion ol our uew lacilitios, its interest vrauld be welcome. -io you are uv/are, i oliove, osar prcsent house and its tool 3 wore suppl ed in tote by .jtxta or capitai s suina to ilio University. Itone :14 industriai orfani nati ono iincludine jsuch ussoeiatons et enaustry as lise .aaericon otroleun Instituto) ; ( 1 01738 Ir. u -io w c tch October 23, j.3o9 be glad to malee a proposal later. If it cannot wait; you will have to approach someone else. Incidentally, if the Lead Industries Association were to consider it feasible and desirable to have some share in the provision of our new facilities, its interest would be welcome. As you are aware, I believe, our present mouse and its tools were supplied in tote by gifts of capital sups to the University. Some 24 industrial organizations (includin such associations of industry as the American Petroleum Institute, in which ..ore than a score of individual organizations are represented) iiave made these contributions, and it is a point of policy and pride in The lettering Laboratory^ that our activities for the benefit of industry, were made possi alo uy the interest and support of industry. I had no thought of raising this question when I began this letter, but it occurred to me in gassing, that it might well be mentioned. I returned daturuay from Los ..lomos where the Council on Inuustrial Health .JOOil'C jGUl pleasant and profitable hours with Tom Shipman and his associates .'over having been there, and not having met Tom's wife, I had a double pleasure. I'll be ready to go again. With best regards. __ IJ Sincerely, hobert A. .at-hoe, D. 01 789