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Dr...Kehoe January 9, 1936 professor H. R. Kraybill Dr. f. L. Overlay Dr. Lauren* Dreene Dr. F. s. Howlett professor ?. J. Talbert 'Professor J. C. Blair Dr. Robert a , Kehoe Profesaor R. 3. fieVett Dr. J. H. Gourley Dr. E. E. 'Sere I sa nttoehlnf. r copy of the tsXK that 1 gave recently -1 the h.-rtfort meetin* of the fcsaerlcs-n r:~ologicsl society r.n^ *. copy of e letter fco-'.Br. R. F. Phillips, secretary of the Intemt ton* l *r>r.>le nssoclatloa. X *m 4<airiy; this in, order to exnlsln the -c-re sent status of the orooostfl leaf toxicity experiment. -rof^E>or Pickett has' an olnt-M a committee to r lee the money, "c cma Is tiny of hi.see If, kr, "MIX ins,"n? me. ' ' Mil attempt to finance the experiment. Mih <FI,000 -annuslly for three year?-', Mitch would include enough for trsv*-llinf? b? the research coraslttee anf ethers. 'vhen "rofector llekett X fr* in York, ,:r;. or?s"-'*' ~ , t rv 0fK Lr&fS Industries, -sssocl--t?F, srisree' t -A tv-- + ?e visit- -r. /.ufe an-" his eseoctMep at- Rfirysr^, where they > -v p p fiOjOoC fellowship for the ohyft* cla?lci *tu*y of leef. e - f race* delightful and ins tractive visit with Aufe, r-irhr II *r$-'5 f`M - fcoun a-t the Huntington ?tutorial Hoaoit.nl. rrom *' ' rtan^-'-olr-t of Ie<5 ereenatr toxicity, whF we found very encouraging. "or example, they sre finding th-t leM nrsenat? is \r- -: toxic to animal?; thn c'-rtat n , other Ffnr^si-* of lend. This, cf coir % ` - un^-ubli Mel sor^ anR therefore rot nnotafele. T er not ?c pur*, after tfilbinr >ltl them, th'-f the Irrgrwecale eoneimatlon o" le-'" r-TBen& t e~ ??>r*ye -lee th*"i he? been going on cannot be ^ 5.- oc?;-ita; tie oby ;:kologlosl experiment or demonstration. Calhoun tolb fise t h*,l the fetterinc Laboratory the only one eoul rce* for the work. In ay oaper and in y letter to --billion X have b^n very careful to avoid saying that I think that experiment!-tion Mil eboTM t.hr.t the tolerance con 15 be rniset, because &ny statement tc thi s effect y-oulf inevitably classify the experiment, In thf min's of some ceofcie r,t least, as rropAgands &?r. Fhillioe and I had a fine vielt with f-'r. Eassnfcell, of the rood er<? I-nig -fl drnini e tret ton, rn15 I rr. . Dunbar. tr. Ctmabell sssXd that they were eturtinp "*ork of their own, that they ro-ulc; --.refer to fcees> their work *n5 this proposed work soart, but thf t he w?3.fi very anxious- to secure <smy scientific evidence that *'Oul5 helc to solve the rrobl, each s our experiment mljf.ht easily ^rovire. KE 000852G jBjnmry 9* e nl-ac visited ?-r* Koerfe. &n<3 Vr, strong, Chief of the Division of hnlotology, to eee whether e substitute for ieshx crseruste . sn Ira^egirte nrosncct, which tfe#y egeuref ws not- the cose. I l ght conclude; my letter with the stK.tew#n? thef I naw a great <m? oeocle o r ssy trlt* cast ?.rf encountered cnl ?r -rovei for the ororoBet* exotrl^ent. -hother or not the finrncee v?ill be forthcoming ir another story. yours very tniLpr, u!. Chief* in -omoioglool rv?yslolofy