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October 23, 1059 Or. Manfred Lovaitch director of Health and dai'ety load 7ndustries Association 30 last 42nd!Street lew York 17, .11. Y. Dear 1Ian f red: iince you haye been needling tie (properly enough, yet -jcntly) for a response to the request for a program of research aloar.; the lines of rar sane tin tali; in Hew Yor.u, 1 direct this letter to you with a copy to Mr. haatke, rather than the other way around. I re-f;rct that I was unable- to ;ivo you a satisfactory .'answer or. cnis subject at a caicu earlier ^ate. The prospect ox carrying out a suitable ..royrau antriguoa ..c* greatly, .mu 1 wished very much to cniburu upon it. My -iificuity, uowever, as I warned you at the time of our pleasant luacncon uau |interview, v;us an uncertainty as to the availability of rpuce ana facilities for the worn. I aid not want to nuke a proposal v.'hich we couiu not carry out, and yet 1 dicin't want to reject the oppor- t-uiity if it coulu be -;raspea. The issue is notv clear, ana it has cumeti rat/ as l scared it would. It is now evident that v/c- cannot art capt to ;pra -.,n a variety oi coxipouads of Isau in a comparative naaner. This will M-.ve to bo postponed i'or at least two years. The reason lies m -eke . tern r.cecssijty of our workiny as hard, nd as rapidly as possible, .,,n the .sf.abiisnaent o.. a -.atisiucfory scandam xor .c xcau -.n r.-aeiiy -eswroaolc torn in urban air generally. Legislation is a..ru.nont {Z returnee snortly iron a conference with California officials) on this -aiu '.7 snail have to use oar entire facility (two resoi: tory - rs ana accessory c-qui;. ;nt) ->r - t least r.vo y'lu.rs, m c.staairsump. .:aa.itztativciy, zhe relationship between the laeastriul stu'tuara. ite-s to 4Qi hours ocr week. ixfvOll C* Oil OOilklXvualirf t C--1 lj t ia-li W ^5 -.Vx i-'e! C O .jC)i> Li**C-` V/tf able- to obtain a formula by which wo c-n calculate- the roiatioashi ~ > ^pv-'uVvC-dll .osay.o and title, in terms oi the respiratory absorption of respirable lead in the atmosphere, we can turn to other aspects of the problem. arc sbiipaten, however, ta .-->of c.ifs fsb uutt wax.* i-lx -j'acu. v/c are about to borjin the construction of ail addition to tins Laboratory at an ..sfi.....tcci cost ol about a.5 /.kalion -.oilars. xf v/ni tai^e is ao ha ..:ontiis iron now (if Wo con start promptly) to complete this audition. I can then obtain sone additional apace for one or ..-.ore respiratory chambers, fit present no such space is available, one I cannot use one oi our two chambers for your problem. If the work in which you are interested can wait, -,vo shall Cl .-OWUl'CCh - "lad to nake a proposal later to approach someone else. it cannot v;uat, ;ou will have uc.w laciiities, its interest 'would be welcome, -'is you are aware, I ,-clicve, cur present house and its tools wore supplied in tore* oy jilts cr capital;sums to the University. Some ;I4 industrial orpaninations Cincluding jauch associations oi industry as the .aaerican ;-otroleun Institute) : Ir. G-iii-'i*! u howuitch 2- Octone r '23. j.259 be ;;lad to nalce a proposal later. to approach someone else. If it cannot wait, you will have 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 nouse and its tools were supplied in tote by sifts of capital sups to the University. Some 24 industrial organizations (includin such associations of industry as the American Petroleum Institute, in which more than a score of individual organizations are represented) have 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 possible uy the interest and support of industry. I had no thought of raisin,; inis question when I began this letter, but it occurred to me in pas sin.;;, that it might well be mentioned, I returned iJaturaay from Los .alamos where the Council on Inuustrial Health .JOGii'C `JOtilC pleasant and profitable hours with Tom Shipman and his associatc-s .'over having been there, and not having met Tom's wife, I had a uouble pleasure. I'll be ready to go again. With best regards. Sinceroly, I *iX/UGl't A. -fCUGCj .,1, D, 01 789