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March 30, 1950 Honorable James J. Murphy, M. D., Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, B. 0. M y dear Mr. Murphy: . . I am pleased to respond to your letter of March 14 "by writing a letter on the subject to Mr. -Crosser ,, as you suggested. A copy of this letter Is enclosed for such use as It say he to you. I should he reluctant to attend a hearing on the Joint Resolution, because of the demands made on m y time otherwise during the next several months. On the other hand, If I should find out that anything I might say would be of decisive importance to the fate of the Resolution, I would not hesitate to appear. Actually, I cannot Imagine a situation in which such would be the ease, so that tills is merely an expression of m y feeling as to the importance of the matter. ... . . Sincerely yours, - ' ' A; v- v v EAK ef ' .' . Enc. . :. ; : . . R ob ert A lie h o e , M. D. - 0004389 JA M ES J . M URPHY ! 6 t h D is y ., N e w Y o r k (STATEN ISLAND AND LOWER WEST MANHATTAN) C O M M ITTE E: M e r c h a n t M a r in e a n d F is h e r ie s Congrs of tfjeUnited itote fronst of 2kpreetati&e& Haijingion, B . C. 1608 N e w H o u s e O f f ic e B u il d in g EVAN TAYLOR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT ALICE MCADAMS GOMEZ SECRETARY ' STA TEN ISLAND O FFIC E RITA MCCARTHY SECRETARY * March l it , 19S>0 Dr. Robert A. ifehoe, D irector K ettering Laboratory University of Cincinnati C in c in n a ti, Ohio 1 % dear Doctor: The United S ta te s Public H ealth a u th o ritie s have informed xae th a t you are deeply in te r e s te d in the elim in atio n of a i r p o llu tio n to which o b jectiv e you have co n trib u te d much e f f o r t . I was a lso advised th a t you possess abundant inform ation on th is su b je ct th a t would be help fu l in attacking the problem through le g is la tio n . I have introduced th e enclosed House Jo in t R esolution I4I 6, which would authorize an ap p ro p riatio n of #00,000 to provide f o r the f i r s t of a th re e -y e a r nation-w ide survey f o r the elim in atio n of smog o r a i r p o llu tio n . This Federal le g is la tio n seems e s s e n tia l because the various lo c a l a u th o ritie s are not equipped to conduct Surveys of such magnitude as to le a d to a- so lu tio n of t h i s problem . When a hearing date i s announced by th e House Committee on I n te r s ta te and Foreign Commerce, to which the re s o lu tio n has been re fe rre d , I would be g ra te fu l i f you could fin d time to a tte n d , or to communicate your opinion o f th e measure to the Honorable Robert C rosser, M. C ., th House Committee Chairman. I f you fe e l favorably inclined toward th is le g is la tio n , I would a p p reciate a l e t t e r o f support to Chairman C rosser, in th e mean tim e, urging an e a rly hearing so th a t the measure can be rep o rted to th e House soon enough to advance i t to f i n a l passage by Congress during the current session. A ll pending le g is la tio n dies w ith the f in a l adjoumment th is y ear. I f no action is taken during the current session, the re s o lu tio n w ill have to be introduced anew in th e next 82nd Congres^ and th e work done a l l over ag ain . A ssuring you of my warm, a p p reciatio n of any a id you can render in th e advancement of H. J Res 1*16, I am <h 0004390 SlsT CONGEESS 2o Se s s io n f t J. R ES . 4 1 6 THE HOUSE OE k e pb e s e h t a t iv e s Febr ua r y 8,1950 V'-;. " * * JO IN T RESOLUTION To provide for research info the health hazards of air pollution, and 1'or other purposes. Whereas, as the result of a year-long investigation in Bonora ennsylvania, drsclosing that during that year twenty per' tbutable to an pollution, it has been determined that air pollution can cause fatalities and serious, acute, and disabfinodisease; and Wher eas, smee the publication of the Donora report, twenty-five cities m id j of the M o n have become snilieiently con cerned wrth their air-pollution problem to file urgent 2 tons askmg the Public Health Service to make len!thv studies toward helping reduce air contamination; and " P e r e a s urgent basic research is needed t< to determine the precise immediate and long-range effect of air p,,]l,,ton 2 public health and to discover more and 1 of controlling air pollution; and etter means Whel'eaS ^ in the industrial areas of the e , would benefit from knowledge deri A , ntae " " " O' and . 86 deUTed from sooh research; 1 2 3 of America in < , . 3 6 Sur e < W a l Of the Public Health Service is authorized and directed to carh7 out a progmm 0, in v e , 6 Such1011 an^ l eSeai'C^ kea" h hazards of air pollution. Ptogiam shall be designed to determine the lonv-ra g-range 2 and c^roH]"cJ as well as the acute, effects of air pollution 8 to discover and specific engineering preventive and control meas- m es foi eliminating the dangers of air 10 au-Pollution. Such pro- ^ ^ o f m v e s t i g a t i o n and r e s e a ts shall be completed t v i L ^ - years after fends are first made available therefor, and is , &e reSUltS ^ ^ made to Congress. (h) There is hereby authorized to 1 M carrvout a be W W & t e i to * :th y Ut SUCh ~ the first year it is hr operation 16 m'i,aPvSlUiamrof $S00- m and such sums for ssuuobsseeoquueenntt years as y ecessary to complete such program. 392 / H. J. KLO. 4 1 D81s t CONGRESS I f f R P C ! > 11 / 2d Se s s io n JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for research into the health hazards of air pollution, and for other purposes. By Mr. Mu r ph y F e b r u a r y 8,1950 Keferred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce