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A m e r i c a n M edical A ssociation .535 NORTH DEARBORN-STREET - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60610 PHONE (312) 527-1500 TWX 910-221-0300 PRESIDENT-ELECT GERALD D. DORMAN. M.DS 10 Columbus Ctfcle, Suite 1270 New York, New York 10019 A* j 1 9 6 9 Robert T.P. deTreville, M. D. President Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc. 5231 Centre Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsyl ania 15232 Dear Bob: Your letter of Ma y 28 caught me en route to the 3rd I n t e r national meeting on Traffic Accidents and then a dinner in Boston, from wh i c h I've just returned. Tomorrow I fly to Fairbanks and next week to the Canadian Medical Convention. You can understand that were I to write Senator Dirksen or any o f f i c i a l in government, no m a t t e r w h a t I say, it is o f f i c i a l AMA policy. I can .have no personal statements or policy while I am AMA spokesman. Therefore, to urge "National Industrial Hygiene Week" when the AMA Council on Occupational Health has expressed the opinion that such a week should be "National Occupational Health Week" instead of limiting it to industrial hygiene, w o u l d be impolite and in bad taste. I have suggested to Henry Howe that since he received a copy of your letter to m e that he might report directly to you, the reaction of the AMA Council. Cordially, Ge r a l d D. Dorman, M. D.