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FILE NAME: Kent (KNT)
DATE: 1954 Apr 26
DOC#: KNT031
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Mr. W.J. Halley, President of P. Lorillard Co. from H.B. Parmele, Director of Research
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Dear Hr* BaHey: 7
As you 1a xa r, Dr* Pollan of Schenectady, Bear lark recently
t*ramirM*i lent smoke and confirmed Hrs, Severe*8 earlier observa-
tions, sanely that each smoke contained traces of mineral fiber*
We are embarked upon a program of attempting to work out a method
for the elimination of the presence of such fibers in the smoke*
Since Hrs. Severe nay be influenced by the treatment proposed by
Hr* kobert Parr, the son of her very dear f r ie n d Hrs* Farr,
has been decided to re-enploy Dr* Pullaa to s e r v e as a .referee,'
so to speak*
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Dr* Fullam has already accepted this assignment and has
begun to canine the smoke from over a dosen lots of treated
Kents. Our purpose in uniting you relative to the above is
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receive official approval of Dr. FuUam*s re-esplciyaeiit* His
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fee i s still on a $100 a day basis and va eonteas>late that the
assignment which ve have given him may require approximately
fifteen days of vork in our behalf,
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Ve will appreciate approval of the above as soon as eon* venient,
Very truly yours,
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