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November 8, 1971 ::r. -leimetSl W. Kelson, birector !>- : artceut o f Environmental Sciences :.-.v-rican Smelting and iefinin,;; Company 3122 South 700 West :.;a i t fake City, Utah 34119 .oar ion: Thunks veryl much for your letter of November fourth, with which I am nothin" loath c .i.piy, at to a ..oint, which T will explain below. I'm pleased that your people -re gratified by n.y testimony. it was, in most respects, thanks to them and yourself, very pleasant, visit ,to Cmahu, have no Intention of charging a fee for my participation in tnis hearing, which, as I oxsJlaineu both to you ana Mr. Thomas, was rendered, in a sense, only indirectly on re-hail of ..Sa ECO. I was convinced in this instance' that a very important part of the issue arose out of a misunderstanding o.i the federal agency unc the labor unions, who wielu -aa enc.uly heavy influence upon the activities ol the agency. I believed ^Lren.J.y that this matter should be aired as fully as it coulu be in thin hearing, -nu 7. v/us pro pared to intervene, if possible, at ray own expense, since I and pay uss-ociiites In tne vectoring Laboratory had played a significant part in cne development of the ufological standards. iy intervention was aaue possible by your invitation me to -.ipear on your behalf. I beJ.ic-ve 1 made clear on the stand that the issue to which. I poke was the -necessity for the use oi the biological uata in view of the relative inadequacy of the air standard. This, jx co irse, does not mean that I object to the payment of money to me by your company, and I am quite glad to send you a bill to cover my out-of-pocket expense in attending t e earing. I do believe, however, since I have been under fire for years, a.n tnis cynl cal period of American life, that I should avoid, so far us possible, accepting p yment for the expression of my professional views in a mat ter of such veep public and hygienic concern as the discussion of methods for protecting the health of workmen, at this particular period in the development of this effort oh the part of the Gove fnment of the United States to fulfill its proper responsibilities in tills utter. It has gone along much too long without examining this natter carefully and correcting ft. The Government is in bad need of advice and help from knowledgeable ...roi'ossionai sources, and I should be very happy to be able to give them some guidance in fields o action with which 3 have had experience. This may not be possible, but I do not wi to put obstacles in their way. I hope you and your people will not regard inis as a quixotic attitude on my part, and I .hope, even more, -that neither you nor they will take it as a "holier than thou" position, .vs a matter of fact, I nave trave ileu around this country and elsewhere mostly at the expense of industry for some yett-irs, and I expect to continue to do so, actually because I could not afford Mr. Kenneth W. Nelson Mage 2 : November 8,' 1971 this otherwise, and it is not an 'unfair bargain, for I suspect that industry has benefitted considerably thereby. You w i 11 find enclosed a statement of my expense for attending this hearing in Omaha. The additional side trip which I made to Wichita has not entered into the statement of this expense. ' I hope your Company's chances for a proper decision from this hearing will not have been as slight as you suspect. I'd like to know the outcome sometime at your convenience. With best regards, Sincerely, ;.i:wb n U U i U . i. Professor Emeritus of Occupational Medicine November 3, 1971 account of Expenditures Incurred in attendance upon a Hearing of American Smelting and Refining Company vs. Occupational Health and Safety Administration of the United States, on October 27 and 23, 1971 - Transportation airplane fare to and from Cincinnati, Ohio .............................. Taxi and limousine fare to and from airports . (Hotel bill paid by ASaECO) fjeals (mostly paid by nSAECO) ............. Miscellaneous(telephone, tips,etc.) .... $132.00 23.70 15,00 11.0.0 TOTAL EXPENSE ............ $101.70 N6109.01