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April 11, 19JS
Hr. Doaald I. Comings, Assistant Director, Th Saranao Laboratory for tho Study of Tuberculosis, 7 Charah Street, Saranao Lake, I.X.
Daar Don*
X found your lattar of Anrll 8 oa qr ratom fron Pittsburgh. X an Tory noth afraid that X bar* not soob of eonfort to you. X talkad it oror with Aurora and ba faala Tory strongly that if you and tbs Sara* aao Laboratory ars going to atay in tha ooasultlag buaiaaaa with raapaot to tbs ainiag industry, it sill not ba poaaibla for yon to publish tbsas papsra, at lsaat at tbs prsasat tins. X ^sslf aonsabat ralaetantly feel iaoliasd to agrss with bin.
Tbs oonpanisa in lieblgan, with ahoa yon bars boon in con test, bars intsrsata in tbs Ploher Oiatriat. Xf tbaas papsra ars pabliabsd against tbs viahas of tbs Tri-Atats Association, yen will mdoubtodly prsoptly fsal tbs rspsronaaloo alaswbsrs. Aa * said bsfors, X fsal tbs sbols situation is nafortmate bat it la on# of tbsas things that earn not bs balpsd. X think it la iaportant that tbs Saranao laboratory estab lish and maintain oontast with iadaatrial first bwoanas it ia going to bs iaoreasiagly aeosssaxy for industry to bars awailabla a tberosghly salontifls sad iapsrsonal sstabllabaant with shleh it eon do baalassa. At tbs asas tine, ws saat rssogniss that tbs present disturbed oendition of af fairs, with tha axtraordiaaxy noltlpllolty of danags snita for silicosis la not only waxy disturblag bnt naoaaaltataa that ail of aa wbo am la oontast slth iactaatMal flrne pressed with (rest deal of oaution. X understand tbnt shyster lasers are bogianlng to stir things ap ia Ploher and liaal, abiah aakaa tbs situation with mapsot to tbs Tri-State Asaoelatloa still aors difficult. On tha ether head, X faal fairly sartala that whsa tha industrial situation starts to oLoar ap, yen sill bs able to bring your reports mp to dot# and ham than published. Xa that reapoat, aa 1 pointed oat, you are in tho aaao position as wa am with tha inwaatlgatloas wa ham aada la tha asbaatos industry.
lith boat regards,
Slaeamly years,