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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. MANFRED BOWDITCH DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND SAFETY June ? , 195k Dr. Kerrey B. L ikins Chief of Laboratory D ivision of occupational Hygiene 2d6 Congress S tre e t Boston, dassaeausette Lear Lorvey: ihe p rin c ip a l su b je c t o f your l e t t e r o f June 3d i s cne on ,w|iich I a a ra th e r s e n s itiv e . I have f e l t frost th e f i r s t th a t th e t a b l e t qrj o r a l fo ra Of Caj&Xk to erap y , q u ite a p a rt fiv>ai i t s apparent value in compete: ana consci entious c lin ic a l hands, hold im plications in im ical to both proper medical and engineering control of lead hazards not unlike those inherent in the so-called "aluminum therapy" as ap p lied to s i l ic e d u st oKposures. words, the very s o r t c>f in d u s tr ia l medical cuH:;.-kt^ y w hich-yctf'^ralsane. \ \ ' / V '""M ' \ \ I can a ssu re you th a t t h i s i s `*aoro t^ jd b 'ta lk , " fei* when I took occasion t c voice th e se fear a t one of the AAA3 sesoiWia laa V vdeember, a n o th -r mem b e r of the group arose to say th a t what X anticipa&ed' was a lread y an a c tu a lity , th e medical d ir e c to r of a la rg e and fa r-flu n g oilwhy* havi-.g advocated to i t s lo c a l p la n t physicians t.he issu an ce'O f Savf'iA t a b le ts on a p ro p h y lactic b a s is . I t seems best, not to d iscu ss tlvo./identity of \ th is 'in d iv id u a l, as to do so could 'cramp cur s ty le " In c o alin g with a problem which, .Its horse-breeding term s, might be designated as "by S tu p id ity , ou. o fiT o n a lity .n As tc who should'MySiwyour'\ i i a e , thepe,,is no q u estio n i n my mind t h a t i t should be drawn y%/ prtifessionals^T rogrei1recognized a u th o rity in in d u s tr ia l m edicine, ana ny/3feram&l s e le c tio n would be the Council on I n d u s tr ia l Health o f th e hM. Th*ii'p could be no more a p p ro p ria te fe ru a f o r a s t a r t in th is d irec tio n than the discussion of th e LDXA papers in San Francisco on June 22d 'to w xed by Bob Kefeoe, and 1 th ic k a y enclosures w i l l lea d you t o share my be l i e f th a t such a s t a r t w i l l pe made. I f Dr. B roadhurst i a th e r e , I hope 3he w i l l make h e r s e lf known to me, as X do n et th in k I have had the pleasure of meeting h er. c. S incerely, ' mb j j q CC: Dr. Belknap D r, Kehoe D r. Shepard Dr. Hamlin Dr. McGee Dr. Shipman Dr. Hardy Dr. Peterson Dr. Sterner Dr. Johnstone Dr. Sander X e 0006170 N 7509