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COP Y THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC. I 79O Broadw ay New York 1 9 , N. Y. Jan u ar y 2h , 1957 Mr. M an fred Bow ditch Lead In d u st r ie s A sso ciat io n 60 E a st lt2nd St r e e t New York 1 7 , N. Y. Dear Mr. Bow ditch : You may b e in t e r e st e d in knowing t h a t when t h e O ccu p at io n al H ealt h Se ct io n was p r e se n t e d , t h e q u e st io n o f w h eth er t h e m an ual, "O ccu p at ion al Lead Exposu r e an d Lead P o iso n in g11 sh ou ld b e r e v ise d and whether o r n ot i t sh ou ld be u n dertaken ,as a Sectio n a c t iv it y r a t h e r th an le av in g t o th e-Com m ittee on Research and Stan d ar d s t h e p r e lim an ar y view p o in t was "y e s" fo r b o t h . The Se c t io n Cou n cil h as been p o lle d and i t h as agr eed t h a t th e manual sh ou ld be r e v ise d an d i s t a k in g on t h e jo b o f doin g t h a t . I t i s my u n d er st an d in g t h a t Dr . Kehoe i s w illin g t o u n d er t ak e t h e jo b a s ch airm an o f t h e com m ittee. ; ' Thanks v e r y much fo r c a l l i n g ou r a t t e n t io n t o t h e n eed f o r a r e v i sio n o f t h i s r e p o r t . Remember u s in t h e fu t u r e . , Sin cer ely , / s / Fran cis B. Elder Fr an cis B. Elder En gin eerin g A ssociate R i f 0002506