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J anuar y 12, 1970 P. S. I . Bar r y, M. D. The As s oci at ed Oct el Company Li mi t ed El l es mer e Por t , Ches hi r e L65 4HF Engl and Dear Pat : Thanks f or your l et t er of J anuar y 7 and f or t he new dr af t of your paper . I wi l l go over t he l at t er wi t h mi nut e car e and made s uch s ugges t i ons as I bel i eve t o be usef ul . I do not expect much change t o come out of my ef f or t s ( unl ess t he changes whi ch have been made by ot her s t han your s el f ar e out of l i ne wi t h ray vi ew) . You may r est as s ur ed t hat I s hal l be pl eas ed t o r ecommend t hi s paper t o t he Ar chi ves . For your i nf or mat i on, Kat har i ne Boucot , M. D. , Chi ef Edi t or of t he Ar chi ves ( as di f f er ent i at ed f r om Kat har i ne Boucot St ur gi s i n pr i vat e l i f e) i s r el i nqui s hi ng t he edi t or s hi p of t he Ar chi ves at once as s oon as s he can t ur n over t he j ob t o her succes s or . ( I am not s ur e whet her s omet hi ng has occur r ed t o keep her on t he j ob af t er J anuar y 1st , but I had a l et t er f r om her i n her edi t or i al capaci t y a f ew days ago. However , her chagge i n s t at us der i ves f r om a pol i cy of A. M. A. t o change edi t or s at f i xed i nt er val s . I shal l know soon, f or I have i nqui r ed j us t what t he f act s ar e) . I agr ee t hat t he Ar chi ves i s a good pl ace f or your paper . I t i s al s o my opi ni on t hat t he Ar chi ves wi l l be pl eas ed t o t ake i t . Luci l e and I l eave on Sunday ( 18t h) f or San Fr anci s co, and s i nce I have many t hi ngs t o do t hi s week, I may not have t i me t o make a s at i s f act or y r evi ew of your manus cr i pt . I f I do not , I shal l t ake i t al ong wi t h me and r et ur n i t s hor t l y t o you wi t h my comment s . I am l ooki ng f or war d t o San Fr anci s co bot h f or i t s oppor t uni t y of wor ki ng wi t hout i nt er r upt i on, and f or t he change i n cl i mat e. Thi s, by f ar , has been t he mos t s ever e wi nt er f or many year s i n Ci nci nnat i . We ar e j us t emer gi ng f r om a zer o and s ubzer o ( Fahr enhei t ) per i od, and f r om a s er i es of dai l y s nows whi ch have ext ended f r om bef or e Chr i s t mas t o t he pr es ent day wi t h s now on t he gr ound cont i nuous l y dur i ng t hat per i od. The di f f i cul t y of get t i ng about i s hei ght ened by a s t r i ke on t he par t of ci t y empl oyees ot her t han pol i ce and f i r emen ( t hese t hr eat ened, but f i nal l y accept ed a compr omi s e adj us t ment of t hei r compens at i on) whi ch l eaves t he s now wher e i t f al l s and f ai l s t o pr ovi de f or s al t i ng t he st r eet s. We hope t o get out t o a l ast concer t ( bef or e l eavi ng Ci nci nnat i ) on Sat ur day, but we s hal l wai t t o s ee what t he weat her man can pr oduce. * Wi t h our bes t gr eet i ngs t o Anne and your sel f , Si ncer el y, N7719 RAKt wp Rober t A. Kehoe, M. D. Pr of es s or Emer i t us of THE ASSOCIATED OCTEL COMPANY LIMITED ELLESMERE PORT, CH ESH IRE L65 4HP ,Head Of f ice: 20 Ber keley Squar e London W I X 6DT t el eph o n e: 051-35S 3611 TELEX NO. 62384 TELEGRAMS: OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT. TELEX CABLES: OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT Hi r . ii./v. Kehoo, Depar t ment of Envi r onment al Heal t h, Ket t er i ng Labor at or y, Col l ege of Medi ci ne, Uni ver s i t y of Ci nci nnat i , Eden and Bet hes dn Avenues, . Ci nci nnat i , Ohi o 4G219, U. S. A. n OUR REF. A . 3 . 1 . YOUR REF. 7t h Januar y, 1970. Dear Dr . Kehoe, Many t hanks f or your l et t er of December 24t h. Much as I woul d l i ke t o vi si t t he Ket t er i ng Labor at or y and t o see you i n Febr uar y, I do not t hi nk t hat I shal l make t he t r i p t o Ci nci nnat i on t hi s occasi on. I have al r eady ar r anged t o l eave Manches t er on Sat ur day, 14t h Febr uar y, t o ar r i ve i n Puer t o Hi co on t he f ol l owi ng day vi a Hew Yor k. I not e t hat you wi l l be i n San Fr anci s co f r om mi d- J anuar y unt i l t he end of Mar ch, except f or t he per i od 11t h t o 13t h Febr uar y when you wi 11 bo at t endi ng t he meet i ng of t he Ancr i can Academy of Occupat i onal Medi ci ne i n Ci nci nnat i . I encl os e a f ur t her dr af t of t he paper t hat I have been i n t he pr ocess of t r vi ng t o compi l e wi t h r es pect t o t he wor k t hat we have been under t aki ng on our aut opsy subj ect s. I have made some al t er at i ons t o t he paper , as wel l as t o t he t abl es and gr aphs, al t hough t hese ar e not of a f undament al nat ur e. Pr of es s or Scot t f r om Manches t er Uni ver si t y, who sugges t ed some of t he changes t hat we "nave made, i n par t i cul ar f r om t he s t at i s t i cal angl e, wi l l be checki ng i t agai n, f or me ci t her t hi s or next week. Subs equent l y, I pr opos e t o f or war d t he manus cr i pt t o t he Edi t or of t he Ar chi ves of Envi r onment al Heal t h f or her cons i der at i on f or i t s publ i cat i on i n t hat j our nal . I know t hat you ar e wel l acquai nt ed wi t h Kat har i ne Boucot , and i f i t i s not aski ng t oo much, and you. woul d be pr epar ed t o cons i der i t , I wonder whet her you mi ght per haps nut i n a good wor d f or us wi t h her . I t hi nk t he Ar chi ves of Envi r onment al Heal t h i s r eal l y a mor e sui t abl e j our nal f or t he t ype of ar t i cl e t hat we have pr oduced t han i s t he Br i t i s h J our nal of I ndus t r i al Medi ci ne, whom I had t hought of aski ng t o consi der ef f ect i ng t he paper f or publ i cat i on, but now wi l l not be doi ng so. V.' ith ever y good wi s h t o you bot h. PSI B/ dl 0006325 Your s si ncer el y, fi ' il/<y ( P. S. I . Bar r y)