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c.c D r . A . W e sley H orton (B lin d ) May 13, 1957 C O N FID E N T IA L M r. John M. Cam pbell Technical D irecto r, R esearch Staff G eneral M otors C orporation B ox 188, N orth End Station D etroit 2, M ichigan D ear M r. .C am pbell: . I have not heard anything about the statu s of the g en era l p rop osal which I m ade to you (with D r . A . W esley H orton) som e tim e ago, o r o f any co n sid eratio n which m ay have been given to it by the A utom obile M anufactu rers A sso ciatio n . I have understood fro m a b rie f and passing co n v ersa tio n with H orton (I1ve b een in and out of the L a b o ra to ry so m uch la t e l y , th a t I 1ve b e e n u n able to ta lk with an y o f m y s t a f f ab o u t anything but b are e ssen tia ls) that the A m erican Petroleu m Institute group has had som e idea of in terestin g the A . M . A . in som e of its e ffo rts in this d irectio n . T h is gave m e som e co n cern , sin ce the M edical A dvisory C om m ittee to the A . P . I. has had a g rea t deal of trou ble getting beyond a survey of the lite r a tu r e (which has been done fa ir ly co m p reh en siv ely by o th ers and does not need duplication). It is net m y purpose to h eck le you, but sin ce I couldn't attend the m eeting at S lo a n -K ette rin g , and have taken no action in th is m a tte r m y se lf, it o c c u r s to m e th at if th e re is anything w hich ! should do now, o r plan to do l a t e r , to b r in g m a t t e r s to so m e kind o f a d e c is io n , I* d lik e to know abou t it. I am su re that this problem is in fo r a lot of d iscu ssion and fo r in v est!- gation. I am g rea tly concerned le s t what w ill be done w ill muddy the w aters s till fu rth e r, ra th e r than c la rify th em , and I have not been im p ressed by the type of th in id n g f^a t is going on in a num ber of c ir c le s . l a m m o re than a l i t t l e d is tu rb e d /s o m e in fo r m a tio n o b ta in ed in W ash in gton a fe.v d ay s ago w hich in d ica te s that D r. K u ep er o f the N ational In stitu te s of H ealth is on the point of being the guiding hand in the e ffo rts of the F e d e ra l Governm ent y in th is m a t t e r . I m e n tio n th is in c o n fid e n c e and n o t f o r q u o tatio n and so I co have m arked this co n fid en tial. Xfirm ly believ e that the industry (or indus 0 5 t r i e s ) involved in th is would be w ise to get th e ir sig h ts d ire cte d to the o o solu tion on th e ir own behalf , o f the re la tio n sh ip , if any, of a ir-p o llu tio n with p etroleu m hyd rocarbons (within c e rta in lim its of m o lecu lar siz e and stru ctu re ), and pulm onary ca n cer. In any c a s e , it se em s d e sira b le to know w here we a re in th is, and to a ssu re you that we a r e not d isin te rested in the outcom e of any thought o r actio n which is being taken . Sincerely yours, N 6765