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tfAMES J . M U R PH Y 16t h D is t m New Y o r k (STATEN ISLAND AND LOWER WEST MANHATTAN) COMMITTEE? M o e h a n t M a r in e a n d F is h e r ie s SUBCOMMITTEE? M a r it im e Af f a ir s Co a st Gua r d F is h e r ie s a n d C o n s e r v a t io n Congress of tfje fHntteb St at e s Jl o a i e of 3&ejreseritatit)ES a ijm sto n , 39. . 1608 N ew Mo u s e O f f i c e B u il d in g EVAN TAYLOR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT ALICE MCADAMS GOMEZ SECRETARY STATEN ISLAND O FFICE RITA MCCARTHY SECRETARY June 18, 1951 D r. R obert A. Kehoe ' Department of P reventive M edicine and In d u s tria l H ealth U niversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti 19, Ohio Dear D r. Kehoe: The b a s ic re a s o n f o r my in tr o d u c tio n o f H* J . R es. 218 and fo r sim ilar le g is la tio n la s t year is th a t the U nited S tates P ublic H ealth Service had no funds w hatsoever w ith which to p u rsu e re s e a rc h in to a i r p o llu tio n . The U nited S ta te s P u b lic H ealth Service attem pted to provide fo r such a survey in i t s re g u la r a p p ro p ria tio n b i l l but the p ro v isio n was s tric k e n o u t. I b eliev e th is i s a lso tru e of the Department of th e I n te r io r , Bureau o f Mines. T herefore, i f th is le g is la tio n is n o t approved th e re w ill be no f o reseeab le means of attem p tin g a p ro p e r, n a tio n wide survey. ;. . ... T his problem came t o my a t t e n t i o n th ro u g h th e contam ina tio n of the a ir about S taten Isla n d . I immediately sought th e help of the United S ta te s Public H ealth Service and learn ed th a t th e y vier e u n a b le to a tte m p t any k in d o f a s u b s t a n t i a l su rv e y b e cause th e re was no money w ith which to engage com petent te c h n ic a l a ssista n ts fo r the purpose. I was v e ry g lad t o have th e b e n e f it of your view s and w ould a p p r e c ia te any su p p lem en tary o p in io n i f t h i s e x p la n a tio n may m odify any p r e - e x is tin g o p in io n you may have h ad .