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i - To i All October at, 1966 of tbo LIA-ZLZAO La*d H*a 1U> And 5*fty CosodttAA front Ja s #a C. Ro u o a a ItUehtd for your Info rut.loo it a copy of a n#v r*lA*A# froo thA Cfflc# of th* UMti Ho u m froAi 5*cr*t-vry, dAtd 5*ptcabr 16, 1966, ontltlod *Txt of Ra*rk* of th* frldnt Upon Slfnlnf th# fodonl Kttollle And UooXwUlllo Kin* 5*f*ty Act*. You *1.11 not* froo thl# nlun that th* fr*idnt t*tod lht "Kao * poltonlnf* froa l**d And B*rcury, for xac?>l*, Ha t * b*o rlrtimlly llnlnAtd' Du* to th* n*tur* of this eooMnt And th* lrport*nc of thl ubl*et to our AOtlvlttAt, v* thought you would lilt to h*r thlt for your fll*t. Tory truly your*. J JCX/jr ALlAOhlMftt 3mi C. Roua** Alt*Al Dlr*ctor H**lth And 5*f*ty * rot BMXDUTX KXIXUK tinnui u, im Office of th* White Bouio Praaa Secretary MMt--*--**>**>' ' urc wun Bwsi Ttrr or trains orm msiozvr u po n s ic n imc t h * TTMIAL XZTAUIC AJQ )f?S- xrtAixxc Mm umt ac t ^ iTM - < it The 89ch Coairtu haa toot nany lu4nrk Villa lw Vara for a* to alto. S aa to14 that the record average* Vetter than a nejor bill for every weak Coogret* haa been la eeeeloa. Thle Act cloeea a eerleua jap lo our national prograa to altalnata occupational hatarde. It extend* federal health and aafety ataodarda to nor# than a quarter of a oillloa Aacrlcan working oca who earn a living by the event of their browa and the atreagth of their haada, ' Thata nan give ua raw aaterlala be*la to our ncnooayj Iron, copper, aad wranlua area; band, gravel, crushed atone, clay potaah, and other Inerala. but the earth doe* not yield the* up e*lly. TV* work la hard and It la dang* roue, for too neny year*, thla Indue try haa beea gravely deficient la aafety practice*. The reeulta are told la tern* of hunea live* end *uffaring, la 1969, 111 worker* were killed. Nearly 12,000 other* -- nearly five percent of thoao employed la thla Indue try were Injured aerloualy enough to loto tine fro* their Jobe, I do not believe that euch tragedy can be written off ae aa "occupatloeal ' hetard", 1 do not believe that e ana *bowld have te pay with hie life, or hie heelth, for the right to eern a llvlag, Since 1916, our Public Health Service he* been working te protect Aaertceao fron ..aalth haserd* found ee the job. Many of theee hatarde have beea greatly reduced. Mae* poltonlngt fron lead and narcury, for luaple, have bees virtually ellaloated. but our technology 1* changing with fantettl* tpetd, And thla change la bringing with It new end hidden threat* to health and tafety, At lbet* }00 new chealcalt are Introduced loco Induttry and agriculture each year. Often they art In ue* btfora their tide-effect# have been fully evaluated. Thera ta evidence that na.iy chronta dice**** often have a direct relettonehtp ta the vlctlu'a occupation. Theta Include tenter, lung allnentt, elltrgte# end even heart dl*ea*a. They ai* Include naatal and hearing dlaardar* fro** aartala hind* of nalao. A grant and advanced netlan cannat allow tuck hatarde to go unchoekad, Aad S proolt* you that w* will not allow thea t# go uachaahad. j ! f I t i { N 437.01  >Vfv*sSl * -' If* -`..K. .. --^--- - -r^ .. V*~' ---- ~*--y...jAk ! . J 7h Secretary of Health, Education, and Veifare la now conducting am lnteoalfled etudy of the ontlro problem of occupational health. Thle etudy vlll determine what the government can dot .. Flrat, to laolata and eliminate the hatarda to 1 occupational health that now exlat; and 3a -- Second, to taat now producta and protean% ao that atapa can ha taken to prevent health hatarda before they occur* Ae faat aa va find the anawara to thaaa queetloae, wa era going to apply them with every meaoa at our diepoeel. Today, I aa vary gratified to ha taking a major a tap toward that goal. The ernetnaot of thle hill will afford far greater protection to one Important eegment of American labor which baa bean denied eorely needed protection. > Seyood aavlng the Uvte and llnba of aany Mt vho labor under the earth, this Act will enable many wlvea to reet a little eaaler whan their huabanda leave far work each day. And It will enable amay children to grow to adulthood with their fethere living end earning a livelihood for the entire family. .. X am proud to etgm thle Act. # ## # # : 4 ^ *S#*SVW--V * mmm sm ***e wsmK fe f \