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January 15* 19^0 Dr* H, C. Honor Manila H osp ital and San itarium 707 Vermont St r e e t Ma n ila > Dear Doctor Honori* I have J ust r ece ived an in d ir e ct communication from a r e p r e s e n t a t ive o f the South China D ivisio n o f the Standard Vacuum O il Company exp r essin g some con cern over th e fa c t t h a t t h e ir employees a t th e Pan&aoan Term in al In Man ila had not r e ce ive d an y m edical a t t e n t io n s in ce March 1939* I t may be t h a t you were n ot a d vised o f th e fa c t t h a t the custom ary p r a ct ice is fo r th e exam in ation o f t h ese men fou r tim es a ye a r , a t le a s t during th e fir s t year . In any case I t r u s t th at you w i ll be a b le to get in touoh wit h th e lo c a l r ep r es e n t a t lve o f t h is company and s t r a igh t e n out th e-aitu ation with them in such a way t h a t th ey may be le d to understan d th a t t h e ir men have not been w i lfu lly n e gle ct ed . I t so happens t h a t we have educated th e commercial r e p r e s e n t a t ive s o f t h e o i l companies t o t a ke th e problem o f t h e m edical su p er vision o f t h e ir employees q u it e s e r io u s ly* and I should be ve r y much ch agr in ed i f th ey were le d t o fe e l t h a t our medical, r e p r e s e n t a t ive s were any le s s s e r io u s about t h is m atter than th ey a r e. I hope* th erefore* yo u 'w ill be a b le t o a r r ive a t an un derstan din g with them ;)whleh w ill c la r ify the en t ir e m atter. I thin k* fo r a time a t : le a s t , you should examine th ese men q u a r t e r ly. I f you should assu r e yo u r s e lf su bsequ en tly t h a t th e men a r e c a r e fu l, t h a t th e p la n t i s kep t in good con d it ion and t h a t i t is not n ecessa r y t o examine the men wit h t h is fr eq u en cy, I am e n t ir e ly w illin g t o le a ve t h is to you r J udgment. On th e ot h er hand th e s a fe t y o f t h is work i s dependent e n t ir e ly upon th e ca r e w it h which th e p la n t is kep t in or d er and with which the r e gu la t io n s are en forced in d e t a il in th e day* work. I am quit con vin ced t h a t in some p la n t s n egligen ce w i l l d evelop u n less th e m edical su pervision is m aintained a t a high degree o f a le r t n e ss. I should be p lea sed i f you would l e t me have your r ea ct io n to t h is m atter prom ptly on r e ce ip t o f t h is le t t e r * 00 t h a t I s h a ll know how to r e p ly t o th e qu estion which has been r a is e d in th e le t t e r m entioned above. P lea se l e t me know what you propose to to in th e m atter o f th e fr equ en cy o f your V i s i t s , Moreover ' r * - o 2 i f you have occa sion to reduce th e fr equ en cy o f your v i s i t s a t a subsequen t d a t e , p lea s e l e t me knov/ # Cord ially yours, F.AKi i s R o b e r t 'A . "'ite h o e , M.D. o U A kSj '' 'i