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J ILestcl ImtiistMcs AMMstatiaai CLINTON H. CRANE, PRtSOENT HAMILTON M BRUSH.VICE PRESIDENT RALPH M ROOSEVELT, v ic e pr esid en t FELIX EDGAR WORMSER.secRTERTEAAS.RURvEaRnd -4-20 LEXINGTONAVENUE JiEW YORK,IST.Y. January 14, 1933. Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, College of Medicine, university of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Obio. Deer Dr. Kehoe: Many thanks for your letter of January ISth. Frankly my reason for writing you was to ascer tain if the medical profession had some definition of lead poisoning which would help to eliminate much of the con fusion now existing in the operation of workmen's compensa tion laws. It has been the unfortunate experience of many of our members in those States making lead poisoning com pensable, that doctors widely disagree as to when a work man has lead poisoning and I note that the State laws them selves are not clear on any definition, which would help matters. I can well understand that medical authorities might disagree,within limits, in diagnosing an alleged case of lead poisoning but it seems to rue that there should be some standard for the guidance of the examining; doctors, which is agreed upon by the medical profession itself. As it stands, the administration of workmen's compensation lews have led to grave abuses and I have been wondering whether some protection might not be given both to work men and the companies by the inclusion of a suitable definition of lead poisoning in the appropriate legislat ion. Thanking you again for your assistance, I am Sincerely yours, Secretary.