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RESEARCH STAFF GENERAL MOTORS C o p p o B ox 188, N orth End S b ;-, . D etro it 2, M ichigan ' ' ' M a y 7,, 1957 A . W esley H orton, M. D. U n iv ersity of C incinnati The K ettering L aboratory C in cin n a ti 19, Ohio , D ear D r. H orton: M r. C am pbell ask ed m e to thank you fo r the rep rin ts and inform ation in your letter of A pril 26th. W hile at St. L ouis attending the O ccupational H ealth C onference, I a ccep ted an in vitation from D r. C harles Hine to attend a m eeting of the Subcom m ittee on A tm osp h eric P ollutants of the M edical A d visory C o m m ittee to the A m eric a n P etr o leu m In stitu te. A t th is m eetin g I learn e ! that the A . P . I. has s e t up a fund to em p lo y an in d ivid u al or group to c r itic a lly su rv ey the litera tu re for inform ation on the health asp ects oi a tm o sp h eric pollutants that m ight have th eir so u rce in the production, m anufacture, distribution or u se of petroleum products. The next step of A . P . I. , as I understand th eir plans, is to survey ar a p p r a is e r e s e a r c h p r o je c ts now in p r o g r e s s and to fo llo w th is with a pro^ je c t o r p ro jects of th eir own and such p rojects m ight include m ethodolc: - . T h ey w ould lik e to have th e su p p ort o f th e a u to m o b ile m a n u fa ctu rers a., the r a ilr o a d s . Two o th er a u to m o b ile m a n u fa c tu r ers w ere r ep re se n ted ar, i t w a s a g r e e d th a t a p r o p o s a l fr o m A . P . I . in w r itin g w o u ld b e b ro u g h t i<. the attention of the A utom obile M anufacturers A sso cia tio n . I thought you would be in te r e ste d in knowing of this d evelopm en t, S in cerely yours F A P cj C. C. : John M . C am pbell /s/ F . A . Patty, Head Industrial H ygiene Departm ent