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ill Ti CHNI CAl CENTER RESEARCH STAFF GEM ERAI M OTORS CORPORATION BOX 188, NORTH END STATION DETROIT 2, M ICHIGAN A ugust 20, 1956 D r. R. A . K ehoe T he K etteri ng L aboratory U n i v er si ty of C i nci nnati C i n ci n n ati 19, Ohi o D ear D r . K ehoe: T hank you v er y m uch f o r the m em o r an d u m co n cer n i n g a pro p o sed i n v esti g ati o n of l ung c an c er through ex p o su r e to the com busti on products of autom oti v e ex haust g ases. W ith y our perm i ssi o n I w ould l i k e to ci rcu l ate thi s to the other m em b er s of the V ehi cl e C om busti on Pr o d u c t s Subcom m i ttee of the A utom obi l e M an u f actu r er s A sso ci ati o n of w hi ch I happen to be ..... ch ai r m an . B ef ore c i r cu l ati n g i t to the com m i ttee, how ev er, I bel i ev e i t w oul d be d esi r ab l e to del ete al l r ef er en c es to the need f o r f i nanci al support. F o r ex am pl e, I w oul d l i k e to del ete the l ast t h r ee sen ten c es on page 3 begi nni ng w i th '' T he l at t er i s a f ai r l y st r ai g h t f o r w ar d p r o b l em " , e t c . , and al l of P a r t I I I st ar t i n g on page 5. W e w oul d not pl an to c i r c u l at e the i n t er i m r ep o r t of the A PI proj ect. . I thi nk th at o u r d i scu ssi o n s of the d esi r ab i l i t y of m ak i ng such a study shoul d not be conf used w i th m odes of f i nanci ng the i n v est i g a ti o n and th at i f w e coul d get ag r eem en t on the p r i n c i p l e w e can consi der the f i nanci ng sep ar atel y at a l at er ti m e. I w ould l i k e to ci r cu l ate th i s to the com m i ttee because I thi nk i t i s an autom obi l e i n d u st r y p r o b l em r at h er th an a d i sti n c tl y G en er al M otors probl em . JM C : m a ' CC: D r . A . W. H orton 000 3r\ A ' \J KJ