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July 2, 1954 D r. JLauran B . H itchcock P re s id e n t and M anaging D ire c to r Southern C alifornia A ir Pollution Foundation 704 South Spring S tre e t L os A ngeles 14, C alifo rn ia D ear D octor H itchcock: I am sending you h erew ith two co p ies of a p ro p o sa l b ased on th e g e n e ra l d iscu ssio n in your office on June 24 and on th e m o re specific ta lk of M r. C hclak w ith M r. R o g ers. It a p p ea rs to m e th at th is w ork should provide very useful inform ation, and also that it can be c a rrie d out expeditiously w ithout a hitch. . In o rd e r tc b rin g to y o u r atte n tio n th e g e n e ra l type of a g re e m e n t u n d e r w hich we w ork, and to 3et fo rth the p o lic ie s of the L a b o ra to ry and of the U niversity of C incinnati, I enclose a sh o rt fo rm of ag reem en t. It is not n e ce ssa ry , fro m m y standpoint, th at such an ag reem en t, o r in fact any a g reem en t, bo executed betw een u s, but it is d e sirab le , I should think, th a t so m e fo rm a l a g re e m e n t b e d ra w n up. In an y c a s e , if you a c c e p t the pro p o sal and if you believe it n e c e ssa ry o r w ise, I suggest th at a fo rm of a g re e m e n t be d ra w n up to m e e t y o u r re q u ire m e n ts and to inclu d e, in p riiicip le, the p ro v isio n s se t fo rth in th is. The provisions fo r the paym ent of m oney can be v ery m uch as you w ish. In g e n e ra l, we p r e f e r th a t p a r t of th e su m a g re e d upon b e p a id in a d v an c e , and th at in stallm en ts be paid a t q u a rte rly o r lo n g er in te rv a ls. The re a so n fo r th is is th a t, as a m unicipal in stitu tio n , we a re re q u ire d by law to have m o n e y in. h a n d to m e e t th e b i l l s . S in c e b y la w w e xm i3t o p e r a t e s t r i c t l y a t co st, and since our cost-accounting is p re c ise , we refund any unexpended balance of sum s advanced fo r the conduct of w ork. I tru s t that all of this is c le a r and sufficient fo r your p u rp o ses. I have the ap p ro v al, in p rin c ip le , of Ethyl C o rp o ratio n , su b ject to the fe a sib ility of o u r p ro p o sa l, to call upon th e ir a ss is ta n c e in the conduct of the sam pling p ro g ra m p ro p o sed , so th at th e re should be no g re a t d ifficu lty in fixing th is up. I should lik e to say how p leased I w as to m ake y o u r acq u ain tan ce, to talk w ith you and y o u r a sso c ia te s about m a tte rs of m utual in te re s t. We sh a ll do o-o.r b e s t to c o o p e r a te w ith y o u in y o u r w o r k a n d w ill lo o k f o r w a r d to o t h e r m eetings and asso ciatio n s.