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,rREProolcd~/\t~the7jft - THE W'O^nfiCHvs ; K ' `T'/..~ -'V-'<<Zi- -,;(*/*. /(COFYp --tat.:-; p:;ouo - a .-- .......... <:s.. :: November 13 19 36 Drft l o u i s J . D u b lin , M e t r o p o l i t a n l i f e I n s u ra n c e Co New York C i t y , II, Y. Dear S i r : I have n o te d w ith deep i n t e r e s t your, remarks a b o u t the- s te a d y d e c r e a s e i n t h e f e r t i l i t y o f American women, which, i f t h e t r e n d c o n t in u e s i n t h e f u t u r e , may have d r e a d f u l consequences to this nation. - May I r e s p e c t f u l l y submit t h a t i n a l l o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n s I have seen in recen t years about the loss o f sesual f e r t i l i t y in human beings i n t h i 3 n a t i o n , none o f them has p u b l i c l y mentioned t h e fact that th e people o f th is Nation are liv in g in an atmosphere of cum ulative poisonous gases on our highways, p a r t i c u l a r l y le a d f u e l dope vapors and carbon monoxide. * I f I corrootly understand the present views o f the,m edical f r a t e r n i t y in th e w orld, i t is not questioned by anyone capable of exp r e s s i n g a v a l i d o p in io n on t h i s complex s u b j e c t , t h a t l e a d p o i s o n i n g d e c r e a s e s , and i n many c a se s u l t i m a t e l y d e s t r o y s , s e x u a l f e r t i l i t y . Further , th e constant in h a la tio n of'carbon monoxide has a t o x i c e f f e c t on human beings s i m i l a r to e x c e s s i v e use o f a l c o h o l i c beve a g o s , and between t h e carbon monoxide and le a d ; a c c u m u l a t i n g i n ' t h e huma n body, the chemical t h a t i s one o f the e g qui rav libr est ium sou r of ces t he ca human t i s s u sin g more,; u t e h s a n are p0 upse 0,000 t i to nc x a p l degr ieab e"f J. 0 if a c c i d e n t s per annum i n our highways, r e s u l t i n g i n t h e d ea th s o f mor'0 t h a n 3 ^ ,0 0 0 , t h e permanent I n j u r y of more th a n 100,000 ami more o r l e s s grave i n j u r i e s to more t h a n a m i l l i o n o th e r p e o p l e ; w i t h a monetary: l O S e s t i m a t e d t o . b e more th a n one b i l l i o n d o l l a r s per, annum. One o f t h e m y s t e r i e s o f our tim es i s t h e r e f u s a l o f t h e m e d i c a l profession and insurance companies in th is'N atio n to -tak e hold I n these ghastly problems a g a in st the public weLfare and bring about the proper l e g i s l a t i o n to s t o p th e i n j u r y and slaugh.1i er o f human, b r i n g s i n t h i s n a tio n which makes th e Borgias o f I ta ly p ik e rs in t h e s p o r t o f poisoning liheir opponents, and equalled only by thejw ars between n atio n s in racer.