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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML)
DATE: 1933
DOC#: ML097
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Harbaugh RE NOT Publishing a Study as it Would be Damaging to the Lead & Mine Operators with Letter from The Saranac Laboratory
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M o h a r , Oklahoma,
J a n . 21, 1933
H r. Donald K. C u m i n g , Saranac L atoratory fo r tha study of T .3. S a r a n a c La ke , N'.Y.
Bear Hr. Cummings:
Your p aper o n ^ S tu d l on S i l i c o s i s O ccurring In th e lead and Zina Kin* of Ottawa County, O kla." has boon gon ovar by th CounaaJ fo r th e A sso o ia tio n and has been su b m itted to the Board of D ire c to r* fo r eon# ld s r s tl o n .
I aw s k # d t o a d v i s e you t h a t th a B oard f e e l s t h a t n o t h i n g c o u l d b<# p u b l i s h e d t h a t I s so p o t e n t i a l l y d a n s g l n g t o th* l a d and t i n e In o p e r a to r of t h l i d i s t r i c t , The p o s s i b l l l t l e s o f I t s v e ry diuaaging La l a th h an d # o f #<m u n s c r u p u l o u s la w y e r * o r o t h e r who m i g h t b I d " fcwruHtsd i n s t i r r i n g up damage s u i t s a g a i n s t th# M ining comp-anles i s e x " treuaaaly g r w a t a t t h i s tlasa* In many s t a t a s l a t h a u n io n t h e r e e r e now pw ndlng s u l t s feat b n n d r a d s of a l a l m s f o r t o t a l U s a b i l i t y from o c c u p a t t o n a l l U t M M i a . Tha m in in g ooiapanlua now l a # x l t s n c o hur-e would h'.v t o b e a r tha# burd&n o f p a y i n g tear d i s a b i l i t i e s t o w h ic h t h e y w ere wry m in o r c a ntr!* t m t o r t t . I f atich a u l t e a r e rwr f l l m d b a r
I t I s t r u e t h a t a amtt who h a s g i v e n h i * I l f t o a n I n d u s t r y ua&<S ban heoceiMi th e r w h y d i s a b l e d s h o u l d b t a k e n owre o f . E f f o r t # art halo saadffl t o w ork o u t sows f a i r way t o do t h i s , b u t I t 1 no e a s y m at t o r . In th # sMHta-fclsw, Si# I n d u s t r y e o u l d h e w n t l r e l y recked, i f I t war- s a d d l e d w i t h t h o a r s o f verye*# who m ig h t h e p e r s u a d e d to t a k e a c t i o n a g a i n s t I t cm th g r o u n d s of U s a b i l i t y from s i l i c o s i s . You can see whet s b r i e f y e a r pmpanr w ould b e i n soli * * # .
In rlw o f t h e a b o v e , th e B oard x p ra sa s I t s f l r a o b ja e tlc a i fce th p u h l i c a t l o i f t o f y o u r p a p e r , a l t h o u g h I t f u l l y a p p r e c i a t e s th ( len tlflo ralu of your rttsd lss.
W ith k i n d e s t r e g a r d s , I oh
To ry s i n c e r e l y y o u r s ,
( S i g n e d ) St. D. BUrbwugh.
St. D. B arbaugft, 3eo*y
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