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/ su e. /tec June 24, 1955 Mr. Manfred Bowditch Director of Health and Safety Dead Industries Association 420 LexingtonAvenue New York City 17 Dear Manfred: Thanks for calling my attention to the Hiker advertisement in Industrial Medicine and Surgery. Needless to say to you, I do not go along with them In certain of their claims nor in their concept of the use of their product in the manner indicated. However, I have had my say about it in print, in at least one professional meeting, in a fairly vigorous exchange with George Maisonand in further correspondence with Phil Drinker on the article presented by Dr. Ira Manville in the meeting referred to above {an ACGIKsession at Buffalo) and offered for publication in the Archives (which after come rewriting has been accepted). I have made my position as clear as I can and I shall not take further issue. No doubt I shall have more to say and further opportunities for saying more, since this procedure is certain to be taken seriously and acted upon by a number of people with varying attitudes. You may be interested to knowthat we are making some observations on the influence of the oral administration of the compoundonthe fecal and urinary excretion of quite a series of metals, including lead, and on the partition of lead in the blood. Just what our pre liminary observations will lead to is anyone's guess, but we shall 3ee what we shall see. As you are aware, I amnot interested in polemics. They cost too much in time and stress. I aminterested in the facts, and in this connection the letter of TomShipman, of which you received a copy, is pertinent. It will not be easy to smother or to ignore the facts as they relate to a therapeutic agent as much in the professional eye as is this one. Sincerely yours RAX ef Enc HE 0014900 Robert A. Kehoe, M. D