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M arch 5, 1956 M r. M an fred Bow ditch Bead in d u stries A ssociation 420 Lexin gton Aven ue li(5w Y o r k C it y 17 D e ar M an fred: I am so r r y to turn a d eaf e a r to an y req u est of you rs o r to any call to battle, but I draw th e lin e on M r . F . J . Sch lin k . F ir st , h e w ould o b ject to an y c r it ic ism of m in e, w h ich is an sw er en ough to you r h ope th at som eth in g m igh t be don e to b r in g h im in to a m o r e in for m ed st a t e . Secon d , I cou ld n ot b r in g m y se lf to h ave an y d e alin gs w ith h im on th e le v e l of sc ie n t ific o r tech n ical asso ciat io n . He is a cle v e r , glib-ton gu ed ch arlatan . He is not con cern ed w ith fa c t s o r r e a so n , an d you w ill b e w ast in g y ou r t im e an d e ffo r t to w r ite 1to h im . C e r t a in ly w ou ld b e w a st in g m in e . I h av e h ad c o r r e sp o n d e n c e w ith h im , in itiated by h im , an d then b ecau se h e didn 't get the righ t an sw er from m e, he b ecam e sa r c a st ic and ab u siv e. A fter I le ar n th at people belon g to th e scu m I n ev er h ave an yth in g fu r t h e r to do w ith th em . I r e a d the sh e et you attach ed to you r le t t e r . In asm u ch a s m ilk fr o m cattle or h um an bein gs con tain s lead n orm ally up to le v e ls of con cen tration of 0.02 m g. p e r lit e r , I w on der how w e a r e to k eep le ad out of th e d r y o r con den sed product. Th e m an is iigh t , of c o u r se , to be con cer n ed abou t le ad in m ilk o r in an y oilier food, but he ap p e ar s not to h ave the sligh t e st con cern fo r th e qu an tita tive asp e ct s of the p rob lem , o r fo r its v ar io u s fa c e t s. He m ixes fact s and fictio n , evid en ce an d g o ssip , w ith out d iscr im in at io n , an d, a s I in d icated ab ove, h e is n ot in t e r e st e d in le ar n in g, on ly in bein g agr e e d w ith . Sin cerely y ou rs, R A X e Robert A. Kehoe, M. D. K ET 0014318