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*nly 1 44 Rr. / Jf * Ulocoficld * Freeldeat* Aner'-oen Industrial V.ir$l*xm a **e* *.at ion* kational Institute of ii*altft* hetbeada 14* Maryland Dear lb*. Sxoeaflalrtt I rv* aonsl dared oirculnr iet.tsa* at June 13, with i$ivioge# Z mi dlspoeod to agree that there are certain difficultlee associated vtth ?:he rase* Lug of s o naagr orgenira- t Ions. f'OMt of these sade thMMolvos apparent at the st. Louis nesting. AituiU/ * neold **y that. ir wo are to continue to run s series of c o b car foot crograas, vet*? little Is to So galn*d oy the joint tMtisg. On the other hand, If the A.I.H.A. sod A.A.Isod S. eere to wake a carefully planned effort to work together In a coordinate naaner rather torn U a conjoined effort with respect to tins and location* them could So a auimlly adwata^ooua situation. I rereosnlly fool that the cooperation of industrial ph?slo<#ae end Ustfuelrial hy^loae saglasers is tne of the aoet neoestjary attributes of any success ful program in the general field of industrial hygiene. X have 'one everything 1 could do end t shall continue to do everything X can to effect a unity of spirit between these two groups of workers in the same field, t think all cf us should do the sane thins *i sad X can think of ae personal and professional sacrif ice on either side that is too great* If unity ean he aceoepiiahed. Moreover* unless these tun organisations can anag.e to go along together* it seen* highly trcrotoafcle that any sort of unity can he achieved within a reasonable period of * lae. for these reasons I seriously disapprove of any separation of seating place and met leg tine* without oar --**g the concerted effort to eliitdnate certain apparent difficulties and to work cooperatively la the develo^acnt of a aatlsfactory canference in 1.-05. 1 suite agree *na- reparation fren ihe A A l? and i and the A./..Z.S. would sJnplify the rrohlsn of the neeting of the A.1.3.A. and 3 .C .6*2-a* `cve -M , X ho not Mr* *i J Bloosifield ,2 July 241 1 v4* \ link ` hat this slmpiilisvat ion i* a.* important as is th* probleo o.r the we|pe$ de vclo-pawnt o. U-* ^ncer&l professional field of Industrial! hygiene La ti;e jait^u states* Mere i singly no sense who s fer in the idea `Jj&t either the doctor or the engineer can work iisaspearieaatly la this i leld. Lech. vUl have to supple- taeat the work of the other. la order to do this there oust be * sympathetic understanding of mutual ^roblcom and there oust be mutual respect without professional competition. hat these ends can be achieved vithcu reasonably frequent meetings end vlthout an! intr*ixxgiin of programs$ I for one# do not believe. Therefore# I place *-h future of American Indue trial hygiene la a weft acre prominent position than Z do our cum coca Iderations aa --after* of the A-'..;.., free* a ^oint of *1ev of convenience and self Interest. Sincerely yours. RAX af C *C .: Dr. H. H. Schrenk Professor Philip Drinker Mr. E. C * Barnes Mr.Manfred Bowditch Dr. J. H. Sterner Dr. E. C . Holmblad .bobeit A. teboe# fL >