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Jxugust 23, 1965 Robert T. P. deTreville, M.D. Managing Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation of .America Mellon Institute 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Penasylvania 15213 Dear Bob: Thanks .for your letter of August,...19th, and in particular for the film of the meeting ih^th^ General's office. I am pleased to have a memento, not so much of this occasion, but of the association with General Hall. He was a charming and able man, I liked him and admired him, and, despite his tragic end, it is a pleasure to remember him. ;.s to the approach to this nation's problems of environmental health, I trust that you will not take too seriously, in considering my willingness to contribute ray efforts, the remarks I mcdfe about the ineptitude of the Washington bureaucracy. I have been disenchanted and almost sickened by what I have seen and heard in this field of public health during the past two years, and while it is the better part of both manners and discretion to go along silently until the opportunity presents itself to speak or act effectively, I do not find that this comes naturally to me in the company of respected associates. I can be counted on, however, to contribute to the cause in a manner that to me seems productive. Sincerely yours. RAKsrms Robert A. iwhoe. KE 0010618