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IRW IN I. ARONOFF STANLEY J . ARONOFF IRVING H . R O SEN Ar o no f f & Ar o no f f ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS A T LAW 6 0 4 -6 FOUNTAIN SQUARE BLDG. CIN CIN N ATI. OHIO S ep te m b er 2, 1959 CHERRY 1-1284 1-1285 D r. R obert A. Kehoe K ettering L ab o rato ry E den & B ethesda Avenue C in c in n a ti 29, Ohio D ear D r. Kehoe: In R e: DIXON v s RO SICHA N LEAD POISONING D ue to m ounting p ro b lem s of le g a l lia b ility in the above c a se , I found it ad v isab le to file sam e on A u g u st 26, 1959- A lthough the filin g e lic ite d som e in q u irie s fro m both C in cin n ati n ew s p a p e rs , th ey h o n o red m y re q u e s t to hold p u b licity u n til yo u r retu rn from San F ran cisco . In our co n feren ce ju s t p rio r to your d e p a rtu re , we had co n tem p lated a cam paign fo r public education and le g islatio n . O ur s tra te g y w as to invite v a rio u s in te re s te d and in flu e n tia l people to a d isc u ssio n of the p ro b le m s c re a te d by the ris in g n u m b e r of lead p o iso n in g c a s e s and re le a s in g the re s u lts to the n ew sp ap ers. It w as hoped th a t the com bination of a law su it, p u b lic se n tim e n t, and an e le c tio n y e a r w ould r e s u lt in fa v o ra b le le g is la tio n . I th in k the tim e is now rip e to follow th ro u g h w ith th at p ro g ra m , e sp e c ia lly sin ce the co u n cil cam paigns have begun. I sh a ll be h a p p y to d is c u s s th is w ith yi ' SJA :bjh N 7489