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FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1954 Apr 26 DOC KNT031 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Mr. W.J. Halley President of P. Lorillard Co. from H.B. Parmele Director of Research ES Pie! Fy at Gs ane ne oa Fae anal Lay Ba es Mie Re peek OR Cinta vr oked Pea. of New York x0 ' |. As you know Dr. Fullam Schenectady recently Pps examined Kent smoke and confirmed Mrs. Revere's earlier observa- |96 .) 5. an tions namely that such smoke contained traces of mineral fiber 0 Stl We are embarked upon a program of attempting to work out a method for the elimination of the presence of such fibers the smoke 2000 00k & Since Mrs. Revere may be influenced by the treatment proposed by 2 0 8 aE, : Mr. Robert Farr the son of her very dear friend Mrs. Farr it it =! oe referee : _. has been decided to employ Dr. Fullam to serve as a mee wo, nO - Dr. Fullam has already accepted this assignment and has | begun to examine the smoke from over a dozen lots of treated 2 Kents Our purpose in writing you relative to the above is to receive official approval of Dr. Fullam's employment His : fee is still on a 100 a day basis and we contemplate that the | assignment which we have given him may require approximate2 l3 y .. fifteen days of work in our behalf Pos Tat andr We will appreciate approvaolf the as above soon as con- | Z _ se . . - . - . a . wa > hoe ee wee te H. B. Parmele Director of Research re a eanetleis waat n rar 9672379 Py 96723739 Ee wy. Vo: bs a eReite . oes *,* es ExR my * Sepp nyt J Ticat ha t Rk BCLS