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403 Le x in g t o n Av e n u e
Gr a h a mEd g a r DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
A p ril 27, 1936
Dr R o b ert A Kehoe U niversity of C incinnati College o f M edicine C incinnati Ohio
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My d e a r Kehoes
I n accordance w ith y o u r l e t t e r o f A p r il 1 7 th , I am sen d in g you under s e p a ra te cover 123 co p ies o f th e p aper on Normal Lead to g e th e r w ith 139 c o p ie s P a r t 1 o f t h e t e t r a e t h y l le a d i n v e s t ig a ti o n and two copies o f th e Bureau o f Mines Report
I th in k your preface and contents are e x ce lle n t and i t w ill be f in e t o h a v e a l l o f t h i s m a te r ia l to g e th e r i n one p o i n t . My only suggeswould be t h e p o s s ib le in c lu s io n o f a b r i e f summary a t th e end o r a t th e s ta r t alone such p o ssible lin e s a s-
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I am m erely th in k in g t h a t i t w i l l be d i f f i c u l t f o r anyone n o t a ( s p e c i a l i s t t o f in d i n t h e e x i s t i n g volume any b r i e f summary o f th e co n clu
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