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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON H EALTH CENTER SEATTLE 5 September 13, 191$ 903 Smith Tower Se a t t le , Washington Dr. Robert A. Kehoe Laboratory o f Applied Ph ysiology Un iversity of Cin cin n ati Cin cin n at i, Ohio Dear Doctor Kehoei The U n iver sit y o f Washington i s a t pr esen t se r io u sly con siderin g the establish m en t o f an in d u st r ia l hygiene lab o r at o r y . In our pr esen t th in kin g t h is lab or at or y would be used p r im ar ily fo r r esear ch and teach in g alth ough ce r t ain r ou tin e lab or at or y procedures such as le ad u r in es would be con ducted. Our most immediate problem i s one o f fin an cin g. We are o f the opin ion t h at an in d u st r ia l hygiene r esear ch lab or at or y adequately st a ffe d and equipped sh ould even tu ally be se lf- su p p o r t in g. We have also . been advised t h at the few in d u st r ia l hygiene r esear ch lab o r at o r ie s in th e United St at e s are fo r th e most p a r t se lf- su p p o r t in g and t h at some or a l l are turn in g away in t e r e st in g and lu c r a t iv e p r o je c t s because th ey are un able to meet th e demand. I sh ould lik e very much to get f i r s t hand in form ation from you r e la t iv e to the fin an cin g o f your lab or at or y . In so fa r as p r act icab le would you be w illin g to ad vise how your lab or at or y was fin an ced at th e o u t se t , to what exten t i t i s s e l f su st ain in g, and from what sou r ces the funds are d er ived, for example, r esear ch p r o je c t s or fellow sh ip gr an ts from in d u st r ie s, r ou t in e lab or at or y an aly sis and for whom (fo r example, lab or groups, in dus t r i e s, government) and r e lat e d in form ation . I s your lab or at or y in the p o sit io n o f having more r equ est s for st u d ie s than you can car r y on and were we to e st ab lish a w ell equipped lab or at or y h ere with a h igh ly q u a lifie d d ir e ct o r would you be in a p osit ion to put us on th e t r ack o f some worthwhile p r o je ct s? - " In your opinion do you b elieve we could or sh ould plan on a se l f su st ain in g in d u st r ia l h ygiene r esear ch lab o r at o r y :or sh ould we plan to underwrite i t as a teach in g and. r esear ch p r o je ct ? . Sin cer ely , IMF: ak Air Mail D ivision o f In d u st r ial Hygiene Department o f Public Health and P reven tive Medicine