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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1933 Jan 24 DOC#: ML105 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Lanza, Met Life from Mr. Cummings RE Reluctance of Picher Co. to Publish Cummings and Gardner1 Research on Silicosis Date: 1/24/33 Title: Letter Author: Cummings Receiver: Lanza Comments: This is a letter from the Picher Company to silicosis. Cummings to Lanza about the reluctance of publish Cummings and gardner's research on "Obviously the situation which confronts the Association in Picher is a real one and I can appreciate their reluctance to have any such data placed in the hands of unscrupulous lawyers or others who might use the information against the mining companies." "You understand, of course, that we did not appreciate when we entered upon this investigation the fact that it must be approved by the industry as well as by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and the U.S. Bureau of Mines. We were altogether satisfied with the necessity of complying with both your wishes and Dr. Sayers' suggestions, but had we known that it must also be approved by the Association itself, I am quite confident that the work would never have been undertaken." 11: i!-;':: ;:! -V-i- !' : j T hb Sajukac L mk*utoy ron tmi St w y or luioucxruxm Of THI WAA0 L. THUDSAU FOUNmnoW iwf ta**r* S HI 7 Sailanac Lak*. N Y. 4 Ja n u a ry 24 1933 produced S/O/M/Ms Dr. Anthony J . tans* M stropolitan L i f t Xnaurane* Co. Haw York C it y Dear Yeoyt 1 km e a e lo a ln g * oopy o f a l e t t e r which I l a w r* eelrod t h l* morning tram Earbeugh r a l a tir e to the publlaatlo-a o f tha papar whioh Z reoently aubmdttad to you fo r o r l t l o l s a . (Xnrio-asly the s it u a t io n whioh confronta tha A s s o e tatloia l a i*lo b a r is a r e e l on and 1 ea appreolate t h e ir r e luotanoe to bare any atab data plaoad In tha hand* o f arupaYoua la w y e r .o ? othara who might u* tha in f ertmfclou a g a in s t tha mine e o n p a n iM . 'fhere l a , howerer ano <hr aspaet te tha al toa t i a whiah la a q m lly d l f f l o a l t . I har a s ttu lly pont nm m rlj tw< reara o f tima and eereral thoueonda o f do l l a r a l a a ootarais t i ig Use data hlk has gene la to thaae papara. The f l r a t papar, sfcl*h la tha oaa nadar eo n sld sratlo a, raa lly a e n s t lt a t e * tha latrodootlom to tha aa rla s and w lthoat th ls e-rldeao* tha fo j la la s papar-* ara Mora r lasa rm lae le ss. la othar s o r d a , tha follo w in g papara daamad a t a t la t lo a l proot o f tha ecm dltione broeght fo r th la tha atady and w lth o a t th la s t * t i * t i o I prof 111 ta r no -raima oan ba a ttr lb a ta d to thest. a .proposed p u b lis h in g tha a papara la tha Amarinan Sanear o f Yabar c a lo * 1 * , toloh as you know has a sm ell o i r e a la tio o and woeld mot rwaoh th* hand* o f any axoapt tho trsta raa ta d in tha mora or la a a ta o h a lo a l aapaota o f t h l* di a*, k o rao rar. I t w i l l re p a irs a t la a a t a yaar bafara tha papar con be plaoad l a p r in t and w ith th a alap aa o f aaoh a or* time tha study w i l l lo s e ooataidarablw r a l -as. Frankly, X bal lar th a t year own pabliaatiom usd those o f Sayers and lerlw ether diuoloaa axaotly tha ama sadltios/ as 1 hare pointed oat la my papar. The mathed of a a a ly a ii m rts la aaah ta s ta n a s , hat tbs fa a ta are alauMt e m tia o l. a emarwrii help ho* f e e l mmm resentment erar th la work, fo r erne kuhm* Dr. <4,Jolaws<a, a . 3 4 ,1933 , p 3 No s e c r e c y ha* been m a in ta in e d In g a th e r in g the d a ta u n i e v e ry on con cern ed ha* known o f the work in p r c g r e . X f we '-sd eon" tem piated "h i* n otion could have l i t e r a l l y Ted ourselves y e a r o f t in and thousan d * o f d o lla r * in e x p e n d itu r e . We f e e l th a t to haw* allo w ed Uie work to be com pleted and then to have r e fu s e d i t s f i n a l p u b fto a tlo n ha* been mot u n f a ir and * or what d iscrim in atin g. I am t h e r e fo r e a p p e a lin g to you fo r your a d v ice in t h is s it u a t io n , I have o ffe re d to Incorporate la the paper very p o s s ib le exten u atin g olrouaistaoce with regard to the d is t r ic t I t s e l f and I have p o in te d out t h a t tha b a s lo f a c t s la 1930 do not d i f f e r B t s r l a l l y fr o * th o se p re v io u sly p u b lish e d . Doe* i t not see f a i r that th is s e r ie s be allow ed to be published in the Aaw rloan Review o f T u b e rc u lo s is ! You u n d e r s ta n d , o f b o u r s e , t h a t we d id n o t a p p r e c ia te whan e e e n te r e d upon t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n tha f a c t th a t I t o u st be> approved by tha In d u stry aa w e ll as by the M etropolitan l i f e In s u r a n c e C ompauiy and th a D . 3 . Bureau o f M in a s. *# were a l t o g e th e r s a t is fie d w ith the n e c e s s ity o f com plying with both your w ish and Or# B a y e r s 's u g g e s t io n s , b u t had we known th a t i t must a l s o be ap proved by tha A s s o c ia t io n I t s e l f , I am q u ite c o n fid e n t th a t th a wcrk would never have bean u n d ertak en . m e 3d