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U N IV ERSITY O F CINCINNATI COLLEGE O F MEDICINE. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE CINCINNATI GENERAL HOSPITAL February 3 , 19^0 Hillman H ospit al Birmingham, Alabama Dr. Bobert A. Kehoe, Dir ector Kett er in g Laboratory of Applied Ph ysiology Cin cin n at i, Ohio Dear Bob; W ill you p le ase t e l l Miss Sheppard th at I sh a ll not at t en d any m eetin gs o f the Besearch Club fo r a number of months as I am in Alabama on leave of absence from the U n iver sit y o f Cin cin n at i, I t i s an awful job ge t t in g th in gs st a r t e d and I am u n u su ally i r r i t a b l e , so i f t h is note seems cr y p t ic, d on 't th in k i t p e r so n al, I do need one b it o f co n fid e n t ial advice from you. The Council on Foods, o f which I am a member, is meeting n ext month, and I wonder i f you would drop me a few lin e s as to whether or not you th in k the lead sit u a t io n , so fa r as food i s con cern ed, i s under con tr ol and i f you fe e l th ere sh ould be some experim en tal work done on t h at asp e ct . Very sin ce r e ly you r s, 0 Tom D. Sp ie s, M. D. N 7876