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July 21, 1956. Mr. S . S . Ya t e s , Pre s id e n t, Ch ic le Development Company, 00 F i ft h ve n ue , Sew Yo rk Ci t y ..... Be ar r. Ya t e s : Be? Ch ic le In v e s t ig a t io n Re p o rt* I e n clo s e he re w ith a co py o f my s u gge s te d re p o rt by the Ch icle Development Goapany to the Un ite d Sta te s De part ment o f Agri cu ltu re ; and a copy o f iay co ve rin g l e t t e r to Mr. Cam pbe ll. Tlea3 im m e diate ly te le pho n e whether you approve i t . I have se nt s im ila r co pie s to o ur thre e m anufacture rs s u bje ct to a l i k e re q u e s t. Fo r I wish to trans m it t h i s re p o rt to Washington a t o n ce . At t h e same tim e X w i l l send a copy to Mr. Wharton. This re po rt i s a re vis io n o f the f i r s t two parts o f th e re p o rt pre pare d by you. And I have c a r e fu l l y re v is e d i t in pursuance o f the fo llo w in g p rin c ip le s o f p o lic y : (a) The p r in c ip le th a t t h i s re p o rt should be made by the Ch icle Deve lopment Company alo ne and w itho ut re fe re n ce by name t o the thre e m anufacture rs re p re s e n te d . (Of co urs e , t h e i r re p r s e n t t ion mus t be im pe rs o n ally i n d i c a t e d .) Fo r th a t Company i s the o n ly re sponde nt to th e c h ic le de te n tio n proce e dings i n is s u e ; i t "i s unne ce ssary and unw ise to in v o lv e th e a fo re s a id m anufacture rs by name in the se pro ce e dings ; and th a t i s e s p e c ia lly s o a s to the Wm. Wrigle y Jr . Company. \ (b) The p r i n c i p le o f s t r i c t l y co n fin in g t h i s re po rt to the o n ly que s tio n ra is e d by the government, which i s the s ig n ific a n t le ad contamination o f c h ic le , and to a state m e nt o f th e fundam e ntal fa c t s o f the in v e s t ig a t ion o f such ce nt s a in at ion and the -r e s u lt i n g re m e dial a c t i o n , a state m e n t-s ufficie n t to e s tablis h the re liab le character o f t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n , to d i s c lo s e the p o t e n t ia l Eouree o f s ig n ific a n t contam ination disco ve re d by t h is in v e s tig a t i o n ; and t o in d ic a te th a t re me dial a c t i o n has been take n e ffe c t i v e to remove t h i s s o u rce . . 0006382 N7572 %*rX* S. Yates In l y 1 1SS6 (e) The p r in c ip le o f drawing. t h i s re p o rt fr o the p o in t o f v ie th at the d la e o w a A p o te n tial eooree o f so eh cantcualn&t ion i s lim ite d , i n e x te n t and r e l a t i v e l y i a s i g n i f i c a n t in e f f e c t . I t l a Mg l&jo im po rtant n o t to make t h i s r e p o r t a b a s is fo r government e o ae e ra w ith re s p e c t to Chew in g gem m a n u fa ct u r e d fr o m t h e h id e i n Q u e s t io n . The re fo re - I have o m itte d a l l o th e r a n a l y t i c a l d ata and re fe re n ce th e r e t o . fhoa d a t a t ra n s c e n d t h e Im m e diate is s u e h e r e ; th e y s a y ra is e vexation q u e s t io n s w h ich do n o t n or e x i s t ; and we ca n a n d w i l l u s e t h e m f o r o u r own c o n s t r u c tive s e r vice . "o s r? n ot ye t prepared to submit a fu rth e r and r u le t e d r e p o r t upon t h e e le &xd n g o f th e o l d im po rte d c h i c l e . I t if im p or tan t t h a t t h is re po rt be s c i e n t i fi c a l l y co n clu s i v e , fo r i t tie.oi s with t h e m an u factu re d ch e w in g gum. T'e oar; d e tcrm ln r i n t h e f a l l whan t o s u bm it t h i s r e p o r t an d in w h at fon r . Pre s um ably t h e s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n upon v n ic h i t r e c t o r i l l e th e n co m p le te d * I le a v e fo r huro pe o e Au gu s t 8 th fo r r e t u r n a b o u t Octo b e r 1s t . - Cordially yours, Ch a r l e s Le s l e y thnm K ? 0006333