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f r e id e n r : .* He-i'.h betr .esca '.4 Msrv.ar.-n PRESIDENT-ELECT R O SE?.! A. KEH Cc M. D. Cr in ge Msduir.e Een Avenue C .r .cm n jl; 19, Oh io PAST PRESIDENT H. H. SCHRENK. PH. D. U. S. B u r e a u cr M. nes PiYsburgh 13, Pen n sylvan ia SECRETARY _ ( EDGAR C. BARNES W r st ir gh cu se Electric Mar.u:actur:r.a Ccrr.pany ' E a jt P iiicb u r ^ h , P e n n s yl .'ar.-.a TREASURER I. B. LITTLEFIELD A .r .e nc ar . B r a k e S h o e C c rr .r ^n y 2 3 0 ! Blue L'lar.d Avenue Chicago 9, Lhncis A M ERIC A N INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION Febru ary 26, 1945 DIRECTORS 1. . r : . r e . :-. e s V/. R. BRADLEY A.r.er:,;?.n C : - Dcrrpsr.v P HIL!? DEINKER H arvard D.h.rcl c: ? - c : . c H e il:r _ J. V/. FEHNEL L-ircp-.Ltar L.:o !r =ur ir .ce Ccn-cir.*. G . _ D H AEiO LD PH. D. C : /H e r C .. ru :r ju o r . w LT. COLONEL T. F. HATCH A. F. Medical Rerearcr. Lee .'re:cry E. G. MEITE-R PH. D. Employers Mu: ;ai Liability In sur an ce Compan y cf vVisccnsm. f , W. C. L. HEMECN Industrial Hyg-.ene Fcur. iauen H. STERNER, M. D. - -`man Kcd at Compan y N. v / i t h e r i d g e Demu t Depart men t cf Healun H* A Khod p MD $ College of M edicin e, Eden Aven ue,; Cin cin n ati 19, Oh io. Dear D r . Kehoe I a p p r e c ia t e ver y much y ou r comments r e gar d in g t h e c o n t in u a t io n o f th e p r e se n t o f f i c e r s o f t h e AIHA. I agr e e w it h you t h a t a ch an ge in t h e o f f i c e r s , p a r t i c u l a r l y when t h e r e i s n e it h e r a m e e t in g o f t h e member sh ip n or d i r e c t o r s , w ould t en d t o d isr u p t t h e management o f t h e A sso c ia t io n . Ja c k Blo o m fie ld and I d isc u sse d t h is m at t e r b r i e f l y over t h e t e le p h o n e r e c e n t ly an d we f e l t t h a t i t w ould be a d v isa b le t o go ah ead w ith th e e l e c t i o n , and as you know, th e b a l l o t s h ave been se n t o u t . Due t o t h e n at u r e o f ou r o r g a n iz a t io n , we a r e p a r t i c u l a r l y fo r t u n a t e in t h a t t h e r e w i l l n ot be much l o ss o f c o n t in u it y by go in g ah ead w ith t h e e le c t io n of o ffic e r s and d ir e c t o r s. There w ill be no ch an ge in t h e T r e a su r e r t h i s y e a r , alt h ou gh t h e r e w i l l be a new Se c r e t a r y e l e c t e d . I w i l l , o f c o u r se , be g la d t o co o p e r at e t o t h e f u l l e s t e x t e n t w it h t h e new Se c r e t a r y andi t r y t o av o id an y l o ss o f c o n t in u it y so f a r a s t h i s o f f i c e i s con cer n ed . ` In th e case of th e o ffic e of P r esid en t, you, of co u r se , w ill a u t o m a t ic a lly :become P r e sid e n t , and sin ce you h ave been fa m ilia r w ith th e A sso c ia t io n a c t i v i t i e s fo r a number o f y e a r s, I do n ot f e e l t h a t t h e r e w ould be an y p a r t i c u l a r l o s s o f c o n t in u it y in t h i s o f f i c e . The new P r e s i d en t E le c t w ou ld , o f c o u r se , be p lac e d a t somewhat o f a d isa d v a n t a ge sin c e he w ould a u t o m a t ic a lly become Chairman o f t h e Program Committee f o r th e fo llo w in g y e a r . I b e lie v e , h ow ever, t h a t you would be w illin g t o coop er ate w ith th e P r e sid e n t E le c t in th e arran gem en t o f any m eetin g w hich we m igh t be ab le t o h are n ext y e ar . In ad d it io n t o th ese ch an ges in o ffic e r s, th ere w il l be t h r e e new members e le c t e d t o t h e Board o f D ir e c t o r s. T h is mean s t h a t on ly un iJ Un ' oG R. A. Keh oe, :M.D. -2- Feb. 26, 1945 o n e - t h ir d or l e s s o f t h e e le c t e d d i r e c t o r s w i l l be new men . Sin ce th e e le c t io n o f o f f i c e r s and d ir e c t o r s w ill in v o lv e o n ly a sm all p e r ce n t age o f t h e t o t a l m em bersh ip o f t h e Board o f D i r e c t o r s, I f e e l t h a t we ar e f a i r l y w i l l p r o t e c t e d a g a in st an y se r io u s d isr u p t io n in t h e a f f a i r s o f t h e A sso c i a t io n . In case we ar e n ot a b le t o h ave a m eet in g in 19146, t h e problem w ould be more ac u t e and I f e e l sh ou ld be given complete co n sid er atio n a t t h at t im e. I b e lie v e t h in gs have p r o gr e sse d too fa r t o c a l l o ff th e e le c t io n fo r t h is y e ar , and sin ce you w ill be P resid en t n ext year you can give t h is m atter proper atten tio n i f i t becomes n e ce ssar y . I h ave n ot h ad an y comments from o t h e r members o f t h e Board o f D ir e c t o r s up t o t h e p r e se n t t im e , b u t i f I sh ou ld r e c e iv e sim ila r comments from an y o f them in t h e n ear fu t u r e , i t w ould be d e si r a b l e t o o b t a in an e x p r e ssio n o f o p in io n from th e f u l l Board o f D i r e c t o r s. I w i l l a l s o d i sc u ss t h i s m at t e r a ga in w it h U r . Blo o m fie ld a t som etim e in the near fu tu re. Very t r u ly 'y o u r s. ECB :y Se cretary.