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^ A..- * ** ^ PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT July 31, 1951 K&UBAHUJM TDi J Mr. George A. Beningtoo Kr. V. V. Cook*' Mr. Clyde D. K,rl?tt Mr. Viillltin Knrod* Kr. O.B. Tarr Mr. A. E. Vr.u Virt Kr. T. C. Vatare On July 241H I H-b >. oonierenee uith Dr. Hebeole, the Surgeon Generui of the* Public Heulth Service oinocrning the proposed public-, tian of u report of th* dialed eaftndn tic:: of employees of the ehraa te plnnt in Ohio* Just previously, I b d .. diccursioa or. this rma cubjcct vitli Dr. Miliar, v iso It herd of the Divieioa or Indu?;tri:.l Hygiene of ti.c Public He-itb f-onrice, end be told no th-.t he .vi :1s stiff f It ti.o ci.c vy -.bout tne Euuper-Htnaujo report r.r I did. There -ere pre.^nnt uiv- conff'".nce besides Dr. icheele, Dr. Villi'-us, As6i5t.nt Surgeon General in chrgn of EV tea Rel. tianc, Dr. Miller, *.nc Gyeelf. I t brief et tenant rointin.i out to Dr. Schoeie tR~t ti-s T~'-r>rt ir i auction, v'-ile it repi*esented * lor of pr. instaking -.sui detailed vork, cor.*,' inod t. consider tic nuaber of eopuaptiom; wnicn ver* purely a setter of opinion end th.- t the public -ticu cf rue;-, fesaua: ticne vouid give rit*e to _ gr*? t de:i cf -Icf pnrehanaiou sen f.-.lse impressions. I stressed further th t both the Public He. iv\ Dervict it.; ot-ar l genties depended u;xmi tnc coopar tic;; of industry in order to successfully i*.n-uub their investir tioas la th: gc icr 1 field of ih.rurir. ,1 he 1th . ad th t if t -ay needlessly - at .-oalued industry, they vcrold be un-.tle to count irwn such co-'-pere.- tloa. I .--Iso ray .ufctcd th t : II itudl-iE cf in-Vu tri. 1 pl.r.tc bo bundled by the ptrsoonei cf t .e 1:1vision o' mv.h. tti.-.i Hy icno so n t: obvi te- h viug representa tives frws cilfirent Ft-.ier. dyinciet. vir-itin,. cn cst.blishae.it fur v.o n ae fur- pos*. 1 pointed out tu. t the Division or Iniu-tri. i hy ieno h- r, Hu yw r: of soever- icnao in ti.iu vork -aid hd built up throng?, the :->? ro. tx hi. :-, dra of confidence on the p rt cf lnuuutry vole!. ,;re tly f. ciiit ted thtir work. Dr. riiiler it tea tl: t toe Sucper-Moncuso report cent ir.ec st- tc-.-.cnts ..t v ri nre vith t .v. r,- vrt shortly to be .uvlisheu by ills Division vhich cent Incv: the recultr u.' t-hclr studios of c..run uu pi r.ts. The Surgeor. Geuer. 1 pointed out th> t he h u no cccitroi over .^:yt lu... tiu-t Dr. Muicuso, V:io heads up the Division of Irvhistrii i 'y^.icno in the ft t<. of 0;_lo, r.ifcht '-ish to pahlish but h* did h?.vc oucf; Juricuicti a", ov. - t:.o oflieem in !d.t o-.t. ',A.p rtuent. Dr. Eebeelc fin? ily st t*i th-t he v?uuid not r. .he _ docisioa ..iBwtlf tot > .- .1.. rri ti.e n-tber to Dr. Sebrell . .-r er-ce n-.i t.c 11 tion ! Inotituta o; i e .tii one to Dr. Villi : a, t-.c Aseict ut jur, ex. Uo:<r:.l. Tnc- B tioi.ui C. near Inut_ tute it on* k Confidential July 31, 1951 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. George A. Benington Mr. W.W. Cooke Mr. Clyde D. Marlatt Mr. William Rurode Mr. 0.F. Tarr Mr. A.E. Van Wirt Mr. T.C. Waters On July 24th I had a conference with Dr. Scheele, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service concerning the proposed publication of a report of the clinical examination of employees of the chromate plant in Ohio. Just previously, I had a discussion on this same subject with Dr. Miller, who is head of the Division of Industrial Hygiene of the Public Health Service, and he told me that he and his staff felt the same way about the HueperMancuso report as I did. There were present [at] the conference besides Dr. Scheele, Dr. Williams, Assistant Surgeon General in charge of States Relations, Dr. Miller, and myself. I made a brief statement pointing out to Dr. Scheele that the report in question, while it represented a lot of painstaking and detailed work, continued a considerable number of assumptions which were purely a matter of opinion and that the publication of such assumptions would give rise to a great deal of misapprehension and false impressions. I stressed further that both the Public Health Service and other agencies depended upon the cooperation of industry in order to successfully pursue their investigations in the general field of industrial health and that if they needlessly antagonized industry, they would be unable to count upon such cooperation. I also suggested that all studies of industrial plants be handled by the personnel of the Division of Industrial Hygiene so as to obviate having representatives from different Federal Agencies visiting an establishment for the same purpose. I pointed out that the Division of Industrial Hygiene had had years of experience in this work and had built up through the years a high degree of confidence on the part of industry which greatly facilitated their work. Dr. Miller stated that the Hueper-Mancuso report contained statements at variance with the report shortly to be published by his Division which contained the results of their studies of chromate plants. The Surgeon General pointed out that he had no control over anything that Dr. Mancuso, who heads up the Division of Industrial Hygiene in the State of Ohio, might wish to publish but he did have such jurisdiction over the officers in his own Department. Dr. Scheele finally stated that he would not make a decision himself but would refer the matter to Dr. Sebrell [unintelligible] to the National Institute of Health and to Dr. Williams, the Assistant Surgeon General. The -2- National Cancer Institute is one of the component parts of the National Institute of Health, all of which is a Division of the Public Health Service. Our conference was very pleasant and I suspect that the subject matter was not entirely new to either Dr. Scheele or Dr. Williams. I will keep you informed if I hear anything further. ajl:le A.J. Lanza, M.D.