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May 11, 1937 Mi*. W. A, Lovell Legal Aid Society 312 v/est Hinth Street Cincinnati, Ohio Lear Mr* Lovellj lad to have an opportunity to see Mr, 9 last week although I am somewhat distressed at his situation. Despite ay wish to give him the benefit of every doubt, X am quite unable to convince myself that hia present disability is importantly related to his illness of 3cme years ago. His present condition is substantially as it was when I examined him last in 1934* He has the same pallor, somewhat more anemia than, when I saw him last, and the same circulatory embarrassment although there has apparently been some degree of symptomatic improvement, I have never been able to find any evidence of residual lead intoxication, and my initial judgment that his disability might well be due to lead Intoxication was based on his history of employment and illness rather than any specific evidences of lead poisoning. In as much as he has had ample time to eliminate any abnormal quanti ties of lead which he may have absorbed, it is scarcely feasible to attribute his present anemia to the presence in his body of abnormal quantities of lead. The essentially static character of M3 physical condition speaks very, strongly against lead as a cause* and leads me to feeil that my initial Judgment was probably incorrect. With this point of view, I can scarcely bring myself to vigorously support a claim of disability due to lead absorption since in my experience lead caseh do not behave in this manner. Indeed. I question very much If this man would be in his present physical condition if he had had adequate food during the past several years, 1 realize how difficult it is to tell a man in his petition what he should do in order to recover, since in my opinion what he should do is entirely beyond his reach, I should be willing to give him any medical care of which I am capable but it seetis to me that what he needs is not medical care but good food* sunshine and freedom from Ms present deplorable economic state. If I knew of any way in which this could be obtained for him, I should be very 0016609 2 Hr. w. A. Lovell happy to do anything I could do. If you have any suggestions, I should he very pleased to receive them since every time I have seen this man, I have been made unhappy and depressed by the humility and realisation uith vihich he accepts his unfortunate lot. .. . Very truly yours. RAKsis Robert A."xfc&oe KE 0016610