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Juno l 8 , 19 38 Mr* Last er B, Roberts C asilla de Correo Ho* I 70}. Buenos Aires, Argentina Dear Mr* Roberts i Shanks fo r your le t t e r of June and fo r i t s information concerning Ch ile, Brazil and Venezuela* I wrote Dr* "eis3 some tiras ago, acceptin g h is resign ation with r egr et but suggestin g that i f he fouhd i t im possible to continue in h is work, th at he might return to you the volume with a r t ic le s on lead poisoning for your fu tu r e use for h is su ccessor* I hope the sit u at ion is S3 you su ggest , namely th at Dr* Weiss has resign ed merely because of in ac t iv it y , fo r in that event he w ill probably be w illin g to resume h is r elat ion sh ip with us i f and when the com er cial sit u at ion ju st i fi e s i t * That would be the id eal solu tion of the problem* I f you have occasion to see him, I hope you w ill assure him th at I do not want him to return the book to you i f he r e ally wishes to keep i t * Concerning the a r t ic le which you enclosed with your le t t e r , i t i s scar cely fa ir to say th at i t i s a comprehensive statement of the sit u at ion and th at i t shows a very profound under stan din g of the problem* In fa c t I should be disposed to think th at It is the work of a somewhat dogmatic and somewhat inexperien ced person* Although most of the fa c t s st at ed are e sse n t ially cor r ect , the emphasis is d ist in c t ly in cor r ect ly placed* You may fin d th at the two auth ors of t h is a r t ic le are qu ite well informed and th at they w ill bo able to put you in touch with a sat isfac t o r y con sultan t fo r u s, but I suggest th at you go rath er slow ly sin ce I 3hould prefer to have a soundly train ed doctor with no preconceptions about the problem than to have a somewhat poorly informed person who st a r t s out by regardin g h im self as an expert in t h is fie ld * Sound Judgment with r esp ect to lead exposure i s based only on experien ce, and I should be very sk ep t ical as to the wisdom of engaging a man who knew the su bject only from the lit e r at u r e 2 and had not had su ffic ie n t experience to temper h is judgment. I am With kin dest personal r egar ds, Sin cerely yours, RAKjls Robert A* Kehoe, 001051.2