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Ludvig Hektoen and R. R. Spencer to Leroy Gardner on Applying for a Cancer Research Grant (1943)

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Two one-page replies to Leroy Gardner's letter of March 15, 1943. On March 20 Dr. Ludvig Hektoen, executive director of the National Advisory Cancer Council of the U.S. Public Health Service, wrote that forms would be sent "in case you desire to apply for a grant in aid of work on the carcinogenic effect of asbestos dust," that the Council would next meet on June 7, and that in mouse experiments "strains of known susceptibility to spontaneous lung cancer must be used consistently." On March 22 Dr. R. R. Spencer, assistant chief of the National Cancer Institute, sent Dr. Leroy Gardner the application blanks.

Author
Ludvig Hektoen; R. R. Spencer
Sent to
Leroy Gardner
Published by
National Advisory Cancer Council, U.S. Public Health Service
Date
March 20, 1943
Number
Bates 010251–010252
Rights
Republished under fair use for research and historical study.

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In Johns-Manville's chronology

Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:

Hetkoen replies to Dr. Gardner's letter that sought a grant to continue asbestosis experiments. He tells Dr. Gardner that NCI will send forms to him for his application for the grant. Letter dated 3/22/1943 to Dr. Gardner enclosing application.

Editor's note: J-M's description spells the name Hetkoen. The writer was Ludvig Hektoen, executive director of the National Advisory Cancer Council.

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“Ludvig Hektoen and R. R. Spencer to Leroy Gardner on Applying for a Cancer Research Grant.” March 20, 1943. Bates 010251–010252. National Advisory Cancer Council, U.S. Public Health Service. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/documents/ludvig-hektoen-and-r-r-spencer-to-leroy-gardner-on-applying-for-a-cancer-research-grant-1943.

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