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Two one-page letters from Dr. R. R. Spencer, acting chief of the National Cancer Institute, to Dr. Leroy Gardner of the Saranac Laboratory. On June 17, 1943, Spencer wrote that Gardner's application for $10,000 "for research on the relationship of asbestosis to pulmonary carcinoma" had arrived two days after the National Advisory Cancer Council met, so it would not be taken up until the fall; he asked for a more detailed budget and whether the laboratory was part of the Trudeau Foundation. On June 25 he advised Gardner that "it would be a mistake for you to increase your animal colonies" until the Council had acted.
- Author
- R. R. Spencer
- Sent to
- Leroy Gardner
- Published by
- National Cancer Institute, U.S. Public Health Service
- Date
- June 17, 1943
- Number
- Bates 010249–010250
- 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:
Letters dated 6/17/1943 and 6/24/1943 asking for further clarification on Dr. Gardner's application and advising that the meeting when it will be decided has not been scheduled yet
Editor's note: J-M's description dates the second letter June 24, 1943. It is dated June 25, 1943, and answers Gardner's letter of June 23.
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- Saranac Laboratory Application to the National Cancer Institute for a Grant on Asbestosis and Lung Cancer (1943)
- Ludvig Hektoen and R. R. Spencer to Leroy Gardner on Applying for a Cancer Research Grant (1943)
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- Asbestos Timeline
- Leroy Gardner to J. P. Woodard on Asbestos and Lung Cancer (1946)
- Ludvig Hektoen to Leroy Gardner Declining the Asbestos and Lung Cancer Grant (1944)
- R. R. Spencer and Ludvig Hektoen to Leroy Gardner Asking for a Statement on Asbestosis (1943)
- Saranac Laboratory Application to the National Cancer Institute for a Grant on Asbestosis and Lung Cancer (1943)
- The Johns-Manville Knowledge Chronology
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“R. R. Spencer of the National Cancer Institute to Leroy Gardner on His Grant Application.” June 17, 1943. Bates 010249–010250. National Cancer Institute, U.S. Public Health Service. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/documents/r-r-spencer-of-the-national-cancer-institute-to-leroy-gardner-on-his-grant-application-1943.
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