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near the completion of hlB vrltlng, waa put In touch vlth Dr. Kotln, at 

 Mr. Engel'i request, for Information concerning proved carclnogena in 

 air pollutanti. Engel'a article vill not he aolely a defenae against 

 the cigarette attacks, hut will atteapt to analyte the charges In the 

 light of the widely prevalent akeptlclan concerning the extent to which 

 cigarette emoklng can he Implicated. On halance It should lend weight 

 to the Industry's contention that there Is no proof of the charges and 

 that there are many other factors that enter strongly Into the Increasing 

 Incidence of lung cancer. 



Current Medical Dlgeat : As a reault of dlstrlhutlon by Hill 

 and Knowlton, Inc. of Dr. W, C. Hueper's tali at Sao Paulo, a condenaa- 

 tlon appears as the lead article In the October lasue of Current Medical 

 Digest, which came off the press at the end of September, The Wllllaas 

 and Wllilns Ccopany, Baltimore publlshera of the magazine, Bays that the 

 publication reaches the 123,000 doctors In the country under 65 years of 

 ago who are In active practice. 



Special conferences were also held with Jules Blllard and W, C. Bryant, 

 U.S, Neve and World Peport ; Art King, TV Age ; Marguerite Clark, Neveweek ; 

 Lawrence Anderson, Ajierlcan Press. 



Hevepaper Writers 



Washington Poet : A feature story by Nate Haseltlne using long 

 excerpts from paper by Dr. Hueper, which was supplied hla In personal 

 contact through Bill and Knowlton, Inc., Washington office. 



International Wews Service : The Sunday feature story distributed 

 in mid-August by International News Service science writer Jack Ceiger was 

 developed primarily fron the Hueper talk, 



Aesociated Press ; Through Pete Arthur, feature editor and Alton 

 Blakeslee, science editor, material has been supplied for the basis of an 

 Associated Press feature story, or series, on the development of the To- 

 bacco Industry Research Committee, Two sessions with Dr. Little were set 

 up for Mr. Blakeslee to get Bore background for the article. The 

 piece awaits a news peg before being completed and sent out. 



Wev York Post t Post-Hall Syndicate ; At the request of Column- 

 ist Sylvis Porter, considerable material was rounded up and made available 

 concerning Internal Revenue Service figures on cigarette manufacture and 

 removals. Miss Porter was also referred to Harry 8, Wootten for further 

 industry information which she desired concerning cigarette sales outlook. 



Science Writers 



Personal contacts with science writers for general purposes as well at 

 for specific assignments were expanded. Included In personal contacts 

 were: Alton Blakeslee, Associated Press ; Jack Ceiger, International News 



