DOCUMENT SOURCE Lawrence Berketey Laboratory Archives and Records Office Records Series Tile 5 es 44 ones Chackground noise, pause) Well, I went back KGS: into the laboratory in October, 194227 na there were Ov flovis ie two chemists that I'm very fond of, Meberstreet and UIs ‘ + Fatovaoen GE ver’ very good soil chemists. And they were used to working with trace minerals and elements. But they wouldn't work on anything unless it was a white ashy \hich &vie of their conditions for me. cc T vrowghe something inSraripping of blood, én they would say, "Don't bring it here. a white ash." Take it away and make it into -you,(interruption) Latae?ay friend Overstreet diedfnot too long agogyof cancer. adrhe was a chain smoker, and he had cancer of the lung. How did they come. to be at Crocker Lab? . Joe Hamilton hired them, found them as part of our group. What was your job during the war? I was the major flunky and tracer man. I was surprised to find out that notone knew how to do a decent tracer study when I came back on the Lab. Including Hamiiton? SSH: Including Hamilton. .He knew how to do it, but he didn't have the patience for that, measuring and so forth. So I aet up all the tracer studies and directed them. I finally wound up with a staff of about 14 girls, and De . weshad-our ine-and-outs as all personalities will. Be CoP ta is where Patricia Durbin came along. terd—we I wound never tell thie te anyone who