Are J POG ee 0 ony tn é yon wbSet ne * SL nae ay BALAI /0/4 Merril 84s enbud, Director, Healts and vaLlety ~/Y Division Jeo April ll, 1951 de Se Brandt, Bilonetrician, Heslth and cufety Division — MWY 06 & 1’ - yg alg wQiSIL: GRP RT OW MIP co aS AINGTUN OP ISS iy AEC TO STS DERTLA OF ATUL TESTS 19 BL vals, UNDEL OPEMAPION GRELHHIUGL, MARCH 20, 1951 Hos.cdrehj BEST COPYAVAILABLE Recent corresponience with. Dr. LeRay in the formud area concerning the mouse tests to be run has caused De, Forth and Hr. Moshnan of Oak Ridge National Loborutory and me to feer that our carefully laid plana wuld not be followed. The sen at Oak Ridge end I. arronged to discuss this matter during the seetings of the Institute of Hathematioal Statistica and the Blometste Soclety (ENAR) to be held at Oak Ridge Hereh 25, 16, and 17. Before going to Jak Ridge, I called Dr. Pearson at the dsshingtor. office. Since Dr. Tolbert plamed to go to the teats, I told hin ef tho situation ami our foars, He otfered to fly to Sak Ridge Li, after I nd seen Dr. Furth and “Mr. Mosiman, that seemed advisable or to see me in dsshington on the 20th 1f that seemed preferable. The sen eat dak Ridce and I were in perfeat agreement ami it seened advisable to see Dr. darren on the aatter Lf popaible oo Dr. Tolbert ae teke the trip to Jak [idee but I went to Fsachington on the * . Dr. Tolbert, and I went over «1] of the corresrondmes so as to be eola to present cho pln with the proposed deviations from it and reasons why same of tin deviations ware ifable to bias the results to be Secured fron che tests to Dr. iarren. de wore able to aes Dr. darren: for abxit 15 ainutes between scheduled appoinuaents but were able to put cho matter cefore him ana get a decision in that tinge br. darren proposed that Dr, Toluert und I compose a letter to Lr. Lekoy for oi: si.mature compriging the prints we bad presented, Sy havin & gandrich and ailk brought $5 us and thas working streight tirough ube noon nowr, we were able to “inish the letter before Dr. Tolbert hed to yo to a nesting. since thia letter wag clasaified, & copy is not attached but one Is on file in Mail ana Records, I met Sor. Henry Hopp af the Jfflee of foreign Agric. ltural Relations, Department of .griccliure, at 2235 to talk over some fertilizer studies thus are sorrel: needed by :rosers af coffee. It seans thet larce guns of money are apent for jertiliner tha, is applied on the coffee plantations vut that aimost universally the lenvea of the coffee trees er shrubs incionte insufficient nitrogen. One of the men in the OFAR who ig working on coffee problems in oouth americu sprayed some shrubs with Go aish sitroecen compound and cot the typical dark green color and thick Surgid leavea wiieh show uptake of sufticient nitrogen. 4 vA Lb yy alt a ACTARESCH APPL. TOS ARCHIVES