| J serosromLS AOA b Pb pinefo Al/ COLLECTION ou—scnon c ye BOXNo -FOLDER Le Chic PEA / five, Leper! LE 1300 Bancroft Avrexue Sen Leandro, California é a958 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Dear Dr. Wortham: I om acrry that I eannct help you in regard to hr. Gerrett. I did not @ to the Pacific Proving Grounds any time in 1955; my last trip out there was in 1954. As o very vague generality, I might mention that in the earlier years we had some rather sorry experiences vith yhysi- efens who were employed to go out there. By the tine of the teste in 1953 and 1954, physicians for vork there vere selected with considerable care particulerly as to their character. The type of experience that was sought after wag that of a good general practitioner. Fron the Gates you give, I assume that Dr. darrett was out there in between ectual test operations. Very sincerely yours, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY THOMAS L. SHIPBIAN, M. D. THOMAS L. SHIPMAN, M. BD. Health Division Leader TLS/ebb