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Letter to J N Stannard, Subject: Publication on Distribution in the Body (Companion Document 714033)

Dated
Aug 12, 1953
Document type
Correspondence
Length
2 pages
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School of Mediclne ernd Dentistry Atcmic Energy Project The Uaiwrsity of Rochester Rochester 20, Hew York X will ky to reply in rut uncla6siPied manner to your very interesting We are rapidly approaching a publication on this aspectletter of July 28. of distribution in the body. declassified befm it could be releaeed from here. As things now stand tlhb would. be a mere annoyance but would not prohibit publication. addition, recently there have been rul bgs made that peat reference t o Mound classified publications in unclassified open Ifterature articles. Thus, your graduate student could malre reference by author and publlcatim number (but not by title) to thg work of E.C a m p b e l l and his associates here. Accordingly, tb.@most reasonable procedure seems to me that both laboratories should publish iraaependently but should raake every effort to give proper credit for infarmatSon obtained from the: other laboretary. The above discussion assumes a continuation of the status quo with respect to classif'ication. YOU are aware that a solution of our classification problems is p06Gible in the not too distant future. type of cross-reference and cooperation which usually exists between free laboratories would preyail. EaturaUy, the idormation would have to be If this happy event ever occurs &thenthe normal In the interim it would probably be of value to both hborataries for a v i s i t frcm one site to the other to occur in this area of inkretit. would vcknt to send your graduate student (pravi8td that he is "Q"-clemd) here prior t o your contemplated v i s i t in the fall, I 8m sure he would be &e you w e unable to cam, we w w i l d be glad to send acmeone fkwa here to Rochester. off haod Z would think Dr. csmpbell would be the logical ma. Bowever, I do Imp that you can cane here for an extended visit at the earliest . 32 for sane reason this arrangement i s pot satisfactory or if It wmld please both me an8 ny staff.

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For one reason or another this Division bas been in an almost c o n s t a t s t s k of upheaval for many months. Considerable rcarrangernents of projects, work schedules, etc., are occurring and probably should be allowed to gel f o r a while befort? beconing concerned abaut another symposium on our problems of mutual interest. -has occurred to us that Mound Laboratory might be host at one of the forth ce meetings of the Bio-Medical Laboratory Directors. aspects of our work which Imve had to be more or less restricted in their dissenimtion for security reesons. We have considered inviting ~i f e v interested experts in Elddition to t h e the presentation on this mtually interesting material. of your concern far our proper recognition and coaperation between t h e tvo meeting we could give in detail Like wim, we hope to have one or ttro invited papers t o rounG out I was pleased t o hear Prm you, and all of us here &re very a!;?recie;tive Director, Biology Division