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" CONFIDENT/AL: :~ " MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATIONi ~IILL .~Nz~ I4.NOWLTON, INc. P~li¢ "t~elanbns Counsel ~ YORE tT~ N. Y. 0~o~ 7-5600 C~Rm T~o~so~ OctoDer 3, 1961 Mr. George V. A] Sen President PRI%q/EGED AND CON~ID~.NTIA/ 808~he Tobacco_ 17th Stree [.,Inst~ tute,N.W. Inc. ~U@ed as ~qu~ed~.~.by ~e Co~s M~h ~, ~998 S~ °~ x--esor: et ~. ~ p~.p Mo~ et~ W~on 6, D.C. -~ ~o~ F~e No.: CI~~ ~n co~ideri~ t~.e ~sc~sion by the Cow, tree on Leg~ ~fairs of the h~ts in the fi]m st~p, it zppe~s t~t the question is whether the ~e of ~e-~j~ed death rstes for he~t d~aths ~d c~de death rates for respirato~ 6.eaths on the s~e c~ c~ be co~idered ~sle~ing~ ~e at~ched set of ~bles ~d ~sc~sion sho~s t~t the c~dm death ~tes ~ age-~ted death ra~s for respirato~ ~smases are ~rtu~ly~ %ho~h not ~reci~ely, the s~e. ~e-~ted fi~_res ~e the most acetate portra~l of the gener~ health of a ~eople, w~h is the point bei~ m~e. It wo~d, therefore, be pref- erable to ~e ~c.-~j~ted fi~es t~o~hout, but they ~e not available from offici~ so, tees. Since it c~ be sho~ ~at the c~de ~d age- ~j~d ra~s f~.r respiratory ~se~es ~e ~rt~y ~e s~e, no ~s- tortlon or ~sre!~.resentation resets. ~ it ~y be t}-.at the o~y matter in question is s~ficiently identif~ng ~e fi~es ~ed. ~e ~o lines In question are the s~e as those ~ed in ~e le~let, "~laeco ~ ~e Health of a Nation," except t~t the s~rti~ ~ Is 1925 r~t}-.er th~ 1900 -- as a matter solely of ~su~ convenience. In the boo~et, ~he respirato~ fi~es ~e labeled as "crude death rates" ~d the ~jor c~'~ovasc~-re~ diseases as "age adjured." ~" ~o~d ~lso %;e doneon-the ~ s~9. ch~rts.-~h-.re~ti~lM- l&~le ........................ ~e~e ~d ~t~,ut a ~jor production ~fecti~ both the pict~es ~d the records. ~zt wo~d seem to ~ that t~s wo~d solve the question r~sed ~t the me<tlng of the la~ers. As ~ ~ter~te i~ropos~ we eo~d present sep~ate ch~ts for each line, as is done in th~ le~let, "~bacco and the Heath of ~ Nation" to the " apparent s~tisf~tion of the la~rs.] i~ile t~s wo~d we~en the ~su~ presen~ion, it z~'o~d reset in ~u~y the s~e ch~ts as are sho~ on p~e~ 2, ~ ~d 6 of the le~let. "~-0-0-4:~335

Mr. George V. /~A~en CONFIDENT~: October 3, 1961 MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION Page Another proposal is that the facts given in this letter aud accompanying tables be made available to those ~ho are concerned ~ith the question to see if these wo~.,]d clarify the presentation and answer the question satisfactorily. Sincerely~ Carl ThUmps on CT:sdd Enclosures [cc: Mr. Thomas,.ustern~ pRIVILEGED AND.CONPIDENTIAL " uired b the Cou~t's Ma~ch 7, ~998 o~de~ ~ ced as req. ~- ot ~. v. philip Mo~, et ~ ~odu State ol M~:~3:No.: C1.9@8565