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~ ~ . I Harvard Medical School - Mount Auburn Hospital DEPARTMENT QF MEDICINE Harrard Aledreal School at hluunt Auburn Hospital Alriunl Auburn Hospital `, 330.'t4ount Auburn Street ' " Cambrrdge. Massac{iutettJ 02138 617-661-1158 _'; ..., February 8, 1980 Lee E. Stanford, Esq. Shook, Hardy & Bacon Mercantile Bank Tower 1101 Walnut ;. Kansas City, Missouri 64106 and comments of Dean Adams' communication to you of February 5, 1980. .I tried I cannot help but react, with some degree of disconcertion, to the tone to convey this to him (enclosed). costs, as initiated by administration. We certainly will be glad when this follow, with assurance of their acLuracy, all of the entries on the Charlesgate Indeed, it has reache& a point where I and others in our office simply cannot back charges, and so on and so on, relative to the'Charlesgate West costs.' have been many adjustments, grant-to-grant transfers', double charge corrections, office, has spent considerable time attempting-.to straighten these matters out. As transmitted to you under separate cover on_'several occasions, there as if he should not be fully aware of this, as-Joyce Brinton, from Dean Meadow's Our expenditures last quarter were somewhat higher than anticipated, and were delayed about three weeks in transmittal, because of problems associated with the closing of Charlesgate Iti'est. F'-drthermore, it is not is over? whatever we can to finish the program and meet the objectives of the phase- out effort. As much as I do want the remainder of the phase-out to go well, I can generate little sympathy, as I indicated to Dean Adams, on some of these matters, as they have held up reimbursements to some of our staff and to me, in substantial magnitude, for longer periods. Regardless, we will do I apologize, both to youland to the grantors, for any difficulties related to these matters. Sincerely, Gary L. Huber, M.D., Director Smoking and Health Research Program GARY L. HUBER, M.D., DIRECTOR Smoking and Health Research' Program GLH:mtc Enclosure O N W