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{"id":16287,"date":"2019-05-30T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:13:56","slug":"hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Spots of Human Destruction: The Howard Bishop Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By James Labosier<\/em> ~<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16369\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562.jpg?fit=1191%2C1190&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1191,1190\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Bishop-b11- f24_MSC562\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Harry Bishop, ca. 1945<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562.jpg?fit=840%2C839&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-16369 size-medium\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" title=\"Howard Bishop\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bishop-b11-f24_msc562.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"A clipping from a newspaper showing a middle aged white man in a suit sitting in profile.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Bishop, ca. 1945<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\"><em>National Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\">Howard Bishop<\/a> was confident that he knew what was best for people and that people needed to be told. In the 1940s and 1950s Bishop sent thousands of letters to celebrities, businessmen, politicians, companies of all sorts, and anyone else he \u00a0identified in the act of encouraging unhealthy habits.<\/p>\n<p>From his own personal experience and training, Bishop had \u00a0researched and lived the healthier lifestyle he encouraged. Born in 1878, (just over 50 years after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Temperance_Society\">American Temperance Society<\/a> was founded in 1826) Howard Berkey Bishop spent forty years as an analytical chemist, eventually owning the Sterling Products Company of Easton, Pennsylvania. He believed that three regularly ingested substances were most responsible for human ailments and premature death.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026as a chemical engineer, I discovered a simple formula for a better way of life that I had successfully used for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Howard Bishop to Paul Clifford Smith, August 8, 1956<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bishop broke identified three addictive substances, which he collectively called the hot spots of human destruction. The first is caffeine, which is an addiction developed through coffee, tea, chocolate, and cola drinks. Once one has developed \u201ccaffeine encephalitis,\u201d according to Bishop, a person then seeks a relief from this nerve irritation. Nicotine, through <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/tag\/smoking\/\">smoking<\/a>, provides the antidote. A nicotine addiction, which he called \u201ctoxicomania,\u201d then results, leaving people in a never-ending cycle of caffeine and nicotine. The addition of alcohol generally follows.<\/p>\n<p>In 1939 he retired, sold his company, and a year later founded the Human Engineering Foundation. Through this non-profit institution he devoted the remainder of his life to his cause, which resonates globally today in the World Health Organization’s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/events\/detail\/2019\/05\/31\/default-calendar\/world-no-tobacco-day\">World No Tobacco Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/30\\\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 585px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"585\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 585px;\" data-original-width=\"350\" data-original-height=\"585\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/better-way-of-life_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"346\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"581\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16370\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/better-way-of-life_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"716,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Transcript:<br \/> A Better Way of Life<br \/> This consists in exercising self-control and self-denial, making the mind superior to the body, by overcoming the use of coffee, tea, colas, chocolate, cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, beer, wine and whiskey. By so doing, one can save money (averaging $400.00 per family per year), have better health, a longer and more enjoyable life, a clearer mind, better human relationships and \u2013 best of all \u2013 create the will to win. When a person adopts this formula not merely for selfish benefits but in order to help others, then one is sure to receive a great reward in the joy that comes from performing humane and unselfish service to help others. Remember, each one who is helped in overcoming and avoiding the use of all drugs represents an average direct saving of $10,000.00 in the individual\u2019s lifetime and an economic gain of more than $20,000.00 for our Country. This reclaiming of humanity from the misery caused by poisons is a most valuable and necessary contribution to society. Lend a helping hand not only through your own example but by a personal conference with your associates and friends \u2013 giving them testimony as to the benefits you have received.<br \/> Howard B. Bishop<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/better-way-of-life_msc562.jpg?fit=179%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/better-way-of-life_msc562.jpg?fit=611%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/better-way-of-life_msc562.jpg?w=346&h=581&ssl=1\" width=\"346\" height=\"581\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"346\" data-original-height=\"581\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" alt=\"A newspaper ad for materials from the Human Engineering Foundation.\" style=\"width: 346px; height: 581px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A Better Way of Life, ca. 1940 National Library of Medicine MS C 562 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 490px; height: 585px;\" data-original-width=\"490\" data-original-height=\"585\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/survey-a-b4-fl2_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"486\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"286\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16376\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-a-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,943\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Transcript:<br \/> Your formula was not received.<br \/> Yes No<br \/> Your formula was read<br \/> It was passed to others<br \/> I have stopped using COFFEE<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c TEA<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c COLAS<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c CHOCOLATE<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c CIGARETTES<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c CIGARS<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c PIPES<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c BEER<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c WINE<br \/> \u201c \u201c \u201c \u201c LIQUOR<br \/> I am anxious to help others in [ ] <\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-a-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?fit=300%2C177&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-a-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?fit=840%2C495&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-a-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?w=486&h=286&ssl=1\" width=\"486\" height=\"286\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"486\" data-original-height=\"286\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" alt=\"Postcard style survey listing changes of behaivor and expressions of support for Bishop's cause.\" style=\"width: 486px; height: 286px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Leaders in Business and Industry Survey, ca. 1945 National Library of Medicine MS C 562 <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/survey-b-b4-fl2_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"486\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"291\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16377\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-b-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,957\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Transcript:<br \/> Dear Friend:<br \/> As one of the 6300 leaders in business and industry to whom a formula for a better way of life has been mailed, you are asked to kindly answer the enclosed questionnaire. Just as a business takes a periodic inventory and makes a financial statement so we are making this survey to appraise the value of our non-profit efforts in trying to help you and your organization. Trusting that you are actively helping others to adopt our formula.<br \/> Cordially yours,<br \/> Howard B. Bishop<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-b-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?fit=300%2C179&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-b-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?fit=840%2C502&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/survey-b-b4-fl2_msc562.jpg?w=486&h=291&ssl=1\" width=\"486\" height=\"291\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"486\" data-original-height=\"291\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" alt=\"Postcard style letter introducing a survey.\" style=\"width: 486px; height: 291px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Leaders in Business and Industry Survey Card, ca. 1945 National Library of Medicine MS C 562 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c…helping to save the lives of millions of people who are dying premature deaths on account of the habitual use of various addictives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u2014Howard Bishop to Alden Emery, January 22, 1952<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The main problem with this effort was his style of persuasion. Perhaps it resulted from years of giving orders as head of his company or was just the way he personally communicated with everybody, whatever the case, his chosen method for informing and helping people was direct and blunt confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop pored over newspapers and magazines for photographs and advertisements illustrating the use of the \u2018hot spots of human destruction.\u2019 Then he would write to the person or party responsible to inform them that they were hurting mankind.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16374\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562.jpg?fit=1600%2C824&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,824\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Beliefs of the Human Engineering Foundation\" data-image-description=\"<p>1949-b11-f17_MSC562<br \/>\nTranscript:<br \/>\nHot Spots of Human Destruction<br \/>\nCaffeine the Addictive in Coffee 1.15% – Chocolate 1.9% Tea 3.30 % – Colas .54 grains per bottle<br \/>\nNicotine the Addictive in Cigarettes, Cigars &amp; Tobacco \u2013 2 to 8%<br \/>\nAlcohol the Addictive in Beer 5% – Wine 20% – Whiskey 50%<br \/>\nProduce a modern form of slavery Destroy Physical Mental Spiritual Social Economic Health<br \/>\nYou are What You Eat, Drink, Breathe and Think Be a Conqueror and Liberator<br \/>\nWrite for Booklet Human Engineers Summit, New Jersey <\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Hot Spots of Human Destruction, 1949<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562.jpg?fit=300%2C155&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562.jpg?fit=840%2C433&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-16374 size-large\" title=\"Some of the literature Bishop usually enclosed with his letters.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_msc562.jpg?resize=840%2C433&ssl=1\" alt=\"An informational card warning of the addictives caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hot Spots of Human Destruction, 1949<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\"><em>National Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celebrities and politicians were regular recipients. To Edward R. Murrow he said, \u201cIt has been on my mind for some time to write to you and tell you how ridiculous it appears for a famous man like yourself \u2026 to smoke a cigarette on every program\u2026\u201d Baseball commissioner Ford Frick was told that the \u201c\u2026cigarette smoking morons and others are naturally lead to believe that since those famous ballplayers smoke Chesterfield cigarettes it is quite the thing to do.\u201d Winston Churchill received the helpful advice that \u201c\u2026by overcoming the use of tobacco and all caffeine and alcoholic drinks, your mind will be clearer, your health will be better, you will live longer and enjoy life more.\u201d He was particularly aggrieved by advertising companies that showed incidental smoking in ads for other products. One particularly incendiary expression he used in letters to them was: \u201cJosef Stalin must be well pleased with the enclosed advertisements that undermines and pollutes the life blood of our Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16375\" style=\"width: 995px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562.jpg?fit=995%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"995,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Rockwell-19481001-b4_MSC562\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Letter from Norman Rockwell to Howard Bishop, October 1, 1948<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562.jpg?fit=249%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562.jpg?fit=840%2C1013&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-16375 size-full\" title=\"Norman Rockwell honestly defended his painting.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rockwell-19481001-b4_msc562.jpg?resize=840%2C1013&ssl=1\" alt=\"Typwritten signed letter from Norman Rockwell in reply to Howard Bishop.\" width=\"840\" height=\"1013\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter from Norman Rockwell to Howard Bishop, October 1, 1948<br \/><em>Courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Family Agency<\/em><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\"><em>National Library of Medicine MS C 562<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The correspondence in the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\">Howard Bishop papers<\/a> at the National Library of Medicine shows that, despite Bishop\u2019s tone-deaf style, many correspondents such as hotels and businesses asked for more of his literature and signage to distribute. Many of his letters, preserved as copies in the files, appear to have gone unanswered. A good number of the negative replies fall into three categories: honest reactions to Bishop\u2019s style and purpose, indignation at his presumption, and outright ridicule. Explore examples of these three categories, primarily addressing smoking, below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/30\\\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 284px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"284\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 219px; height: 284px;\" data-original-width=\"219\" data-original-height=\"284\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/rutgers-19550913-b9_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"215\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"280\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16386\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rutgers-19550913-b9_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"922,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Paul H. Rutgers: RIDICULOUS!\" data-image-description=\"<p>Bishop usually tailored his letters in terms of his subject\u2019s business or occupation. When he suggested that the First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, New Jersey, would be harming its members if it didn\u2019t encourage better habits, Mr. Rutgers became incensed.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> First Presbyterian Church<br \/> Columbus, N.J.<br \/> September 13, 1955.<br \/> Human Engineers<br \/> Howard B. Bishop, H.E.<br \/> Summit, N.J.<br \/> Dear Mr. Bishop:<br \/> RIDICULOUS! Such rubbish in the name of Christ.<br \/> Very truly yours,<br \/> Paul H. Rutgers<\/p> <p>19550913-b9_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rutgers-19550913-b9_msc562.jpg?fit=231%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rutgers-19550913-b9_msc562.jpg?fit=787%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rutgers-19550913-b9_msc562.jpg?w=215&h=280&ssl=1\" width=\"215\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"215\" data-original-height=\"280\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Paul H. Rutgers: RIDICULOUS!\" alt=\"Typewrittern letter, on First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, N. J. Letterhead.\" style=\"width: 215px; height: 280px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> September 13, 1945 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 199px; height: 284px;\" data-original-width=\"199\" data-original-height=\"284\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/kaiser-19480216-b4-fl13_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"195\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"280\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16382\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kaiser-19480216-b4-fl13_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"835,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"O. B. Motter: All the great men of the world…were smokers.\" data-image-description=\"<p>O. B. Motter, vice president of the Kaiser-Frazer automobile manufacturing company, found comfort in taunting Bishop.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Kaiser-Frazer Corporation<br \/> Willow Run, Michigan<br \/> KF<br \/> O. B. Motter<br \/> Vice President<br \/> 1710 Broadway<br \/> New York 19, N. Y.<br \/> February 16, 1948<br \/> Dear Mr. Bishop:<br \/> This will acknowledge your letter of February 12th.<br \/> We think smoking is a pleasant an enjoyable pastime. Mr. Kaiser smokes cigars; Mr. Frazer smokes cigars; I smoke cigars, cigarettes and a pipe. Winston Churchill smokes cigars; our great President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, smoked cigarettes.<br \/> All the great men of the world, including General Grant, were smokers. Why don\u2019t you put your feet in front of the fire some night and light up your pipe and find how much it relaxes you?<br \/> Sincerely.<br \/> O. B. Motter<br \/> Mr. Howard B. Bishop<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<\/p> <p>19480216-b4-fl13_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kaiser-19480216-b4-fl13_msc562.jpg?fit=209%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kaiser-19480216-b4-fl13_msc562.jpg?fit=713%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/kaiser-19480216-b4-fl13_msc562.jpg?w=195&h=280&ssl=1\" width=\"195\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"195\" data-original-height=\"280\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"O. B. Motter: All the great men of the world...were smokers.\" alt=\"Typewritten letter on Kaiser-Frazer Corporation letterhead.\" style=\"width: 195px; height: 280px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> February 16, 1948 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 201px; height: 284px;\" data-original-width=\"201\" data-original-height=\"284\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/marquand-19490629-b5-fl13_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"197\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"280\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16383\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/marquand-19490629-b5-fl13_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"843,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"John P. Marquand: …the fourth time…is getting me a trifle weary.\" data-image-description=\"<p>John P. Marquand was a Pulitzer prize-winning American novelist, best known for his series of Mr. Moto detective stories. He grew tired of being warned about smoking.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Kent\u2019s Island<br \/> Newburyport, Massachusetts<br \/> June 29, 1949<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<br \/> Dear Sirs:<br \/> Your letter of June 20 represents, I think, the fourth time that you have reminded me that a published photograph of mine has been taken with a pipe in my hand. This constant reminder is getting me a trifle weary, particularly as I am apt to smoke in moderation. Also, it must waste the time of your secretarial staff provided you are worried about your office expenses and provided your staff has better things to do, neither of which may be the case. I suggest that you do not take the trouble to write me any more letters because I know just what tobacco does to me.<br \/> Very truly yours,<br \/> John P. Marquand<\/p> <p>19490629-b5-fl13_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/marquand-19490629-b5-fl13_msc562.jpg?fit=211%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/marquand-19490629-b5-fl13_msc562.jpg?fit=719%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/marquand-19490629-b5-fl13_msc562.jpg?w=197&h=280&ssl=1\" width=\"197\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"197\" data-original-height=\"280\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"John P. Marquand: ...the fourth time...is getting me a trifle weary.\" alt=\"Typewritten letter on Kent's Island NewburyPort, Massachusetts letterhead.\" style=\"width: 197px; height: 280px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> June 29, 1949 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 221px; height: 284px;\" data-original-width=\"221\" data-original-height=\"284\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/schneider-19500506-b6-fl21_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"217\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"280\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16387\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schneider-19500506-b6-fl21_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"928,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"John G. Schneider: Crackpots Anonymous?\" data-image-description=\"<p>Seeking to draw his attention to the dangers of smoking, Bishop accused Mr. Schneider of being a covert operative insidiously promoting tobacco use within the text of his otherwise innocuous article. Mr. Schneider misinterpreted the enlightenment.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> John G. Schneider<br \/> 215 Fourth Avenue North<br \/> Naples, Florida<br \/> May 6, 1950<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation<br \/> Box 118<br \/> Summit, new Jersey<br \/> Gentlemen:<br \/> And that salutation is used very loosely when addressed to Mr. Bishop, the author of the scurrilous slander enclosed. For your information, I conceived the idea for the Coronet article. The tobacco industry learned about it at exactly the same time you did, assuming that people in the tobacco industry bought copies of Coronet on the newsstand. As to your request that I fill out a questionnaire, please go to hell. It takes a colossal helping of sheer guts to imply that a writer is a crook – – and then ask a favor of him.<br \/> By the way, who employs you: WCTU? Anti-Saloon League? Crackpots Anonymous?<br \/> Very sincerely,<br \/> John G. Schneider<\/p> <p>19500506-b6-fl21_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schneider-19500506-b6-fl21_msc562.jpg?fit=232%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schneider-19500506-b6-fl21_msc562.jpg?fit=792%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schneider-19500506-b6-fl21_msc562.jpg?w=217&h=280&ssl=1\" width=\"217\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"217\" data-original-height=\"280\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"John G. Schneider: Crackpots Anonymous?\" alt=\"Typewritten letter from 215 Fourth Avenue North, Naples, Florida.\" style=\"width: 217px; height: 280px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> May 6, 1950 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 385px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"385\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 293px; height: 385px;\" data-original-width=\"293\" data-original-height=\"385\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/org-cancer-req-19491018-b5-fl5_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"289\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"381\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/org-cancer-req-19491018-b5-fl5_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"909,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Emanuel Ehrlich, Special Education: May I have six copies…\" data-image-description=\"<p>Many schools, churches, and individuals responded positively to Bishop\u2019s crusade.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Board of Education, New York City<br \/> East River Drive &amp; F. D. Roosevelt Drive &amp; 116<br \/> Principal Leonard Covello<br \/> Telephone ATwater 9-4362<br \/> Benjamin Franklin High School<br \/> and<br \/> (James Otis Junior High School<br \/> (P.S. 172, Manhattan)<br \/> Tel. Atwater 9-7146<br \/> Telephone numbers after 4:00 P.M.<br \/> Principal ATwater 9-4364<br \/> Adult School ATwater 9-4363<br \/> Custodian ATwater 9-4364<br \/> Oct. 18, 1949<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<br \/> Gentlemen:<br \/> May I have six copies of your reprint, Cigarettes Cause Cancer? If you have a list of publications or a bulletin of your services, a copy would be appreciated. Any materials you may care to send us would be put to good use in the various departments in our school. Thank you for any consideration you may give our request.<br \/> Very truly yours,<br \/> Emanuel Ehrlich<br \/> Special Education.<br \/> E\/e<\/p> <p>19491018-b5-fl5_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/org-cancer-req-19491018-b5-fl5_msc562.jpg?fit=227%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/org-cancer-req-19491018-b5-fl5_msc562.jpg?fit=776%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/org-cancer-req-19491018-b5-fl5_msc562.jpg?w=289&h=381&ssl=1\" width=\"289\" height=\"381\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"289\" data-original-height=\"381\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Emanuel Ehrlich, Special Education: May I have six copies...\" alt=\"Typewritten letter from Benjamin Franklin High School requesting materials.\" style=\"width: 289px; height: 381px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> October 18, 1949 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 294px; height: 385px;\" data-original-width=\"294\" data-original-height=\"385\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/crawford-19520822-b7_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"290\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"381\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16381\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crawford-19520822-b7_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"912,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"C. D. Crawford: I am afraid that would not do.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Howard Bishop had vacationed at The Pines and thought the manager should know that by smoking he was subconsciously encouraging the habit to those who might see him. Mr. Crawford evidently thought he was a crackpot.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> The Pines<br \/> \u201cOn Quaint Cape Cod\u201d<br \/> Cotuit, Massachusetts C. D. Crawford, Manager<br \/> August 22, 1952<br \/> Mr. H. B. Bishop<br \/> 33 Prospect Hill avenue<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<br \/> Dear Mr. Bishop:<br \/> Thanks for your letter of August 20th. I quite agree with you that it is too bad to set a bad example for the young people. I did not know that I had a contagious disease, but I think perhaps it would be better if I took up your suggestion and used gin instead of coffee. However, this would cause my wife to leave me and I am afraid that would not do.<\/p> <p>19520822-b7_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crawford-19520822-b7_msc562.jpg?fit=228%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crawford-19520822-b7_msc562.jpg?fit=778%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crawford-19520822-b7_msc562.jpg?w=290&h=381&ssl=1\" width=\"290\" height=\"381\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"290\" data-original-height=\"381\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"C. D. Crawford: I am afraid that would not do.\" alt=\"Typewritten letter on The Pines letterhead.\" style=\"width: 290px; height: 381px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> August 22, 1952 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 253px; height: 385px;\" data-original-width=\"253\" data-original-height=\"385\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/bunche-19491104-b5_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"249\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"381\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16380\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bunche-19491104-b5_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"784,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Ralph J. Bunche: I never drink coffee.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Polite and informative, Ralph Bunche\u2019s response to Bishop\u2019s letter is curiously worded. Bishop had written about a photograph of Bunche smoking and drinking coffee; Bunche denied only the coffee drinking.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> United Nations Nations Unies<br \/> Lake Success, New York<br \/> Telephone: Fieldstone 7-1100<br \/> November 4, 1949<br \/> Dear Mr. Bishop,<br \/> I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letters of October 20 and 25, and to thank you for your interest in my welfare. However, contrary to your assumption, I never drink coffee.<br \/> Sincerely yours,<br \/> Ralph J. Bunche<br \/> Acting Assistant Secretary-General<br \/> Department of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories<br \/> Mr. Howard B. Bishop,<br \/> Human Engineering Foundation,<br \/> Summit, New Jersey.<\/p> <p>19491104 b5_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bunche-19491104-b5_msc562.jpg?fit=196%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bunche-19491104-b5_msc562.jpg?fit=669%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bunche-19491104-b5_msc562.jpg?w=249&h=381&ssl=1\" width=\"249\" height=\"381\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"249\" data-original-height=\"381\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Ralph J. Bunche: I never drink coffee.\" alt=\"Typewritten letter on United Nations letterhead.\" style=\"width: 249px; height: 381px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> November 4, 1949 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 271px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"271\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 271px;\" data-original-width=\"209\" data-original-height=\"271\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/ross-19560529-b9_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"205\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"267\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16385\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ross-19560529-b9_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"922,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"T. J. Ross: I do not believe…\" data-image-description=\"<p>T. J. Ross bluntly told Bishop that he didn\u2019t believe any of the substances were harmful. Ross\u2019 public relations business represented, among other clients, American Tobacco.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Ivy Lee and T. J. Ross<br \/> 405 Lexington Avenue<br \/> New York, 17, N.Y.<br \/> T. J. Ross<br \/> James W. Lee, II<br \/> J. M. Ripley<br \/> Carl C. Dickey<br \/> Richard T. Nimmons<br \/> Hiram H. Hertell<br \/> William J. Gaskill<br \/> William M. Simpich<br \/> Telephone: Murray Hill 6-2727<br \/> Cable Address: IVYLEE, NEW YORK<br \/> May 29, 1956<br \/> Dear Mr. Bishop:<br \/> Your letter of May 18th enclosing propaganda material against smoking and other pleasurable things has been received.<br \/> I appreciate your compliments but I do not believe that coffee, tea, chocolate, the cola drinks, cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products, beer wine and whiskey are \u201cthe hot spots of human destruction.\u201d<br \/> Sincerely yours,<br \/> T J Ross<br \/> Mr. Howard B. Bishop, President<br \/> Human Engineers<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<\/p> <p>19560529-b9_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ross-19560529-b9_msc562.jpg?fit=231%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ross-19560529-b9_msc562.jpg?fit=787%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ross-19560529-b9_msc562.jpg?w=205&h=267&ssl=1\" width=\"205\" height=\"267\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"205\" data-original-height=\"267\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"T. J. Ross: I do not believe...\" alt=\"Typewritten letter on Ivy Lee dna T. J. Ross letterhead.\" style=\"width: 205px; height: 267px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> May 29, 1956 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 271px;\" data-original-width=\"209\" data-original-height=\"271\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/schramm-19570830-b2_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"205\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"267\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16388\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schramm-19570830-b2_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"922,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"R. W. Schramm: I must decline your offer with no regret.\" data-image-description=\"<p>Bishop offered Mr. Schramm a position with his Human Engineering Foundation.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Room 406<br \/> 30 East 42nd Street<br \/> New York 17, New York<br \/> August 30, 1957<br \/> Mr. Howard B. Bishop, H.E.<br \/> Human Engineers<br \/> Summit, New Jersey<br \/> My dear Mr. Bishop:<br \/> I received your invitation to join Human Engineers. While I am an engineer by training and a number of people believe me to be human, I find that I must decline your offer with no regret. While in personal habit I am abstentious of coffee and tobacco, I dearly love tea, chocolate and most alcoholic beverages and intend to practice the \u201cvice\u201d (?) of indulging in these for as long or as short a time as I may continue to live, for I will be just as dead no matter how the end comes.<br \/> One of the beautiful freedoms of the United States is that it allows its citizens to smoke, drink or drive themselves to death. It also allows any who desire to become \u201cdo gooders\u201d to mount their steeds and charge after the windmills hoping \u201cto help make this a better world.\u201d I unfortunately (?) do not belong to this latter group, but pay allegiance to the \u201claissez-faire\u201d school of live-and-let-live, postponing until I have eliminated all my personal imperfections that future day when I start on a campaign to save others.<br \/> May you have a long and drugless live.<br \/> R. W. Schramm<\/p> <p>19570830-b2_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schramm-19570830-b2_msc562.jpg?fit=231%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schramm-19570830-b2_msc562.jpg?fit=787%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/schramm-19570830-b2_msc562.jpg?w=205&h=267&ssl=1\" width=\"205\" height=\"267\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"205\" data-original-height=\"267\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"R. W. Schramm: I must decline your offer with no regret.\" alt=\"Typewritten letter.\" style=\"width: 205px; height: 267px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> August 30, 1957 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 211px; height: 271px;\" data-original-width=\"211\" data-original-height=\"271\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/threat-a-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"207\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"267\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16389\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-a-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"928,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Anonymous Threat\" data-image-description=\"<p>This is one of the few instances where a letter recipient anonymously vented his spleen at Mr. Bishop.<br \/> Appalled, Bishop unsuccessfully appealed to both the Postal Inspector and the F.B.I. to find and prosecute the writer.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> Mr. Biship \u2013 Who are you that say that smoking is terrible? Drinking coffee, tea, wine etc are so very bad. Ba!! You ought to go to hell! Whats the use of living if you can\u2019t smoke or drink? Drinking a coke \u2013 ha, I\u2019ve never heard of such nonsense!! Smoking is a habit that millions of people enjoy. Who are you that can say to stop? I\u2019d like to know just how many saps are in your crazy stupid foundation. You must be all communists! What do you want people to do \u2013 drink water all their life! A person works to earn money so that he can enjoy himself. Smoking, drinking coke, coffee, tea, wine, and liquor is enjoyed by everyone in the world except you lunatics, who with warp minds, think it is harmful Even Christ drank wine and was He a habit forming drunkard? No! You damned Atheist!! I\u2019d like to be right there and beat the living hell out of you!!!! You better burn all your communist literature before I come back there and burn it for you!! You\u2019re the lowest type of creature that exists! Your mind has snapped<br \/> 19520414-b7-fl18_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-a-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?fit=232%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-a-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?fit=792%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-a-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?w=207&h=267&ssl=1\" width=\"207\" height=\"267\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"207\" data-original-height=\"267\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Anonymous Threat\" alt=\"Handwritten letter.\" style=\"width: 207px; height: 267px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> April 14, 1952 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 211px; height: 271px;\" data-original-width=\"211\" data-original-height=\"271\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2019\/05\/30\/hot-spots-of-human-destruction-the-howard-bishop-papers\/threat-b-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"207\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"267\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"16390\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-b-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"928,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Anonymous Threat\" data-image-description=\"<p>This is one of the few instances where a letter recipient anonymously vented his spleen at Mr. Bishop.<br \/> Appalled, Bishop unsuccessfully appealed to both the Postal Inspector and the F.B.I. to find and prosecute the writer.<br \/> Transcript:<br \/> to where you think you are the only good person on earth. Well there\u2019s about 50 billion people that will tell you to go to hell if they ever read the trash you send out. People like you shouldn\u2019t have the right to live. Why don\u2019t you go over to Korea and fight. See how many men over there would follow you and your stupid lies about smoking, coffee, tea, beer and wine!!!!! You must not want to live very long MR. BISHIP!! Have you given up hope already! I\u2019d like to cram it down your throat!! You\u2019ll never, never get any people into your so called Human Engineering Foundation so why don\u2019t you shoot yourself now to avoid the crowd!<br \/> Goodby Mister Biship<br \/> (Crazy Man!)<br \/> 19520414-b7-fl18_MSC562<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-b-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?fit=232%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-b-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?fit=792%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/threat-b-19520414-b7-fl18_msc562.jpg?w=207&h=267&ssl=1\" width=\"207\" height=\"267\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"207\" data-original-height=\"267\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Anonymous Threat\" alt=\"Handwritten letter.\" style=\"width: 207px; height: 267px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> April 14, 1952 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><em>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\">Howard Bishop<\/a> and explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/502\">finding aid<\/a> for the Howard B. Bishop Papers 1921\u20131961 in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>James Labosier is Associate Curator for the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Labosier ~ Howard Bishop was confident that he knew what was best for people and that people needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19605840,"featured_media":16379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42333869,12763],"tags":[24740,24741,6200,50991,517998,52420],"class_list":["post-16287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives-manuscripts","category-collections","tag-1940s","tag-1950s","tag-drugs","tag-letter","tag-manuscript","tag-smoking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hef-beliefs-1949-b11-f17_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xcDk-4eH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19605840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16287"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25557,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions\/25557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |