Robert P. Patterson Under Secretary of Wai-The men and women of Bristol Laboratories Have just received an expression of their nation’s gratitude. They have had conferred upon them the Army-Navy “E” for high achievement in the production of critical war materials.We have been engaged in the manufacture of penicillin,and we have a humble appreciation of the uncounted numberof lives .which have been saved by this product on the ficTilinfffronts. The demands of the armed'forces for penicillin havebeen so great that the abilities and the energies of our peoplehave been taxed to the utmost. Throughout the entire organization they have given their best, and they richly deserve this recognition of a job well done.Bristol employees—every last one of them—can feel a deepand abiding pride in the fact that their country realizes the lent of the contribution thev have madeexix corporate n(Formerly Cheplin Laboratories)