Document 0JMYXyE3yLdJdz6jLZard0Njx

Owens-Illinois Glass Comp.ut July 6, 1943 Dr. Leroy D.Gardner, The Saranac Laboratory, Saranac Lake, Kew York. Dear Dr. Gardner: TTe are glad to receive your letter of June 29th giving a preliminary report, and will await with interest your further observations. We wish you to continue your investiga tions as diligently as possible until you can give us soae clear-cut appraisal of the status of this saterial. In tone previous correspondence you sentienei the fact that ehrysotile when enhaled behaves differently then soae of the other forms of asbestos. Ko doubt you are familiar with the faets regarding the gelation of ehrysotile in water. In our product, it has had ample opportunity to complete its hydra tion and gelation. It is possible that our material for this reason sight behave differently than ehrysotile as mined. Should you so desire, we eould arrange to have our researeh personnel who are working on this material review the gelation characteristics of it for you. Very truly yours, D.S.Bowes jg Direetor of ^search -5 f u.* w