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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1940 Jan 11 DOC#: RBM014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Met Life to Vandiver Brown at Johns-Manville co?? MEIROPOLIM l i e s in s rance company New Y ork C ity Anthony J . L an sa, M.D. A ssista n t M edicai D irecto r January I I . 1910. Mr. Yandiver Brown, G eneral A ttorn ey johns-M anvlle Corporation 22 E ast 10th S tre e t New Y ork, M- Y . Dear Mr.3rown I an r e tu r n in g D r. G ard n er's r e p o r t which, you se n t me w ith your le t t e r of January 3th - I think th is is qu ite an o u tsta n d in g p ie c e o f work and i t seems i t would be worth a g re a t deal i f th ese conclu sions on page four can d e f i n i t e l y be n a ile d down w ith ou t any f e a r o f c o n tr a d ic t i o n . I t does away w ith any q u e s tio n o f a s b e s to s pro ducing to n ic e f f e c t s and tend s to s im p lify not o n ly th e co n tro l in the manufacturing process but p ro tectio n of th e in d iv id u a l and d e f i n i t e l y ta k e s a s b e s to s out o f th e fre e s ilic a cla ss as an in d u stria l hazard. For th at re a s o n , I th-i nVr th a t i t would w e ll be w orth w hile to have D r- Gardner pursue t h is exp erim en tal work to i t s c o n c lu sio n . W ith b e s t r e g a r d s , I am S in ce re ly yours / s / A. J . Lanza A. J . Lanza, M.D. A ssista n t M edical D irecto r 004756, [ . l i -77'p 6