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laims Resolution Management Corporation
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS March 16, 2005
MARGARET J. BAUMGARDNER RESEARCH COORDINATOR
J. Conard Metcalf Trine & Metcalf, P.C. 1435 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO 80302
Re: Okonite
Dear Mr. Metcalf:
Enclosed are the documents relating to Okonite. Below are the charges for this research. The charges include time for me to prepare an affidavit and have it notarized.
Research Coordinator's time 1.0 hours x $125.00 per hour
$125.00
Production Assistant's time 0.25 hour x $50.00 per hour
$ 12.50
Bates labels - 9 labels x $.07 each Copies, microfilm - 7 pages x $.40 per page Copies, copies - 1 page x $.23 per page
$ 0.63 $ 2.80 $ 0.23
TOTAL
$141.16
Please forward a check for $141.16 payable to the Claims Resolution Management Corporation, to my attention in Denver. Ifyou have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Margaret J. Baumgardner cc: Joanne R. Marvin Enclosures
ASBESTOS CLAIMS RESEARCH FACILITY: 4755 E. 46TH AVENUE, UNIT 2, DENVER, COLORADO 80216 PHONE: 303.576.9620 FAX: 303.576.9624 WWW.CLAIMSRES.COM
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
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I, Margaret J. Baumgardner, being of full age and first duly sworn do hereby state:
1. I am the Research Coordinator for the Claims Resolution Management Corporation ("CRMC"), a wholly owned subsidiary ofthe Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust ("Trust"). The CRMC was created in December 1998 and is staffed by former Trust employees. On January 1, 1999, CRMC began providing claims resolution facility services to the Trust.
2. In this position, I manage the Asbestos Claims Research Facility ("Facility"), a document and records repository, located at 4755 East 46th Avenue, Denver, Colorado. The Facility contains the business records including but not limited to correspondence, memoranda, reports, records and data compilations ("records") ofManville Corporation or related entities ("Manville"), generally, as well as Manville records relevant to litigation of asbestos liability. The Trust has managed and operated the Facility from November 28, 1988, the date on which the Manville bankruptcy plan was consummated.
3. My experience and familiarity with the documents at the Facility began in 1983 while working for Manville. In my work as a paralegal for Manville, I assisted in locating, indexing and packing many ofthe records which became the foundation documents for the Facility. I continued to work for Manville until September 1987. From March 1988 to September 1988,1 was hired to supervise and assist in the indexing ofthe first 20,000 boxes which were turned over to the Trust in November 1988. From September 1988 to January 1989, I assisted in the privilege review of documents to be given to the Trust. From November 1988 to April 1994,1 worked for Freeborn & Peters and was put in charge of the Facility, managing all productions and "new" acquisitions. In September 1995,1 was hired by the Trust to manage the Facility. In December 1998,1 was hired by the CRMC to manage the Facility for the Trust. Accordingly, I am personally familiar with many of the records stored at the Facility, as well as how the records have been gathered.
4. To the best of my present knowledge, information and belief, I certify that these records were m ade atom ear t he t ime b y, o r from i nformation t ransmitted b y, a p erson w ith knowledge, were kept in the course of the regularly conducted business activity of Manville, and it was the regular practice and the business activity of Manville to make the records.
Margaret J. Baumgardner Affidavit
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5. Documents from this Facility were copied for Trine & Metcalf. The documents copied came from asbestos fiber sales notebooks and microfilm at the Facility and are bates labeled MT004340 through MT004348, and these documents are true and correct copies ofdocuments found at the Facility.
garet J. Baumgardner
Subscribed and sworn to before me this i ^'f'Way of March, 2005.
Notary Public
TINA LAUE NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO
My Commission Expires 05/27/2008
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WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
Mr. William T. Meloy, Direct'"" Cork, A.bestos and Fibrous Giau,.. ^vi,,icu
From:
Jack K, Cole, Chief Packings and Caskets Section
Subject: Expansion of Navy Cable Program
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We have received a memorandum from Mr. J. W. Mullally. Chief, Wire Mill Branch, Copper Division, dated April 7, I9bit advising us that there will be a 20 per cent expansion in the production of Navy cable. This expansion will take place in the plants of the General Electric Company, Okonite Company, and General Cable Corporation.
With present facilities, there is no possible chance for the asbestos industry to increase shipments of Navy cable material by 20 per cent. Due to manpower shortages, I do not believe that the industry will be able to meet this program in the near future, even with all the additional facilities that could be obtained.
There are several steps which should be considered in order to meet this program.
(1) New Equipment. One or two of the asbestos companies could possibly increase their production of Navy cable material with new equipment, however, this will be a very small amount in the total picture,
(2) FlF mination of all other end uses nf materia! si mi 1 nr t.n hhab use? In Tiavy cable*.1 ^TOTTKe preirTFTI^~^~T^vFTeen m allocating small quantities of roving for heater cords. If it is determined that the Navy cable program is more important than the ironing cord program, it will be necessary to elim inate the use of asbestos in electrical heater corI.
(3) Elimination of asbestos in certain types of Navy cable. For some time I have suspected that some of'the cabTe"companies may no using asbestos fillers where cotton or bite fillers are app:u-red anc could ho substituted. I intend fc take this matter up with the Navy on ifne uno hand, and the Grenerai Cable Corporation on the other hand.
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Mr. fVtlliam T. Meloy
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(U) Use of heat and flame resistant raa. -mu]. a4-' "cm asbestos.
Obviously," the use of fibrous glass* noT^i W - ~ <?xh.r^rec*
The *se of fibrous gla n ~cru.
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been proposed in the past, and up to about a year ago some
of the cable companies were using fibreu glass material,
However, there were certain difficulties presented, and I
do not believe that there have been any fibrous glass materials
used in Navy cables for the past 12 - 18 months.
I intend writing all of the actual and potential suppliers of Navycable material advising them of the impending increase, and re questing that they give some thought to their individual ability to step up production. It is ray recommendation that an industry meeting be held in the very near future to further discuss this matter. I intend to discuss the matter o. usage with the Navy the first of next week, and I am planning to discuss this whole matter with the General Cable Corporation in their offices in New York the last of next week.
I am unable to determine whether there are other cable components that may not be available for this expansion. It is, however, a definite matter cf record that this program will call for consider able effort on our part as well as the industry's part, if we are to satisfy the requirements. Asbestos could very possibly be the determining factor controlling the percentage of expansion iA the Navy cable industry
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, hat '.:e are coin p. . e are risk in; e:>:.uile i ibres of mass "b y two processes wkich are similar, bat miS'S' er in the de tai 1 of "0 t hod
drawing tb.e fibre. The stable fibre s ar: rn with id, as the nerd infers, the fibres ai ,,r> definite
v. e. locit; b u hr o; ' ;p.l
8" or acre, fhe c nt' innons filament fibres are dram bp r.ec'r.ni cal
ars and are endless, in
sane way as rarer filaments. The di rente
of the fibres o; both products are of the sine order, nn-wly, .00083".
nor our electri
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necessarv to use special xrades of r.-lesf
are substantially free
of alkalis me _nurr__ ose ci teas is to -ive the fibres create: 'vm-
anence and also to give then the finest electrical characterirticr.
hosts have shown that v;e ca.n obtain leakage resistances nf cur pn
which are extremely high, comparable to those of tre oe: insumiin
materials now available.
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from our verns, \;ith otnhheer eleeccttrriicc;al insulation used' Pa hi-h te '1
ture, namely, asbestos and mica, it is found that 0"~ r. "no. 1'^tP
are verv much higher in their tensile strength and pern --al mechanical
properties, '..'hen cur tapes and. cloths arc impregnated, tin have
dielectric strength much higher than those of asbestos products^ due to the impurities which cannot be eliminated from the naturae nsuesl os
fibres.
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These die ILsectri; JLUL? o ai-t those of fabricate 1 mica. .1 further adv: . ^ is very adaptable :o textile ;rocesses sr J "l*, . ' thick have b en wc on .tnout a! "i in fr>\* c1'
ib1. ie with . s tnet 41 46 `ins as
-- ?r.m. the standpoint of tempera hire resistance,
'..e find that yarns and tapes of practically no diminution in strength Ct 300 fC--., Vw'Whii1leo ft.i.eis: sc^tr*eOnfgl"t+h'n rdtir*onpnsc no-Tf-fp ffr'ro'rmirr ft:' iis . nomt to _nerxia^s* c: 0 to 600 , althouX. there is still perceptible strength left at
these temperatures, '..e have, in fact, had cloths operatins on high te- genature steer- pipes of 900 ?. with satisfactory result/s, JLOU '..ill recline that the above te-peratures are greatly in excess of any
o-eratirr te~percture for electrical equipment and makes the:: suitable
for emergency concisions, such as are repaired for certain tvoes of navy cables, etc.
In addition to electrical tares, we have al been v.or!:in': an f:r.e cloths of XT'" thickness to be used for coating in t..e some morner as varnishea cambric. It is anticipated that this n.aterinl will find definite use : in tue electrical industr".
be have also done a larme ancun oi worn on li-ht felted sheet bonded with certain electrical resins. This sheet is called ou f~e -x sheet, mu has been used for coating with varni s: as a reinforcem..eeunto in whenolic sheets. Iron the standpoint of this letter product, we have our.o i to have excellent possibilities in one radio I'leio cue to itas. verv low nov;er factor even at high frequencies. Cur ho. 719 glass is foand o have a rower factor c .3;.- and .4y at one megacycle and when used as reinforcement for low loss resins, the -over factor of the combi tier, has been found
to be around .6;.
Tue in 'ortant point from all these product: from, a marine stand ooint is t: :at the1 not ohlv resist che-ical action, but due to tin form of the fibre, it is found that the i.oistu] absorption is extremely,_lov/ in its complete fabricated form where
varnishes, resins, etc., are used. Tnis has been found to be a
verv definite advantage over asbestos.
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vou ; rr. ne r:\1 idea of O'
, howe v,vr, v:e are
encaosinm a cn"* of our memo on the rronerties olf JXo..J ! . r t e. :tiie
fibre t'echnic' al infernr-tion on our t:
rr lot sneXs or.
'TT I c X. , es, and on the type 31 sheet,
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discount to sleet ric,^ : am:: ectnrers ana r o.:e i. . . . ? overmens is
GO.., vhile in lnr re yuv.v titles, there ar^ d ditior' martity
discounts. I hav r'''looted to rent ion ab./O t th - ~n :.bi 11 tie s of
vires and cable:1 i-.s.'lpieu vith n'ir fib. ." i .I.-
.-rious forns.
-net vire, nanu^yacturea ny severix ou;, _nes, xs nov; m the nar.ket
ana `..or.: is tieinr acre with other cor.lies both on a larger v.ire
vith heavier ir.su latirr* v:alls, and also on special cables. These
..ill be used \;here .ii hi te:.peraturec, acid conditions, and other `
re on ire- eats are :net \.ith. j-i.5 ve do not ranufacture the vires
ourselves, ve van Id have to refer you to such conycnies as General
^xectnc, General Gable, ^nacondo, m.ericon Steel h hire, Oh.onite,
etc. These can uribnotedly give veu inferrs, t ion on v:ires and cables,
If ve can rive you any further inf err tier, no covered on h.c above, ve will be glad to do so to the best of our ebiiit".
b'Urs truly,
enclosure:
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Ref. h 1128=6013-7 12/15^51
Rafo g 1205=6064=7 1/2/52
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Crans Co.
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Ref* g 104=6015=0 1/15/52
115=6072=0 2/15/52
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Ce P. Cuyon P.0.Chicago 8*10716 on fay* lor Forgo
Ref, 1 117=6040=0 3/1/52
Raf. g 408=6093=0 A/70/52
410=6001=0 6/1/52
Manningt Uaxooll Quincy
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Cfconlte
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Prov, 6/14/52
Poviced P.2. Date Tfwk '*':?>> ....
7/5/52
12 Itoaa various Ready Inop. Ready Insp.
Typo Pipe Nipple* Ok, 6/9
Wk. 7/1
10 Itons Various Ready Snap. Part RI Sk. 6/30
Typo Vnlvae
Ek. 6/30
7/7. 7/14 Hal. RI
Wk. 7/28
Broke Lining
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Iteis 1>3*4*6*7.
8 consisting of various typo of
pipe fittings
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Valve*
Rk. 6/27
Wk. 7/7
Ereke Lining
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General Account lx.g Office Audit Division Washington D C
SIRS:
The executed originals of oiiut-yaev&s-. antered into by the Bureau of Supplies* and Accounts *;ith the contractors listed below, are uvr^arndtied herewith f^r file In the GeneralaAccount
ing Office:
Contract Number
Name of Contractor
Date of Signed in Contract Bureau__
NOs-7bt335 '"the American Brass Co
tb2 general Cable Corp 93 -''Kastman Kodak Co
, 013 `-^Yhe Okonite Co 76020*x33oHyer Insulated Wire Co 78216 'JSolipse Aviation Div of
Bendix Aviation Corp
8256 A? M Young's Sons 8257''J&ohols & Stone Co , 8363 <Spltzer Bros Inc 78404 i/E F Allen Co Inc
784H ^Gleason Works 8433 /standard Supply Co 8455 /The National Niachinery Co
8730 i^Bajor Edward Bowes 8584 DJbhns-Manville Sales Corp
8753 '^Mueller Co 8843 </// P Pen. Bartog Sgili/Ghas Brass & Copper Co Inc
79006 lAto H Cole & Sons 79029 M C Wright Managing Owner
79260 /Clipper Line Inc 79283/ Carey Machinery & Supply Co of
Baltimore City Respectfully,
14 Aug 1940 5 Oct 1940
12 Oct 1940 23 Oot 19/to 23 Oct 1940
28 Oot 1940 29 Oct 1940 29 Oct 1940
2 Nov 194C 2 Nov 1940 2 Nov 1940 8 Nov 1940 4 Nov 1940 4 Nov 194C 5 Nov 1940 11 Nov 1940 1 Nov 1940 18 Nov I94C 19 Nov 1940 15 Nov 1940 19 Nov 194C
25 Nov 1940
29 Nov 1940 29 Nov 1940 30 Nov 1940 29 Nov 1940 50 Nov 1940
29 Nov 1940 30 Nov 1940 30 Nqv 1940 29 ^QV 1940 30 Nov 1940 30 Not 1940 29 Nov 1940 30 Nov 1940 29 Nov 1940 29 Nov I94O 30 Nov I94O 29 Nov 1940 29 Nov I94O 29 Nov 1940 30 Nov 1940 29 NOV 1940
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