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December 1, 1936 Hr. J . 6 . T aylor, A tte n tio n ; Mr. 0 . B. Lewis Dear Oscar: We a r e a tta c h in g copy o f a l e t t e r w r i t t e n by o ur Mr. C o lv in g iv in g in fo rm a tio n on h is s a f e ty su rv e y o f th e Texas Company te rm in a l a t D e t r o i t , M ichigan. Very t r aly y o u ra, S. IS. B oudreau ' By D:B . ; c c : D r. R. A. Keho g e 0022850 Chicagoi II1iaois, MoveKber 19, 125-6 b'r* J. doudrm*, b-afe ty ourv e y - Vexas Ga. te r m in a l, t'a t r o it, blahS.ran .'ear Jisi? >i?EtlDm5s.ire low aa i ta n k a a t th e D e tr o it o f T exas Company !/ro 335da c u t by h r , . b* liig g a , u u p e rin tc iv iiv jn t, and uo/iL \o ': ::!. r brn fo rk o f f i c e . bha fs llo w iix s i s & r-ap o ri on ay contact.- rondiiif: r e t u r n o f fh-st forme t o vj i'o r f u r t h e r c e t& iiu , leraosael ~ Mr, / } -dqga* ouperititaiadiit -V. A, ;ici-s-j'en is tank elegging su p e r v iso r ; a l s o e m in a over a t or of ta b len t livy i n a U im .t .1on u e p e r a l f q f g ty - csssul a m b e r oi. csapiyoae (4 ) ukac ev ery -..tx-i o s t h e s a f e ty e o a a il.to a . fsrik - is reg u lar iy scheduled fo r a il tiaike every yenr except those in le a d e d s e r v ic e , w hich a r e Qieaisd every tw o ya.-s.ro, '->,ly th r^ o o f t h e i r t h i r t e e n ta n k s t h a t h av e a t o se tiJAe o r an u u aar eoni& ined ie ad a d yc.-^-iino a r e i n le ad e d s a r v ie e raw, o r h a v e bean s in c e a c le a n in g , ;,:is o f th o s e i e ach e-iu led f o r o le a a ln when th e ic e thaasa i a th e w ater bottom iu th e ~g.rin* Tank c le a n in g iu done by u r , lie-i&r-sri ana thro^- o th e r j-.i.rd :asn m e re ly t y h o s in g down t h e w a lls a f t e r a i r i s g th e ten !: (? days t o c week} u n t i l y ^ e - f r e e by burro II in d ic a to r h o t tote are ehovaisd. out and dunned, '-'eritu r a c e c a n i s t e r usstoka a re used 1 war t o l d t h a t on le ad e d ta n k s ev ery in a t r u c tio n would be follow ed in th e fu tu re* only th e th re e tanks i a leadatl serv ice since a la s t cleaning uers equipped w ith th e earn in g p lates* She ru le s u sto r ie being framed fo r hanging in th e fth y l building, Tnnltear c le a n in g --. i s saerely sweeping: o u t 'trio c a r s <?.e :ioeMry, oeaupying some w sainutee 0 &&i aorM ng f o r th o se on t b s loa d in g racks* b sa lf-fa ce c a n is te r m c k s a re u sed* T h ere i s no la b o r a to r y h a n d lin g o f *l u i d , lsk.& shipping. -- iu a l l dona in t h e one c te e a e r f&in. I t s u n p a in te d ta n k s r e e u i r e y e a r ly c le a n in g , done by th e ahijfe own c ro n , 'The c h ip i s h e a d q u a rte re d a t t h i s te rra in a i over th e w in te r but d ire c te d by t h i i r esarinc departm ent in th e Chicago o f f i c e , Ihr* S* A. R o b e rts, fllyooriae nothing h ad been h e a rd of th e id e a . I would rcoossscnd t h a t it n o t be added t o t h i s assail 1000 gallon s e ig n ta n k , at le a st- u n t i l no k n m whether o r n o t p r e s e n t effort w i l l e lim in a te b landing h e ro . KE 0022851 Very truly yours, '