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Et hyl Gasol ine Corporat ion a n d Tr a f f ic De p a r t m e n t IN TER- O FFI CE CO RRESP O NDENCE MAIL A D D R E S S : B O X C B S W I LM .N O T O N D E L F R E I G H T A D D R E S S C A R N E V S l-O.N T .. T E L E P H O N E . P E N N S G R O V E N no l T e Ns.ON , D r . R. A. Keh oe, October 21, 1937 Dear Bob: Un doubtedly you h ave r e c e iv e d th r ou gh Mr. Le w is, Mr. C. E. C o lv in 's r e p o r t o f O ctober 9 on t h e u se an d h an d lin g o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d by t h e Dow Ch emical Company a t M idlan d, M ich igan . The in v e st ig a t io n was u n d er tak en at th e su gge st io n o f Mr. Lew is an d m y se lf, when we ob ser ved t h a t we were fo r w ar d in g t e t r a e t h y l le a d t o Dow. * In a p r e lim in ar y w ay, I h ad w r it t e n a p e r so n a l l e t t e r t o Lee Doan , t h e ir Sa l e s M an ager, w it h whom I am q u it e fr i e n d l y , ask in g him, i f a g r e e a b le , t o giv e me some in fo r m at io n on t h e s i t u a t i o n , p o in t in g ou t t h a t th e h an d lin g o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d must be u n der c o n t r o l c o n d it io n s t o av o id h azar d s t o em ployees. Mr. Doan w as q u it e in t e r e st e d an d gave me some p a r t i c u l a r s , and st a t e d fu r t h er m or e t h a t he was p e r fe c t l y w il l i n g fo r u s t o go in t o t h e m at t e r fu r t h e r by h avin g one o f our s a f e t y e n gin e e r s c o n t ac t some o f h is p eop le a t M id lan d . A cco r d in gly , v.e can ap p r oach t h i s s i t u a t i o n w ith t h e id e a t h a t Dow a r e n ot on ly w illin g to co o p e r at e w it h u s bu t a r e an xio u s t o r e c e iv e t h e b e n e fit o f any knowledge und e xp e r ie n ce we m igh t h ave tow ard t h e end o f prom otin g s a fe t y . From Mr. C o lv in ' s r e p o r t , i t i s e v id e n t t h a t t h e r e i s much room fo r improvement i n t h e m eth ods o f h an d lin g and p o ssib ly in equipm en t used in t h e ir p r o c e ss. I am w r it in g t o you on t h i s b ecau se I t h in k t h i s case p a r a l l e l s c l o se l y t h e one t h a t occu r r ed a t t h e Dye Works some tim e ago when th e company st a r t e d t o u se t e t r a e t h y l lead a s an in term ed iate in th e p r ep ar ation of in se c t ic id e s, fu n gi c i d e s, e t c . . You w ill p er h ap s r e c a l l t h a t I b r ou gh t t o you r a t t e n t io n c e r t a in c o n d it io n s r e g a r d in g t h e Du P on t s i t u a t i o n , and i t i s my r e c o l l e c t io n t h a t both you an d 'D r . Maeh le d isc u sse d t h i s m at t e r fu r t h e r w it h th e Du Pon t p e o p le r e l a t i v e to th e observan ce o f n ece ssar y m easu res, both vdth regard to procedu res an d equ ip ment which sh ou ld be u sed t o safe gu ar d t h e em ployees from h az ar d s. I t seem s t o me t h e r e fo r e t h a t p r o b ab ly t h e b e st method t o c a r r y on t h i s si t u a t i o n fu r t h e r w it h Dow would be your t a k in g t h e m at t e r up d i r e c t l y w ith th em . P o ssi b l y you m igh t fin d an o p p o r t u n it y t o c o n t a c t them or h ave Dr . Mach ie make an in v e st ig a t i o n of th e sit u a t io n . Meanwhile, i f t h e se r v ic e s of e it h e r th e Sa fe t y Departm ent or t h e M an u fact u r in g Departm en t w i l l be r e q u ir e d , I am su r e t h a t s u i t a b l e a ssi st a n c e w ould be a v a i l a b l e , and we sh ou ld be glad t o h ave an y one p r e se n t f o r c o n su lt a t io n at Midlan d i f you so d e sir e . . X sh ou ld be p le a se d t o h av e an e x p r e ssio n of you r view s on. t h i s , p a r t i c u l a r l y r e l a t i v e t o what ap p e ar s t o be th e m ost su i t a b l e way o f h an d lin g t h i s a f f a i r . Sh ou ld you w ish an y s p e c i f i c comments on th e p r oced u r e a s o u t lin e d in Mr. C o lv in ' s r e p o r t , we sh ou ld be glad t o go in t o t h e m at t e r w it h you . A: I S