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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1973 Jan 18 DOC#: RTV016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Record of Phone Call with William Ashton, Johnson & Johnson - Bill Ashton "Very Upset" about RTV's Activities RE Talc Telephone conversation 1/16/73 with William Ashton, Johnson & Johnson As you know, we have been working with Bill Ashton on the possible joint development of CanadiaaJlaana&itr talc with J~M and J&J. Bill probably knows as much about talc as anyone. He is very honest and quite outspoken sometimes in expressing his opinion. He is a great person! hton .1kw y , vupst^out. what R.T, Vanderbilt Company -is tr^figt Mo1' 's' As Soc'lation, and m o r e particularly,, what they are attempting to do by having Alan Harvey- t made- chairman of the A.S.X.M., sub-committee'; to re-define "asbestos" . According to Ashton, they also hope' to define "talc" through this same -comnitte.. This is what has Ashton really upset! l'-tow;:tiat.;,both .you-and.I came: away from our January 11, 1973 eStLiS^at'' R-T-fdVanr.b.it Company, New York<Cit^Jont^agreeing their:.definition of' "tremolite" , They, are^playing^with '^fdsnd'?ignorhgacts.. ' l _y " Ashton said today that they (Vanderbilt) plan to use this same A.S.T.M. committee to re-define talc as: 1. -Pure talc mineral (never found in nature). - 2. Commercial talc.which is always associated --ith tremolite. f not ttue.-:but #^[*!tb&W^rkf't'ingposition. , th;truth. 'Bed at strengthening \s and deliberate attempts Wefh^fe'-d^Sttui&qsVsamples of natural pure talc mineral. C . . s ? V -* -C , * Ifenyj-coffioeticAi'-;-tales, even though they are not pure talc minerals, d.:rb tfcWtaih^tiaaiji ith.' I.%^^tei!^e|l:haby.w<t3shb<^"4llby''Va5erbilt. to -proceed fe>a^roach,-.-It might be very worth while, if you were to talk with Bill Ashton about all of this prior to this forthcoming Talc Producer's Association meeting on February 5, at R.T. Vanderbilt Company offices New York City. CRMC-ELS-004688 Welmovr :o;"fee- untfru d iffic u lt position Sincerely, US. Lassar aSLlk cc W.L. VahDerbeek PiA .. Martinson 'Z - J;M.Shhrratt` W.C.-Streih E.B. Smith` R.F Bassett n<|Pirse paething -jttdy in br .prsht to tremplte. CRMC-ELS-004689