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Mar ch 1 9 , 193^ Mr. F . R. Davis Da v is Em e r ge n oy Eq u ip m e n t Company 55 Van Dan S t r e e t Hew Yo r k , New Yo r k Dear Hr . Da vis : We h a ve y o u r l e t t e r o f Ma r ch a d d r e s s e d t o Dr . Ke h oe in w h ich yo u r e q u e s t a s e c t i o n o f t h e h o s e w h ich we t e s t e d fo r M r . Le w is . We a r e s e n d in g yo u a p ie ce t o d a y and w ou ld he ve r y n uch in t e r e s t e d in t h e r e s u lt s o f an y t e s t s v/ hich you n a y c a r r y o u t on i t . I a ssu m e t h a t Mr . Lev/ is h a s give n you th e h is t o r y o f th e hose and th e r e s u l t s o f o u r t e s t w it h i t , s o X am n o t r e p e a tin g them. The v a r ie d s i t u a t i o n s i n w h ich t h e s e h o s e s a r e u s e d , fo r exam ple in r e fin e r y t a n k s v/ hich may c o n t a in s o lu t io n s o f c a u s t ic and th e li k e , w h ich w i ll ten d to remove o i l p r o o fin g s u b s t a n ce s , s u gge s t th e p o s s ib ilit y o f an in v e s t ig a t io n fo r some m a t e r ia l more s u i t a b le f o r t r e a t i n g t h e s e h o s e s . We h a ve b e e n co n sid e r in g th e p o s s ib ilit y o f co a tin g th en w it h T h io k o l r u b b e r or Dupr ene and w on der i f you have ca r r ie d out any in v e s t iga t io n s in t h a t d ir e ctio n . The p r o b le m i s o f g r e a t i n t e r e s t t o u s fr om t h e p o in t o f vie w o f t h e p o s s ib le a b so r p tio n o f sm a ll amounts o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d fr om g a s o lin e r e s id u e s in t o t h e w a lls o f t h e h o s e an d we w i l l n a t u r a lly b e v e r y much i n t e r e s t ed in t e s t in g an y h ose o f im proved r e s is t a n c e w h ich you may d e v e lo p . Co r d ia lly yo u r s, V/ YM : v r W illa r d F . M a c h ie , M. D.