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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT OWENS - corning^fibergEs corporation INTRA-COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE cc Garsl Office* Toledo, OUo A C r* ; ^3 Afteadoo of Hr. C. G. Steelin' Januarv 30. 1940 Sobjoct HS. MARSHALL'S UBtORJUfDCN 01 ITCS PROPOGANDA. The proposed Fiberglas Standards sbset on "Proper Methods of Handling Fiberglas Insulation" will, in offset, be a part of a oonplete manual on all forma of Fiberglas beoause it will be a part of Fiberglas Standards* However, the manner in #xich we wish to use this story is to offer this data sheet to a ouater who is experiencing difficulty with his work* men when they first undertaks to handle Fiberglas. It should be in suoh form that it oan be posted on a bulletin board, or otherwise distributed among the men who ere the cause of the omplaiat. In that sense it will not be a part of a ocnplete manual* It would not be effective for our purpose if it wers oonstantly buried in the midst of other material* the proposed sheet has to do with the handling of Fiberglas thermal insulation, this represents our major market, and our major problem. Jaok Thetnas, howerer, believes that we shall soanor or later need to get out sane equivalent sheet haring to do with handling of Fiberglas textiles and decorative fabrloa so as to offset fear on tha part of outtars and seamstresses, and other persons fabricating Fiberglas fabrics, that Fiberglas is a dangerous material to handle* Undoubtedly the time will ooma when we shall hare two sheets haring to do with the safety aspeots of Fiberglas* In my opinion it would be muoh more practi- oal to hare two instead of one, because the story we would tell to the fabrics industry should be quite different in its interpretations than the story we tell to the thermal insulation industry* To my mind it would not be advisable to try to "tar" other oanpetitire VU. w** produots with the same stiok. In the first plaos this might lead to a oat and dog fight within the industry. In the seoond place, ease of these other materials art known to dorelop industrial diseases that we do not find present in the handling of Fiberglas (suoh as asbestosis and possibly silieosis). Most of these other materials era vary dusty **"01*UV - as compared to Fiberglas. It seems to me that we should try to dis associate ourselves from these other materials rather than to bring them into the sane category with Fiberglas. is one chap put it, our material may here the same Itch that is present in other materials, but at laast we ere not dusty or dirty* I must reltsrste my early impression gained after talking before the Safe Prsetioes Confersnoe of the State of Pennsylvania, namely, that we hare a very olean, desirable and safe material. Our hatards are negligible 01 SOO 0037 I ?%. *..T '*? OtetaiM. r :. 'i>.ian * A ?o0-C J-L Attsatios of OWENS - CORNING FIB>iERGLAS CORPORATION INTRA-COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE Geasral Offices - Toledo. OWo Stoelin Jo&uery $0, 1940 Sabjsct Hr. MoAoll's Msaoronduo cn Iteh Propogtndo. -2- eaparid to many that oro ocanoa to othsr font of industry. I bailers * oro In o position to bo ossertiTO os to tbs sofsty of Fiberglos boeouso w hoto on ooowulotlon of STldoneo behind us Idiot Mhos this ftotsfsont obsolutoly truo. T. S. fifgor* MX 01 500 0038