Document 2JY62XmaL8JyRbrpMYpO6DwZ7

FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: August 9, 1955 DOC#: WRG 140 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1955 Memo regarding asbestosis claim to State Compensation Insurance Fund , . F ro n tf aad ' A. Kelley S . ..yers 6GZllQ August <?,. 1S35 Dearborn aad T ravelers lest -ibcy ear Z aytoa aad Jo e : i have just answ ered a letter trarr, the ate Compensation Insurance Fuad ia C alifornia, about a claim that they have (rem the aerarneeto p i t . . his m an haa filed for d isab ility due to a d iag n o sis of as be s ta s i sl. All o f our information has been that verm icolite is incapable a i producing silic o sis or a sb e sto sis. ilowever, if this case is valid, it is my g a sss that it origin * ated from the m ixing of oar acoustic rath er than from the verm icolite. If H this is true, then we should take a iood at our acou stic m ixiag o p eration s ? to se e u they are free from dust h asard s capable oi producing as b eato si. nee rely yours .Vivers- jbr : -xley 'e ia *0i <9*