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January 17, 1938 Mr* Alan C. 1?ully Ethyl Export Corporation 388 C o llin s S t r e e t Melbourne C. 1 A ustralis Dear Mr. T u lly s - . X haw previously sent you n o ta tio n s front tim t time onceraing the p o ten tial hazards associated with the cleaning of tanks which have been used fo r the blending and sto rag e o f g a s o lin e , We a re making a very d e ta ile d study of t h i s problem in the U nited S ta te s and as th a t stu d y has gene on and as th in g s have developed, no have come to the conclusion th a t th e methods which 00 have devised f o r clea n in g tanks are s a tis fa c to ry from the p o in t of view of s a fe ty i f they are a c tu a lly ap p lied in t h is work. I t seems c le a r to me th a t w do n o t know as much about h w th is m a tte r is handled in v ario u s p a rts of the world as we should know, For th a t reason I rnn sending you c o n fid e n tly memorandum which has a t l e a s t the virtu of d is play In tny g en eral p o in t o f view as to the d i f f i c u l t i e s of h an d lin g th is type o f work* % i s m a te ria l is f o r your 1oforsmfelon and I su g g est th a t you do n o t dis trib u te i t widely since i t is not w ell to ra ise g en erally the questions which are a t issue* I t is wise, I b eliev e, fo r ns to face th is situ a tio n as w ell as we an and to c o lle c t th e inform ation which Is O b tain ab le. A ccordingly X am a tta c h in g to th e memorandum a q u e stio n n a ire as an example of the type of Inform ation which I th in k you and your a s s o c ia te s should begin to c o lle c t fo r your inform ation as well as f o r ours* X do n o t mean to say th a t you should send out th is q u estio n n aire in i t s p re se n t form to customer companies* Battier I th in k you should con s id e r th e e x te n t to which you can ask f o r and o b tain t h is type of inform ation* In any case i t seems to me you should begin c o lle c tin g such inform ation as I t seems f e a s ib le to g e t w ithout undue a n x ie ty on the p a r t of th e ex e cu tiv e s w ith whom you have d e a lin g s . 1 should lik e to have you con sid er th is question s e rio u s ly and l e t me have your opinions as to how b e st to go about t h is and as to what d e ta ile d in f e r mat!on you b e lie v e can be obtained* I t seems r a th e r )<e 0007008 ri ' j .V " .. . obvious th a t 0 can not so t up a type or supervision a l l over Europe which i comparable to th a t which ne a re try in g to cehleve in th e U nited S ta te s , Ifc l s q u ite p o s s ib le th a t cuoh a regime would be un le s I r able even f i t could b achieved* On fee o th e r hand a should c e rta in ly not ignore the existence of this danger and we should know as w ell as we can how t o s t to handle I t* and w hether or n o t th e means a t p re se n t employed are reasonably e f fe c tiv e , /. . . ' ` -I am a la a sending you herew ith / a copy of the p resen t In s tru c tio n s which are being ; issu e d from f e te o f f i c e in th e bock of re g u la tio n s . You may have seen th e se in s tru c tio n before* but t wish to .. c a l l your a tte n tio n to-.the. f a c t th a t th ere are s ig n if ic a n t " : changes in th ese re g u la tio n s as compared to those which . appear in your p re se n t hook of r e g u la tio n s , *he most s ig n if ic a n t o f these changes have to do s i t u th e use of . a l r - l l n e hose masks e x c lu s iv e ly , as w ell aa the use of a c id -p ro o f rubber gloves in clean in g o p e ra tio n s, I have seme h e s ita tio n in demanding t h a t Rule B bo extended in to the en tire foreign fie ld of operations* recognise th at In some p a r ts of th e world, th o se m oka w ill n o t he a v a ila b le , and i f they are not and can not be obtained, fee tendency w ill b n o t to us any asks a t a l t , whereas the c a n is te r . macks w ill c e rta in ly be b e tte r than n o th in g , I in v ite v your su g g estio n s on. t h i s p o in t, ; 1 tr u s t th a t th is l e t t e r and " these en c lo su res w ill make my p o in t of vie' c le a r in . the m a tte r , and I hope bo h e sr iro n you s h o rtly on th is subject* -d1ncr1y your s , BKiis &erb" /i *h bh eea' 1), X E 0 0,0;7 0 0 9; WS- *> - ' ; V5? s - > i