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TO FROM SUBJECT ETHYL CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE D r. R. A . Kehoe M r. H. E. H esselberg ADDRESS R. H erzog ADDRESS DATE C incinnati D etroit New York A p ril 7, I960 A ttached are cop ies of a letter and a new spaper clipping w hich we re c e iv e d fro m R obert D elavau lt of the U n iv ersity of B r itish C olum bia. Your prom pt advice on what we should do about th ese ite m s would be greatly appreciated. T h an k s. / R. H erzog R H :R R A tt. Kf r 0003338 TH E U N I VERSI TY O F BRI TI SH CO LU M BI A VANCOUVER 8, CANADA '. DEPARTM ENT OF GEOLOGY - A d d r e ss e d to: . T he G e n e ra l M anager Ethyl Corp. Vancouver ,24th March I960 r*3.-s Gentlemen, Please dindj^nclosed a newspaper article which may be of interest for your organization.My name does not appear in it,because I am merely . responsible for superintending or doing myself the analyse involved. I enclose a few reprints which add to the validity of this claim. The premature and seasatiomal way this matter was presented to the public is to be deplored,but there is nothing to be done about it now, specially when considering the reliability of the analyses. lour public relations men Slight appreciate to have a timely warning about the storm some people are going to raise.Personnally,without being too happy at the idea of so much lead being let loose,I thiak that the effects might be somehow mimirainized,by use of appropriate procedures, and shall be glad to help you ia any way I can.33SSXSSSiaX34SX In the case ye you make any queries at the university,! would be grateful if you leave out the fact that I am writing you an unsolicited letter.No-'body will be surpri sed if you write to ae,because most research workers know very well that > technical work is usually done by the man who signs in second place and use to wrir-te to me direct when they ask for technical information Yours sincerely .'c. l -L/ Robert E.Delavault research associate 0003339 SA LE.- D EPA R TM EN T r. r .. . 1 . _ . !j - o . r . 1 !i 0 M -* i ! : v . .. : 1 i REE'p r w i ' i / - . t> ; . C. , li< v . 1 (: A U !* : \ <| >1 1 - t a g a in s t a back g ro u n d cf te c *Vy <:t.d m ountain. w here Indian totem q icre '"ooaoniy a : tne passu.* 5 This view u Irons G eorgia Fork or. fro n t S treet p a ra d e <vi ts-.: -* -W - ' `'s p r e t o . becau -V avu outer LEAD DEPOSIT S FOUND Landlords To v rar f ti Poison Belt Could Hang Ask General Other t --I Over Cit y Park Causeway* Licencing Aldermen were iteked Eri- Sam Why --a * * Sy JE K B tf ES40S53S day to licence all revenue . plana are.being made to in tamination was uncovered by properties in the city Too s University of British Colunr-j vestigate the possibility cf a UBC geologist Dr. H arry Apartment and H om ing- T> bia scientists have found i poisonous tunnel of air hang Warren. house Operators' Aaaocfcktion Sw ir3 I }* rsur; - poisonous deposits of lead o n ! ing over th* causeway. th e vegetation along Stanley j He said money will have to Park Causeway. j be found before a research Dean John McCreary, head j project can he set up. of UBC's medical school, said i Ciue to the potential air con- Dr. W arren said very large deposits of lead compounds cover the trees, shrubs and grass along parts of the road. This fact has led scientists made the request in a brief to a special council committee on Illegal suites under chairman Aid. Halford Wilson. ' The association charged there are an estimated 10,000 I itnsrf Correctional if tpai* Head to suggest cautiously th at the unlicensed properties opera large trees lining the highway ting for revenue in the city in may be hemming in contami competition with licenced nated air. lodging houses. They said modern gasoline "The position of the licensed if y _ -T mur, Lauds Haney Jail contains tetraethyl lead which operator today has necome a is easily vaporized and sent nightmare." the brief said. into the atmosphere through The brief said licenced 1 pu-; car exhausts. operators are ft !red to pay cut g tritasi Prefe Car n Busse Seldo or pu Incor away morn parce ride Other hasn'1 taxes Ing m A. visiting Salvation Army official lauded the rianey Correctional Institute Friday for its rehabilita tion program. --------------------------------- Theory is th at the vaporized lead compounds, held over the causeway, settle slowly on the vegetation. commercial rates tor utilities, and file tr.com lax returns. "Yet the unlicenced prop erty owner escape all extra Don't Soma ! Lt.-Ccl. Clinton i.acott. vocational training program Dr. W arren cautioned that (hargee to the city and federal The arm y's national director of correctional services, visited the prison Friday. Pei'Tou can' help bv* 'eel tills t great thing.'' h<* sa:d m an Jewish Festivalj.-'.-rsiew. for selected young men with ; there is is* rnw*Site <rau*r sentences less than two years, i for alarm. "To ous," is ail me, Eaco the Haney tt said. best. is tremend- "Equipm ent: You see the Dean McCreary added that, so far, no exact scientific im plication can he drawn that either the air m contaminated government free tr-MCrt claimed. sad 1 virtually inspection," i>I i Begins Today''he Haney prison runs a boys happily engaged in their ; or that :t contaminated it is cias*e.'' ; in sufficient volume to be of Eacott is louring Canada j clanger. looking at courts and jails and i He said tests will meeting Salvation Army of- j be made of the air ficers engaged in correctional j humans who regulariy work. * the air. have to and of breathe The Jewisn .'estivili M Purim begins at sundown to day. Vancouver's , l t w i > h com-1 munity will hold synagogue: 3d -s ftw rs vsHcfcihn "The I said zo< -'M Hw fro m The Sunday Sun, V ancouver, B r itish C olum bia Saturday, M arch 12, I960 K? 00C334O