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V ) r) s S X T E R -O rF IO C O 8 R B ESPO A'PK N OK GC: D r. Kehoe Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co b po b a t i o n M AN D EACTU R IN e D EP AR TM EN T D EEPW ATER PLAN T FJEXXS GKOVK, N. J . August 8, 1932 Memorndum: Mr. A. E . M ittn a c h t Confirming, our conversation th is morning reg ard in g th e ease o f th e s to le n can o f ETHYL F lu id , I am g iv in g you h e re w ith t h e s t o r y a s d e v e lo p e d a t t h i s tim e . Y esterd ay a fte rn o o n two c h ild r e n , one ab o u t s ix and one ab o u t th r e e , ibund a can o f ETHYL F lu id in a n a d ja c e n t n e i g h b o r s y a r d . The y ounger one to o k a hamme r and m a il and commenced to d r iv e i t in to th e c a n . The f l u i d from th e i n t a c t o f th e hammer sp la s h e d out and o v er him . The c h i l d i n q u e s tio n , a g e t h r e e , i s th e sone o f a Greek p ro p rie to r a t Penns Grove. A fter developing th e d e ta ils to su b stan M a^ e'th e above sto ry , and which _ found to be t r u e , I to o k t h i s n a t t e r u p w ith th e Dye Works1 P o lic e and M edical D epartm ents. T his morning I went to Penns Grove and lo c a te d th e can which y e t c o n ta in e d a b o u t 200 cc* s o f ETHYL F lu id . / l ~ a l s o s e c u re d t h e c i l d ' s c lo th in g w hich were q u it e w e ll covered w ith ETHYL Fluid;'* ^ I fou n d th a t th e can was one o f t h e xnew xtype s e r i e s , 3 -1 1 6 7 9 Our re c o r d s show i t t o be one from pur s to c k n o t y e t h a v in g \b e e n sh ip p e d w hich n a t u r a l l y wouM be e x p e c te d . T his p a r t i c u l a r can v ia s ^ f ill e d d u rin g May o f t h i s y e a r , a count o f our can sto ck re v e a ls th e fa c t th atiw e^ afe one s h o rt and b ears out th e evidence th a t i t is one a c tu a lly ta k en from th isXbatchv., \ The a d ja c e n t p ro p e rty t o th e G reek r e s t a u r a n t i s o ccu p ied by a man who now works a t t h e Dye Works ,and had been p r e v io u s ly o ccu p ied by a n o th e r Dye Works * em ployee who had been d is e a fg ed on a c c o u n t o f c e r t a i n d is h o n e s t p r a c t i c e s . The P o lic e D epartm ent i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h i s end in a n e f f o r t t o r u n down th e p a r ty who to o k th e can from our w areh o u se. ] We a r e a s c a r e f u l a s p o s s i b le in th e h a n d lin g o f th e s e c a n s, b u t th e r e a r e tim e s p a r t i c u l a r l y d u rin g th e f illin g and d u rin g th e p ack in g when someone un o b serv ed m ight g e t in to th e canning room and ta k e a can away concealed in h is o v e r a lls , and I b e lie v e und er o n ly th e s e c o n d itio n s could a ca n g e t away from us even though we try to prevent even these occasions. R egarding th e c h ild , a D octor Baker, one o f th e lo c a l Penns Grove p h y s ic ia n s , im m ed iately c a l l e d th e Dye Works y e s te rd a y a f te r n o o n t o s e c u re a d v is e a s to tr e a tm e n t fo r a ch ild exposed to te tra e th y l le ad . This attending physician of th e base v e r i f i e d t h e f a c t s to me t h i s m o rn in g . I have ask e d him t o e lim in a te th e u s u a l m e d ie a lle th ic s involved and to re le a s e th e case to D octor D euel, th e head d octor a t th e Dye W orks, who i s f u l l y co m p eten t t o d e a l w ith any le a d p o iso n c a s e . He i s g o in g to tak e t h e c h i ld u n d er o b s e rv a tio n in o rd e r t h a t we a r e su re n o th in g s e r io u s w ill develop. US 0017443 CK IjSTTK R .lK JffO B COJKKEF Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t io n M SFA O T K IN G DEPARTAIENT DEEPW ATER PLANT P e n e s Gr o v e , N. J . Z Jir. A. E. M ittn a c h t August 8, 1 9 ^ While i t i s a f a c t th a t th e re was no n eg lig en ce on our p a rt w ith re s p e c t t o p ro p e r s to r a g e o f ETHYL F lu id c a n s , a t t h e same tim e I f e e l t h a t t h e r e i s a m o ral r e s p o n s i b i l i t y and o b l i g a t i o n to s e e t h i s c a s e th ro u g h inasm uch a s we la v e d e f i n i t e l y p ro v en t h a t t h e c h ild had a s e v e re ex p o su re t o ETHYL F lu id , and accordingly, have taken th e re s p o n s ib ility of having th e ch ild provided fo r by adequate a tte n tio n in o rd er th a t no more harm ful r e s u lt s might be occasioned than can be helped I have ta k e n t h i s r a t t e r up o f f i c i a l l y / X i i co u rse, w ith Mr. Munson, Manager o f th e Dye Works, who a u th o riz e d b o th th e M d ic ia 'a n G P o l i ce D ep artm en ts to go in to th e s itu a tio n f u lly fo r us; I w i l l a d v ise you f u r th e r d e t a i l s a s -they a r e developed, and in th e meantime Xx \/w i l l a p p r e c ia te w h atev er comments you may c a rp to o f f e r on t h i s c a s e . As a m a tte r o f in fo rm a tio n , I am s e n d in g .a copy o f t h i s l e t t e r t o D r. Kehoe in the event th a t he should wish to ta k e any a c tio n . JH3:B 'X \ X \\ \x .) ) i ^/-"N. i ; \. X>7 Yours tr u ly , J . H S c h a e fe r K 0017444 4 ; -i-M ir'