Document 37N2d3R9bgv55QmZgQV9BNve0

Tot MCB/ACM Copiss: DWH/XKP/KAW/BXW COWTXDrWTXAL - 25th January, 1964 , Maoth*Uotta ud Croddolita I azd mack obliged for Mr* Catos* report of 6th fuaryt even though tho figures do mot exactly agree with those reported by M.. Kartioy oo'23rd December. Wo cam take it that, la rood figures, our procoat trad# baaod on SAB brings as a cross profit of about 32,500 sad that la tbs earrsat yoar 'O* Division bops to increase this by about aaotbsr 4,150* Farther, tbs recovery of fixed overheads is about 15,500 (aad this prssumably rofsrs only to factory overhead*.) Tbs gross profit psresotage Is about 32 so that, roughly, tbs ast profit would bs shout half this aad tbs sum of ast profit plus fixsd overhead* would bs about 32,000* This is is my view too big a trad# to bo thrown overboard ia a harry simply bscauss tbare is fairly strong eridsacs that SAB fibre is mors dangerous than chrysotile, but ws must recognise . that all .this trad* will bs at risk, togutbsr with tbs prospects ia tbs U .S.A., if tbs Factory laapoctorata decide to impose Exceptionally stringent regulatiaas about tbs processing of blue fibxW. -i . * The first point, therefore, is to spare no expense in order to 'install aad maintain the best possible dmst prevention Measures ia omr factories. I We ought to experiment with manufacturing aad -trying out on customers1* materials on the lines suggested in Mr. Wells1 r~. [ memorandum of 9th December aad ia Mr. Gates* of 6th January. With regard to the use of SAB fibre for RA. 3 fait X have yet^tp be entirely convinced that SAB fibre Is say better than cbrysotil's^for resistance to acid when embedded in resin. (Perhaps this could be investigated without unduo consumption ef time, as the 0f thj quality would be a substantial easement from various viewpoints* . 1 Am foiL t X? o