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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1957 Aug 21 DOC OC155 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter RE Conference with Asbestos Workers Union Vice President EMERSON 5467 . IRA I. BROUGHT & ASSOCIATES CONSULTANTS , 1138 EDISON BUILDING TOLEDO 4.OHIO t August 21 1957 Mr. Louis R. Kessler General Manager General Products Division Corning Fiberglas Corporation National Bank Building Toledo 4 Ohio Dear Lou t We recently has a long conference with Asbestos Workers Union Vice President Hugh Mulligan in Chicago Illinois Mr. Mulligan is the most dominating force in that union and therefore considerable creuenue is places in statements mass by him We discusses at length their International Convention which will be held in New Orleans La the week of September 1 and its relationship to Fiberglas an the scattere grumblings with respect to the health aspects of plass fibers First on the agenus at the convention will be the election of the international officers This will be the first such election in twenty years and there will be a struggle to unseat the present incumbent Air Carl Sickles Mr. Mulligan is confident that Mr. Sickles will be elected which would be to our advantage Several new vice presidents of the International will be elected Those most likely to succeed are Business Agent Andrew T. Haas of Philadelphia Pa who in the past has been very fair and Business Agent Malcolm Detlefs of Detroit Mich whose degree of cooperation is and has been quite questionable Since the International has received & number of complaints with regars to the health hazards of Fiberglas the Executive Board will hold a session prior to the convention preper to draft a resolution to promote an impartial examination of this problem Mr. Mulligan indicated very clearly and forcefully that he would be in favor of such a resolution but that it should be Mr. Kessler . 2 August 21 1957 all inclusive covering all the products they handle glass fibers rock wool asbestos etc. He indicated strongly that he was not in favor of a demand for a premium He made the statement that the products they handle are either healthy or they are not He felt that the convention would institute a research program of its own They are conscious of the fact that Fiberglas is domin-- ating the insulation fielt and that future employment will hinge on the application and handling of these products He has a full awareness that the various deaths from lung afments allegedly attributed C to the inhalation of glass fibers were not medically document.d nor has it been conclusively established that infection resulted from an occupational hazard towar the convention I feel strongly that Mr. Mulligan program heretofore outlined I plan and ascertain the result will work diligently to attenu their : f Very truly yours IB grow cc Mr. Winkly Mr. Wright Mr. Barch Mr. Williams Ira I. Brought