Document 5D00bg7LvKjba7jzRkO6wbqL0

FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1932 DOC#: GE078 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE NSC Report C M PLAINTIFFS ., EXHIBIT OC^ T --''---'JTr .'-r--r-T--*- 1 C .'1 IT n 'r-...n --v 1f1 C\i. -h-.nAi v 1.. Il: AIE ?333i:.3 3L.v3'i`I].rR, Eve nature of the investig:it ion covered bY the report tme more or lees sc ie n tific end carried on unde r the direction of medical men, Doctors, '.Vinslev; a no &re ensblarg, much of whici.i date is of u controversial character. Eiere- has developed since .report was presented fo r adoption bp th -Hiministrative Council of tie Rational Safety Council, very strong protest by the foundry industry on the premise that the industry did not have prope representation on committee- and much of the f ie ld data secured which was tin "basis of report was not made public to foundry industry and was conducted under conditions not in keeping with good practice for the B lastin g Cperati ss viewed by the industry. Beport was held up by the Administrative Council fo r (60) days to allow a reviewing committee of foundry in te re sts to present th e ir case whici w ill be done June 13th in hew York. fhere seems to be much evidence secured by the foundry in terests which would indicate that Drs. Winslow and Greensburg are in siste n t that th eir report be accepted and published by either the national Safety Council Dr the federal Department of Health In either case, i f published in it s present form, would no doubt cause the foundry industry to face very heavy expense in defending law su its which would be prompted by the unethical lawyers or Dr and cuase at th is p articu lar time a very detrimental effect on business niw in very serious condition. l,Eie Hew York Sun of Hay 23, 1532 say s, sixteen (15) cases representing su its for ^1,600,000 have been sta rte d in Eochester, II.Y. and two (2) in Hassachusetts - allegin g that men contracted S ilic o s is through wearing defective apparatus while sand b la stin g .*1 This i s the type of cases which we might expect a l l over the country i f the report in question were issued or allowed to be released for publication She foundry industry, through th eir committee which is to meet with the Administrative Council of the national -Safety Council the 13th, Ere to present very concrete evidence of the Foundries in te re st in doing everything possible to protect and safeguard i t s employees and begin a vigorous educational campaign to accomplish th is end. I t i s th e ir b e lie f that the report should not be published but commence by educational means to bring about a b etter condition. Have talked with Hr. G.h. Sanford in Schenectady th is morning who has the report and is i n 'f u l l accord with the hoove suggestion, that report should not be published. In fa c t he was a prime mover in holding i t up in -.arch th is year, lie i s to abstract the report and present i t to Hr. 3n.imon3 for his u se. In ciden tally vr. Hanford is a past president of the h .3 .C. and a member of the Acurunistrative Council*