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FILE NAME: Kaiser Cement (KCEM) DATE: 1972 Aug 14 DOC#: KCEM007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo TO J. Parker COPIES t o G. C. D a v i s INTER-OFF]CE MEMORANDUM K P O R A T I O N CVTE August 14, 1972 y \* FROM J . oe SUBJECT F U S T I C - PLASTI C GUN CEMENT Jim, t h i s is a documentation of our telephone c o n v e r s a t i o n th is morning. I w i l l ap p re ciate your o p i ni on.as to the legal need to include a printed s t a t e m e n t to the e f f e c t t h a t the cement c o n t a i n e d t h e r e i n i n c lu de s a s b e s t o s fibers. T h is I s b r i e f l y the essence of the matter: Our P r o c e s s p e r s o n n e l have been u n s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e i r e f f o r t s to f i n d a s u i t a b l e replacement premised on function f o r a s b e st o s f i b e r s in P l a s t i c and P l a s t i c Gun Cements. T h e r e f o r e , may I re q ue s t you g i v e c o n s i d e r a t i o n to the i n c l u s i o n of a printed statement on Permanente P l a s t i c - P la s t i c Gun Cements, and C u s h en bu r y P l a s t i c Gun Cement bags to the e f f e c t that " t h i s cement c o n t a i n s a s ma l l per cent age o f a s b e s t o s f i b e r s " or some such w o r d i n g w i t h t h a t i n t e n t ? There i s s o much c u r r e n t and i n c r e a s i n g pub l i c i t y and a r t i c l e s In Trade Jo urn al s c o nce rn in g the r e l a t i o n s h i p of a s b e s t o s to lung c a n c e r t h a t trade p er s on n el a r e becoming v e r y much aware o f t h i s ma t te r. 1 am c oncerned about p o s s i b l e l ega l l i a b i l i t y and c o m pl i cations. FVDR??03A-nn4R