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1 > ' , / L- I o r v* Orrtcr.a Johns -Manvilli: Coia'OKATiox Twevr\*T>*o ka4T rouTtmi sTHKirr ni;h* yoiis. x.r. T. \ february 5, 1937 hr. LI. F. Judd, Secretary, Raybestos-hanhattan, Inc., 3riiseccrt, Corn. Dear hr. Judd: I wish to acknowledge receipt frca your office of capias of correspondence exchanged by you Tilth Ilr. Gatke, hr. Gillies and hr. Blunt relative to the participation of their conpanies in the underwriting of Dr. Gardner's experinents. For yours and hr. Slapson' s infoma ion, I net in ITsvr York recently hr. Offutt, A 33 istar.t to the President of G. S. Gypsun Cocpany. He indicated their coapar.y was interested in particle at ins * a licit extent and I informed hin that when the asreecer.t had t een signed by the other interested centers o the ind'us 1*77 and returned to _e by your Conpeny, I wo Li see hat it was directed to hin '.7ith a description o the pro tositicr. which he could present to hr. Inode. Ac :rdingly , I be lieve that, after you have handled it wi : the o hers, i would be preferable that I follow U. S. .-psun al :ng the lines of ny discussion with hr. Ofratt. Vary truly yours, ^ . ,0. l i Vi-.'A. Var.uiver crown General Attorney 5? JZ CASUALTY iHn. .Uui/.s.it- L\ut.i\U KiTAR Dr. M. H. Kronenberg Says chilLs" or the ague. Dr. Kronenberg said that he knew of cases where crass Disease Hazards Neglected foundry chills sufferers were treated tor Bank Night Insurance Is drawn. H are legal, . grippe or malaria. There is nothing Line with Implications London permanent in its effects. week said IMPORTANCE NOT RECOGNIZED Clinical Conditions Frequently Incor Trichlorethylene has been used com monly of late by cleaners and dyers and is also used to clean metal. In a re view- of 234 cases of trichlorethylene EL PASO, TEXAS. Nov. 27.--Dave Lawson, manager of the Knickerbocker Club here, announced recently that he ably was i which as ; ards tree : pointed ou rectly Diagnosed Silica sad Asbestos sufferers, there were 2 fatalities. When would issue insurance policies on bank any movie metal parts are lifted from a trichlor night awards made at local theaters, to bank night Dost Ars Moat Dsngsrons v ethylene bath, ii the worker is not care protect late arrivals on bank nights. He per week ; ful, he will inhale the fumes which proposes to insure a patron's chance of as eventu cause symptoms similar to an alcoholic winning an award for 10 cents per 5100 down the : Expressing the belief that life under "jag," and eventually the eyes begin up to $500 limit, and to pay claim in 30 there nius writers have not appreciated the im- to go bad and it affects the central ner days. Policy forms were being printed. commissio? portace of occupational diseases. Dr. M. vous system. The procedure is legal and there is no Sale of t : H. Kronenberg discussed some aspects of the problem before the Chicago Silica Chemical Mm need for a state charter, according to have limite Mr. Lawson. odds again Home Office Life Underwriters Asso Chromium plating does a certain ing the ca ciation. Frequently, he said, occupa amount of harm of a permanent nature. MAKES OFFER lit INDIANA. was said ti tional diseases cause health impairment, disability and death which are of vital interest to the home office life under writers. Occupational diseases have been diagnosed as anemia, he stated. m of Phmw A vapor arises, entering the upper nasal passages, and nasal perforation is caused. Frequently it is diagnosed as syphilis. Chronic mercury poisoning causes jerky bodily movements. Arsenic is used in the manufacture of wall pa C M. Jones, fire and casualty gen eral agent in Clinton and Terre Haute, Ind., has offered to insure clients their winnings in theater bank nights if they are absent when their numbers are portumtv i to be sold a patronat persons ui: their regist the hat. per and draperies and interior decor Another Dr. Kronenberg discussed various types of occupational diseases. Lead ators may suffer from this type of poi soning. Phosphorus is used in the may cause half a dozen clinical condi tions and at least ISO industries or manufacture of pyrotechnics and insecti cides. Zinc and copper poisoning are trades use lead in some form. Many times, he said, lead poisoning is diag nosed as meningitis. Many harmless ap pendixes have been removed because of confusion with an occupational disease condition. Lead poisoning causes ster rare. Nickel poisoning causes a type of eczema. Cancer is an occupational disease occurring in the manufacture of tar. Dust Is ility. miscarriage and premature birth Dust harms the lungs. Dr. Kronen among many women workers. It is also berg stated. It may be limestone, talc, diagnosed as syphilis. clay, carbon or gypsum dust. Silica and Benzol, which is a coal tar derivative, asbestos dust are the two most dan affects the bone marrow, which it de gerous and if not guarded against will stroys. Formaldehyde is used common cause tuberculosis. Silica was at first ly in many occupations which might ap- believed to be a mechanical agent as three microns are bad and under 5/10ths microns are very serious. We pay for our synthetic products with an. increased mortality rate. Dr. Kronenberg stated. He has found that the blond indi vidual doesn't stand up in the plating industry. Wet processes where dust is a hazard are extremely effective in eliminating occupational disease haz ards. The wet process may be used in grinding industries and the manufac ture oi asphalt. He said that in the manufacture of asphalt he was not in terested in the 95 perceut limestone dust prominent would be ; where ther for a polic ings of pa: Watch NEWAl matters wii by the Ca tion of Xc at a hivx: compulsor-. introduced every effor sage of sui iear to be harmless and it destroys fingernails. Among these are the manu the sharp particles were lodged in the lung, but it is now known that it is a in the air, but in the 5 percent sand or silica dust. Great facture of wall paper and calico dresses. chemical poison. If there are 5,000,000 Dr. Kronenberg is considered an au The Gre Brass itself is not poisonous, but when dust particles per cubic foot of air, sil thority on occupational diseases. He is has beer, poured, zinc oxide fumes arise. Work ica dust 35 percent is not injurious. A advisor to a number of industrial con has appo:: ers in brass foundries, when they ar micron is 1/25,000 of an inch. Sand, cerns, life insurance companies and is Pa., state : rive home after work, particularly on quartz, flint and asbestos dust particles associated with the University of Illi derwriting damp days, develop "brass foundry under 10 microns are harmful, under nois. eral liabilit V. GENERAL REINSURANCE CORPORATIO I l1i]