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ETHYL CORPORATION
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO D r.. Kehoe - C in c in n a ti, Ohio FROM enjaaiin Brewster. - D e tro it
DATE
F eb ru ary 2h, 1S>50
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Smog C o n tro l F ile R ef. IUO.1010 20
Dear Dr. Kehoe:
I tn in k you w ill fin d the enclosed le tte r
1e x p la n a to ry . I am n o t s u r e , o f c o u rs e , w hether
.you w i l l e v e r h e a r from Mr. P au l Grimes o f th e L. A.
County e-mog C o n tro l Commission, b u t i f he i n s i s t s on
having f u r t h e r in fo rm a tio n I b e lie v e i t should come
from you.
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Very tr u ly y o u rs,
BB/mjm E n e l.
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February 2h, 1950
Smog C o n tro l F ile R e i. 11*0.1010 20
Dear G il:
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; . I havs; ji-our note, o f F eb ru ary 20th,. -1950 '-'reporting what P a u l G rim e s,o f L, A. County Smog C o n tro l, had" asked f o r m a te r ia l t o combat c ra n k l e t t e r s . The q u e s tio n o f w h eth er th e use of lead adds to the to x ic ity , of-.exhaust products i s :an old one. I have a d is tin c t re c o lle c tio n of i t s being raised iiic h o la s Murray . J iu tle r back i n th e e a r l y ''Twenties- d u rin g th e r e c e s s i n our o p e r a tio n s .. He claim ed th e u n iv e r s a l u se ox loaded g aso lin es in h eav ily populated a reas such as Manhattan would wipe o u t th e e n t i r e p o p u la tio n s im p ly `due t o th e le a d compounds thro^m. i n t o th e a i r . E a rl Bartholomew t o l d me t h i s when I was ; f i r s t employed.. You w i l l f in d i t m entioned in T. A. Boyd' s r e c e n t h o rn in g M emorial SAB p a p e r, a lth o u g h n o t i n connection w ith smog.
while th e reco rd obviously speaks fo r i t s e l f , sons
k in d o f an answ er n u o t have been found e l s e we would n o t have
d a re d open up shop a g a in a s we d id i n 1926.
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I b e lie v e , G il, th is i s an in sta n ce in which i t , would be unw ise f o r th e R esearch L a b o ra to rie s t o a tte m p t t o . p ro v id e in fo rm a tio n t o th e L. A. County Smog C o n tro l Commis s io n . The q u e s tio n sh o u ld be p u t to . B r. Kehoe i n .o u r.M edical D epartm ent (D r. R. A. Kehoe, The U n iv e rs ity o f C in c in n a ti, . K etterin g Laboratory, College of M edicine, C incinnati 19, . O hio). I t h i n k - i t would be a d v isab le fo r Paul Grimes t o ' w rite d ir e c t to him.
Very tr u ly y o u rs,
EB/mjm . c e : D r. Kehoe
Benjamin B rew ster a y-
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