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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Oct 27 DOC#: SAR152 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Vandiver Brown RE Saranac Publishing the Report & Expressing a Desire that Some Things be Omitted First i V October 27, 19b HO. /. Aaerleen BrekeBlok M v. o f A.B.g.Af. * o, 3- Oats* Corporation *. keaabey * Battiaon Company x -lUybestos-fcanhattsii, Inc. ^ ^xfb* Ro j n I I Kfg. Co. x u-fbermoid Conparty {Southern Aabeatos)' ^r-Unlon Asbestos a Rubbar Oo. *e.*-3 nlted Sts tea Cyprt* Co. x Saranac Laboratory Beit jaretflroSi With th e reqoeet th at 700 t r a c t I t v lth tfce utmoet oonfldence and aake I t a v a ila b le to no cna outside your organi s a tio n , I mm snelo sin g ahat purports to be "P art I* o f a rep ort by the Saranac Laboratory a c t 1tie d 'A sbestos pnsraooonloala*. 1 Xy on a0-- ants a ft a r a pralladnary study o f the rep o rt are contained In the attached memorandum. snlch d l l l l i c v l a s refresh your reco llectio n at to the o rig in o f the experiments covered thereby. Saranac d l l undoubtedly d a h to publish tha report e ith e r Independently o r In oonjonctlon with the propoced report on *Buaan A sb esto sls*, end I t vauld lik e w ise appetr d esire b it frewn the point o f view o f the Industry th at the report be pub lish e d provided eomr o f the sp ecu la tive consents ere oadtted. As e preliminary to discussion with representstlwes nf S trrn c c, e oeetlng o f rep resen ta tives o f the compan ies ehleh finrnccd the experiments Is In d icated . I am th erefor* In v itin g tru cor.;.nles to ehich t h is eemorandun l e addressed to be repre sented a t e luncheon in the Jobna-kanvllle Corporation Board noor on Jfcursdsr, November 1 1 . 12*3? PJ. ^ r ln g and fo llo w ing the luncheon tha report c in be revleaad. I f you are enable to have a rep resen tative atten d . I t would be d e sira b le f o r you to designate eoee represents t ir e o f another company to a c t fo r you In eonneetlon w ith decision s th at d U have to be aade. Xn sa y even t, p lease w e th e t the d r * ft o f the report I s returned to m o c o r W fore KoveOber y . e ith e r by m i l or by your rep re sente tie# . I t I t obviously undesirable that the report In I ts present fo r* receive any distrib ution or p u b licity outside H a lte d am ber o f people In oar respective organisations. Very tru ly yours* TB18 too. h i oo A. B. Fisher L. C. Bart J . P . Woodard snrfieer Brosn, S ecretary and Oeneral Attorney