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1 what Mr. Johnson is saying in 1957, that he knew at
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2 that time, he was conscious at that time of the
3 interests in the asbestos workers, the people that use
4 asbestos products and the problems of asbestosis?
5 A Right.
6 Q Let me show you another document dated
7 February 6th, 1956. It is from Dr. Schepers to Mr.
8 Burch, that you had previously identified.
9 But in this letter from Dr. Schepers of
10 Saranac Lake, Dr. Schepers says, on the fourth page of
11 this letter to Mr. Burch, I suppose you already know
12 that asbestos is fairly well incriminated as a
13 carcinogen and that asbestos causes lung damage by
14 virtue of the length of its fibers.
15 Do you see that?
16 A Yes, I see it.
17 Q Now --
18 A I didn't know it had anything to do with the
19 length of the fiber or size of the dust or any of
20 those things.
21 I just thought the fact that you could