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a f e t y c o mmit t e e O. B. LEWIS Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ch r y s l e r B u il d in g 405 Le x in g t o n Av e n u e iN e w Y o RK Fe bruary 2 1 , 193g D r . H. A. Keh oe # Ke t t e r in g Lab o r a to r y of Ap p lie d P h ys io lo gy Co lle ge o f Med icin e . Ed en Ave n u e , Cin c in n a t i, Oh io . Pe a r Dr . Ke h o e : We a r e a t t a c h in g h e r e t o an o r i g i n a l l e t t e r r e c e iv e d fr om D. H. Lee o f P it t s b u r g h , P e n n s y lv a n ia , r e ga r d in g a ca s e o f a lle g e d le a d p o iso n in g. As we have n o t a ckn o w le d ge d Mr. Le e ' s l e t t e r , we s h o u ld a u o r e cia t e your talcin g w hatever a ct io n you see f i t . Ver y t r u ly y o u r s , ;pl In closu r e K f 0011588 hyl Gasolin e Co r ., York Cit y . Pe l). 1 6 , 1938 Dear S ir s :- Sometime ago I b e lie ve your company pat oat a cir cu la r about method of han d lin g Et h yl ga solin e to pr event p oisen in g to s t a t io n men who might get some o f t h is ga s o lin e on an open c a t . I b e lie ve in t h is le t t e r you stated th at in cases of t h is kind , the employee should see your company p h ys icia n , which you maintained in each t e r r it o r y . . We have a case of an employee# a t my s t a t io n .who - has two cut fin ge r s and fo r some r eason th ey do not want t o h e a l up alth ou gh he has been to a Doctor . Kow i t i s p o s s ib le that he might have got sonie e t h yl ga so lin e on t h ese cu t as we have had tr ou ble w ith the ga s o lin e pump lo s in g i t s prime and i t was sometimes n ecessar y to work on the Pump fo r as much as 30 minutes t r y in g to ge t the pump primed and d u r in g these o p e r a t io n s , i t is Qu ite p ossib le th at some e t h yl might have got on h is hand. Please le t me know what you t h in k I should do about t h is and whether you have a Doseor in t h is t e r r it o r y . K E 001138: