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j i n t e h -o f p i c e CORRESPONDENCE A t l a n t a .,.G e o r g i a June 7, 1938. Mr* J . A . C o s t e l l o , , . Dear Joe, R e c e n t l y , Mr* P o w e ll o f The T ex as Company, came i n t o o u r o f f i c e and to ld us of a re p o rte d case of lead p o isoning in Savannah. About th e same tim e , I re c e iv e d a l e t t e r from th e N a tio n a l O il Company, Conoco j o b b e r s i n S a v a n n a h , v/ho a s k e d me t o b e s u r e an d c a l l on th em t h e f i r s t tim e I came d o w n . V ihile- i n S a v a n n a h I w e n t t o s e e Mr .G lo v e r ' o f The 'xe x a s Company a n d a s k e d him a b o u t t h e r e p o r t e d c a s e . H t o l d me t h e y c o n te m p la te d t a k i n g o v e r an a c c o u n t w h ic h a t t h e p r e s e n t tim e was c o n tra c te d to n a tio n a l O il Company, and t h a t t h i s acco u n t was b e in g su ed by one o f t h e i r ex -em p lo y ees who c la im e d he had been p o iso n e d by w a s h in g h i s h a n d s i n n5,,n g a s o l i n e , w h i l e en g ag ed i n t h e b u s i n e s s o f w ashing o ld a u to m o b ile p a r t s . I c o n ta c te d Mr. K a n n e lli o f th e N a tio n a l O il Company and he h ad M e ssrs. D. C la rk A b b o tt, and J . E . M e rre lle Mock o f t h e A . & M. "Wrecking a n d P a r t s Company come o v e r t o h i s o f f i c e . T h is company i s th e d e fe n d a n t in a s u i t f i l e d by L . C. N o rto n who in 1936 was employed by them as a m echanic engaged in d ism a n tlin g and c l e a n i n g p a r t s fro m w re c k e d a u t o m o b i l e s . A tta c h e d i s a. copy o f t h e a ll e g a t i o n f i l e d in th e C ity C ourt o f S avannah, Chatham C ounty, G e o rg ia . My d i s c u s s i o n w i t h Mr* Mock was no m ore t h a n t o go t o s e e t h e d o c t o r 'w hose name i s D r . C la7/ t o n M e t t s , em ployed b y t h e d e f e n d a n ts ., i n t h e s u i t . T h is g e n tle m a n a s k e d me i f we h a d a d o c t o r a s s o c i a t e d . w i t h th e company who m ight be a b le to g iv e him in fo rm a tio n concerning th e sym ptons o f le a d p o iso n in g and th e m ethods ..used to d iag n o se t h i s m alady. I have him D r. K ehoe's a d d re ss and make no com m ittm ents m y self w h a ts o e v e r. Dr* M e tts t o l d me h e e x p e c te d t o c o rr e s p o n d ., w i t h Dr Xehoe r e g a r d i n g t h i s c a s e . The c a s e i s t o come up on M onday, J u l y 4 t h . VftT 'ir * h r n l v v n u i *