Document 8Lg2EgnKe6Q2J6g5YyoXNNYa

mi C. 9, Beinhardt i. monjjoan lOl 9 A* Il^Pi Jp J. V* Clayton, Jr. fltQNi 0* J* StOppa hkruir7 10, 1*7 C-CC2.2.7 DATE. Ct-ITi'.W S.-.'in- TUI NLPXCA& ASFXCTS 09 TUZ OSS 09 A&K2TQA AW memos wowcw victim asm. ro*r conpurr A memorandum with the ikvi title mi prepared la aarly lorsmber 1966 reporting the dieeuaalona held at Kaekell Laboratory eo Oetober 99* Oertala of the proposal* made at that Meting are being tarried out by the Ingloeering Department, hut la general the aedleal roeesendatlena hate not heeo Implemented* A aunrty of plant phyalolana by letter auggeeta that at leaat wa do aot hate an epideala or reepiratory dlaeaae among theae with an obtioua exposure to aabestoe, but Z regard uui aa. only uaeful preliminary inrornatlon not the end or the lnteatlgatloo* There are four reaaona why the propoaala made in the aeaoraadua aaould he implemented* 1. The data dereloped to date la euggeetlee hut mot eoaelueiTO, and teth tram the humanitarian and lagal polata aT tiav tha data auat he aantlnaiag net only te euraeltee hut if neeeaaary te a aourt af lam* V* auat he able to deaeaatrato that aat ooly do me aet hate a health prohlea duo to aabeetoi, hut that tha research aethoda uaed mere oueh that a problem mould here been uaeotored IT it oxiated* t* The long 'intubation period* that may exist botmoen aabeatoa exposure and the development af aanear requires that me foeua our attontloa on the exposures oeeurring to eaployeea la the period 1929-19^2* At that period tho number or employees mea aaallsr (1930, 57*000 employees1 19*0, 53,000 employsai 1950, 60,000 eaployesa) and the potential expoeursr aay hare been with leaa* 081 J: OmNDANTS KXHIIIT ff DUP 0900807 120611 SC-DP-01755