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W.E.SMITH. P R ESID EN T . FOR M ASI \ S K s n s i r o He fjfsm neassxi IN C O R P O R A T E D IN K E N TU C K Y . iOTDivna,lK P LE ASE R E F E R TO FILE NO. Ap ril 12th, 1939. JJH-Q47 Q He : I B S p v s Standard Oi l Co . Warrio r, Ala* -- Mr. E. W. W e h h T^^s id e n t, Eth y l Gas o lin e Co rp o ratio n , Ch rys le r Bu ild in g , 405 Le xingto ir Avenue, Eew Yo rk, M.Y. Le ar S i r : - Re fe rrin g to my l e t t e r to you o f June 1 5 th, 1938, w ith copy to Dr. Robert A. Kshoe, re garding the abov e , w hich, aa your f i l e w i l l indicate, is a suit institute d In the Ci r c u i t Court a t Birmingham to re co ve r damages in the amount o f 3 ,0 0 0 on account o f the a lle g e d le ad po is o n in g due to the drin kin g o f some ?ie ll water on h i s pre m is e s , which i s a lle g e d by him to have co ntaine d crown g a s o li n e . . This cas e has been s e t fo r t r i a l a t Birmingham on Monday morning, May 8 th , 1939. We, o f co u rs e , cannot say d e fi n i t e l y nt t h i s time th at the cas e w i l l a c t u a lly come up fo r t r i a l a t th a t tim e . However, sometime ago* Dr. Schradln from Dr. KehoeVs o ffi c e a t Ci n c in n a t i , made a t r i p to Birmingham fo r the purpose o f examining p l a i n t i f f ; upon h i s a r r i v a l , however, p l a i n t i f f 's atto rn e y re fu s e d to l e t ills c l i e n t be examined by Dr. Schradln and, as 1 unde rs tand i t , the o nly info rm atio n Dr. Schradln was a b le to o btain was from h is d is cu s s io n w ith th e p h y s icia n who had; atte n de d Mr. Dr. Schradln can be o f m a te rial a s s is ta n c e to our l o c a l a tto rn e y s , Me s s rs . Brad le y, Baldw in, A l l & White , Birmingham, when t h i s cas e comes up fo r t r i a l and we w ould, th e re fo re , ap p re ciate i t i f you would be kind enough to arrange to have Dr. Sch rad ln in Birmingham on Sunday, May 7 th , in o rde r th a t he say d is cu s s t h i s w ith our re p re s e n ta tive and the atto rn e ys in advance o f the t r i a l . I f Dr. Sch ra d ln , upon Ms a r r i v a l a t Birmingham w i l l be kind enough to ge t in touch w ith our Hr. Hike Hin e s , whose te le pho ne number i s 2 -2 2 3 7 , Mr. Hine s w i l l arrange to p la ce him in touch w ith our lo c a l atto rn e ys . 001110 # 2 - Mr* E*W* Webb, e t c * However, as above s t a t e d , we do not imow d e fi n i t e l y th a t, the case w i l l cotne up fo r t r i a l on May Qfch, but m w i l l advis e yon s e ve ral days in advance o f th a t time as to whether the cas e w i l l a c t u a lly come up fo r t r i a l on the 8 th or la te r* In the meantime, our lo c a l, atto rn e ys d e s ire to re ad up on the e ffe c t s , o f le ad p o is o n in g, e t c , and have re que s te d th a t we o btain from yon and forward to them, such li t e r a t u r e or t r e a t i s e you may have th at w i l l se rve to e n ligh te n them on the s u b je ct* Th e re fo re , i f you can c o n s is te n tly g o s o , send me. some work th at y o u -fe e l w i l l be o f m a te rial a s s is ta n c e to our lo c a l atto rn e ys and I w i l l send i t to them and re turn i t to you afte i- i t has se rve d i t s purpose* cc Dr. Robe rt A* Kehoe# Co lle ge o f Medicine# Un ive rs ity o f Ci n c in n a t i , Cin c in n ati# Ohio *