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May 3, 1954 - M r. Jam es E. Boudreau Ethyl Corporation 100 Park Avenue Building N ew Y ork C ity 17 ^ D ear Jim : " : ' ' . - \ Pursuant to your le tte r of A pril 28, I think 1 should te ll you that I had a talk with one of the technical m en of Southern C alifornia A ir Pollution fo u n d a tio n about ten d ays ago,, w hen he v is ite d us p r im a r ily to ta lk w ith M r. Cholak, (who is the head of our D iv isio n of In d u strial H ygiene Techxux- lo g y ). He is a m an w ell known to .Cholak fo r som e y e a r s , a fo rm er a sso c ia te of D r. H itchcock in another job. He was in terested in bringing us into th eir orbit in Los A n g e le s, w ith p articu lar r eferen ce to our doing th e r e m u ch o f th e s a m e kind ox w ork th at .ve h a v e done fo r s o m e y e a r s in C in c in n a ti, - n a m e ly a f a ir ly c o m p r e h e n s iv e job e f sa m p lin g and a n a ly s is va is ptia uiwvjj XajuJtkTtiti" e, together with certain, sp ecific g a s e s and. v a p o r s . The p r e lim in a r y d is c u s s io n s w e r e of the m o s t s a t i s fa cto ry typo, and it is understood that D r. H itchcock w ill follow up on thorn in a v is it h e r e in, th e -very n e a r fu tu re (th is w e e k , I b e lie v e ). In any c a se , I think it w ell to d elay the draft of a further le tte r to M r. Stew art until after this conversation. If w.* find tliat -ve can c o n tr a c t w ith the .Foundation to do a s u r v e y of the type ind icated, in which lead is only one of a num ber of elem en ts to be in vestigated , under conditions which lea v e th is L aboratory free to do its w ork p rop erly and to handle its rep orts in a m anner which is in accord with cu r p o licies, it m ay w ell r esu lt in changing m y attitude toward the en tire problem w ith w hich Ethyl is faced . O bviously j shall not contract with them to deal with Ethyl*a problem s without Ethyl*a c o n sen t, but the situation m ay w el1 be d ifferen t from any tliat could be anticipated prevdw.:dy, and this m ay b e Le b e s t w ay to d e a l w ith it. You v/ill hear from m e in due co u rse. Sincerely yours, RAH ef Robert A. Kehoe, M. D. ETHYL CORPORATION INTER -OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE / TO Dr. R. A. Kehoe FROM J. E. Boudreau -' SUBJECT Southern California Air PollutionFoundation ADDRESS Cincinnati ADDRESS New York DATE April 28, 195^ Dear Bob: . '- , I find that I was wrong in sgrunderstand ing that I was to write a letter in answer to Mr. Stewart with regard to our position on the Southern California Air Pollution Foundation. Mr. Shea would definitely like you to frse the letter of reply to Mr. Stewart. If you will be good enough to forward your draft to nie, I shall forward it to Mr. Shea. Sinherely, JEB:w Attch James R. Boudreau \ \* V \*