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ETHYL CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE TO Dr. R. A. Xehoe FROM E. 0 . Jo n e s SUBJECT V it o l addr ess a ddr ess dat e Cin cin n ati New York ,November 30 194-8 D ear D r . Xeh oe: The fo llo w in g p ar agr ap h i s qu ot ed from A1 Bin gh am 's in t e r v iew r e p o r t o f November 2nd cover in g c o n v e r sat io n s w ith th e p r e sid e n t and c h ie f e n gin e e r o f C a n fie ld O il Company, C le v e lan d : ".Yir, Hodous (c h ie f e n gin e e r ) c a l l e d my a t t e n t io n t o a r e p o r t t u r n e d in by one o f t h e company salesm en co n cer n in g t h e Thompson V it am e t e r . The salesm an r e p o r t e d t h a t one o f h is d e a le r s h ad been s o l i c i t e d by a salesm an o ffe r i n g t o s e l l him a c a p su le con t a in in g a m ixtu re o f a lc o h o l, w ater and le a d . Mr. Hodous wanted t o know i f we w ere s e l l i n g le a d f o r t h i s p u r p o se . The id e a o f t h e c a p su le i s t o p la c e t h e p r o p e r t ie s o f t h e Thompson br an d o f an tik n ock flu id in t o th e gas tan k w ith out th e u se o f th e expen siv e Thompson V it a m e t e r ." T h is d e f i n i t e l y lo o k s l i k e some so r t o f ch ic a n e r y , an d i f w id esp r ead e f f o r t s a r e b e in g made t o s e l l su ch a c a p su le , we can no dou bt o b t ain sam p les fo r a n a l y s i s . My p u r p ose in sen d in g t h i s t o you i s m erely t o keep you in fo r ae d o f such developm en ts a s trice p lace. e o j/ a l HE 0020592