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GASILVLTY IXSU KAXGE W ORKMEN'S COMPENSATION - AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 41 EAST 42nd STREET, NEWYORK 17 TELEP H O N E V AN D ERBILT 6 - 4 1 5 1 I vrvr :'Kin. Septem ber 18, 1945 3-9798 124538 BO ARD O F D IR E C T O R S CH ARLE S L.AD AM S EVERE TT L . BAR N AR D ROSCOE C. BRIGGS W ILLIAM M . CALD E R GUSTAV F. FISCH ER M ARTIN J . E . H OBAN AR TH U R C . H O YT H . MORTON J O N E S O . TH E OD OR E KELLY W ILLIAM P . M CDON ALD CONRAD N . PITCH ER EDMUND R .P LU N KE TT W ILLIAM C . R E ID TH OM AS H . SILVER GEORGE M . STEVEN S H O R AC E F . T AYL O R Dr, R o b er t A. Keh oe, le t t e r in g Laboratory, U n iversity of Cin cin n ati Cin cin n ati, 0. vs Dear Doctor Eehoe: You w i l l r e c a l l t h a t you t e s t i f i e d fo r me in t h e above m at t e r a t Bin gh am ton , If. Y ., in Septem ber 1944. Fo llo w in g the h ear in g and th e su bm ission o f th e f i l e to th e Refer ee fo r a d e c isio n on th e r e co r d , th e r e fe r e e foun d a g a in st th e em ployer. H is fin d in g was t o th e e f f e c t t h a t th e employee co n t r act e d le a d p oison in g th ru h is u se o f gaso lin e con tain in g t e t r a- e t h y l lead , in w ash in g a b lac k n on -lead p a in t o f f h is h an ds and arm s, over a p e r io d o f eigh teen days. We a p p e ale d t h i s d e c isio n o f th e r e fe r e e an d t h e Boar d r e v e r se d th e r e fe r e e an d d ism isse d an d c lo se d th e ca.se. The claim an t h as however ap p ealed t h is r u lin g of th e Board to th e A ppellate D ivision . I w ill keep you ad v ise d o f developm en ts. You r s i ja r K 0016205