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Et h y l Ga s o l i n e . Co e p o r a t i o n Re s e a r c h La b o r a t o r ie s 723 Ea st Mil waukee Avenue De t r o it ,Mic h iga n May 6 , 1935 Dr. R obert A. Eehoe U n iv ersity o f C incinnati C ollege o f M edicine C in c in n a ti, Ohio. Dear Bob: . , P lease excuse th e delay in replying to yours of A pril 16th. I am g la d t J ie a r t h a t t h e sam ple o f KA2S h a s p ro v ed to b e com pletely co rro sio n r e s is ta n t in th e anim al cages. I r e g r e t to say t h a t I have b een away so much and have been so busy t h a t I have n o t as y e t had a chance to have your sketch r e produced and sent out fo r b id s . . I fu rth e rm o re r e g r e t th a t I s h a ll n o t be a b le to do t h i s , f o r a week o r so a s I am o f f on my t r a v e l s a g a i n . I am i n c l i n e d t o t h i n k , however, th a t th e tra y s -w ill be extrem ely d if f ic u lt to fa b ric a te i f th e m etal th ic k n e ss is cu t to 1/32 or l e s s . Such th in m etal co u ld , o f c o u rse , r e a d ily be f a b ric a te d i f you w anted 100 tr a y s o r m ore, in which c a se i t would pay to make th e n e c e ssa ry to o ls re q u ire d f o r shot w e ld in g . I t w o u ld be o f v a lu e in o b t a i n i n g b id s i f you c o u ld l e t me know how many t r a y s you w ould be l i k e l y to r e q u ir e f o r th e i n i t i a l o r d e r . One t r a y w i l l , o f c o u r s e , c o s t n e a r l y a s much a s a d o zen on account o f to o lin g and overcom ing i n i t i a l fa b ric a tio n d i f f i c u l t i e s . I t i s , o f course, obvious, th a t alm ost any kind o f co n tain er can be made o f t h i s m a te ria l i f one i s w illin g to spend th e n e c e ssa ry money on t o o l s . You may know t h a t th e B u r lin g to n Z ephyr i s e n t i r e l y f a b r i c a te d -in KA2S o f q u i t q i i g h t g u ag e. I had a l e t t e r from K lein a day o r two ago saying th a t th e y a r e a b i t w o rrie d a t W right F ie ld c o n ce rn in g one o f t h e i r c h e m ists who h a s been w orking on le a d a n a ly s is f o r ab o u t two y e a r s , and h as n e v e r been examined by your s t a f f . I expect to d riv e to W hite S ulphur in th e m iddle o f Juno, and s h a ll hope to a t le a s t look in and say "how-do-you-do" to the Kehoes, but w ill w rite you ahead of tim e i f th is i s convenient. Yo u r s si f l necs hr N20492 S.B . Keron