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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: October 11, 1968 DOC#: USG 103 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1968 Memo to CF Lehmann regarding asbestosis and article from The New Yorker TO*. C . 7 . Lehmann FROM: B* V. Wlegg* SUBJECT: Aabeatoala 002341 CONFUENTlAi OEfr-SE**1 *ee* J . H. Welker cT **\ /./ October 11, 1968 Although the a r t io le . beginning on pagi 137 o f Ebo Haw T artar Tor O ct. 12 contains aom obvlouri ln a cau rtf >ee, I t lr rv*e to foeua a tte n tio n on the alleged or' r%c3 b r t lt b JwrcT'dr r e la tin g to aabeatoa. A* you know th ia 1 a v e rj c c t r o v a k ila l s u b l e t , which hae been sia a e rin * fo r lone tim e. I thin k the most Important point brought out In th is a r t ic le la that aabeatoa may not be ao hasardoua per r e , but th at I t doea tend to abaorb and concentrate to x ic subataneea Ingested or in h aled . The evidence eeetae conclusive th a t the hasarda o f cig a r e tte slooking are enorwmaly in te n s ifie d i f there la also exposure to aabeatoa. Sevaral o f the products we aanufaeture and s e l l ( e .g . , jo in t compound, a id in g , fire p ro o fin g *. p la s te r) are go n e rlo a lly Im plicated In th is e r t l s l e . With th is kind or p u b lic ity in an in flu e n t ia l n atio nal nmgaxlne, I t la Im perative to make cure that we are takin g a l l reaaonable atapa to d iscern and avoid hasardoua situ a tio n s , not only ae a n a tte r or e th ica l i re s p o n sib ility but to avoid d ire ct or In d ire ct l i c b l i i t y , Perhaps Mr. Krug would wish to know o f t h is p u b lic a tio n , i f he h asn 't already aean I t . B V K tjB W (&) Ene. CS010 1120 A l Hvo ho do<JoT Jch u m * 1 df a<om$ a'/A 'uvc l V- ^Ti:/ u i . Pi hd.t'vh*. (ruozevvte (?vendTjo, *-i > I{ CLERK .S. DISTRICT COURT Exhibits: p o Case Ho. 8S-0J22-CV-IV--* United States Gypsum C ompany