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T. svfc r C * v Johns -Manville Corporation twentt-two east fortieth street NEW TOHE. N. T. May 3, 1939. SuEner Slapson. Esq., President, Raybestos-Iianhattan, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. Bear Mr. Simpson: I wonder If you have seen the 1938 report of The Saranac Laboratory. If not, I suggest you obtain a copy frou Dr. Gardner and note the references to Asbestosis on Page 9 of the "Report of the director". Included in the report are reprints of several articles or addresses delivered by various persons con nected with the Laboratory. One of these by Dr. Gardner is a paper read before a meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers in February, 1938. ^ In this you will note also certain references to asbestos * on Page 5. There is also a reprint of an article by Dr. Gardner entitled "Etiology of Pneumoconiosis" reprinted froa the November, 1935 issue of the Journal of the Amer ican Medical Association. In this article your attention is directed to a reference to Asbestosis on Pages 12, 13, and particularly at the top 'of Page 14. The Information covered by these references has presumably been derived from the experiments which Dr. Gard ner is conducting for, and with funds provided by, the group of members of the Asbestos Textile Industry. The Progress Reports which we have received to date would seem to indicate as much. This raises a question upon wuich I would lime ~.o have your thoughts, namely, waether Dr. Gardner's use of r::is material is proper in view of the following paragraph from my letter of November mo, 1936, in which I outlined our pro posal to Dr. Gardner: * It?It is our further understanding that the re- 004752 1-V / lj `1^- who will determine whether, to vvhat extent and in what manner they shall be made public. In the event it is deemed desirable that the results be cade public, the canuscript of your study will be submitted to us for approval prior to publication." Ihe proposal contained in this letter was accepted by Dr. Gardner in a letter of November 23ra, from which I quote the following paragraph: "The Saranac Laboratory agrees that the results of these studies shall become the property of the contributors and that the manuscripts of any reports shall be submitted for approval of the contributors before publica tion. " Sincerely, VB:y Vandiver Brown, Geberal Attorney 004753