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IN T E R -O F F IC E CORRESPONDENCE
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Copy: Mr. E. W. Webb
..,-Dr. R. A. Eehoe
'' Dr. Graham Edgar
C_o r po r a t i o n
Mr. Mr.
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Tsaayieloyr
Ma n u f a c t u r in g a n d Tr a f f ic Depa r t m en t
MAIL. AD DR ESS: BOX 8 8 . W ILM IN G T O N , D E L FREIGHT ADDRESS; CARNEY'S POINT. N. J. TE LEPHO NE; PENNSGROVE, N. J. 2 8 0 . EXTENSION 2 t 3
. December 15, 1936
Memorandum., Mr. 0. 3.. L ewie.. '
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I hare your memorandumsof Dscesber 10 and H addressed to members of the Saf ety Committee i n which you ash our i ndi v i dual Opinions on questi ons which scans of fundamental importance to the f uncti oni ng of t h i s Committee.
My opi nion i s t h i s. l a our busi ness we must r eal i se -that customer
requests fear speci al serv i ces should be given f u l l consi derati on, and should be
carri ed oat i f at a l l adv i sabl e. If doubt the. ci'oss purpose approached, as
mentioned i n your jsseaoranduss, was the r e s u l t n o t having too d ef i n i te a
pol i cy arranged and agreed upon by a l l p ar ti es concerned. However, I do thi nk
that unl ess the handling of Fl ui d i s conducted al ong,d\v ery d ef i n i te procedure,
and pref erabl y through the Saf ety Committee,\w are sacr i f i ci ng the paramount
questi on of saf ety t o th at of cuat^r''cqbpsy ati oa.
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' f urtherm ore, i t al so seos*,S-.to ns t h at the approval and acti on on such cases as the one given, i n your ^eKdrandum, b^-fsany people l a vari ous departments
of the Corporati on, i s ,cohduei v ^of xcc3ifusion and misunderstanding and of ten ends up i a out* w orking:at,, cross purpdacsjw ith each other.
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I theref ore rccosasad ..that the shipment of a l l f l u i d , regardl ess as
to package, be subj ect to''the: hy prw al of the Saf ety Cossmittee, and sc
d ef i n i te arrangement bo outllQod by the Ccsssittee, through I t s vari ous channels,
f or the proper mdchl&ery to set'such a pl an i nto operati on. I thi nk such could
be irade up w i thout i nvol vi ng say red tape and would cer tai nl y r el i ev e every
body of the necessi ty of gi vi ng a d i r ect answer to any i nqui ry , w i thout f i r st
ref erri ng- t o the Cosedttc , through you as i t s Chairman.
I ais sending a copy of my repl y to a l l members of the Saf ety Committee, as w el l as to Mr, Webb and Mr. T ayl or, an# I should be i nterested i n recei v i ng the opinions of the other aasibers.
J. H. Schaef er As?
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