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si k w Et hyl Ga so l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Manufact ur ing Depar t ment MAIL ADDRESS: BOX 6 8 8 . WILMINGTON. DEL. FREIGHT ADDRESS: CARNEYS POINT. N. J. TELEPHONE: PENNSGROVE, N. J. 280. EXTEN SION 213. May 10, 1932 D r. Eobert A . K ehoe U ni v ersi ty of C i nci nnati Eden A venue Gi nc i n n at i , Ohi o D ear D r. K ehoe: A ttached h er eto i s copy of my l e t t e r to M r. M i ttnacht under d at e o f May 6 commenting i n connecti on t o the l e t t e r o f May 3 addressed t o you by th e C al i f o r n i a Chemi cal Corpora t i o n , M r. Paul A . G ross, r ep o r t i n g th e d e t a i l s on th e acci d en t t h at they had duri ng the w ashi ng of some l oaned eth y l en e di brom i de drums. I bel i ev e t h i s w i l l f rank l y ex p l ai n th e f u l l si t u at i o n to you i n so f ar as the p l an t i s concerned. I aw ai t y our f u r t h er comments. Y ours v ery t r u l y , . JH S:J P.S. I acknow ledge w i th thank s r ec ei p t of y our l e t t e r o f May 7 on t h i s su b j ec t . J i chaef er K Z 0017036 Et h y l Ga so l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Manufact ur ing Depa r t ment - deepwat er pl ant I n t .r K 'O f f i o k C O JO R I SSJPO i rD JK y C E Memorandum: Mr. A . S. M i ttnacht PJEN3 S G R O Y K , n . j . May 6 , 1S3S Thanks v er y much f o r y our copy of l e t t e r to Sam Wagner on th e su b j ect of the tr o u b l e r ep o r ted on the empty ethy l ene di brom i de drums v?e shi pped t o th e C al i f o r n i a Chemical C orporati on F or y our i nf orm ati on, I am at tac h i n g her eto copy of l e t t e r r ecei v ed today addressed to D r. kehoe and w r i t t en by M r. c r o ss of th e C al i f o r n i a Chemical C orporati on, I n a l l my ex peri ence here at t h e p l an t , I do not b el i ev e I have ev er r ecei v ed a l e t t e r w hi ch has up set me as much as t h i s one. T h er e\i s ab so l u t el y no doubt t h at the r esp o n si b i l i t y f o r t h i s mi shap\w as d i r ec t l y on t h i s D epart m ent. T here i s nan no questi on i n my-mindxbut t h a t th e drum con t ai n ed r esi d u al ETHYL F l u i d . \y > I had a m eeti ng t h i s m orni ng w i th a l l o f our men connected w i th th e bl ender and adv i sed them-.,of\ th e seri ousness o f the whole ease. The mere f ac t t h a t t h e` manN L s,/ apparently o u t of danger has but l i t t l e beari ng on the si t u a t i o n as t h a t was a m atter en t i r el y beyond our c o n t r o l , i t o l d th e merN that t h i s was a pure and si m pl e case of l ack or su per v i si on on t h e i r p ar t and t h e i r work and t h a t I f e l t t h a t som ey substanti al repri m and was due each of them who had i n h i s w ork sm eNr esp o n si b i l l t y :' f o r t h i s o ccu r r i n g . I have n o t y et deci ded t fie...nature- of t h i s , but at th e p r esen t ti m e f e e l t h at th ey deserv e sectethi ng xaore th an a mere v er b al repri m and. I t i s , of au r se- ,/ p er f ec t l y p o ssi b l e t h at the drum had been w ashed b ef o r e bei ng-pl aced, at th e st o r ag e p i l e of empty P .I .C . drums; th e men f e e l 'thjrt; t h i s w as the case, but o f co u r se, tn er e i s no p o si t i v e proof ^o ; j i t. Now, i f a drum'had been w ashed, as you know, i t w ould s t i l l c o n t ai n c er t ai n v apors f rom t h e ETHYL F l ui ds The method o f w ashi ng drums co n tai n i n g poi sons, ei t h er ETHYL F l u i d o r ethy l ene di brom i de, as used by th e C al i f o r n i a Chemi cal C orporati on i s c er t ai n l y not beyond rep r o ach , bu t t h a t i s n ei t h er h er e n o r t h er e as f ar as our own p a r t i c u l a r p ar t i c i p a t i o n i n t h i s acc i d en t i s concerned. JHS: J J . H. Schaef er KE 001703?