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February 2 8 t h ., 1938
Dr. R.A . Xeh oe, College o f M edicin e, U n iversity o f Cin cin n ati, OICIIEELTI. O h io.
Dear Dr. Keh oe,
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I w ish t o ackn ow ledge you r l e t t e r o f Jan u ar y 1 7 t h . a lso th e en closu res r e fe r r in g to th e su b ject of tan k clean in g.
I t i s my co n t e n t io n t h a t t h e in fo r m at io n you r e q u ir e can be b e st o b t ain e d by m y se lf, an d , in view o f t h e fa c t t h a t we h ave a com paratively sm all number o f d ist r ib u t o r s in t h is a r e a , i t w i l l be q u it e e asy fo r me t o o b t a in t h i s in fo r m at io n . At t h e moment, we a r e in v o lv e d in ar r a n gin g f o r t h e in t r o d u c t io n o f th e new 78-80 oct an e number Et h y l s p i r i t , an d t h i s w i l l p r o b ab ly keep me bu sy f o r th e n ext two o r t h r e e w eek s. Im m ed iat ely , t h e r e a ft e r , I sh a l l c o l l e c t t h e in fo r m at io n w h ich you r e q u ir e an d p a ss i t on a s soon as i t i s com plete.
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b e lie v e i t w ill be w orth w h ile t o pay more a t t e n t io n t o tan k cle an in g.
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I am in fav o u r o f more t im e b e in g sp e n t on t h e t an k c le a n in g an gle when ou r r e p r e se n t a t iv e s make t h e i r p e r io d ic a l b le n d in g p lan t in sp e c t io n s. I f a sh o r t r e p o r t w ere made out each tim e by ou r
r e p r e se n t at iv e w ith out ar ou sin g th e su sp icio n or fe a r o f th ose
O con cer n ed , we would u n d ou b ted ly o b t a in a f a i r l y c l e a r p ic t u r e o f th e <o tan k cle an in g o p er at ion s o f a l l com pan ies. I , p e r so n a lly , have
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alw ays been aware o f a marked d iffe r e n c e between th e in st r u c t io n s which may be issu e d by Head O ffic e , an d t h e t r a n sl a t io n o f t h o se
in st r u c t io n s in t h e f i e l d . Our cu stom er com pan ies may issu e t h e ir
e xp licit in str u ctio n s in regard to tan k clean in g, but th e actu al
c a r r y in g out o f t h e se in st r u c t io n s by t h e w or k er , o r s h a l l we sa y ,
D r . R.A. Kehoe
- 2February 2 8 t h ,, 1938
In c o n sid e r a t io n o f t h e ab o v e , I s h a l l o b t ain my f i r s t grou p o f in fo r m at io n from t h e cu st om er company h ead o f f i c e s an d w i l l t h en fo llo w t h i s up w it h an in v e st ig a t io n in t h e f i e l d t o se e how th e t an k cle an in g in st r u c t io n s a r e b ein g met w ith and in t e r p r e t e d . I f e e l t h a t you w i l l ap p r o v e o f t h i s sy st em in asm uch a s i t i s th e r e su lt r a t h e r th an th e p lan s which you ar e m ostly in t e r e st e d in .
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