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rX ' V Dr Kehoe Mr. M. A. Taylor Dear Mat: The fo llo w in g i s ay rep We rec e iv ed a complaint from the G .L.F. C ooperative In c. a t I th a c a ,. l i , th at one o f th e ir men had developed co n sid e ra b le unexplained stomach tr o u b le . In our in v e o tig a tir n ., wo learn ed th a t t h is man sta r te d working in th e ir Company g a s o lin e s ta tio n in Ith aca l a s t February. They b e lie v e d he had some p o s s ib le exposure w ith leaded g a s o lin e which caused t h is c '.diti'-n. They were in te r e s te d in having us prove or d isp ro v e th is theory a h is own d o c to r cannot diugr.ose the c o n d itio n . We :oTM r-"s]ly clo not b e lie v e , in f a c t we are c e r t a in , th a t h is working in the s e r v ic e s t a tio n had nothing to do w ith h is c o n d itio n . He has s in c e beer, tran sferred to another part o f the Company and has had no trou b le during the p ast two w eeks. Tie have su ggested to thorn th a t they l e t the ca se r ic e u n le ss fu rth e r developments take p la c e . The man, h im s e lf, knows nothin" o f the Comnany's b e l i e f s in t h is m a tter. - >1.' . .ip . fi * ' 1 - tank was cleaned by the C it ie s S e r v ice R efining So. a t Hew Haven, Conn. This tank was a sm all h o r iz o n ta l a f f a ir and a c tu a lly required ' l i t t l e or no s u p e r v isio n . Thin Com- any fcas very anxious th a t we be on hand to su p e r v ise , sc wo made the t r ip to cooperate w ith them. The tank was flu sh ed out with w ater which was drained in t o a tank truck and d isp o sed o f in the proper manner. A s l i g h t d e v ia tio n was made from our r e g u la tio n s which, although vre were opposed t o , .had no e f f e c t in exposing the men. The c lo th in g worn by the man in t h i s work was th e ir old work c lo th in g , in f a c t the o ld e st.;th e y could f i n d , then they -.were through .with th is c lo t h in g a t the end o f the day, i t was turned over to -the p la n t su p erin ten d en t, who in tux'n su p p lied them w ith new c lo th in g fo r th e ir own u s e . Ho printed ou t th a t th is gave him a chance to do something fo r the Men, who did t h is work - - v y.-{v; I t 80 happens' th at another ta n k 'w ill have to be cleaned w ithin a sh o rt tim e. We p o in te d .c u t',th a t np ocin l c lo th in g w i l l again have to be pro- . v id eo and th a t by th e method he i s fo llo w in g ' i t w i l l be n ecessa ry to buy two s e t s o f equipment fo r each man, where one would be normally needed. He d id n o t seem to be concerned about t h is so we did not p ress th e m at"e r , as he w ill have to stand the increased expense. While in low er C on n ecticu t a stop was made in the New York o f f i c e whore a d is c u s s io n was had w ith Hr. Lewis and Mr. S c h e ll on S a fety Work. Numerous problems p e r ta in in g to the v a r io u s m ixing i n s t a ll a t io n s were d isc u sse d as w e ll as problems in g en era l on S a fety Stork* The w r ite r secured some v a lu a b le informatio n which w iy * h e lp bm in ca rry in g out some of h is ideas in the field * . HE 00120?;