Document D5L33K17BmVkN21GXjdRO47n

Mr. L. . Shank, Dtiiyl Corporation, liattonal Bank or Tulsa Building, Tulsa Jj, Oklahoma. . Bear Don: ' A day or tvo ago I received a telephone call iron Doctor Townsend, Chief of the Divisi.cn of Industrial l^gicae of -the. United States Public Health Service.* concerning a'letter.. &mt. to his by Mr. Pifield of the.Sales Department, -of. Phillips Petrolem Company at Bartlesville*, Doctor TOt^eM^a'jaa-no'W' cent- saj>a.",epy .of* this letter vith htn reply irhiois vaug sonovkab ' Oopicc of Mr* ?ifiold*s' letter to;Doafcor':Tchmsend'' .sad keen .sent to Mr S. J. 'webeter and .Mr* 1* C* Frank. . The question in the letter to Doctor Townsend referred to the problem .of the us-e/cf turning,algae on... dispensing pumps and mobile refuelers at air-port iaetallatioas *' It vac apparently Mr. Fifisld'b feeling that* pmps* and equipment of the latter kind .should' carry such migas., and that this .presuaably vas a requirement of the regulations of the!Surgeon General1s Office. . ' I cannot but bonder hav thin question c & m about* and I also wonder vhy Mr. fifield and/or- any other representatives of Phillips fetroleun vould bet have taken, this up vlih representatives of Sibyl Corporation rather than by vriting directly to. the Public Health. Service Hr* FIfield is evidently under.the iapreseioa that those regulations proposed by the Office of the Surgeon General nave the effect of lav and that they apply to gasoline* dispensing equipment at all points I am--not prepared to say that this is not a correct interpretation of Use principle,; of the:regulation, but I vender vhy. it is that ay industrial cstablic'm o n t is cultivating mora t regulation rather `than less. in his- lot ter M r . Fifield vrites , !,Xt is our thought that ycur*. regulations'for .installing the, .signs on ' stationary dispensing equipsHUft,that;is- aimilar, 'to, a-;service station pump, is adequately., covered, by; youx*'.'pree'ent'regulation,.'' Hour earliest advice on this problem vill. .enable- us'to.-pi-operly handle xrfcat vc feei is a necessary precaution against a -recognised kasard at our airport installations *H Doctor Tovasepd. replies 'that the -warning signs on pumps '`did not consider the labeling of -equipment -on mobile and stationary equipment at airport installations,".hut goes ahead to ask vhy the question has been raised. Tills* I may cay in confidence, vas asked by Doctor iovneend at ay suggestion, since I vantod to knov vhat vas behind tiiis vhole matter. Obviously, if Ethyl Corporation olxmld ceac'to feel tiiat it is necessary to lave signs used on pumps and equipment of tiiis kind , this shcuid .be done as .a matter of general policy and not as a sporadic and occasional action to suit the individual custom. I should appreciate very much if you could find the- means of making some discreet inquiry into this situation, co that ve might be guided by fact in considering this question. If this veie done before the Dallas meeting, the matter could be diecussed in some detail KE 0009458 oo Mr. L* W. Shank - (2) - May 4, 1949 there I an sending a copy of this letter to iir* Jones * and I enclose an additional copy for such use as it m y he to you in presenting thi situation t.Q anyone of your osa personnel viioa you nay designat t iooic m t o the natter* It should not ho node too obvious to repre sentatives of Phillips that Doctor Townsend has referred the Batter to mo lor my opinion* t has been Ills practice to bring all such matters to jay attention for a long tine, but 1 should not want to embarrass him in the eyes of industry by malting this too obvious. . fincorely your?? *. r.AK of G.U.J Mr. B. 0. Jones h o ^ e r t "leohocV tfg 0009459