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GEORGE W. WAESEX D IV ISIO N MANAGER E t h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n At l a n t a Of f ic e 1420 He a l e y b u il d in g ;-'-- At l a n t a , G e o r g ia Stomaee s u c o s * ? f L e a ic r U l CmIm ? & 2 /& * V i it*T* rm & wits' s#ifiak2 tet#r *b yosar l o t t a r f g 4 |t f fitfe os&ra*d t o sr, M i a fcfe#- abjset e & baasc U m x & n & *% k h k ^ t^br-gift Xsis set# $1 #gy o f yew? le tto r. o f . tearterasti <Ste gpgfflEawMa lit ISSI*os tm sm bjest e f l>elai*Utg to s to tS*fc t t aes& aisa -wk a -* rfs% ail* sas *& ttd t t m t ls; bsd.'hosa mh* t&&% tirar s i s ass o f le a d parts tag. roooX tteg fre-sa. toa jv oooorsi fip&a m ^rhiah <r* S tt ittr liM a am bi t o a t sf* tfc ix**iri8Sa ts*s r # p e e t ho s t a t o r lie w l 14 e a s u a is o t* vftS t Attor aditteaa&i XaTorsstiiKa, . s-s aL; a,s s i l i &*&% 8$tA ^|>$sg %i oeesji' enHktifs*. 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Two negroes* employees of' your ongtayetlen cestpaay, w ere a t w ork in ta n k Ho. 1* ols& ning up two sp aces rn the c tto a f i r approxim ately 10 fa c t square, fo r the purpose o f experim enting w ith soie p a in t. Vihen I e m s 'n e d th o s e t no n e g ro e s, th e y w ere w earin g c a n is te r m asks, but were naked from th e w a is t up and w earing o ld shoes Which w ere l i t e r a l l y f i l t h y w ith m a t and d u st from th e t a d : . The two negroes were s e r a p itg up w ith w ire brushes , la rg e s h e v e lf u lis o f a perssderly d u s t , r c s o .b lin g r u s t , and th ro w in g i t o u t t i n la r g e ta&Tihole, &p r o x lm te ly two f e e t f r o n th e bottom, o f t h e ta n k . This dtsst end rug t was flu n g on a co n crete jlatfcrm ex ten d in g out frees th e bottom o f th e t a s k arid th e d u st p o rtio n s, were flow ing away w ith t h s w ind, Tpcu q u e stio n in g your Ar* Sm ith, I found th e s e two negroes were ex p ected to b e in th e tan k about an hour l;.% e r. X in s tru c te d him a t t h a t tim e t o send them issEedtately t o fch showers* to re ro v e frc-n t h e a th e c lo th e s th e y were w e a rin g , to d e s tro y "fee shoes end t o send the o v e ra lls c th e lau n d ry . The o v e ra lls w ere o f th s v a r ie ty iro n th e w a is t down, le a v in g th e negroes naked frees, th e m i s e u p . T his L r . Smith sc re e d t o d o , fu r n is h in g th e m g ro ss w ith new g ro ss and c le a n o v e r a l l s . A fte r th e above n s p e e tic n , I w ent t o ta n k * o . 8 where th e Haw/end Iro n Works had a r a th e r la r g e f o r c e - p o s s ib ly 7 o r 8 s;en* employed g u ttin g in a new b o tto m . Upon in v e s tig a tio n , ? found t h a t th s l a s t g a ao lira was drawn o u t o f ta n k ?Jo. 6 on J u ly 1 3 th , 1CSS, and steam ed f o r thro- day s- J u ly lflftjh* 1 5 th , and 1 6 th . Ths ta n k was th e n o.-ened f o r v e n tila tio n and remained t h a t way u n til August 1 8 th , approxim ately one uonth l a t e r , a t which tin i t was cleaned* I a s to ld th e san e or? was used i n clean in g t h i s ta n s th a t is a t re se n t sicis in this h o s p ita l. A fte r th e c le a n in g crew was removed, ISaa-icad Ire s Jerk s wont in to th e tank and p a in te d th e bottom w ith a s p h a lt and was a t th e .r e s e n t tim e w elding in a now b o tto m . I was in tank: ho* 0 on s e v e ra l o ccasio n s during, ih e 'a t t a r p a r t of l a s t week* X no b leed a la rg e a s e a n t of d u s t Slow ing th ro u g h th e a t nosphere and -that t h e workmen did: not have th e , ro p e r c lo th in g and w ere nob equipped w ith gasm asks. They have b een wording i.i th is atm a p h o re f o r s e v e ra l days and X am a t a lo s s to understand why a l l o f |th e n have- n o t been ta k e n s ic k , u n le ss i t la because th e bottom o f th e ta n k was- p a in te d w ith a s p h a lt th e re b y s e t t l i n g th e d u s t t o t h a t e x te n t, ad d because the. workmen w ere w orking around on new r e ta l w ide and lo n g s t e e l plate which a r e being used t o :.:&k t h s new bottom . I -told you o v er th e te le p h o n e l a s t week and a s s t i l l In c lin e d t o b e lie v e t h a t th e s e im n a re e v e n tu a lly going t o t e s ic k , though l aiajere ly . hope th e y w i l l n o t. ` ' A fte r fin d in g t h i s s t a t e o f a f f a i r s , X ta lk e d to- ou r A s s is ta n t S&lss A&mger* Sr*, o* a* Lew is, i n Hew York w s, i n tu rn * ta lk e d w ith L r . Sanders in C is o in n a ti* Luring a eoarer^a-ticn w ith you over the.-.telej^-ae- lo st-w e ek , you s t a t e d you had - heard: from h r . Sanders *uad. t h a t fell h a d w r i t t e n -yon.-a n e th e r s a r c a s t i c 'l e t t e r . X have before!m a, l a t t e r A n d tet 2 8 th w h ic h is e o ty o f 33r* Sander* l e t t e r - a d d re ssed t o sir* W* w ith c o p ie s t o Oscar' Lewis in Hew York,. H arry -ack in Payton, and m yself. I f th is is th e l e t t e r to w hich you r e f e r , X f o il t o * ' fin d any s a r c a s t i c p h ra seo lo g y . Br* Sanders state t / a t n eeo rd irg t o h i s i n f o r m - t i o s , *c-ur req u irem en ts f o r t h i s p ro ced u re ( ta s k c le a n in g ) w ere t o t a l l y d isre g ard ed * * t h i s is a mere s ta te in e a t o f fact*!' You ihr& fter.a d v ise d me o v e r th e te le p h o n e -th a t . lav- company was o f t he o p in io n b h a | you p e r s o m lly had is su e d in s tr u c tio n s t o d is re g a rd o v r r u l e s and r e g n la tio f * T his m ast ?: a n im p ressio n on t h e p a rt of ay company w ith th e e x ce p tio n o f m y se lf, f o r X know n o th in g a b o u t in s tr u c tio n s ... you. is su e d w hfa you were i Savaarmh. I a a t o l d , he.,.ever, t h a t Mr. il,, coon ' jfeC reminded you on August 2 0 th t h a t th e leaning--rule and re g u la tio n , w ere n o t being-,'- / adhered to* and X fo o l re a so n a b ly sijare you observed t h i s f o r y> rself*' Bwt, no ' a c tio n was ta k e n by youi. T his s t ^ t * .of .a ffB ir w ere p a sse d on t o Lr* lew is* y At th e tim e we i a l e d , i t woe g rfe d t h a t no f u r th e r pro ced u re ii. -sank Ho* 1 was X1 Standard * U G.osjany ^entasky par 3 n e c e ssa ry a s th e -w o rt had b3s a 6s o a ^ l0td and t h a t . t h e tsea w ars no t going, b a c k in to eh tan c anyway. Jow evsr, i cha caao o f ta n k t o , 3 , you In s tr u c te d - -* t e is s u e any f u r th e r o rd e rs ' i i a l t a d v is a b le end t h a t k r* Cocas would so bhyw <*re c a r r ie d o u t , Y c k 'a ls t .ssised t h a t . I head!' .the Jfesjoad ;'tr`c o ''% rk s ei& io y& m -w d i s c r e e t l y a p e sa i* th e coo-eot of t h i s l e t t e r is n o t to p la ce th e - la s on an y in d iv id u a l o r in d iv id u a ls , b u t t o reminet you -hat i f p r a c tis e s o f th is n a tu re &r t o be co n tin u ed la th e clean Ligj- o f te^M s, a e r t s t j ^ 'to. bdim lsgK few evsr, i f o u r r u le s and' rer.uJa felons a re r i g i d l y adhered t o , .: o-i p o s itiv e t h a t :.o unsafei s f a c to r y ecus quenoe* w ill be onco n&ered, - would be g lad t o oor t o . ooiavill - a t .any t i n e sad d isc u ss th is m a tte r w ith you i f you w ill b u t advise*' io t* easoany has a la rg e unbar o f term inal tan k s a s y e ll la rg e bull la n ts which In a l l p r o b a b ilitie s a r e leaned r a th e r o fte n * l imagine th a t, a-:- s ir-r e in th e -en tu ek y t e r r i t o r y , a c le a n in g o p e ra tic : la going on praets.oal+y a l l th e t i n e , i /save r a tie e d in oasee o f eompanlfs o f th e sis o f th e iJantuoky Co's^any t h a t f r e q u e n tly th e uansfssaswsb pro v id e oa# o r ttor persons., e v e r t s las ta n k c le a n in g , whp d ev o te t h e i r f u l l a sd undivided tlm t o t h i s one o p e r a tio n , going iron* s t a t e - t f s t a t e , fjpoe te rm in a l t o te r m in a l, where- t a i i : -c le a n in g o ccasio n say arisje* Ih e a e e x p e rts c a r ry w ith -ohoa s u i t a b l e b o o ts , c lo th e s , -as. aaafcs, g lo v e , fee.; >;en. a e lo a n ln . o p e ra tio n i s I.*died in. an e f f i c i e n t e-anner s im ila r t o t h i s , neveirHeied any d i f i i s u lty boon en countered* In clo ain fj X- m ight s t a t e t h a t ur* .- itiu a ille r o f o ur Medical ^ e p s r ts e n t w i l l be i a XobijL on iledaesday* 2nd, sad from th e re w ill go d ir e e tly t o Savansah where i hoi:. to n e s t w ith him '.and o b ta in an y f a r t h e r s ic& l a d v ic e he m ight have to offer, tru ly yours. c%r/Fa. 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