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N14827 D o 'n a d a . K O H R C H A R L E S W. P AR R O T T VICE-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY Th e L w e Br o t h e r s Co mpa n y Da y t o n , 'Oh i o , U.S.A. UFACTURERS cTf PAINTS, VARNISHES AND LACQUERS General O ffices 4 2 4 t o 4 5 0 EAST THI RD ST REET January 21, 1941. Dr. Yiilliam F. Ashe, Kettering Laboratory, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dear Dr. Ashe:- Enclosed is your copy of the minutes of the meeting last Thursday. I want to repeat here what I told you before you left that we were very much pleased by the way in which you handled the question of the necessity of our workmen taking the precautions required to keep them in good health. You made this plain to them I think and did so without giving them, the impression that our plant is a dangerous place in which to work from the standpoint of the health of the workmen. Vie are continuing our investigation of the best method to lessen the dust concentration in our mixing room and one or two other places, but have not as yet reached any conclusion as to the method we will follow. Yours very truly, -DAK-REM Enc. 0013263 1 g r. i'; 1 1" s. M&m- . t l i d ^ k s s 'B t b ;nii ^ S: %-i -anyy daW s*& v t h a t y t $ - S;on:D'; '&* '*"*' ^ m ^ y ^ ^ n , dr . i -j-ite t h a n teste ^ ' .....te..;":;.',..te v;/ ,.i. . , ' , - . I' ^THURSDAY, JANUABX 1, 1941. M ft* m - m f t *b KOHHf`re'l d i n^`. : te isiytesyi^di; f'teflfi.. SiUy '--frf 't i l l Q'f t-;;/r p#Sspl * tte-o iS'i.lfkc--".M,i-2 ... -,fV\isr*\(:'?jCV:Atfi'.-'V.d . h& ' &dr&h : $' vtte.lr 'fiiyc-'. .Sti pdht^te;yte*r2::: teriftl* th 's p r iilg * o * {1937, m ost o f you w l l .... *. . < ,: ;-v *>.>'*?*,*,*; - 'A 1^' ''.' ..'i ' `v ^ -V K \ (a ./' ` ` ' V ' r. y `\ te'-' H : > '* " . 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V i : * r iI , . * < V;: ^ i' r : J J, i , th e re is no. ve.vsiadwe n;c e in t. toh ei-iSi'miipmied.*i;a?te.'rfou.st uarse,, th a . t ; you w ill* ' b u t th e a g e n ts t h a t ..are ,h e re a r e su ch t h a t i f you a r e c a r e l e s s ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' - ; - ''' ' ` -i . ' V ' -.fe ) * ,i i ,% 'Pi V 0 .ypo ui ArVui'n.tj!;t h.ae,i,,p oss oa,: ib ility o f Se*ebv.B.iing ill* &A$n-#d sI-. am in&o*.t h e re to s c a r e y o u . I am m e re ly h e re to t e l l you t h a t t h i s s tu d y ;>** a d jo u rn , {w k . i f any o.r. were a l i t t l e was done i n th e i n t e r e s t o f p r o te c tin g your h e a lth , n o t o n ly today, but in the fu tu re , and your care in handling those m a te ria ls which a re dangerous i s th e main th in g which w ill make th e w orking c o n d itio n s h e r e ^ b e tte r " i h \ t h e f u t u r e * ; . I am s u re t h a t Mr* Kohr and h i3 s t a f f a re g o in g to c o n tin u e to c a r r y o u t o u r .r.eopaBoendatlons on th e problem o f v e n tila tio n . But the job o f personal hygiene, keeping clean , keeping th e s e th in g s o u t o f your mouth and out o f your n o se, i s e n t i r e l y up to you f e llo w s from now o n . The p la n t i s i n good shape. The g e n e ra l h e a lth o f t h i s group, th e ones I examined, which i s ' a re p re s e n ta tiv e group, i s e x c e lle n t, b e t t e r than many o th e r p l a n t s , b u t k eep in g i t t h a t way I s la rg e ly dependent upon you fello w s. I f you have any questions, ab o u t'an y s p e c ific th in g I may know a b o u t, I w i l l t r y to answ er them . I f I c a n ' t answ er them, th e ste n o g ra p h e r I s ta k in g down th e in fo rm a tio n fo r you and I w ill tr y to g e t the answers fo r you* MR. KOIiRf Don' t h e s i t a t e i f you want to ask q u e s tio n s . Dr* A sh i s h e r e and h e w i l l be g la d t o t r y to answer them. I ju s t want to em phasize what he sa id , th at h t h i s i s n o t a o n e -s id e d p r o p o s i t i o n . We w ant to do o u r p a r t t o keep you men w e l l , b u t you m ust do y o u r p a r t , I f y o u a r e ------------T-i-------------- : ^ --------------------------------- V. E .F I S C H E R . S H O R T H / ^ O R E P O R T E R .. DA YTO*U O H IO .- " ' 1. " - " - - . - T " -- V.-T T ---------------- " - ............................. 6 going, to keep veil- I f . ypu e a t le a d and d rin k th e v a rio u s 0 \^ o;vr .<{:->..-....-' m a te ria ls and g o t s ic k , t h a t 'i s your f a u l t , n o t ours* I f you | want to e a t i t , you can, th ere is p le n ty o f i t h ere. I t is | d a n g e ro u s, we w ant you t o keep away from i t . , ,' Any q u e s tio n s ? . (No r e s p o n s e .) Looks l i k e we have <| answ ered a l l o f them a l r e a d y . i f th e r e a r e no q u e s tio n s , | we w i l l a d jo u rn ,' and i f any o f you men were a l i t t l e m odest and didin* t w a n t,t o ask a q u e s tio n b e f o r e a l l o f u s , you can come up h e r e a f t e r we a d jo u rn and a sk th e q u e s tio n i n p r i v a t e . And th e re u p o n th e m e etin g was a d jo u rn e d , , """4 a -t/f A ` ~V.E.rtSCHER.SHORTHAND REPORTER,DAVlONi,OHIO-