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Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t io n JW ji 25 B roadway ^Ne w T o x k : January 21, 1936* tN REPLY PLEASE R EF E R T O E* W. Webb, S P S B St Dr. H. E* Sayers, United States Bureau of Mines, Washington, D.C* Dear Dr. Sayerst I wi3h to eatress hearty thanks to you and those a t the Bureau t o f Mines who cooperated with you in the to x io lty study o f concentrated tetra eth y l j lead and i t s various dilutions in gasoline* I I t aaay please you to know that a number o f s c ie n tific men w ith whom I have talked at d ifferen t times, say that your work on the subject was un| questionably the fin e st pieoe o f work o f this general nature, from every stand po in t, including thoroughness, e ffic ie n c y , and technique, that has been undertaken or done by anyone or group of men. We fu lly appreciate the disinterested, u n se lfish , and u n tirin g devotion to th is task to which you and your associates have so unrem ittingly com mitted yourselves j and not only ourselves, but the pu b lic, owe you a deep sense o f gratitude and appreciation for your excellent work. j\ I am not w ritin g th is le tte r and saying these things because 1 your findings on the exhaust gas, whloh received considerable p u b lic ity , were con- I strued by us as favorable, as our thanks would have been extended to you with the * same sin c e rity , had the findings been to the contrary. R ealizing the fund o f knowledge whioh you have in regard to our product, and i f you w ill be good enough to do so, I would lik e to take the opportunity o f having several o f our people meet with you some time in the near future fo r the purpose o f learning at f i r s t hand your views in regard to some o f the various problems whioh w ill confront us in resuming the d istrib u tio n of Ethyl flu id , and, in turn, those of our customers in marketing Ethyl Gasoline* Such a meeting would, without doubt* be very helpful to us* We are in a somewhat d is organized state at present due to the clo sin g down of a l l operations since la s t May, and w ill have two or three weeks intensive work in reorganizing ourselves, making plans fo r the future, e t o . , and for that reason, I t may not be possible fo r us to go down and see you within the next ten days or two weeks, but I should think, i f agreeable to you, we could make i t some time during the week commencing February 8th* regarda, I am Again thanking you for your splendid work, and with kindest Sinoep^l^ yours, 5' .. President \ K3 / Ifebb, lin e Corporation, X6' Broeuwny, hew'York C i t y . Jan uary 3 0 , 1926. HH3/3JD Dear Hr* Webbj I X appreciate ve*y much a l l the nio thing that yon i sold about the Bureau and ayeelC irt regard he the Investigation \ on eth y l gasoline* * * , o f course, are very glad to know that J our work has aale a favorable impress Ion on members Of your / organization as well as on the general poblto* Ton might think / that X would prefer th is to be stated In the reverse order, bnt sines your organization is fb r better acquainted with the work and the methods employed, wo f e e l th at you are fa r better able to judge and, therefore, veins your opinion more than that o f those not 30 well acquainted with i t . Toe work was only possible through the hearty cooperation that we received from the Sthyl gasoline Corporation# I s h a ll be very glad to meet w ith yon o r any o f the members o f your group and g iv e them any knowledge th at I may h a v e . P lease do not expect too much, however, as the knowl edge your organ ization has o f th is su b ject is r e a lly very complete# Any tim e during the week o f February 8 w ill be s a t is fa c t o r y . I would s t^ g e s t, however, Wednesday the 1 0 th , W ith my b e st personal re g a rd s, I a Yours sin ce re ly , B. B . SAYlERb C h ie f Surgeon, U .d .B .o f H* Surgeon, U#3PH*o*