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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: August 17, 1936 DOC#: USG048 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1936 Letter to CM Price regarding Dust survey in Jersey City 3 & 0 '; <r C# U nited States Gypsum C ompany t - w : C H IC A G O D tT O lT MlLWAUMfl M IN N C iP O U l I T k O u ift M A N IA C IT Y OMAHA OO IANUV AC NI WOC A N A l l l l A N M A N C tIC O 300 WEST ADAMS STREET C H IC A G O oCOTT, MAC LEISH 4 N IW TO AH I 0 I 10N UAfAlO ^HILAOCL AMIA WI AAUI HI MI NOOAT OI N n a p ; CJNkT.tTVtCS iU. AH HG OM CINCINNATI M O I.I A u g u ^ d l^ ^ I y g S o o tt, MaoLeish & F a lk , 134 So u th La S a l l e S t r e e t , Chloago, Illin o is * ^ 3 1 8 1938 Bflfftrrari to -____ \u*ttr8d_________________ A t t e n t io n I l?r* C . K P rio o (m' SUBJBTt Duat Survey - Je r s e y C it y Gentlemen i ~e are a tt& o h ln g f o r your In fo rm a tio n a copy o f Dr* Gardner1a r e p o r t, g iv in g the r e s u lts o f h is dust survey a t Jo rso y C it y , and also a report in oonneotion w ith the exam ination o f the X-rays of about 200 men a t th e Je r s e y C it y p la n t* I t appears th a t we have a v ery hazardous d u st o o n d itio n a t Je r s e y C i t y , and a ls o have a problem w ith a number o f men who now have a s b e s t e s is and tu b o r o u lo s ia * YTe a rc ta k in g th e n eoessary ste p s to p rovid e d u st c o lle o t in g and v e n t ila t in g equipm ent, and in the meanlirae w ill provide re s p ira to rs to minimize the dust hazard. " The r e a l problem we have fo r c o n s id e r a tio n i s t h a t o f d e o id in g what to do about the men who now have an o o o u p a tlo n a l d is e a s e . I f some o f those men who have a s b e s t o s is sh ou ld make o la im a g a in s t the oompany and re o c iv o an award, would the U n ite d S t a t e s Gypsum Company have to stand the e n tir e oxpense or oould p a rt o f i t be p rorated to the former owners o f the Je r s e y C it y p la n t? I un a t t a c h in g a oopy o f my l e t t e r o f A ugust 13th to Mr. Keudy, sum a r i z i n g some o f the more Im portant p o in ts in the r e p o r t . We r e a l i z e , o f o o u rse, t h a t tho management o f our company must make th e f i n a l d a o ia io n as to what a o lio n wo s h a l l take on n o t if y i n g the mon who have been exam ined and wh"o ht.vo been found to have a s b e s t o s is , tu b o r o u lo s ia , or somo o th o r ^ d is e n s e , he b'iuI I a ls o have to oome to i some d o o ls io n in oonneotion w ith tho c o n tin u a tio n o f the employment o f our mon who have an o o o u p a tlo n a l or o th e r d is e a s e , b u t wo would epprooiato your advloe in th is oonneotion sinoo you w i l l , o f oourso, have In mind th e l e g a l c o n s id e r a t io n . or?. EX. NO 7 fc. ' ~ Yours very tr u ly , UNITED STaTES GYPSUM COMPANY i V TRP : U r I' y i General Servloo Manager