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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1937-1948 DOC#: ABX014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters between American Brake Shoe Cov Raybestos-Manhattan & Vandiver Brown RE Saranac Lab Asbestos Dust Experiments & AMF RICAN 1/ RAKEBLOix | PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT AB-96 AMERICAN BRAKEBLOK CORPORATION M O V ftT IIIA l AMO AUTOM OTIVE O lV ItlO M T H E A M E R IC A N BRAKE S H O E A N D F O U N D R Y C O M P A N Y main orriCC avcnuC o c t w o it .D e tr o it, jrebruary 1 , 1937 SALES o m e t s NCW TOMA C lCCHVICCAlAGMOO ST. LO U IS sa n rM A N ciseo LOS ANOCLCS H r. Sumner Simpson, 're sid e n t Raybestos-Manhattan, in c . B ridgeport, Conn. Bear S ir: With referen ce to your le t t e r of January 29, addressed to n r . G i l l i e s , vice resident o f t h is company, re g a rd in g the memorandum of i Agreement w ith B r . Gardner, i t i s agreeab le to us to come under the same categ o ry as the union A sbestos & Rubber Company, th a t i s 250.00 per annum f o r - t h r e e years, as you suggest. ... .... I am, th e r e fo r e , s ig n in g t h i s agreement with th a t n o ta tio n made as you w i l l n o t e . 7 i l l you please d ire ct that any reports / -which 7?e are to r e c e iv e w i l l be forw arded to my ' attention. Yours very truly, 7A3:E E n e l. 7 . A . Blume Vice President 0Co20 -r 11 SPNY 000465 ( ( * iv October 2 7 , 19* ** / *0.1 . . iH rl cuti* MCo rBproarbaetBioLno* D k i e . *f l.B .l.tf, C**b*T * b t t l M a Ooaaprax .*a<bewto-at*nfcettA3f Zac *. $^Tb* I t a s e l i NXc* Co. x ftb erra id Coaponr (Southern A atestoi-'. ^ TTniwa Asbeatoa * ftnbber Oo. `-.-Cnlted 5 U U i e- - Sartine teboTtST7 M beiai A f l t b tb e rv en ea t t n t 70a t r e e t l t r ltb tbe t a o t r a fld m c e rad a l t aratlab le to no co ootslde ycur ercant u t i r a . 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A w rtr TB* " t: V. * r J. ? *oo**^ V .V * k '.AKEpicA# BRJUCT SHOE X13>AXT C 0 f I PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT AB-89 ) canoa hepaktvdjt 2301 * l'i* li.A B d AT*. CM c*o S , XU * Rorasbar 3 19<jS. X h*T* r**d e m ra iu lly th* r a p a c i tou f a m n t d a i d a* r * tu m lo { l t w lth m f corr--n ta . Ifr, !>ro*n r r a u i n on tn * q u ali .Tyln*. a d > c l i T s s * l a th * a b s tr s q t i n i co n c lu s ic n a , M i * a d a lttln th* A tfri.iiP i.litT * f ree o n d ile tb * t m , l t su ri b* r*e*eb*r*d tb a t 1a/ arnesi a rp a rle a rtsilsr. c a s s i b* a b a o lste ly eoncluelT*. O b aairstieas s ih * tis s u * ra setlo c* lo t w I c s j abitane** een mata ootftla or* tben rrsson sbly a ssu rsi* s*ornart i t* ridane# th s t t i a X i*?t aot*d is n*t i s l i t a l 7 te ocsu r in san a ita r 1a lia r erposura. Tb* rep er k u i t u : th* a * r * * u it la se t alw aj* obtalcwd la a*ch p a d ** o i aarpert--n tal l u i u m . l t ia u * r b u > cxii7 psssthl ts *^ *1rir *och ah raa*o locr * * . *tn* au si a s -s r s n tlr dosa a r t a lt e r t c n lilc s a U j th* eooroa ir *sep*rl**n tal tobareuioais l (u im a p i*" a t c . P o etlh ly a s l* ll* r *x p *rle *iit s a r n * d orar a loncar partod a i tie ooold produca a n tlio lp d L iia re a t r a s a li. Tbar* ara too aaror in ta a c lb la e te a llo * d o v e tte or or* s a n n it e sta* n a u ta . Tttia la tra * a i aar aspad e s t a i o d la animai i or b asai. The T alli* a! tha * x p * d e *n t* l ert lis a la th* f i e t th et l t tarma a reaaonabla b a ci* tor tad? r f c h * r * c t* r l* tle tls a e * ehan*a & cb a d e a le r te thoaa a**a la baaasu. ' *` y 1 ! aln th * le a r a s d e e irn e Kr. 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X i* s 1 th a t sin s* ae r t _af _lh* b a d e Carta d t h tb * c a p t i * o f th* ear* d e ta ile d sta d ia * ew,tie r e d In th* rapart m alraadp b in e and h*r* b**e p ih lld * 4 la a*ber stu d i** ce aeb eetoa, a d iir a r e b l* r aeetlo o aaad b * n id p a te d . I th ia d U e Id ea c i r * d * ln the manuscript p rio r te y h l i c a t l s la a ood c m le ordar U> acb lvr* e r ta s i anderstsadln d t h Ssrsn a c, bet T f * * l th a t th is eaa b* cene pHshed a lte a s ti d is t a r li/ slth o et *T p r u n e . fc r. 9 3 . Mr. > >oon k u rta ta d th a t i t ould ha adrlaaelo te r 3 te doaafnaio a rocrooontatlvo o f another ooacaiqr to a ct 1er a la correction a lt tM d o ciA e n s to bo oado. I tM n k U ila w ild bo a la tla fa c to ry a lte r n a tilo a io su i lik e to fu c h s t th a t oe re q u o A la (M r. Broom) to a ct fo r o a. 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