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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Nov 12 DOC#: SAR168 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to American Brake Shoe Co. from Vandiver Brown with Summary of Saranac Report Meeting - Unanimous Agreement to Drop References to Cancer & Tumors M o m b t r 12, 1944 Mr. W. T. U I 7 . Jr., Executive Tlt*>mildMt, American BrakeBlok Division of i M i l u n BraJu Shot Coupeny, 290 fork krona*, loo Xork 17, I.Y. Asbestos Past Boorloonf Door Mr. Kolljrt Tho ueatimr to eonalior the teronoo report 00s hold yesterday os scheduled, with oil tho interested companies represented oxeopt fin* Russell Manufacturing Co. Z rood to tho wstinr Dr. Baulin* neaorandua of Moveabar 3rd and it mi the coosxana that his Judgstent oas oorroot concerning tho references to pneunonia anong tho axperlwental aninala. Ac cordingly, v* will not rsqusst that this ho dolatod hat noroly that it bo wooxfled soaowast vita too view of placing wore aaphaais on tb* factors ohieh siado it doubtful obothsr tb* dlsoaso developed as a rosolt of dost exposure. It oas tb* unaninous opinion, hooooar, that tb* rafaroneo to eancor and toaori should bo dolotod and this is a point trill insist upon for tb* following roasonsi 1. Tb* axperlwants war* not dlroctad towards deterninlng tbo lneidanco, if any, of eancor as a result of asbestos dust exposure. 2. Dr. Oardnor Indicated prior to hie death that bo believed this aspect should bo nod* the subject of a separata study, which would take fron two to thro* years, 3. Dr. Gardnsr also Indicated that ho believed tbo Question of canear susceptibility should bo onittod fron the report. This statement is con tained In his latter to we of February 24, 1943 with which hw anclesod his outline of a proposed nonograph on aabeatoala. 4. xt also appears fron 9x. Oardnor*a outline that certain strains of whita nice develop tuwors without apparent cause and that *auoh a strain f wblta nlea was unintentionally used in three Inhalation experiments with asbestos". te w n a sw i I If* - 2- A considerable nuaber of ether chances In the report will be suggested to Seranae, bet they relate to fere and to eephasle rather than to aubataate, and X believe there la no necessity of detalllac thee in this report to you. We have retrieved all of the copies of this tentative and confidential report exeept the one ve sent you, which X note Or. jawlln eould like to keep. Z wish, however, you would prevail upon hln to return it to ua. everyone felt It would he aost onvise to have any copies of tbe draft report outstanding if the final report la to be different In any eobetantlsl respect. Xte feeling of the representatives of the various eonpeales wee very eapbatle on this pfcint. X an anelosing an extra eopy of this letter In ease you wish to sand it to Dr. Baelin. Inceraly, TBy Xoel. Vandiver Srwen, Awerotary cc J.P.Woodard