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ETHYL CORPORATION INTEROFFICE To D r . G e o rg e F . K ir b y ::V -v:; - '. Ad d r e s s B aton Rouge, L a. Fb o m D avis M. B atso n Su b je c t L ead S em inar Ad d r e s s Da t e W ashington, D. C. O ctober 15, 1965 On O ctober 14, 1965, as a re s u lt of an in q u iry I m ad e to D r. G iel re g a rd in g D r. B lo m q u ist's re c e n t m in o r illn e s s , the la tte r called m e. Am ong o th er th in g s, he d iscu ssed c u rre n t statu s of his planning fo r the se m in a r on lead . H is c u rre n t thinking m a y b e su m m arized as follow s: (1) D r. K ehoe -will b e in v ite d on th e b a s is of h is re p u ta tio n as a s p e c ia lis t on health aspects of lead. (2) D r. K irb y w ill b e a s k e d to s e le c t a t le a s t one p e r s o n f r o m E th y l to p r e s e n t E th y l's in fo rm atio n on lead . D r. B lom quist im p lied th at the p rim a ry co n sid eratio n w ould be on econom ics of leaded g aso lin e. He w as not c e rta in , o r did not sta te sp e c ifi cally , th at both D r. K irby and an o th er p e rso n fro m E th y l w ould be in v ited . I w ill ex plore this m a tter fu rth er at an ap propriate tim e and place. (3) D r. B lo m q u ist re c a lle d th a t I had su g g e ste d to h im a t K e tte rin g L a b o ra to rie s th a t D. O. D. be in v ited to send a re p re s e n ta tiv e . A p p aren tly , D r. B lo m q u ist had lo s t his notes on this m a tte r. I rep eated m y e a rlie r suggestion that M r. H erb ert B la ir in P etro leu m L ogistics probably could offer som e in te re stin g inform ation and observations reg ard in g leaded gasoline and D. O. D. re q u ire m e n ts. I told him I u n d ersto o d that B la ir w as the p erso n m o st know ledgeable on p etro leu m p ro b lem s in the D ep artm en t of D efense. (4) D r. B lo m q u ist m e n tio n ed th a t he h ad m ad e a n o te ab o u t a rra n g in g fo r a re p re se n ta tiv e of A . P . I. to p a rtic ip a te in the se m in a r, b u t did not know anyone th e re . 1 eag erly gave F ran k Ik a rd 's nam e, and said th at Ik a rd c e rta in ly w ould be an able con trib u to r to any d isc u ssio n re g a rd in g p e tro le u m . D r. B lom quist said his office is in a p ro c e ss of inviting guest sp eak ers and s till hoped to hold the n u m b er of p a rtic ip a n ts to aro u n d tw en ty -fiv e. He added, ho w ev er, th at, in ad d itio n to th e se , they ex p ec t to have th e ch iefs of v a rio u s U. S. P u b lic H ealth S e rv ic e divisions p re se n t, and the la tte r w ould not be counted in the above num ber. D r. B lom quist in d icated th at he w ould be review ing h is plans w ith M acK enzie w ithin the next few days. He apologized fo r having delayed so long on settin g up the se m in a r, b u t w as out of town fo r about a w eek la s t m onth on a litig a tio n p ro b le m in C alifornia and he ju s t re tu rn e d to h is office a fte r s e v e ra l days on sick leave. . I w ill be in casu al contact w ith D rs. B lom quist and G iel, p a rtic u la rly the la tte r who is overdue to jo in m e fo r d in n er to talk w ith a frie n d of m in e. D r. Stephen A ld rich ,