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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 * CHICAOO D T O lT M ILW A U M II M IN N EAPO LIS cirr ansa * i O U I t OMAHA O IN V IN OACLA LO AM AII I I $Ad M A N O IC O 300 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO >C0TT, . . ____ MA_CLEISH * Augu N IW VOAH O t t i ON U P 'A U O PN U .A O f LAMIA W AIHINOTOH lA U iM O M f P lT ?*SU *G H C i. ftV C k .A H 0 C I N C I N N' A T I fm f,N A P tATA O L I * S o o tt, MaoLeih & F alk, 134 South La S a l l e S t r e e t , Chicago, I l lin o le# Hfiiirftri to . \il*Ti6r8l_ A tte n tio n ! Hr* C- M, Prloo SUBJBSTs Duat Survey - Je r s e y C ity - Ctentlenieni ~ e are attaoh ln g fo r your Inform ation a copy o f Dr Gardner*a re p o rt, g iv in g the r e s u lt s o f h is duet survey a t Je re o y C ity , and also a report in oonneotion with the examination o f the X-rays of about 200 men a t the Je r s e y City p lan t* I t appears th at we have a very hazardous duat con dition a t Je rse y C ity , and a lso have a problem with a number o f men who now have a s b e s t e s is and tu b o ro u lo sia* VLre arc tak in g the neoessary sto p s to provide du st o o lle o tin g and v e n t ila tin g equipment, and in the meunlirae w ill provide r e sp ir a to r s to minimize the dust hazard* The r e a l problem we have fo r c o n sid e ratio n i s th a t o f deoiding what to do about tho men who now have an oooupational d is e a s e * I f some o f those men who have a s b e s t o s is should make olaim a g a in s t the oompony and reocivo an award, would the United S t a t e s Gypsum Company have to stan d the e n tire oxpense or oould p a r t o f i t be p rorated to the former ownors o f the Je rse y C ity p lan t? I urn attao h ln g a oopy o f my le t t e r o f August lo th to Mr, Keudy, suvi a r iz in g some o f tho more im portant p o in ts in the r e p o rt. Yfo r e a liz e , o f cou rse, th a t tho management o f our company must make the f i n a l d eo islon a s to v.hat ao lio n wo s h a ll take on n o tify in g the men who have been examined and wlio ht.vo been found to have a s b e s t o s is , tu b o ro u lo sia, or somo o th e r^ d iso a se . V.e ahull a ls o have to oome to some deol6lon in oonneotion with the o o n lin u atlon o f the employment o f our men who have an oooupational or o th er d is e a s e , but wo would ap p reciate your advioe in th is oonneotion sin oe you w ill, of oourso, have In mind the le g a l c o n sid e ra tio n . Yours very tru ly , UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY 1 V TRP : U r General Sorvloo Manager