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.R. A* C TULLY G eneral a e r io an Tank S to rag e T erm inal Goodhope, L ouisiana B aton Hongo A tlanta A prii 25, 1946. I am a t t a c h i n g c o rre s p o n d e n c e on t h e above s u b j e c t which in c l u d e s an a n a l y s i s made b y ,"r. Whoe and a copy o f a r e c e n t l e t t e r from B o llin F am es follow ing /.is co n tact w ith Yr. W etzel As i t i s s u g g e s te d , someone sh o u ld check t o s e e i f Fir* Gas c a rd a c q u i r e s t h e c o m p le te and n ece ssary info rm atio n ? so w ill you be k in d enough to make such a c o n ta c t when n e x t i n Uerw O rle a n s an d a f t e r t h a t , p le ase ^ l e t me h av e a r e p o r t from you t o g e t h e r w ith the attached correspondence. ACT/F.L A lan GC- B r.K e h o e . ( w ith co p y o f B a rn e s ' l e t t e r ) Barnes attachm ents* o o p y t o Mr A. C. T u lly from R Barnes G eneral American Tank S torage T erm inal, Goodhope, La. A tlanta New Y0r k A p ril 19, 1946* T his i s to a d v ise t h a t I c o n ta c te d th e s u b je c t company on A p ril 4 th , r e g a r d in g th e m a t t e r o f t h e sam ple o f Lube O il th e y s e n t t o Dr Kehoe f o r le a d a n a l y s i s . I d is c u s s e d t h e above w ith Mr. W. J . W e tz e l, A s s i s t a n t S u p e rin te n d e n t, and p assed on to him th e in fo rm a tio n o b ta in e d from Dr K ehoe. A cco rd in g t o Mr* W e tz e l, G eorge C a s s a rd w as i n New Y ork, b u t h e w ould c a ll th is r a t t e r to h is a tte n tio n as soon as h e re tu rn e d to Goodhope. I t ap p ea rs as though t h i s company i s n o t i n anyhurry to convert the No. 80 ta n k to o th e r s e r v ic e , and i t may rem aini n Lube O il s e rv ic e f o r sometime. I p o in ted out th a t th e r e s u lts o b tain ed on th e le a d absorbed by th e sto ra g e of motor o il was no in d ic a tio n as to what could be found in e d ib le o ils , containing organic a c id s, even i f th e y were sto red under id e n tic a l c o n d itio n s . -. Mr. W etzel was q u i t e c e r t a i n t h a t no a c t io n w ould be ta k e n a t t h i s tim e b u t i f they did fin d i t necessary to changeth e sto rag e o f petroleum p ro d u cts to e d ib le o ils in No. 80 ta n k , th e y would c a l l on us fo r a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n and t e s t s on th e new p ro d u ct s to re d in th e ta n k . A tta c h e d i s Dr K ehoe*s l e t t e r an d sam ple r e p o r t . I m ig h t s u g g e s t t h a t t h e n e x t tim e someone i s i n t h e New O rle a n s t e r r i t o r y th e y c o n t a c t Mr. G eorge C assard to make s u re h e h a s r e c e iv e d t h e c o r r e c t in f o r m a tio n from Mr W e tz e l. Very t r u l y y o u rs, / s / W R Barnes N o te: No a tte m p t was made t o c o n t a c t A m erican L i b e r t y , A v o n d a le , L a ., a t th is tim e in reg ard s to th e a n a ly s is on samples I sen t to C in c in n a ti in Jan u ary . A ccording to B ill M undinger, th e re has been no f u r th e r attem p t to c le a n t h i s No. 1 ta n k . N 7688.01