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CABUEGRAMS. E T H Y L P O R T , L-O M O O N . t el eg r a m s: ET H Y L PO RT , SOW EST . Telephone: VICTORIA 14 4 1 ETHYL EX PORT CORPORATION I n co rp o ro t ed in t he St a t e o f D e la w a r e . U . S . A . with lim it ed liab ilit y. THAMES H OU SE,MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.l ... H ea d Office: 135 EA ST 4 2 K- S T R EET N EW Y O R K , U .S.A . 28th January, 1937. D r. R. A. Kehoe, College M edicine, . U niversity of C incinnati, CINCINNATI, O hio. Dear D r. Kehoe, Very many th a n k s f o r your l e t t e r o f Jan u a ry 1 3 th . I am g la d t h a t you a r e in agreem ent w ith our s u g g e s tio n o f p re p a rin g a f o ld e r fo r fo rw ard in g to p ro s p e c tiv e custom ers among th e o i l com panies. I u n d e rsta n d from F o s s e t t , who I s p re p a rin g t h i s f o l d e r , t h a t he h as in c o rp o ra te d your comments and th e m a te r ia l i s a t p re s e n t being d u p lic a te d and s e t u p . J u s t a s soon a s we have any o f th e s e f o l d e r s a v a il a b le we w i l l send you one f o r your f i l e s . Your a ssu m p tio n t h a t we have p le n ty o f b lu e p r i n t s on hand . i s q u ite c o r r e c t , and I am d e lig h te d t h a t you gave th o s e we s e n t you to O scar Lew is. As a m a tte r o f f a c t I was u n d e r th e im p re ssio n t h a t he a lr e a d y had some o f our b lu e p r i n t s , an d had I been aware t h a t t h i s was n o t th e c ase I would have s e n t him some b e f o r e . I saw D r. C o ste in P a r is l a s t week and u n d e rs ta n d t h a t he has w ritte n to you about c e rta in agreem ents which th e o il companies have r e c e n tly made w ith t h e i r workmen and which in v o lv e C oste t o a c e r t a i n e x te n t . We have made i t q u ite c l e a r to th e o i l com panies t h a t we a c c e p t no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r th e w e lfa re o f t h e i r workmen, and have p o in te d out th a t Coste i s looking a fte r our in te re s ts and cannot th erefo re undertake any d ire c t re s p o n s ib ility fo r th e companies, but he is w illin g to co-operate f u lly w ith t h e i r own m e d ic al men when n e c e s s a ry . I am su re t h a t Dodds w i l l be o n ly to o g la d t o a c t i n an a d v is o r y c a p a c ity f o r any a n a l y t i c a l work we do in F ra n c e , and in f a c t I b e lie v e he would be v ery p le ase d to take on t h i s a d d itio n a l work sin c e he i s a n x io u s f o r u s t o re g a rd him now a s a l o c a l a d v is e r f o r any a n a l y t i c a l problem s t h a t may come u p . As re g a rd s Germany, I am e n c lo s in g h e re w ith a copy o f a l e t t e r which I have receiv ed from D r. M uller-C unradi w ith re fe re n ce to D r. Spelthahn. I have no doubt th a t a s a tis f a c to r y arrangem ent can be worked out q u ite e a sily . Kg' 0007112 Dr. R. A. Kehoe 2 DATE 28- 1- 3.7. I am v e ry g r a t e f u l to you f o r h av in g s tr a ig h te n e d o u t th e Texas and Standard-V acuum p eo p le and I am s u re t h a t th e memorandum you have prepared f o r c irc u la r iz a tio n amongst th e ir people w ill be o f the g re a te s t a s s is ta n c e to us sin ce i t w ill put t h e i r lo c a l people s tra ig h t on a number o f p o in ts on which th e y a re v e ry confused to -d a y . N e ith e r o f th e se two companies has taken a g re a t d eal of tro u b le in a d v isin g th e ir v ario u s export people on the lead q u e stio n , and o f course i t i s d i f f i c u l t fo r u s to convince them u n le s s th e y re c e iv e some s u p p o rtin g e v id en c e from t h e i r own com panies. F o r t h i s reaso n I am c e r t a i n t h a t y o u r memorandum w i l l be o f g r e a t h e lp t o u b . I am e n t i r e l y in agreem ent w ith you t h a t i t would be a d v is a b le f o r us to take care of any tr a n s la t io n s an d /o r p r in tin g work t h a t you would l ik e done in F ren ch , German, I t a l i a n , e t c . I am c e r t a i n t h a t t h i s can o n ly be c a rrie d out s a tis f a c to r ily in the country concerned, and i t w ill not involve any d i f f i c u l t i e s f o r us to arran g e to undertake a l l th e p rin tin g you r e q u ir e . Our f r ie n d s in th e d if f e r e n t companies a re alw ays q u ite ready to do any t r a n s l a t i o n s , and you need n o t be a t a l l co n cern ed t h a t we a re p u ttin g them to any indue in co n v en ien ce in th e m a tte r . I f you w i l l a d v is e me in due co u rse j u s t e x a c tly what you would l i k e done we w i l l see t h a t i t i s c a r r ie d out. I am v e ry s o r r y t h a t you d id n o t h e a r b e fo re a b o u t t h i s I t a l i a n drum s itu a tio n , and I f e e l th a t I should have w r itte n to you about i t . However, I was h o p e fu l t h a t we would be a b le to s t r a i g h t e n i t o u t w ith o u t having to undertake any tra n s fe r o f F lu id . I apologise fo r n o t having w ritten to you on t h i s m a tte r so o n er, b u t I hope t h a t we s h a l l be a b le to c a r ry t h i s work through w ith o u t m ishap and t h a t no r e p e titio n w ill be n e c e s sa ry . We have now opened new n e g o tia tio n s w ith M o n te c a tin i b u t I am n o t a t a l l c e r t a i n e x a c tly where th e y w ill le a d us and I do n o t th in k a n y th in g c o n c re te w i l l d ev elo p f o r a t l e a s t a n o th e r two m onths. I do w ish , how ever, t h a t we co u ld s tr a ig h te n ou t t h i s I t a l i a n s i t u a t i o n one way o r t h e o th e r s in c e th e p r e s e n t p o s itio n i s f a r from s a t i s f a c t o r y and. I can n o t see what we can do a t th e moment to improve i t . I th in k you a lr e a d y know by now t h a t i t h as been d e cid e d to build a m anufacturing p lan t in France. I th in k , th e re fo re , th a t reg ard less of anything e ls e i t w ill be most n ecessary f o r you to v i s i t us d u rin g the coming summer. Q uite a p a r t from t h i s q u e stio n o f th e French p la n t I f e e l th a t i t would be of g re a t h elp to us i f you could spare the tim e to tak e a sh o rt t r i p o v e r h e r e . I c e r t a i n l y do n o t want t o a sk you t o come o v er u n le s s i t can n o t be avoided since I r e a lis e i t i s most inconvenient and u n p leasan t f o r you to g iv e up y our summer v a c a tio n and d ev o te th e tim e to ru n n in g ro u n d E u ro p e. Our b u s in e s s , however, i s developing v ery c o n sid e ra b ly , and I have no doubt th a t th e re a re a number o f s itu a tio n s which you would lik e to check on y o u r s e lf , and i t i s a ls o p ro b a b le by th e summer t h a t you may w ish to make some a l t e r a t i o n s i n o u r g e n e ra l m ed ical s e t u p , p a r t i c u l a r l y i f th e French s i t u a t i o n d e v elo p s a s we e x p e c t i t t o . I have w r i t t e n to you a lr e a d y , I th in k , K & 00071.(3 R.s j y c J A. Ke ho e . 8 D A T E.............. in d e t a i l about Germany, and i t i s h ig h ly p ro b ab le th a t the French m arket f r i l l develop along sim ila r lin e s during the coming sp rin g . N a tu r a lly i t g o es w ith o u t say in g t h a t we should be o n ly to o d e lig h te d to see you over h e re , and I hope t h a t you w ill be a b le t o arran g e th in g s so t h a t you do n o t d i s t u r b y o u r own p la n s to to o g r e a t an e x t e n t . W ith a l l b e st w ishes to Mrs. ^ \ '-- V L\ ~Q_.< 1 HE 0 4r \ r -9 viU ( BB ETHYL G.m .b.H . U nter den Linden 24, BEPviaN HW 7 . COPY. January 22nd, 1957. T. R. A. Bevan E s q ., Ethyl Export C orporation, Thames H ouse, M illbank S . VV. 1. Dear Mr. Bevan, I have w ritte n to Dr. Spelthahn regarding the q u estio n of m edical s u p e rv isio n and have re c e iv e d a re p ly from him to -d a y th a t he is a t p re se n t away, b u t th a t I can speak w ith him perso n ally , in B e rlin in a b o u t te n d a y s. He in fo rm s me a lr e a d y , how ever, t h a t he b e lie v e s he can make a s a t i s f a c t o r y p ro p o s a l f o r th e r e g u la tio n o f t h i s s u p e r v is io n . 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