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kC--*4i O Kr. Bearden H r. Moore (re r s e r i a l ) FOLK, VA . -j:.tr<rTu*l'f.Td.TVT Cle a n in g 1 ank. .i 0 ^ _uX Norfolk rhila pnr? L4 sS-J*-* * <XP 2-17-40 <i t h r e f e r s : sub j e c t , X sh ow 'below plefce in d e t a i l . j to your le t t e r or tbs 15th, under the above f- Our record s agree w ith youra in th a t he was c o lo r e d , ago oZ ana "r e sid e d at 1001 Culpepper S t . , South N orfolk* He was m arried about 13 or 14 years afjo, though h is w ife d e se r te d him in 1930 and h er whero- abouts a t p resen t are unknown. Ha l i v e d w ith h i s mother who claim s th a t she was dependent on him f o r su p p o rt, though th e claim of support would be questionlabIs sin c e he has fou r b ro th ers a l l w orking, a ls o a m arried s i s t e r arid th e y a l l co n trib u te to the g en era l support of the fa m ily . You w ill! note from the a tta c h e d rep ort showing moneys p aid by us to him that! i t would be im p ossib le fo r him to con trib u te $10*00 t o $15*00 a week (towards h is m o th er's support u n le s s ha had oth er income w hich 1 dojabt very much. I should m ention he. has n ev er been a r e g u la r em ploye^, working o n ly on th e unload in g o f ta n k ers and o c c a s io n a l!'/ c le a n in g up about the p la n t . " Ye sig n ed tip on lj-I-4 0 f o r th e u nload in g o f the d. 5 . G u lftid o , sig n in g th e u su a l mimsogrbphed co n tra ct of employment we use fo r t h i s p u rp ose. On 1 -2 -4 0 , he w as!loaned t o the C on stru ction department fo r g e n e r a l la b o r in g work w ith a change of r a te shorn on our p a y r o ll. `T his employee f i r s t went in to #11 tan k on th e morning o f th e 30th of January w ith s e v e r a l o th ers to !h a n d le th e f i r e hose In washing down* ^ was a ls o in the tan k th e fo llo w in g day and on 2 -1 -4 0 was in fa lfcefleld w ith Schumacher and Dlackv/c 11 c le a n in g - t h e ir kerosene ta n k . Ha worked w ith th e C on stru ction ifeparfcraent crew on 2 -2 -4 0 and 2 -5 -4 0 at g en er a l la b o r and wa3 la id o f f on th e 5 t h . During t h i s tin , no one having co n ta ct w ith him n o tic e d anything unusual or e r r a t i c . ' On the a ftern o o n pf 2 -1 0 , sons one c a lle d th e o f f i c e end s t a t e d th a t he was i l l and he (was a d v ised t o see Dr* woods, w hich ho d id at 7 :0 0 o 'c lo c k th a t e v e n in g . Dr* Woods t r e a te d him and se n t him hoc and v is it e d him the foil low ing morning at which time h is co n d itio n had become so s e r io u s th a t he was sent t o s t . V in cen ts H o s p ita l. This roan d ied on the mojrning o f 2 -1 3 -4 0 . Your records agree w ith ours in th a t is 37 years o i^ ig e ^ c o lo r e d arid r e s id e s at 945 M iddlesex S t . , B e r k le y , N o r fo lk , Va. He is not m arried and the o n ly p o s s ib le dependent he could have v/ould be h is mother and pur Inform ation shows th a t he co n trib u tes to her support though thaj^ Is q u e stio n a b le sin ce h is mother has rom arried and bar husband i s 1w orking An o ld e r b ro th er Is liv i n g w ith h la mother w ith th ree sm all ch ild ren and i t i s p o s s ib le that he might be c o n tr i b utin g to the support o f the so ch ild ren rath er than h is mother which might be b e sid e the p o in t should a cla im oe made. Hr. lie'sreln h r . loare Norfolk P h ila . 2-17-40 Ilo was employed by us on 1 -1 -4 0 fo r th e u nload in g o f th e S . s , G u lft i d ^ad loaned to the C on stru ction Department on 1 -2 -4 0 f o r g e n e r a l la b o r work w ith a change o f r a te shown on our p a y r o ll As i n th e caso o O lds, tu i s employee f i r s t went in to #11 tank on th e morning of the 30th of anuary w ith sev era l oth ers to handle the fir hose in washing down, lie was a ls o in the tank th e fo llo w in g day. He remained in our "employee u n t i l 2-8 -4 0 f in is h in g up work in th e tank f i e l d and pump house when no was p aid o f f . His a c tio n s and conduct subsequent t o h is b ein g in i l l tank and during t h is p erio d were normal u n t i l he rep orted t o Dr. roods at 10:30 a.m . 2 -1 0 -4 0 when he was t r e a t e d and ent to dfc . V in cen t3 h o s p i t a l, ue i s s t i l l in the h o s p it a l s e r io u s ly i l l and any prog: lo s i s w i l l be u n c e r ta in fo r s e v e r a l d a y s, though I understand he i s t h i s morning r a t io n a l. V/ith referen ce to the f a c t s surrounding th e c le a n in g o f - dank # 1 1 , the fo llo w in g i s based on my q u e stio n in g th e c o n s tr u c tio n oup and p erso n a l o b ser v a tio n s made w h ild t h e y were doing' t h i s jo b . `die sc show th a t Ipankjyll was steamed from 4 i0 0 p.m* 1 -2 5 -4 0 u n t i l 3*30 ri.n . 1 -28-4Q . ''his was opened f o r c o o lin g and about 5 :0 0 p.m . 1 -2 9 -4 0 , ? . v< Schumacher, p ro p erly equ ipp ed , w ith A. D. B la ck w ell h andling th e a ir ptuap, went in to the tan k f o r an in s p e c tio n and t o sh o v e l out t h e "slu d g e , h s h oveled th e slu d ge through th e manh o le w h ile h is crow c o n s is tin g of and a l l w h ite , and and* co lo red , were d iggin g a p it approdi- rxatoly 60* Ss tank for burying the slu d ge. Late i s same a fte r n o o n , t h is crew washed down th e tan k v;ith the f i r e ho; e , pumping the re sid u e in to th e p it th a t had been ., p repared, ih s s e men, I know from p e r so n a l o b se r v a tio n , were equipped v/ith b o o ts, rainCoats and h ats and were wearing leath er-p alm ed , canvas work g lo v e s . The slu d ge removed from th e tan k remained o u ts id e th e manhole over n i glit and was c a r r ie d in sh o v e ls to th e p i t the f o llo w - in g a ftern o o n v/ere i t was covered o v e r . These men were wearing approxim atoly the same o lo th in g th e y had had on th e p rev io u s d ay. Work ip t h i s co n n ectio n and th e n e c e ssa r y p ip e changes were nade 1 2*2-40, at which tim e th e tank was clo sed and ready fo r se r v ic e " resign ed on 2 -2 , Olds la id o f f 2 -4 , t /h ite , W illifo r d and kept f o r a d d it io n a l work and l a i d offj th e 8 t h . /ofcrenco to the six th paragraph of your le t t e r , only ____ wore tlie gas mask w h ile in th e tahk f or c le a n in g the. "sludge, but no one wore masks f o r washing down, having assumed probably th a t they were unnecessary a fte r the steam ing and ills 1:avln.c remove d th e s lu d r o . , : In con n ectio n w ith your l a s t paragraph,. .Mr, n otified HE 0021027 Hr. Bearden Mr. Moore j N orfo lk Phila . 2-17-40 -5- h9 had th e proper equipment and knew th a t The E th y l C orporation must ba not d ried and he a d v ised th a t he u nderstood the procedure and would tak e care o. i t , though'he a p p a ren tly fo r g o t as th ere i s no record o f t h e i r hal vin& been n o t if ie d * M essrs. Lewis and Cole and Dr. Hackle o f The E th yl Corporation a r r iv e d on the 15th and anb ls o te d t he e n t ir e crew t o a thorous n a tio n . He found th a t were in a s a t is f a c t o r y co n d itio n . ___ were su ffer in g from a m ild d egree, from wnicnncjsey in g. Dr. Ma^hle s t a t e s th a t t o what e x te n t le a d has co n trib u ted t o t h e ir c o n d itio n w i l l be e s t a b lis h e d more c o m p le te ly a f t e r a n a ly s is o f th e v a rio u s samples taken d uring th e t e s t s . He has ad v ised in t h i s co n n ectio n th a t we employ th e l a s t th ree m entioned men about th e term in a l f o r at Ih a st a week so th a t we may n ote a n y th in g unusual or abnormal in th e ir behavior. I b elieve th is covered the incident in d e ta il, but i f there are,, however, any p o in ts which I have o v erlo o k ed , I can d ig them up. i f you w i l l a d v ise m. I understand Mr. A1verson o f th e T ra v elers In surance Company ha.3 forwarded you a f u l l rep o rt co v erin g H. Olds and T. Jordan. Dr. Machle has req u ested th a t I g iv e him a copy o f t h i s l e t t e r t o you and s in c e th e y are a s in t e r e s t e d and concerned in t h i s as The Gulf Corpo r a tio n and have coop erated 100^ w ith u s on t |^ is , I assume th a t i t w ll 1 bo s a t is f a c t o r y t o do so u n le s s you a d v ise me by phone a 3 e a r ly as p o s s ib le Monday. . ' P. S . The v is c e r a and b r a in 1 understand, has been sent t o Richmond fo r some n e c e ssa r y t e s f ^ ^ w n ic h w i l l , we h ope, determ ine th e exact reason f o r h i 3 d e a th . We ex p ect a report con cern in g t h i s some tim e d uring nbxt w eek. i WISE r e c e iv e d from H. G. Southworth o f G ulf O il C oro., P itts b u r g h , Pa. 2/lU/Uo P e g r e t to a d v is e d eath one tem porary em ployee and s e r io u s i l l n e s s o f second, temporary employee, both colored , a t our N orfolk V ir g in ia te r m in al Stop T r a v e le r s In su ran ce Cornmny P an el p h y s ic ia n Dr. food a t N o r fo lk r e p o r ts symptoms o f lead, p o is o n in g in b o th c a s e s Stop Work o f c le a n in g No-Box E th y l tank completed. February f i f t h and. d ea th rep o rted y e ste r d a y Stdp W ill fo llo w w ith a d d itio n a l in form ation when r ec eiv ed .. E xcerpt from Jack C o le 's w eek ly l e t t e r o f A p r il 22, 1939 Mr. Whitmarsh! o f G ulf a d v is e d th a t a l l o f t h e i r tank c le a n in g was han dled by Mrj. E. E. Moore, A s s t . D iv is io n Mgr. in t h e i r P h ila d e lp h ia o f f i c e . Mr. Brooke Shehan th e A gent o f t h e i r B a ltim o re Term inal ad v is e d th a t ini J u ly 1937 th ey had both an E th y l and a "Q" tank clea n ed a t t h is te r m in a l. A ccord in g to my reco rd s I have no rec o rd o f ev er r e c e iv in g a n o t ic e on t h is and I do n o t b e l i e v e i t was s u p e r v ise d by anyone from t h i s o f f i c e . I b e l i e v e i t would- b e a good p la n to have Jim Baldwin o f th e N.Y. D iv is io n c o n ta c t Mr. Moore and se e i f th e y a n t ic ip a t e anjt cle a n in g in t h i s d iv is io n t h is y ea r. In th e N orthern part of th is d iv isio n Gulf has 5? bulk p la n ts. ! E xcerpt from Jack C o le 's w eekly l e t t e r o f A p r il 29, 1939* G ulf O il Corp.j, N o r fo lk T erm in al, N o rfo lk , Va. - Mr. Bear&on th e S u pt. o f t h is term in al was c o n ta c te d reg a rd in g t h e ir tank c le a n in g s c h e d u le . He A dvised th a t th e y had clea n ed no tanks s in c e we were la s t n o t if ie d and a t presen t a n tic ip a te d no clea n in g in the near f u t u r e . He a l^ o advised, th a t he had an ample su p p ly o f n o t i f i c a t i o n card s on hand And. tha.t we would, be d u ly n o t i f i e d when same o ccu rred . 0021023