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J o h n s o n O il R e f in in g C o mp a n y ' / CLEVELAND JO H N SO N SERVICE STATIONS ' ' AND DISTRIBUTORS THROUGHOUT THE ' MIDDLEWEST June 5 , 1956 R o b e rt A. K ehoe, !,I. D ., U niversity of C incinnati, C in c in n a ti, Ohio Dear S ir: L a s t v/eek D r. S clira d in v i s i t e d u s and made in q u ir y in re g a rd s to the case He a sk e d me to send you a copy o f th e cla im m a d e b e f o r ^ o h e I n d i s t r i a l Comm ission. The claim reads: .. was gassed (E th y l g a sse d ) w h ile w orking a t r e f in e r y . Phroat, lu n g s, .h e a rt and whole system p o iso n ed ". The w r i t e r i s a ls o a t ta c h i n g a copy o f a l e t t e r w r itte n to our S e c r e t a r y , G,, C. L i l l y , w hich g iv e s a p r e t t y th o ro u g h h i s t o r y of the case. : The w r i t e r w is h e s to make a s l i g h t c o r r e c t i o n i n th e l e t t e r w r i t t en to you on Yay 15, 1936. In th a t l e t t e r th e w r ite r s a i d f e l l and was u n c o n sc io u s. A ccording to men . who w e r ^ w ^ n w iim , was dazed and was in more o r le s s o f a coma when he f e l l down and l o s t c o n t r o l o f h im s e lf . H ie .w rite r ju s t found o u t t h a t D rs, W ylie, R hite and Krank of T u lsa made an ex am in atio n o f T h is ex am in atio n was made fo r th e U n ited S ta te s F i d e l i t y & G uaranty Company. They found no in ju ry due to lead-poB oning. Y ou.could probably g e t a co p y .o f th i s exam ination i f you should.'w ish to have i t . H oping t h a t t h i s w i l l c o v e r th e in f o r m a tio n you d e s i r e , we a r e , "U-' " Y ours v e r y t r u l y , . g /U . 0. 0 . L illy , Secretary Vareh 1 9 , 1936 h. J . Lennhouis, C leveland, Qkla. Dear G arnet: You a r e d o u b tle s s aw ars t h a t h as been away from work sin c e d u ly 3 , 1S35, O n /ti^ E o r n S s o f Ju ly 3rd Hiram f e l l down, te m p o ra rily b e in g M m ^onsoi^u\ He was ta k e n to th e house and Dr* Young was c a ll e d t o a tte n d th e c a s e . D r. Young s a id th a t th e cause o f t r o u b l e m ight have been due to g a s. The w r ite r , how ever, w ent in to sea Hiram s h o r tly a f t e r D r. Young had been th e re and ^ p p ^ p n d a t h i s statem e n t: That D r. Young was c ra z y , t h a t he w s ^ n o t g a s s e d , t h a t he had not been around any gas th a t morning. ^ t t H ^ a l s o sta te d th a t on account, o f the d ia g n o sis which Dr. ha. was chang in g d o c to r s and he then had Dr* S a d d o ris come down to examine him. The w r i t e r a ls o saw Dr* S a d d o ris a f t e r h had v i s i t e d Hiram* Dr* S a d d o ris s t a t e d a t th e tim e t b a t H H f e had had a s l i g h t s tro k e and t h a t d ia g n o s is showed h i s b l ^ p r e s s u r e to be extrem ely high* Mrs. a l s o to ld me p r i v a t e l y th a t Hiram had had a s lig h t s t r o S ^ m t th a t they were try in g to keep th e m a tte r away from him and th ey to ld him th a t th ey were tr e a tin g hira f o r m alaria* A fter had h is s lig h t stro k e , fo r q u ite sons period he was unable to walk s tr a ig h t or to keep h is balance and eq u ilib riu m . When th e w r i t e r would go to s e e him he would com plain o f a h u rtin g in th e back of h is neck and d iz z in e ss. A long sometime in November D r. Young s e n t a b i l l f o r h is t r i p to th e r e f i n e r y to th e D a i t e ^ ^ t ^ t e ^ F i d e l i t y & G uaranty Company s ta tin g th a t he had tre a te d fo r being gassed. At th a t''tim e the in s u ra n c e company wanted to know why an a c c id e n t r e p o r t had n o t b e en m a d e o u t and s e n t to them. The w r ite r im " t e l y w ent t o w i t h a rt-a e c ld e n t r e p o r t , s t a t i n g to t h a t i f th e in s u ra n c e company w e r ^ to pay th e b i l l w would to make o u t a n a c c id e n t re p o rt* p H P a t t h i s tim e s t a t e d th a t I t was n o t an a c c id e n t, th a t he went to th e p la n t in th e m orning and was n o t fe e lin g very w e ll and th a t bobth in g went w rong, w hich we presum e was a. p l i g h t s tr o k e . He a l s o s a id t h a t he w anted t h i s b i l l o f Dr* Young* s e n t to him, t h a t i t was n o t up to th e in su ran ce coapany to pay fo r i t , so no accid en t re p o rt was made o u t a t th a t time* - 2 3/19/36 A lo n g ab o u t C h ris tm as t i me D r, S a d d o ris to ld us t h a t ^ J B ^ c o u l d cone back to work, was back to work f o r a p a r io ^ ^ ^ a b o u t two weeks b u t th s w r ^ a ^ o u l d s e a th a t he was n o t h i s normal s e l f and th a t h ia mind was n o t fu n c tio n in g a s i t used to and he a t tim es so a g g ra v a te d th e men and a ls o m y self t h a t th e w r i t e r to ld him he b e t t e r s ta y i n u n t i l he f e l t b e t t e r . He h a s n o t been back to work s in c e th a t time* The w r ite r h as been in to see him from tim e to time and has a l s o ta lk e d w ith D r, S a d d o ris und we do n o t th in k t h a t Hiram i s im proving an y , i n f a c t we th in k he i s g o in g backw ard. J u s t a few days ago M r s . ^ m ^ c a m e to th e o f f i c e to see Ralph*' ,,,, h e r m issio n e v id e n tly was t o s e l l some o f t h e i r Johnson G ii Re f i n i n g Company s to c k , h e r sta te m e n t b e in g t h a t ehe w ished to g e t some rooney so t h a t th e y could ta k e f l M f e to Kayo B rothe r s f o r e x a m in a tio n . D uring th e c o n v e rs a tio n Ralph ask ed u o w ^ | ^ h was g e ttin g along and she sa id not very well, and he a ls o asked her what the Dr, thought of case and she s ta te d th a t Dr. S ad d o ris thought i t was the gas a t the p la n t th a t had caused h is tr o u b l e . A fte r t h i s v i s i t o f s' r s . < B B ^ Ralph asked th e w r ite r to go up and see Dr, S ad d o ris, A fte r conver s a t io n wi t h D r, S a d d o ri3 , the w r i t e r found t h a t b o th li^rs, had been t a l k i ng to Sr S a d d o ris about gas c o a litio n s a t the p la n t unde r w h i c h b e e n w orking. Dr, S a d d o ris s ta t e d th a tV M H E had to ld htBM hiat d u rin g s h u t down perio d l a s t w inter th a t he had gone in to S thyl gasolene tank cars to sweep them w ith o u t a mask. The w r ite r d o u b ts th a t he d id b u t i f he did it.w as contrary to in stru c tio n s he has been receiving and which he h a s been g iv in g to h i s men f o r th e l a s t ten y e a r a , He a l s o s ta t e d to D r. S a d d o ris t h a t on th e day b e fo re he had h i s s tr o k e t h a t tb s r e was a c a r o f Winged 70 ru n o v e r on th e tr a c k s and th a t he had been around th is c a r and the s p illa g e and had in h a le d some o f t h i s g a s o le n e . T h is S tatem en t o f t h i s c a r b e in g ru n over and h ie being around th e sp illa g e i s c o rre c t because the w rite r was a t th e p l a n t t h a t n ig h t Im m ediately a f t e r i t happened and. he and X examined c o n d itio n s to g e th e r, The w r i t e r ask ed D r, Sad d o r is wh e th e r he th o u g h t g a s or le a d p o is o n in g had anything to do wi th co n d i t i o n . He s ta t e d t h a t a f t e r re v ie w in g th e h is to r y o f t o e c a s e and th e symptoms th a t i t m ight be p o ssib le tha t it, had something to do condi tio n and s tr o k e . He, however, d id n o t make an a f f i r m a t ^ ^ s t a t e m e n t th a t i t d i d . lie alsoj, s ta t e d t o th e w r ite r th a t he was s t i l l t r e a t i n g i t o reduce h is blood p ressu re, which, as the w rite r understands, was the cause o f h is s tro k e . Y e ste rd a y R alph inform ed me t h a t th e y had made a rra n g em en ts f o r money a t the bank so t h a t 't h e y c o u ld make a t r i p to K ayos. :'^:-~>Vv 0 L illy , S e c re ta ry . -3 - 3/19/36 ^hs w rite r was in to Tulsa y esterday and review ed the e n tir e case w ith fir . Havkinson ot th e Uni ted S ta te s F id e lity and G uaranty Company la ask ed me t h a t I g iv e him a copy o r t h i s l e t t e r and then ju s t l e t the m atter r e s t u n til I should h ear fro him o r u n t i l ouch tim e a s I had. any more in fo rm a tio n to give hi. . VTJLj LD Yours v ery t z y ly J ry R efinerySuperintendent. 4 . to, 'S:-,-. s'/u`if&V; =/ 'A, INT E R - O F F I C E CORRESPONDENCE Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n Tu l s a Of f ic e 305 So u t h Ke n o s h a Av e n u e Tu l s a , Ok l a h o m a May 1 4 , 1936 D r. P . A. Kekoe, 'Dear D r. Kehoe: . .- I am a t t a c h i n g h e r e to a n o r i g i n a l l e t t e r from Mr. W. J . L e e n h o u ts , r e f i n e r y s u p e r in t e n d e n t o f t h e Johnson O il R efin in g Compary, re g a rd in g a claim o f le a d p o is o n in g t o one o f t h e i r em ployees --< A copy o f my l e t t e r to M r. L e e n h o u ts i s a t ta c h e d and I am ta k in g no a c t i o n p en d in g y o u r i n s t r u c t i o n s . Yours v ery tr u ly , TER.'RA cc M r. H. W. K a le y .. - M|0-r 1J-.'l d.m i i r . W. J* L o e n h o u ts , Jo h n so n O il R e fin in g Company, C le v elan d , Oklahoma. Dear Mr. Loenhouts: I have, f o r acknowledgment your l e t t e r o f Ray l a t h i n which you d is c u s s th e m ed ical s itu a tio n w ith re fe re n c e to Mr. Hiram B aize* Your l e t t e r is being passed on d ire c tly to Dr. Kaho.e, o u r m e d ic a l d i r e c t o r . . lo u rs very tru ly , TLiliRA ce Mr* H. C c tby- X^ley f* JoHNsoN O il R e f in in g C o mp a n y CLEVELAND JO H N SO N SERVICE STATIONS AND D ISTRIBU TO RS THROUGHOUT THE M1DDLEWEST OKLAHOMA REFIN ERY , CLEVELAN D. OKLA. LU BRICA TIN G PLA N T - C H IC A G O H E I G H T S " - ...... Il l in o is ; : pv 'v May 13, 1936 E thyl G asoline C orporation 305 Go. Kenosha T u lsa , Oklahoma A tte n tio n : Mr. Honan G entlem en: We would l i k e . t o c a l l t o your a t t e n t i o n the c a s e o f one o f our em ployees, nam ely 1 On J u l y 3, 1935, we the a s lig h t stro k e and was d isa b le d to th e e x te n t th a t he has n o t a s y e t r e t u r n e d b a c k to w ork. On Kay 5 , 1936, he f i l e d a claim before th e In d u s tr ia l C om m ission,"'stating in ju ry to h e a rt, lungs and system in general, due to gasolene and lead p o is o n in g . .-*fter ch ecking up and talk in g to D r. G addoris, h is d o c to r, we f in d t h a t he th i n k s he was i n j u r e d due to sw eeping c a r s t h a t had c o n ta in e d E th y l and Winged 70 g a s o le n e . lie a ls o c la im s t h a t th e d a y b e f o r e he had w hat we th o u g h t a s tr o k e t h a t he was o u t and around t he s p ill a g e o f a c a r o f Winged 70 g a s o le n e . The w r i t e r a n d e x a m i n e d t h i s s p illa g e and were in th a t v ic in ity f o r about an hour. T his happened a t a b o u t 2 :3 0 A.M. in th e m o rn in g . A t a b o u t 8 :3 0 A.M. i n th e m orning,w hen he ap p e a re d on th e jo b , he " f e ll and was u n c o n scio u s and a c c o rd in g to D r. S addoris* f i r s t statem ent, had a s lig h t stro k e. now, how ever, a t t r i b u t e s w hat we th o u g h t was a stro k e and h is g e n e ra l co n d itio n to gas and lead pdsoning and a f te r ta lk in g the m a tter over w ith Dr. S addoris he s t a t e d t h a t he "thought t h a t i t m ig h t h a ve had some im m ediate e f f e c t on h is s tro k e . a lso h as had and h a s a t th e p r e s e n t tim e a b re a k in g out; on h is fa c e w hich D r. S ad d o ris th in k s i s in d ic a tiv e o f le a d pccsoning. We c o n s id e r e d t h a t you sh o u ld be in fo rm ed o f t h i s m a tte r so t h a t you co u ld make a n in v e s t ig a t io n of the same. Yours very tr u ly JOHNSON OIL REFINING COMPANY,