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--mMNO. IO(S-164) I V Et h y l Ga s o l in e Co r po r a t io n 3 5 Br o a d w a y in t er -Of f ic k Co r r e s po n d e n c e New Yo r k , O ctober 7* 1926 _, Dr. R. A. Kehoe. Dear Dr. Kehoe: ,. I iiave been try in g to v is u a liz e onr o p e ra tio n s fo r n ex t y e a r and although, i t seems q u ite a w h ile b e fo re we w i l l e n jo y S p rin g w eath er, y e t th e tim e p a sse s so ra p id ly , p a r t i c u l a r l y when r e a l work i s to be done, t h a t I f e e l now i s th e tim e to m ention som ething t h a t I have b een g iv in g c o n s id e ra b le thought to in connection w ith our business fo r next y e ar. ~ Roughly sp eak in g , we have ab o u t f i f t y m ixing p o in ts and b arrin g unforeseen conditions developing, i t is a safe p red ictio n th a t by Ja n u a ry 1 s t we w i l l have re c e iv e d re q u e s ts f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n s a t r e f in e r y p o in ts o f a t l e a s t a s many a s we now hav e, by S p rin g ; th e number w i l l p ro b a b ly be doubled A lthough we w i l l p ro b a b ly n o t g ra n t ev ery re q u e s t, s t i l l , i t i s gor in g to be v e ry d i f f i c u l t to choose and p ic k among re p u ta b le r e f i n e r i e s , e sp e c i a l l y in th o s e s e c tio n s where one r e f i n e r y w i l l be q u ite a l i v e to w hatever we do w ith an o th er Take f o r in s ta n c e th e S ta te o f P en n sy lv an ia We have had to r e f u s e to make i n s t a l l a t i o n s a t e ig h t o r n in e r e f i n e r i e s ; y e s te rd a y we tu rn e d down one i n Hew J e r s e y , and o n ly a few minutes ago, one i n Hew Englando I t i s n o t a t a l l u n lik e ly t h a t a t th e l a s t we w i l l have, p ro v id e d th e y s h a l l meet w ith your a p p ro v a l, n o t l e s s th a n one hundred m ixing p o in ts by n e x t Summer They w i l l p ro b a b ly be a s s c a tte r e d a s th o se we now h av e, e x c e p tin g i n th e c ase o f C an ad a,. where we have made an e x c lu s iv e c o n tr a c t w ith th e Im p e ria l O il Co. f o r two and a h a l f y e ars I wondered i f the in c re a se in mixing p o in ts and the la rg e area to be covered by your Medical fo rce, p a rtic u la rly the tim e spent in tr a v e l in g from one p o in t to an o th er, should n o t prompt us to co n sid er th e handling o f o u r m ed ical in s p e c tio n s i n a way somewhat d i f f e r e n t from t h a t now i n e f f e c t I say th i s , having in mind th e firm c o n v ictio n th a t the way i t has been handled up to now h as been th e o n ly s a t i s f a c t o r y way to do i t , b ecau se I f e e l su re t h a t i t i s only by the d ire c t co n tact you and your a s s is ta n ts have had w ith the in s t a l l a t i o n s a t v a rio u s p o in ts , t h a t i t has b een made p o s s ib le to d ev elo p a mix in g system which has a l l the evidences o f b ein g stan d ard ized , su b jec t o f course, to m o d ificatio n s -h e re and th e re from time to tim e, as our work p ro g resses, and which a p p a r e n tly m eets 'w ith yo u r s a t i s f a c t i o n . Then to o , you had no o th e r p o s s ib le way o f w orking i t o u t e f f e c t iv e ly th an th a t w hich you followed / ; V. However, i s i t n o t p o s s ib le t h a t we can c a p i t a l i z e t h i s v e ry e x c e lle n t p io n e e r in g w ork which h a s p ro g re s se d so e x c e e d in g ly w e ll, to th e e x te n t o f u n d ertak in g a program somewhat along th e fo llo w in g lin e s : ue 0001350 % . Dr* E . A. Eehoe* 2 O ctober 7, 1926* F i r s t l y : t h a t you s e l e c t some lo c a l d o c to r i n each town where m ixing i s b e in g done and have such ap p o in tee thoro u g h ly d r i l l e d in t h i s te tr a e t h y l work so t h a t he w i l l he q u a l i f i e d to make th e p e r io d ic a l ex am in atio n s w hich a r e n e c e s s a ry a t the p a r tic u la r m ixing p o in ts where h is o ffic e is lo cated o r thereabouts* I t s t r i k e s me t h a t you m ight be a b le to g e t a t most p la c e s a s a t i s f a c t o r y r e p r e s e n ta t iv e who would be w i l l i n g to perfow n w h a tev e r s e r v ic e s you r e q u ir e f o r so much p e r ex am in atio n , o r so much p e r month, to exam ine n o t e x ce e d in g a c e r t a i n number o f men a t s ta t e d in te r v a ls I t seems to me t h i s would have some d ecid ed advantages over the p re se n t systems 1 C o n sid e ra b le sav in g in t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , a s w e ll a s tim e . consumed in going from one p o in t to a n o th e r . 20 Whatever advantage might be gained in an emergency s itu a t i o n by h av in g a man i n whom we would have c o n fid en ce and to whom would be e n tr u s te d th e emergency work * 3 Somewhat connected w ith th e l a t t e r , b u t more s p e c i f i c a l l y a man who would be c a lle d to t r e a t any employee a t th e m ixing p o in t who m ight become i l l - S econdly: t h a t your p r e s e n t fo rc e and su ch a d d itio n a l men a3 you found n ecessary as tim e went on, to devote most of t h e i r time to making v i s i t s to th e doctors mentioned above and v is ita tio n o f such mixing p o in ts as th ere might be n e c e s s a ry , 'w ith th e th o u g h t in mind t h a t i t would n o t be n e c e s s a ry f o r such m edical in sp ec tio n fo rce to v i s i t the mixing p o in ts except a t f a ir ly infrequent in te rv a ls * L a stly : th a t your immediate a s s is ta n ts might have g re a te r o p p o rtu n ity to be a t a c e n t r a l p o in t, to w it, C in c in n a ti, more th a n a t p r e s e n t, and to do such work of such n a tu re as you fe e l th e s itu a tio n re q u ire d and in p a r tic u la r to check up on th e h e a lth hazards involved in th e-u se o f E thyl G asoline. I have in mind, in referen ce to th is statem ent, th a t our check up should be a y early p ro p o sitio n f o r a number o f y e a rs to come r I am p r e s e n tin g th e above to you f o r th e p u rp o se o f fr a n k ly d isclo sin g what I have been th in k in g about in referen ce to our m edical work. I r e a l i z e t h a t th e r e i s no d e f i n i t e y a r d - s t i c k by v/bich we can m easure f u tu r e r s u l t a by any program we may s e t g o in g to c o v e r th e f u tu r e , b u t w i t h th e in c r e a s e from month to month o f m ixing p o in ts , which u n q u estio n ab ly w ill go on ju s t as long as we rem ain i n b u s in e s s , I am im pressed w ith th e id e a t h a t som ething a lo n g th e l i n e s in d icated w ill ev en tu ally have to be put in to e f f e c t. I f I aa fig h t in th is , then I b e lie v e we have reach ed t h a t p o in t w/here i t seems b e s t tg in a u g u ra te i t now r a t h e r th a n l a t e r on I f you should look w ith favor upon th is suggestion, then I would lik e to o f f e r fo r your fu r th e r c o n sid e ra tio n th a t your a s s is ta n ts as they a re now going about v i s i t i n g th e m ixing p o in ts sh o u ld lo o k th e m edioal p ro f e s s io n o v e r a t th o se p o in ts and determ in e who m ight be a good man f o r u s to have a s o u r lo c a l r e p r e s e n ta tiv e * r e p o r t to you th e re o n , o r make such arran g em en ts a s you m ight p re v io u s ly recommend T h is, I th in k , would save a l o t o f tim e i n g e t t i n g XE 0001351 Dr. R. A. Kehoe O ctober 7, 1926 to g e th e r y our re p re s e n ta tiv e s a t m ixing p o in ts and would enable you to la y out an ed u catio n al program fo r th e b e n e fit o f th o se selected * I t a lso would give your a s s i s t a n t s an o p p o rtu n ity to go in to th e s u b je c t in a p e rs o n a l way w ith th ose s e le c te d as. your a s s is ta n ts v i s i t th ese p o in ts from tim e to tim e fo r th e next few m onths. I would n o t th in k o f making th is su g g estio n i f , in o rd e r to in au g u rate i t ( i f you look upon i t fav o rab ly ) i t would handicap you in any way in th e check up on h e a lth c o n d itio n s w ith E th y l G asoline which you a re going to make t h i s W in te r f o r th e Surgeon G e n e ra l' s o f f i c e . As a m a tte r o f fe.ct, I a s s u r e you I had in mind i t m ight p o s s ib ly , among o th e r th in g s , r e l i e v e t h a t te n s io n somewhat* Be th a t a s i t may, I am sim ply o f f e r i n g t h i s whole m a tte r for your consideration. With k in d e st reg ard s, -> Very ta & y yo u rs EW7/ES 0001352