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Mr. E. O Jones Mr. a.i.Taylor Wilmington North Carolina Accident New ork New ork August 9, 19AB Dear Ollie: I have your memorandum of August 6, 19-48 regarding the Wilmington, North Carolina accident and of your desire to have a final report in the records on the whole affair. I believe we should have a Regional statement to be included in this report and we will prepare such a state ment Just as soon as we possibly can. I further agree that you should have Fritz Mercer's statements as part of the record. In this connection, I. still feel that written statements similar to those obtained by Lou Shank from representatives of Tank Cleaners Inc. might be in order. Of course, if it would make sense to have Fritz Mercer come up here, we will do so. I do not know when this might be as I had hoped to go on a three weeks vacation th end of the current week. Possibly ay plans can be changed. In any event we will advise you in ample time before Fritz Mercer does come to New fork. Very truly yours, M ATt gh CC* DR. R. A. KEHOE M. A. TALOR K E 0G'Ci3G95 cci Dr. ft. A. AehOe C. iir. &. A. Taylor New York '. G. Jones New York Wilmington, North Carolina accident. August 4, 1948 C 0 ii F I D F U T I U De&r Matt! As you know, the New York Safety Department has been requested by the sales management to pursue to a conclusion an in vestigation of the unfortunate occurrence at lilaington, North Carolina, You and I have discussed this matter at great length, and it now appears that we have obtained all the facts available to us in view o' the Law Department'e desire that we abandon any further investigation in the field. It is possible, of course, that addi tional information say eventually come to hand as the result of any investigations that the various insurance companies say sake, or by means of teotisony if the accident becomes a subject of court pro ceedings. The entire safety policy of the company is built upon meticulous car in the prevention of accidents that might result from exposure to tetraethyl lead or its decomposition products. The var ious statements no* in our file contain certain direct contradictions and we would not be doing our'Job if w did not attempt to resolve them. As 1 tinderstend the situation now, you plan to cell Frit Mereer in at tbs end of his vacation to discuss this matter personally and to reiterate, if he caree to do eo, the statements which he has made in his reports. The Safety Department has an obligation to write t final report suauarising everything in connection with ibis accident* not only for the Corporation1s records but for the assistance of the Medical Department, and for use ns a basis for any revisions that seer-; indicated in our current instructions in order to prevent a recurrence I an writing this memorandum with the idea that you, as Operations Manager of the Eastern Region, in which the accident oc curred, say wish to rite a statement for the Region to be included in our report. At the soaent, as you know, the file consists of a number of sore or less disconnected statements fret, several people, and the Eastern Region's reports have never been consolidated into one statement. I would appreciate hearing fron you as to whether you care to Issue such a statement. Also, I would appreciate being in forced when you plan to have Mercer in New York. W\7/At E. 0. .Tone? K E" 00G6G96 V 7647.01