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Kanpton Engineering Section Manager D. *, Baldwin W^stinghousc D*T1 Harp ton Works January 2^ 1956 I an attaching a copy of Dick Daoant' s lett thought* on this subject. ,td Jannkry 13 giving his Sine* that tins I bar* talked to he apparently has had soma preliminary discussion* Apparently, thay have indicated to hia that they v^i approval to a product in a thickness of .CiiO" made up $0ipp cenbustible material and 50% non-combutibia. Thaj&Avb^l,a that the reason they ara not intarastad In uain$ eantoination is the fact that if a fir* developed the heat generated would be very rapidly dissipated thr sheet and consequently would cause a failure of HICARTA and alusdmau This de- fieieney in our p: to the problea of corrosion which has been prevt _ W* recently disc the_sisliability of having a Beating with Dick Tenant and other V, ood pSbeoplei -to~detandne our future_eourse of action on 'this -d< nt toA other things that we an woridng on. ~ I believe would be very desirable. In fact, I have been advocat or over a year but so far have not been able to get all gather In on* place at the saae tine. I believe we v* this Beating at the tlsae of your next get-together with animation which I understand will be sonatina around the early I hope that you will go to work on this Custoser Order see whet sort of a product you can eoea up with that right receiving the Coast Guard approval. T^ Section S*las Kanagerr^JaOTge^^SuUOTi GFS:bd Enclosure I ^ rs _ i