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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1974 Mar 11 DOC#: UC186 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Call Report - M.K. Smith, The Baker Smith Castor Oil Co. Re Intro Call on Regular User of RG-144 for T. p. Norris W. C. Thurber 0. E. Walsh KC-File^ NF-File PICI*nr*r*TT>* UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 1 P.O. Box 579 Niagara F a l l s , N.Y. 14302 By G. L. Dickson Date 3 / " ' 74 Ful 1 Name Address Mfrs. of ~ The Baker Castor Oil Company 40 Avenue A Bayonne, NJ 07002 - .. """............... . --1............. . 1ntervewed M. K. (Kent) Smith - Manager (Tech.Div.) OBJECTIVE Intr od uct ory call on r e g u la r user of RG-144. OBSERVATION'S No problems with our product. 1974 usage should exceed 1973 demands but no estimate of how much. 144 being used to produce T h ix s e a l , a Baker thixotrcoe con tai nin g a wax of some type. Compounded by Middlesex Chemical in Sommerville, NJ. None used at Bayonne. Discussed warning labels which apparently Baker has not used in the past. Kent is in the process of naving one pr in te d wnich, in agreement with t n e i r lawyer, w i l l cover tne OSHA re gu la ti o n s . As soon as the mixing equipment at Middlesex Chemical has been repaired, tney would l i k e us to run a dust count f o r them. This has been discu ssed in the past and I agreed to nave i t run wnen convenient fo r a l l . Baker i s going tnrough a big r e o r g a n iz a t i o n . Are to be known as I n d u s t r i a l Cnemical D i v i s i o n of National Lead. N i l l be headed by Carl Moore, a V.P. of National Lead. A large number of personnel changes are taking e ff e c t and Kent feels that i t may touch him. ACTION Nonr at th is time. However, because of the personnel changes going on i t is f e l t that routine c a l l s snould be made in order to keep a pulse on the situation. Typed 3/13/74 cjb Al - 'i yj