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Mb toM r b I jo Le Washington Chemical Company Ltd. J J. L, Collins Lsq., H TUNNKA A MCWAlfc. UTD. Washington, Co. Durham. ' Turner & Newall Ltd, , KOCHDALL. Telegram* CHEMICAL, WMSuiftoo SUtioo. Telephone j LOW FELL ( Uiiee). ( iW J# > *^ r<^** ret. our rkk.V/LL/IIAS Dear Ur, Collins, 11th Larch 19& ?< T-J *'* < * />. ^Oalst J. W. Wren, deceased Possible Asbestos!s Claim 4\- A>- Shank you for your letter of lOtlrUaroh regarding the above case. Although our Londpn Area Records . only credit Wren with service back to 193^/'there is no doubt that he was employed by us at a muon earlier date* He was, however, only employed when we ho* work in the Portsmouth area, and it is possible that althoo*$i he has worked as a boiler coverer Tor 42 years he may/hot have been employed by us for anything like that time o>/ing to the casual nature of his employment. / I agree that l^^is strange he was never admitted to the Scheme, but there are many similar oases in I*.I.Co.Ltd*, and we are experiencing the same difficulty now in enrolling employees who have becojae eligible for entry into the Scheme since it was re-openedf the men are refusing to sign the ~ ' forms. -- /' I am arranging to include an appropriate report in the Board Polders for the next meeting recommending that the 50 be paid on an Lx Gratia basis. Yours fai^hf $ & & o 1 ` -------