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In c o rp o ra te d in th e S ta te o f D e la w a re . U. S . A . w ith iirn ite d lia b ility .
ABFORD H O USE, VICTORIA LONDON, S.W.l
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135 E A ST 42" -D ST R E E T NEW Y ORK , U .S.A
13th A p ril, 1932.
Dr. R. A. Reh oe, (Laboratory o f Applied P h ysiology), U n iversity of Cin cin n ati, College of lledicin e, ':Z:CI.1:V.UI. Oh io:..
Lear Lr . Rehoe,
I was v e r y g la d in deed t o ge t you r l e t t e r o f Lar ch 26t h w it h you r comments on P r o fe sso r Bo r d as' r e p o r t .
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R r . Lien h ar d t o ge t h e r w ith Dr. C o st e s, who a s you know i s t h e D octor t h a t
::s ar e r e t a in in g in P r an ce, h ad a m eet in g w it h P r o fe sso r Bor d as l a s t w eek. P r o fe sso r
Bor eas ap p ar e n t ly e x p r e sse d t h e op in ion t o U r . Lien h ar d t h a t we h ad been t o o an xio u s
in t h e p a st t o o b t ain t o o much a t one t im e l He st a t e d t h a t i f we h ad been p r ep ar ed a cou ple o f y e a r s ago t o ac c e p t t h e recom m en dation t h a t we m arket in lim it e d a r e a s o n ly in P r an ce, by t h i s tim e we sh ou ld h ave been in a p o sit io n t o h ave h ad d i s t r i bu tion th rough out th e whole cou n try.
U r . Lien h ar d formed t h e o p in ion w h ich v/e a lr e a d y h ave, n am ely, t h a t P r o fe sso r
Bor d as d id n ot r e a l l y know v e r y much ab ou t t h e su b je c t . Bor d as st a t e d t h a t he h ad
su b m it t ed h is r e p o r t t o t h e M in ist e r o f H e alt h an d i t w as h ot in h i s power in an y way
t o giv e u s a d e c isio n one way o r t h e o t h e r . He p o in t e d ou t t h a t he was. n ot r e a l l y
opposed t o u s a t a l l an d w h atever t h e M in ist e r o f H e alt h saw f i t t o d ecid e he v/ould
be q u it e a gr e e a b le t o . T h is i s a s f a r a s th e m at t e r h as gon e a t p r e se n t . The n ext
mo st e p I t h in k i s t o appr oach Pin e&u, who a s you p r o b ab ly know i s t h e man in ch ar ge cf CO a l l t h e a f f a i r s r e l a t i n g t o fu e l s in P r an ce, an d th r ou gh h im pu t up a p r o p o sit io n t o o> t h e C a n ist e r o f H e alt h t o fin d ou t on what b a s i s we can ge t s t a r t e d in th e n e a r
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equ ipm en t .
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En glan d, ar e in sp e c t e d r e g u la r ly n ot on ly by o u r se lv e s bu t a l so by t h e O il Com pan ies,
and I can a ssu r e you t h a t t h o se in t h i s cou n t r y a t an y r a t e a r e k ep t up t o a ver y
h igh st an d ar d . The o t h er p la n t s t h a t we h ave b u i l t a r e n ot r e a l l y o p e r a t in g, t h e se
a r e , t h e one r e fe r r e d t o in Tr an ce, one in P olan d an d one in N or th er n I t a l y . The
one in I t a ly h as ju st been com pleted and i s q u it e read y fo r 'u se , but u n fo r t u n at e ly
t h e Government h as now p a sse d a law w h ich n e c e ss i t a t e s t h e O il Com pan ies t a k in g a l l
th e excess Alcoh ol o f th e cou n try, and in a l l p r o b a b ilit y t h e r e fo r e , th e p lan t w ill
n ot be u se d fo r some c o n sid e r a b le t im e .
7/h erever we a r e a b le t o make a c o n t r a c t fo r com m ercial p u r p o se s you can be sau red t h at th e n ixin g p lan t s t h at v a i l be in st a lle d w ill be ab so lu t e ly stan d ard :i d e sign and w il l be c a r e fu lly look ed a f t e r and m ain t ain ed a t a h igh st a n d a r d .
Our main t r o u b le , h ow ever, i s t h e fa c t t h a t in t r y in g t o i n t e r e st v a r io u s
c o u n t r ie s in th e vise o f Et h y l ga so lin e we h ave a s a r u le t o . s t a r t th rou gh t h e
a v ia t io n end o f t h e b u sin e ss. H ost o f th e c o u n t r ie s in Europe h ave a l l so r t s o f
males and r e gu lat io n s govern in g im ports, and i t i s n ot t h e r e fo r e , as a r u le fe a sib le
t o h ave one c e n t r a l p o in t where we can m ix an d u se a s a c e n t r a l d i st r ib u t io n p o in t .
The b u sin e ss in a gr e a t many o f t h e se sm a lle r c o u n t r ie s am oun ts t o v e r y l i t t l e in d eed
and th e p o sit io n we ar e fa c e d w it h i s t h a t none o f t h e O il Companies o p e r a t in g w ish
t o spen d an y mono;' t o - d ay on a d d it io n a l equipm en t such a s m ixin g p l a n t s, i f t h ey
can n ot se e an y p o s s i b i l i t y in t h e n e a r fu t u r e o f g e t t i n g some so r t o f i n t e r e st on
t h e ir ou tlay . Th is sit u a t io n r e su lt s in a so r t of stalem ate, sin ce i t i s im possible
t o fo r e c a se th e t r e n d o f b u sin e ss t o - d a y , an d we on ou r p a r t w i l l n ot agr e e t o '
m ixin g b ein g done e xce p t fo r e xp e r im e n t al p u r p o se s in an y way excep t th r ou gh a m ixin g
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As you know we h ave h ad t o u se a g r e a t many one l i t r e can s in th e p a st and we w il l I an a f r a i d s t i l l h ave t o con t in u e d oin g t h i s , sin c e t h e work we h ave t o car r y out i s sp r ead over a w ide ar e a and th er e i s no oth er means t h a t I can t h in k cf o f m ixin g up exp er im en t al q u a n t i t i e s. I know t h a t you a r e v e r y much a g a in st th e u se o f t h ese can s and I would be on ly too glad m y self t o ge t r id o f them, but I can n ot r e a l l y se e how we a r e t o d evelop even t h e sm a lle st b u sin e ss in an y o t h e r w ay.
The w h ole problem i s r a t h e r a d i f f i c u l t one an d i f you Ixave an y su g g e st io n s
a s t o how we can .'im prove our h an d lin g an d m ixin g o f F lu id o f t h e se sm all q u a n t i t i e s,
I sh a ll be on ly t oo happy t o r e ce iv e th em .
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I t i s q u it e p o ssib le t h a t we may be a b le t o s t a r t b u sin e ss in H ollan d an d TTsnmrk sometime t h i s summer. As r e g a r d s m ixin g in t h e se c o u n t r ie s, we s h a l l o f co u r se s t r i c t l y m ain t ain our st an d ar d m eth od. Sh ou ld tie he a b le t o ge t st a r t e d in t h ese two c o u n t r ie s, I th in k i t would be a d v isab le fo r you t o pay u s a t r i p i f
you can sp ar e u s t h e t im e . I am su r e t h at a v i s i t from you w ould be o f th e g r e a t e st a ssi st a n c e t o u s h er e in a gr e a t many w ays a p a r t from t h e fa c t t h a t we sh ou ld a l l he extrem ely glad t o see you and fo r t h i s r e aso n alon e would welcome you r v i s i t .
I do n ot t h in k t h e r e i s an y fa r t h e r in for m at ion t h a t I can l e t you h ave a t ' p r e se n t , bu t I s h a l l be on ly t o o g la d t o keep you in form ed o f an y t h in g t h a t cosmos
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