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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1980 May 13 DOC#: ABX233 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abex Memo RE O.E. Priorities with Handwritten Notes & Mark-ups S jX l.r P O L ___________ ___________ ^ H r ' ~ /^ ( 3 ^ IndustriesCompany Date: 'Subject: Q May 1 3 , 1980 ' y --" O .E . P r io r itie s . Memorandum From: To: J . J . Brown J . J . Lukas I s J . P le a s e c o n s id e r t h i s an amendment to my memo o f May 1 2 th . iA> fj Under a n o n -a s b e s to s , n o n - m e t a llic b lo c k , p le a s e amend to / t include the follow ing statem ent: These numbers are p r e d ic a te d fo r th e y e a rs 1983-1985 on th e ^ fa ct th a t there w ill be government (sta te or federal) l e 9i s l a t i o n m andating n o n -a sb e sto s m a t e r ia ls jj P er ou r d is c u s s io n May 1 2 th , i t w i l l be r e l a t i v e l y easy to o b ta in n o n -asb esto s ap provals from brak e- raanufa ct-iirp.rp such as^R ockw ell and E a to n . However,--^rrTorder to s e l l t h i s " " \ m ate lria l--to the OEMs" w ith th e e x c e p tio n o f Mack C o r p o r a tio n , e v id e n ce must be p re se n te d to c o s t j u s t i f y th e 30% premiugj/ we~a x f--t ecru e stin q f o r nonr^asbestos m ateri a l s ^-^'OEMs such as Whyte and Ford M otor Company w i l T "not"B uy n o n -a sb e sto s m a te r ia ls ^on th e m oral is s u e o f n o n -a sb e sto s versu s a s b e s t o s , it o n ly i f th e government mandated them to do so or i f the qk>% premium c o u ld be j u s t i f i e d b ased on lo n g e r l i n i n g l i f e , drum l i f e , e t c . o f t h i s d a t e ,_(_i___-- - - - - - - e s t i ng^j us tifie s~ tK S '~ e la iin th a t the co st o f operation is m d ire c t rela tio n sh ip to\ the premium b e in g charged fo r n o n -asb esto s m a te r ia ls . ' AFSchm altz/file Y"c c k C -- i. c a? // -r - . ., C. c< SPN Y 005362