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FILE NAME: Firestone (FIRE) DATE: 1948 Feb 18 DOC#: FIRE011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to LA plant offering dust counting service done at Indiana plant [Ex. 299] BC Note: Memo from corporate I.H. Mallette to McGregor (LA Plant) offering dust counting service as had been done at Indiana plant "where we have an exposure to Asbestos dust" Mr. H. H. McGregor Los Angeles Plant Peb. 18, 1948 P. 8. Mallette DPST C0PKTS Prom your recent correspondence with Mr. Gradolph regarding the dust from grinding alumnim m tread rings. 1 note that you had dust counts made Bby the laboratory." I am quite Interested for, as you probably know, we have la5r*^ory for dust Sampling and counting as well as ? 15<3uitrial hP*l*ne analytical procedures here in Akron. I am curious to learn whether the discounts to which you refer were made here in our own laboratory or by that of some outside organization. You may also may be interested to learn that we have arrangement whereby air samples can be taken In our subsidiary plants and sent to Akron for counting. Ve do this for Instance, at Mew Castle, Indiana where we have an exposure to asbestos dust. I shall be Interested in learning how the dust counts were handled at your plant. P8M/fa P. 8. Mallette. Industrial Hygienist & Toxicologist Pltf Exh 299