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FEB-14-00 13:23 From:$TEPTOE i JOHNSON 2024293902 T-477 P 03/04 Job-153 y SepteaW 7* 1964 Op* .7s* '-fr Vf The J^.iecdrfch Coooany 500 5U :je*n Stw* Akron* chfe 44313 Dear ir* Vllsons '* deceived ycur letter ef August 24, ttdiif no to farther tfcterxim if there etr any com /xtars cfa* Iw* beau ruieJ fne tie contacts of Cronin. S*Hf layr and ttagp that cm explain their isprovemnt* or* In the case of like, dofcee an* Woods* dot oi^it have been responsible for their diwl^ioy as positive cases sub sequent tn our initial fiMwiias^ I had given this setter a great denb 3# thought before sending you ny letter of August 3* and did not feel at that tine that I had any inforsMtine ;r oinlms that wra $:cdftcakly different frm those that se had previously considered 1% sriv eMth? and discussions* I thf:* that it fs obvious frao tv rar4 that Cretin* Say* and Skgs* haw sScmi iapraveunt hwie tvy have all been reassigned to fobs die)) haw reeoved thou edirdy froe intists contact with any of our Ui uni cels* aid- tir the cess of Colt, ehnoteels- oeed la- War manufacture* Specifically* froe sy interpretation d t)s records* t as still of the o->t:rioe that renewal from eqesn bo vinyl acetate and/or trichlorvthylene has beau responsible fir their laprovenenta As yen recall from previous matings* dedVacs of vfivylidvne ddarlde* vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride vara discussed* Since vinyl chloride has bscn used in LwisdUt since tv plant started In 1942* ad the first case did ant exhibit syspM nstil 1958* end that later cases were found In a relatively short: arid ef ti*ae* and faltomd by a number of others* it das m< sane licnly that vinyl chloride is the culprit* It is true t?*t it .vy hen been possible to hove had coses earlier than this Cvtvert od #ed hcwivc* i> does not see* lively* ie vim of tv fact t'etseveral d cor cacn$developed vfthfta a too year period ad vara characterized by sjch sever.* disability of'* the flnyrs that the subjects were edit to butten their shirts or tie their shoes* i \ BFG 60584 FE&-J4-00 13:23 FrB:STEPTOE t JOHNSON 2024293302 T-477 P 04/04 Job-153 to caclusi'>a that vinyll-Sese ch1cr$d -"MeW vo '-m j> ^^^yect could *+* have been responsible, beowe sons of jn ^ definitely not bcfl <1% contact with (Ml aUril* w- df vinyl all of the sheets had bee* exposed ,f* ij/th-rfeal. Its us*^J^^t*rJted-iaLJ953, year# be- ^ th!^- ffrst ea*e~athT&i toTvyflptoas and the number of eases were iTT^portlovwtely distributed in our Plant 2 operation, tfiere the ^tToTSii =aterfal s large and increesl.-ig. M*m a couple of errors In the raw aatsrte) decs Wrick I had sent you previously, end the correctlone are a* foil cars* Vinyl c*t*ts and trichloroethylene rt used Is 3oilllny fit. In Ftent lt during the years 195& through Wf and these escort els were used in Building 121 In Plant 1, during the years 1961 and 19&2, In addition re the years (969 and 1966, which 1 had previously tndfeeW* This. X think, would further cedfrv the face thee these eetertel* should be csvsldered prtee sapaets ia&aae M cases, ? In the cases of Gibbs, Hokes and Uook; Or, Creecn telle -e that sloe* all of the X-rays have-keen sees te yew and hedid-aet seetho last X-rays, he presently has net eede a positive rffaymis In the ease of 5tbe* 4 Woods, He stated thet Woods did not eahiblt any lesions in the bone structure of Ms fingers, but eadrtbl ted only blenching syepcoes when expand to low teepereturee* Gfbbs, 3 you recall, hod Insisted wbee he was asked If be would par-- tltipete In the Cincfnneti hospital enaefnatlon, diet his trouble nu arthritis and that he had trouble for years with bis fingers, wrists, *lbcws, shoulders, knees and ankles. In the esse-ef loins, we altacre* t:>at be is a hone-fids case, however, He ws* no* hired until W&2 ^nd did nek eddWt lyftwa tzettl 3/V<4V I believe bs-we not diagnosed on the first X-ray simply bacou.se Me ewpoenrs had nob boo* u1flei*ntly fang. All of these tetter three are doing toHi Wridt Is net presently bringing thee Into contact with vinyl acetate or trlchlorethylene. It would be interesting to note If the previous X-rays Wtidi you have and the X-rays we irs now taking will drew any Inprovoeent In the case of Kdw. S ttfdt that there-le Justif (ext fan for wore intensive Investigation Ida the effect of vinyl acetate and tHchljrac^/lew fe connection wick or hand cases, vinyl ecetete usage tee started in 1953 and is continuing. Trichloroethylene uw9s.es started in 1956 end is continuing to be used, a* in seefler gdstiUsk dm -varT.vtiy end 9s confined o one flant 2 operation* ve have net used trichloroethylene'in ?lant T sines W- 3otb of these aatartet* are used at Niagara fella and Avw Lake, Yeas very trutyb cet A, Vlttone : W, Beeghean H, Mlatb U < CruafcfsBMi Pfwt rteneg-- f BFG 60585 1