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' . ' ' .. i *` ^ ; '' December 2 1 , 19& Mr. John S ch aefer Ethyl G asoline C orporation P . 0* Box 688 -, . W ilm ington, Delaware , Dear Mr* S ch aefer* . , I have your l e t t e r s and the copies o f th e two b o o k le ts * P le a s e a c c e p t my th an k s f o r y o u r suggestions on th e tank c a r mixing equipment, In stru c tio n s* I s h a ll confer w ith you la te r about the d e ta ils . For the p r e s e n t I s h a l l n o t revamp them u n t i l we have o b ta in e d some in fo rm a tio n on th e ta n k c le a n in g p ro c e sse s* and * u n til I have looked fu rth e r in to th is question about the shipm ent o f drums* The new r e g u la tio n s f o r m ixing by drum equipment have been completed and tra n s la te d in to fo u r fo re ig n languages, a l l of which w ith the exception of th e German a r e now in th e hands o f th e p r i n t e r . th in k the id e as which you have in mind a re s a t i s f a c t o r i l y in co rp o rate d In them w ith th e s in g le ex c ep tio n o f th e r e f e r e n c e to th e r e t u r n o f th e drum s. do n o t se e how th is paragraph could be introduced in to the book of re g u la tio n s fo r i t does n o t apply u n iv e rsa lly , and various means f o r the shipm ent o f th e se drums a re employed by European com panies. I su sp e c t, th e re fo re , th a t In stru c tio n on th is p o in t w i l l need to be made more o r le s s s p e c i f i c a l l y in in d iv id u al cases, and th a t i t is b e tte r , th e re fo re , th a t I t sh o u ld n o t be in the re g u la tio n s * The in s tr u c tio n s covering mixing o p eratio n s a re e x a c tly as those in the p la c a rd s, and X had assumed th a t you had put any suggestions which you had to o f fe r in th e copy fo r the p la card s which I subm itted to you* T h erefo re, X d id n o ttta k e up w ith you d i r e c t l y this r e g u la tio n s f o r drum m ixing ex cep t to th is e x te n t* You w i l l soon have th e s e , and w h ile y o u r a t t e n t i o n i s f r e s h ly a t t r a c t e d to th e s u b je c t, X su g g e st th a t you go ovep them c a r e f u lly and make any c r itic is m s o r su g g e stio n s which you have to o f fe r as the b a s is f o r any l a t e r m odifi c a tio n s w hich may b e made. On th e whole I f e e l c o n fid e n t th a t they w ill be found to be s a tis fa c to ry . And now comes a m a tte r w hich I s th e c h ie f re a s o n f o r ray w r i t i n g to you and about w hich you w ill - p ro b a b ly c u rs e me o u t* Our i n s t r u c t i o n Ho*8 was o m itte d from th e E n g lish v ersio n of the in s tru c tio n s in the l i t t l e white book. I m issed com pletely in proof reading since HE 0000729 Mr* John S c h a e fe r ' I was lo o k in g only f o r e r r o rs of com m ission. A pparently t h i s p arag rap h was on th e second s h e e t of the o r ig in a l copy and I t was e i t h e r `m issed b y one of u s , o r b y th e p r i n t e r . R egardless o f whose f a u l t i t i s , and i t m ight w ell be m ine* i t should be in the booklet fo r i t is ra th e r im portant I t seems to me, th e re fo re , i t would be ad v isab le to have i t added by p a s tin g i t i n o r b y some s i m i l a r method* I t should read"as follow s : . 8 . When an I n s id e can h as been opened, i t s e n t i r e c o n te n ts must be mixed w ith the proper q u a n tity of g a so lin e and th e can m ust be destroyed* Cans must not be em ptied p a r tia lly and then stored* . . .. How t h a t I have handed you a s u i t a b l e g i f t t h i s I s an a p p r o p r ia te tim e f o r e x p re s s in g to you my v ery b e s t w ishes f o r a m erry C h ris tanas and a p ro sp e ro u s Hew Year* Sincerely yours, RAKnIS . R o b ert Kehoe, M.D. P*S* I am se n d in g you u n d er s e p a r a te co v er a ty p e w r itte n copy o f th e t a l k w hich I made b e fo re th e S a fe ty C ouncil* This appeared in i t s ex act form in the R ational S afety Hews f o r Ja n u a ry 193^* Ik was n o t r e p r i n t e d so t h a t I have no c o p ie s of I t f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n . However, i t was review ed q u ite s a t i s f a c t o r i l y and in r a t h e r more d e t a i l than Is custom arylin th e Jo u rn al of I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene f o r November 193h page 12lj.. KE 0000730