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/ORSE H. DETWE1LER. Ph il a d e l p h ia October 3, 1941 Weber v. McLaren Aw to Supply s IT-. T? Dull , B snkers-Indeon 1 ty insuraitce^^S^v Public ledger Bulldlmr, ff \\ Philadelphia, Fa* Dbar Tr. Bull s- Further hearing was held at Pottsvllle, Pa* on October 1, 1941, before Peieree Sntcrllne. We produced one of the McLaren brothers who testlfl began working for them 'lay 10, 1938 and continued ptlon until September 4, 1940* He-Was off duty Sep 5* He returned September 6, ? and 8, and September 9, last day he worked. His 'prkins- hours w*re between ne a'day. One week he would spend the entire time abou wraps. The following week he 'souId spend four to five ho gasoline pumps, and the remainder of the day in the store. e arrangement* in alternating weeks. Me worked in the Ashland store most of the time, but had done sone work in the Frackvilla store, the Sharaofcin store and Mahanoy City store, in helping; outV/^m^-rev^r he worked, the working hours and working conditions- wereiO&bout th\\same. During the early(bart of empJ.oyment there, they used American gasoline, nMar AurrusJ rl07 1939 the quantity of gasoline was equally divided between V-^ric? 'and purol. - Mr.- James F,. Haines, 3208 Hdgemont avenue, Chester, Pa., ar Assist lent us by the Puxpl Company for this hearing, testified, that he bad been working as! a tester'bn Purol gasoline for the oast eleven years. ., In doing that work he- handles the liquid constantly. To his it is handled the same as water. It gets on his hands, on his clothing, he breathes it, fTaturally he does not drink It. He takes only the ordinary precautions, because he understands gasoline is a dangerous liquid. The attorney for the claimant gleefully Jumped at the expression *only ordinary precautions,* and that he considered gasoline "a dangerous liquid.* Under cross examination he said that he would never smoke or permit smoking around gasoline, he would not permit -.a light around gasoline. He would not drink gasoline. Were these the ordinary precautions? They were. What did he mean when he said the gasoline was a dangerous liquid? Well, it is highly volatile, so you keep it away from 'T' h " A ^CSE H- DETWEILER, PHILADEtPHtA " ' :*'A McLaren Auto Suooly Store 10-3-41 any sort of flame or open li^it. It'Is not a thing you would drink. Is that- what he meant by ^Ubtgerou a] liquid* It *ms. I then asked for aNbotlnusnce to permit us to bring from Cincinnati, Ohio, a reoresenta^^e-o?1 the Ethyl people to testify as an expert*. The referee a?^d whether I was going to bring Dr* Rteinhilber. I said T vasy^ot piiif to bring Dr. Stelnhilber, since he had refused to come slrvbloeks from l?th and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, and I was noy^g to undertake to try to get him to travel ninety-three mI3/sar\\er such an, expedience. The referee than asked whether I wa3 < my medical case. I was not, because a gentleman from Cincinnal physician, and has specialized on matters of this sort, and definitely a nedics.1 witness,. Did I intend to call Dr. SteinhL I did not, I am a little curWTO libPUT* their curiosity concerning Stelnhilber. He is originally from Ashland himself, and T suspect, from what I know of his age I noticed of the age of the people In this case, that ich other. Re is a neurologist and psychiatrist, and my e th him has not been altogether pleasant, you are quite f! f the caustic axiom that a psychiatrist Is a man who rvioes of a psychiatrist and neurologist. They are net laf, but some of them are, and Stelnhilber, after apparently off to a good start, reverted to type. ' Stelnhilber*s dla|3^sIs,^ou will recollect, was amyotrophic lateral scleroses. ThatVis the disease which killed Lou Gehrig, it killed May/r Lanberton, of the City of Philadelphia, five week a ago. I Watched! fchs Lanberjtpn case duringlts progress over the years* since I kn^ve him Intimately, Young shows none oif the things that I noticesMn Juj/yf Laiaberton, either while he was a judge, or after he became walks erect, he steps out freely, and except for a somewhat loose spring of1 his feet which Is not at all uncommon In young fellows of his size in that region of; not perfect sidewalks, I see nothing unusual in his gait. His family complained to me that they wished he could get back the 100 pounds in weight vdalch he lost. At the hearing on October 1st he looked to me to weigh not far from 180 pounds. I matched him in the hearing . room, where I talked to him. After the hearing I talked to him outside the hearing room. He stood around with no sign .of fatigue or discomfort He moved around In crowded spaces among other people with no sign of uncertainty or Inconvenience. Later I saw him march down Center; street, Pottsville. He 'ent alonpr the fairly crowded sidewalk avoiding other people with no inconvenience at all, and without the Slightest, sign of uncertainty. An older relative who was with him had to step to keep bp, being about seven Inches shorter in stature, and consequently having much shorter legs. stepped down off Curbs the same as any other sure-footed youn^uWDow a good deal more HE' 0016342 - DETWEILER, p h iu u e l p h u v, ?|cLaren.,,Auto supply Store 10-3-41 interested in what his eyes, wore beholding that was unfamiliar than he was in where he "as Kitting his feet. He stunned up over the next curb with the sane raseX^ nonchalance, "he thing: he coraplains^JZSSSOig "weakness.* This strongly impresses me with what the phys^sfans at Hahnemann Hospital reported about what they noticed in W^nhen certain members of his family arrived in the hospital. Ee&would be a different person when those relatives were not around. VsSSHrUr in. that ohysielan* a. view that this young chap puts on a bit of It has become an unconscious act with him. but nevertheless set. I am to loam from Dr. }||tfcoe when he will be free to come to Pottsvllle during the last mj-jek o| j^oygjatyer or early In December, and am to communicate that 1H' O 11ion n the referee, so that we may arrange a time satisfact_o__r_y____,, 'to all Dartres. Dr. ITehoe and I have already had one telephone talk, onjd^he ha.s sent me material for use in nreparaticn for his "Xanina^Srrv^SL cross examination before the referee. The additional vony/fit this*etter is sent you so that through the regular source yp/i can sennit to Dr. Eehoe. The full name is D Cincinnati, Ohio. Kehoe, University of Cincinnati, Tours very truly, h XE" 0016343