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Co p y t o D r . Ma c h ie A p r i l 2 9 , 19A Mr. Ha r r y Ka le y E t h y l Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a t io n Ch r ys le r Bu ild in g Hew Yo r k C i t y Hew Yo r k Dear Har r y* I am s e n d in g yo u h e r e w it h a memorandum g iv e n me b y D r . S c h r a d in , w h ich I b e lie v e i s s e lf-e x p la n a t o r y . However I c a l l you r a tte n tio n s p e o ifio a lly to the fa c t th a t the s a le s m an , D. H . E ld e r , who i s m e n t io n e d i n t h i s memorandum, i s t h e same man t h a t was e xa m in e d b y D r . Machle in De n ve r , and was f u l l y in fo r m e d a t t h a t tim e o f th e d an ger s a s s o cia t e d w ith h a n d lin g th e p r od u ct ca r e l e s s l y . 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Ca lin g a e r t fo r such o b se r va tio n s a s he may w ish to m ake. Acc o r d in g ly , any in fo m a t io n w h ich you may w ish a s to th e co m p o s it io n o f th e sam ple ca n b e o b t a in e d fr o m h im . No d o u b t we s h a l l h e a r fr om h im , and I w ill fo r w a r d an y in fo r m a t io n o b t a in e d t o you. Ve r y t r u ly y o u r s , RAKsis R o b e r t A. Ke h o e , M .D. KEf 00212S4 Sa m p le o f Sip o ( S i l e n t Pow er ) o b t a in e d A p r i l 2 , 1 9 ip . fr om c h i e f c h e m is t o f C h a p l i n R e fi n i n g Com p an y, E n i d , Ok la h o m a . A ft e r m akin g r o u t in e m e d ica l e xa m in a t io n s o f th e b le n d e r s a t above p la n t , the h a n d lin g o f co n ce n tr a te d flu id in t h e La b o r a t o r y was d is c u s s e d w it h M r . Ch a m p lin , t h e c h i e f c h e m is t . Wh ile t h e u s u a l l i t e r can o f fl u i d o b t a in e d fo r E t h y l Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a tio n was k e p t in th e h o od , i t was le a r n e d t h a t th e y h a d some a d d it io n a l flu i d w h ich h ad ve e n s e n t t o them fo r co m p a r i son and e xp e r im e n ta l work w ith the id e a o f p r o vid in g flu id fo r com m er cial u se in the fu t u r e . T h is flu i d w h ich was in two t in g a llo n cans and s im ila r to v a r n is h can s w ith scr e w ca p s , was on t h e la b o r a t o r y f l o o r . I t h a d b e e n d e li v e r e d a few w eeks e a r l i e r b y a D . H . E l d e r , C. A, Jo h n s o n B u i ld i n g , De n v e r , Co lo r a d o t o t h e com pany's o ffic e in En id in no o th e r co v e r in g , and th e can s con t a in e d no la b e l a s to t h e ir co n t e n t s b u t each had a t a g on i t j ., w ith th e above name o f the sa le sm a n . Acco r d in g to th e ch em ist* th e flu id was d e s cr ib e d as f i f t y p er ce n t t e t r a e t h y l le a d in a c a r r ie r to w h ich dye had been ad d ed . I t was d e scr ib e d as b e in g s u p e r io r to th e flu id m ar keted b y th e E t h y l Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a tio n in t h a t i t was so t r e a t e d in b le n d in g t h a t i t was r e l a t i v e l y much le s s h a r m fu l and co u ld be h a n d le d w ith o u t t a k in g a l l o f th e u s u a l p r e c a u t io n s . However i t was s u p p o s e d ly o f e q u a l v a lu e a s an a n t i-k n o c k compound a s t h e f l u i d t h e y w er e now u s i n g . On i n q u i r i n g a s t o i t s c o s t , i t wqs t o c o s t a p p r o xim a t e ly fiv e d o lla r s p e r g a llo n and a cco r d in g to the ch e m is t , t h is was fo r th e le a d co n te n t and n o t th e b le n d e d TEL. He h a d no k n o w le d ge a s t o w her e i t w as m a n u fa c t u r e d a n d d id n o t know t h e s a le s m a n . He s t a t e d , h o w e v e r , h e h a d r u n s a m p le s o f 2 th e flu id in g a s o lin e a lo n g w ith sam p les u s in g th e la b o r a t o r y fl u i d o b t a in e d fr om the E t h y l Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a t io n and fou n d i t about e q u a l in a n ti-k n o ck v a lu e . sam p le o f t h e fl u i d was o b t a in e d fr om on e o f t h e ca n s a n d I was i n t e r e s t e d In s e e in g how h e h a n d le d i t . He p o u r e d i t fr om t h e ca n in t o t h e fo u r o u n ce b o t t le on one o f t h e la b o r a t o r y d e sk s, u sin g a g la s s fu n n e l and took no p r e ca u tio n s a3 t o v a p o r s o r p o s s ib le s p i l l s . No g lo v e s w er e u s e d a n d h e s m e lle d i t , i n v i t i n g me t o s m e ll i t t o s e e i f a b e n z o l o d o r co u ld be d e t e ct e d . The f l u i d h a d a p p a r e n t ly s t r a t i f i e d i n t h e ca n a n d he s h o o k i t b e fo r e o b t a i n in g t h e s a m p le . He s a id i t h a d a ls o ch a n ge d c o lo n s in c e he u s e d i t a few w eeks e a r l i e r . At t h a t tim e i t was much li g h t e r i n c o lo r , s im ila r t o t h e o r d in a r y ye llo w flu id th oy had been U3 in g. He was w a r n e d a s t o t h e d a n ge r s in v o lv e d i n h a n d lin g th e flu id a s he d id , and p r om ised to d is p o s e o f the two ca n s o f flu id in a proper m anner. The ab ove was n o t d is c u s s e d w it h H r . E . J . S la t e r , t h e r e fin e r y s u p e r in t e n d e n t who was b u s y , and t o my kn ow le d ge h e d oes n o t know t h a t I o b t a in e d t h e s a m p le , a lt h o u g h I am s u r e h a w ou ld ha\ ',o no o b j e c t i o n s . Sig n e d : L . J . So h r a d in , M.D. 0021296