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INDUSTRIAL CLEAN AIR May 16, 1974 BIRD SON P. 0. Box 72 Shreveport, Louisiana 71161 Attention: Mr. R. W. Hawkins Plant Engineer Reference: ICA Proposal R 311-16 BIRD SON P.0. #13-3170 ICA Job No. N-5380 Dear Mr. Hawkins: This letter confirms our entry of your order #13-3170 for a revised price of $6,714.00. We thank you for this order and appreciate this opportunity to furnish you ICA dust control equipment. As we discussed on the phone, there have been two price increases on ICA equipment since our original proposal, the second being effective on May 15th. The price for this equipment includes additions for the first increase but not the second as we have entered your verbal order on May 15th. As you no doubt know, the past 6 months have been the worst American Industry has seen in terms of rising costs due to a very high rate of inflation. There is no visible stop to this inflation, but in retro spect, we have seen: 1. The price of steel move 100% in the last 14 months. 2. Costs for cotton and polyester skyrocket due to floods in the Southeast last summer and the Oil "crisis". 3. Instability in Chile, a major source of copper which goes into motors and electrical controls. 4. Increased freight costs, again due to the Oil "crisis". 5. And of course, higher labor costs so that everyone can attempt to cope with this inflation. DEPOSITION EXHIBIT' BIRD 016986 May 16, 1974 Page - 2 BIRD SCW Mr. R. W. Hawkins We regret that you were inadvertently misled by our representative concerning the increase over our proposal. Other than the approximately 8% increase on our standard catalog equipment, of which he had pricing, the price of the control cabinet which is a substantial part of this job has gone up significantly. Again, we appreciate your order, and know that you will be pleased with ICA equipment. Very truly yours, INDUSTRIAL CLEAN AIR, INC. r. mxenaej. warson EMW:si cc: Mr. Otis Luker Environmental Controls 401 Mauton Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 BIRD 016987