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'' ' , September Is, IS31. K*morand&&Comsrsat&^^t-b Mr. Roosevelt. - Mr,,,'M0@M,mr&2t told me that owing to the pressure1 .which had bee put upon ,-hisf Company to use paper bags in shipping lead oxides they had decided to make a trial ship ment ,of a. haif!b&d>'d'< sb recently. The car arrived ` additional labor, was-necessary to . The storage battery manufacturer it was made, felt however that despite saving was sufficient to warrant the bags rather than steel drums, tr. Roosevelt the saving in using paper`bags amounted to perton- . as Mr. Roosevelt..asked me to write him a letter calling attention to the fact that the lead industries Alien with apprehension any shipment of lead pigments in bags so that they could show this letter to any ssted party if further pressure should be put oh . them to make shipments in paper containers. I understand that the battery manufacturer mentioned above was the Rational Battery Company in St. Paul. 1 I discussed this subject with Jir. Chapin of the St. Joseph Lead Company because I felt it would be wise to investigate thoroughly the possibility of our being embarrassed by any governmental action if we discouraged the use of paper bags on the ground that this might be restraintive trade. We both agreed it would be wise to consult Mr. Mathew Fleming and accordingly I called up Mr. Fleming and told him of our difficulties. He assured me that in view of the public health hazard Involved he felt that we were perfectly safe in agreeing not to use paper bags for shipping the lead pigments. F. E. Wormser. NL 000040316