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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1966 Nov DOC#: RBM030 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Bath Iron Works from Raybestos Manhattan RE Unfavorable Publicity About Asbestos !i^ \ Y ! I E T 0 5 *j\ i /..* . ! !A T / V H . i**!.. 7c>t7t ) November Ibb Data Iron L'orhs ICO '.Irtihin^wcn Street Oath, Maine 0^530 M e n tio n : Mr. . L. Lcbcl , Purchasing Agent Dear Mr. L cue l : L'c v>ish to thank you f o r the c o u rte s ie s c v. ended to Walter C . Ahern when he r ece n tly c a lle d on you in the i n te r e s t oi asbestos t e x t i l e nsaccrials. '.'a lt e r has w ritte n a complete report c o n rr m in g his c a l l and the concern you have io r the use of asbestos clo th in your in s u la tio n room. Up f e e l that th^ yf r. jrecont unfavorable publicity intis of'"indust r ib s ha a tT.VtA a v a ila b le t o c ith e r with asbestos. over .i prove I the use of asbestos fib ers m many d iffe r e nt n> .(..of ion of the problems. There is "o r'd isp ro v e 1the dangers ol forking c lo s e ly 1 1 " ' --' '..ter or already has, sent yeu*.i cpy of a l e tte r to the cdicor c f ''Chemical i.'coh" which re pr ese nt s the p o s i t i o n of our i ndustry in t h i s a re a . 'v nr.ve trcm time to time r c coerce ndcil a ! : n j * h on asbest os c lo th which would i - eni tc e l i m i n a t e t h e amount of short Asbest os f i b e r present when working with asbcktas fa b rics. copy of t h i s reemo to our pl ant in C h ar l es to n , S . C . ! '--**'rt *r*ecrqsuegsrtat ndeg wthiat ht athetyreastemndentto dyeosuc r iab etwd o ass a iHdSKsCa. mp1le t hoifnkU/MwhSent y yl eou 1h0Pav2e25 l oUcnkdeedr* :* c a r e f u l l y at the sample you w i l l note that i t is a p a r t i c u l a r l y good looking . o n e and that t'nc f i b e r s have been co a te d and brushed so that they w i l l not ` C" to c u p r a t e , tie would be more than happy to supply you with a d d i t i o n a l s a r p l c s or to quote on any requirements you might have Co? asbestos c l o t h o f this type. "a.'.nk you. Very tru ly your:*i / i i . tC r0jT ^ * Q. SCGMC3C77 * ***1S *#**'fc fvaL>.S ***k't\wL'. f: