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INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga so l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ma n u f a c t u r i n g a n d Tr a f f i c De p a r t m e n t MAIL ADDRESS1BOX 6 8 8.WILMINGTON, DEL. FREIGHTADDRESS: CARNEYS POINT. N.J. TELEPHONE: PENNSGROVE.N.U. 280,EXTENSION213. D r . R. A . K ehoe, June 8, 1937 D ear Bob: R ef er en ce i s made t o my l e t t e r o f Ju n e 3 t o C ap tai n G. R. C rapo o f t h e N avy Y ard at P h i l ad el p h i a,r eg ar d i n g t h e r e d i st r i b u t i o n f rom t h a t p o i n t o f cans o f F l u i d t o o u t l y i n g st a t i o n s such as C a l i f o r n i a , Panama, H aw ai i , e t c . B ef ore proceedi ng f u r t h e r w i t h t h i s su b j ec t I sho u l d l i k e t o hav e y o u r comments i n * co n n ecti o n w i th th e two f o l l o w i n g a l t e r n a t e pl ans: (1 ) Send t o t h e P h i l ad el p h i a N avy Y ard one o f our men t o dev el op an ed u c at i o n al program f o r t h e r esh i p m en t o f t h e eans and t h en r e l y e n t i r e l y upon t h ese p eo p l e t o make shi pm ents i n accor dance w i t h t h e proposed m ethod, o r , (2 ) T ake an a r b i t r a r y stan d w i t h them p r o h i b i t i n g t h e i r r e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t h e cans t o any p o i n t . l i l hi l e I sh o u l d l i k e t o conf orm t o t h e f i r s t p l an and co o p er at e w i t h them f u l l y , t h e p l ac i n g o f r e sp o n si b i l i t y i n t h e Navy Y ard f o r t h e r ef o r w ar d i n g o f can s pack ed and sh i p p ed i n t h e approv ed m anner may be q u est i o n ab l e. F or ex am pl e, t h ey may w i sh t o send a can by b o at t o H aw ai i and n o t h av i n g t h e f u l l back ground as we do r eg ar d i n g b o at shi pm ents t h ey may g et i n t o some t r o u b l e w hi ch w oul d i n v o l v e r i s k s o r h az ar d s t h a t w oul d ev en t u al l y come back t o u s. On t h e o t h er hand, I d on' t know j u s t how we can approach them as t o p r o h i b i t t h e i r doi n g t h i s . Pr o b ab l y some o f y o u r ex p er i en c es w i t h t h ese p eo p l e w oul d d i c t a t e a more f easi b l e p l an . T h er ef o r e, b ef o re proceedi ng f u r t h er I shoul d l i k e t o h ear f rom y ou. A: US KfT 0000861