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Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n Resea r c h La bor a t or ies T23JEast Miuvaukee Avenue Det r oit ,Michigan A p ril 12, 1935 Dr. Robert A. Kehoe C ollege o f Medioine U niversity o f Cincinnati C in cin n a ti, Ohio Dear Bob: I am sending herew ith copy o f a l e t t e r which I have ju st w ritten to Art M ittnacht, which I b eliev e i s s e lf-e x p la n a to r y . Mr. Traphagen w i l l d o u b tless c a l l on you sometime soon. With k in d est regards C ordially yours EB;ed E n el. YJL- 0010791 April 12* 1035 H r. A* E. K ittn a ch t Bear Arts * \\ iiir W A Mr. Iraphagen, a tto r n e y f o r th e in d t e n it y company wgich c a r r ie s th e p a rts l i a b i l i t y insurance fo r th e P ack ard Motor./Car Company, m s j u s t i n a y o f f i c e t o g et some in form ation on EtiffL G asoline fo r use in t h e d e f e n s ^ o ^ ^ ^ u i t ''in 8 t it a t e ( l.S i^ in o t th e Packard Company by & o f Chicago, v* In 1932 th e p l a i n t i f f purchased a used fear from th e Chicago Branch o f th e Packard; Company under th e u su a l th ir ty -d a y warranty but made no payments and a t th e end o f n in e ty days th e e a r m s r e p o sse sse d . On t h e tw en ty-n in th day a f t e r th e purchase o f th e car he claim s t o have, sm elled ETHYL G asolin e.*'^ h i^ j.3cid en tally he claim s to have used a t th e in s is t e n c e ' of theSrackard p e o p le , and m s s tr ic k e n by lea d p oison in g from vdiiclb he has n o t reco v ered . So claim i s made th a t, any s p e c if ic p a r t o f't h e g a so lin e system, m e leak in g but th a t something allow ed th smpxf s u ffic ie n t g a so lin e to be detected and produce la a d .p p is o s in g ./V , 'if! ; // . ' .A ' The p l a i n t i f f is'\a n oabalijfer i n Chicago who has ap p aren tly handled la rg * ,g u a n tities b'_'nrs^.o and i t i s b e lie v e d by th e insurance company "tliat h i s p resen t c o n d itio n , which i s q u ite se r io u s and has th e sji3ptar3s^of_10d'^!Ois o n in g , may have been caused b y a r s e n ic . "fhe h o s p it a l t o which he was co n fin ed during th e m ost v io le n t sta g e s o f th e a tta c k diagnosed th e a ilm en t a s le a d p o ly n e u r it is . Th m n had h a llu cin a tio n s and m s gen erally unbalanced and a t th e present tim e i s p a r tia lly paralysed. According to th e h o sp ita l records the fa e c e s showed no tr a c e o f le a d . * .. H r. Tr&phagen h as review ed th e lit e r a t u r e on le a d p o iso n in g q u ite c a r e fu lly , in clu ding the Govemuent report* : lie f e e ls th a t ho has a d iffic u lt case because th e defease i s p ra ctica lly certain to attack tho lead analyses o f the h osp ital in th e lig h t o f ex istin g in form ation and s e t up th e claim t h a t tlie fa o c e s m ig h t a c t u a lly have <H m iained:m r y --la r g 'a a a u n fe s .-y - ft - 001rt7S2 s * M MM.- fiS8l8|f Sp: I i ^mm W Mr. A. E. M ittraoht Page # 2 ' Aprii 12, 1935 fh p la in t if f 1 lawyer i s a ssociated w ith Mr. fraphagea a s counsel fo r other insurance companies. His father m e a lawyer and he lias studied medicine during i l l s spare tim e. Being n atu rally quite c le v er , S r . Traphagen B elieves he w ill Be a formidable adversary. I gave Hr. Traphagen th e inform ation he deeir.e<Lon th e nature and amount o f lead compounds added to th e ga$qliW wu3^ passing out through the exhaust and recommended th at/h e disousfit\b^e medical phases o f th e case w ith Dr, Kehoe, which he agreed to do in 'th e near fu tu re. I am merely passing th is inform ation along fo r your a favorable deoigion fo r the p la in tiffJ .n th is ease whole se r ie s o f sim ilar case. "- w - jrmation. sine start a Mr* fraphagen' s address i s !l|^ "W verl;y,.A ve^e^'?oledo, Ohio, yf *\ Very truly yours \ \\ - /X X BBsed ( ./// CGj XyDXrX. Robert . A\.U ie h o e y/ "* Z7 fev W:.--x ? -X O0.O7S3 -sa t *s*t Wk