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I n t e r -Of f ic e Co r r e s po n d e n c e Et h y l Ga s o l in e Co r po r a t io n 25 BROADWAY N e w Y o r k l a r c h 16, 1929 h D r. Robert A. Xehoe, Dear Dr. xehoe: Enclosed i s copy o f th e record o f who was a ta n k wagon d r i v e r f o r th e Tenney M an u factu rin g Company o f B o s to x ^ ^ e liv e r in g a l l k in d s o f petro leu m p ro d u c ts, amongst them b ein g E th y l G a so lin e . T his r e - ip o rt was g iv e n to me y e s te r d a y b y Mr* Deckelman who i s t h e m anager o f th e Claim D epartm ent o f t h e T r a v e le rs in s u ra n c e Company a t H a rtfo rd . T h is m a tte r came up a s a com pensation ca se b e fo re th e In d u s t r i a l Board in M assachusetts where occupational d iseases a re c o m p en sab le, and inasm uch as i t was a d e a th case i t w ill amount to somewhere between $4,500 and $5,000 very l i k e l y , a lth o u g h I t c an n o t exceed |6 ,0 0 0 . Award was made ty th e Board on th e ground t h a t th e deceased came to h is d e a th ty re a so n o f h is o ccupation although th e re was no p ro o f p re sen te d which would p a r tic u la r ly in v olve idle h an d lin g o f E th y l G aso lin e. T h is means t h a t th e L ib e r ty M utual In s u ra n c e Company, w hich i s th e in s u ra n c e c a r r i e r o f th e Jen n ey M an u factu rin g Company, w i l l have to pay th e award, and of course they are in te re s te d in e s ta b lis h in g ,if they can, th a t i t was th e ha n d lin g o f E th y l G aso lin e t h a t was e i t h e r s o le ly o r p a r t i a l l y th e cause o f M r . f l H | i l l n e s s . I f th e y can do t h a t , then th e y would be e n title d to re im b u rs e m e n ^ ra o lly o r p a r t i a l l y f o r w hatever th e y have to pay t y way o f I n d u s tria l award from us or our Insurance c a r r ie r . I had a m eeting y e s te rd a y w ith H r. Deckelman and Mr. C alv in p . R eid , who i s th e m anager o f th e Claim D epartm ent o f t h e T r a v e le rs i n Hew York C ity , a t w hich tim e we d e c id e d upon a v e ry d e f i n i t e c o u rse i n r e s p e c t t o th e h a n d lin g o f a l l c laim s t h a t may h e r e a f t e r b e p r e s e n te d , and a ls o to a p p ly to th o s e t h a t a r e now i n e x is te n c e , a b o u t w hich I am v e ry a n x io u s to t a l k w ith you. A su b sta n tia l fe a tu re of th e p lan involves yon and your departm ent, and of course no e f f o r t would be made t o p u t i t in to e f f e c t u n t i l a f t e r I have ta lk e d I t over w ith you and re c eiv e d y o u r consent to i t s ad o p tio n . I to ld them th a t th e r e was a chance o f my se e in g y o u i n C hicago d u rin g th e coming week b u t w h eth er I d id o r n o t I would arran g e to see you sometime during th e n e x t te n d ay s, as th is m atter--handling o f claim s--is o f considerable im portance, p a rtic u la rly in view o f th e f a c t th a t th e re have been s ix o r seven p resen ted during th e p a st six ty days. S in ce d ic ta tin g th e above I have been inform ed t h a t two o f o u r stenographers w ill n o t be here th is morning and I w ill be unable to enclose th e r e p o r t on Mr. Logue r e f e r r e d t o , as I would l i k e to make a copy f o r our f i l e s - Dr. Robert' A* Kehoe - #2 &AV;.; March 16, 1929 b e fo re se n d in g . I t w i l l fo llo w i n o u r Monday*s m ail>??thout comment. Yours vOTy truly, (<p0\ycij^L \ A:H